MISCELLANY

Freehanded. In Chattanooga, Convicted Forger Hubert C. Warren, 28, was discharged from the Hamilton County workhouse after he handed guards a jail release that he had forged.

Center of Gravity. In Durham, N.C., having carefully examined all the clues and suspects in a $1,620 service-station robbery, police finally moved in and arrested Station Attendant Robert G. Walthall, who had given them all the leads.

Commuter Tag. In Indianapolis, after police notified Walter Niedrich, 23, in Louisville that they had recovered his stolen car, he was arrested when he arrived to claim it, for having stolen a car to make the trip.

Service Entrance. In Batavia, Ohio, Eva M. Eicher visited the county jail to bring her husband a change of clothes, remained as a resident when deputies noticed her shopping bag seemed fuller on her way out, searched and found two of the jail's sheets and six towels.

Bumper Crop. In Richmond, Pedestrian Fred Van de Water observed on the windshield of a large four-door sedan a neatly printed, unsigned note that read: "You may not realize that a small English sports car is parked behind you. Please be careful not to run it down."

Conditioned Reflex. In Halesowen, England, after Albert A. Pastore explained that he fled the scene of an accident involving his car because he spotted his wife on the street and, having another woman with him, his "instinct was to put distance between the two," the judge dismissed the charge.

Whom He? In Grosse Pointe, Mich., offering "reasonable rates," a Mr. Erickson appealed to parents through an ad in the News: "If you are not satisfied with your child's progress in school, why not have he or she tutored by an experienced teacher recommended by the Detroit Board of Education."

Boy-cote. In London, a mother told Probation Officer Cyril Burton that her 15-year-old son, who tells his parents when to go to bed, locks up the house at night, orders his meals served in a separate room, opens his father's mail and tells his mother not to speak to him unless spoken to, played hooky from school only because he was "shy."

Double Feature. In Los Angeles, Band Arranger Buddy Cole and his wife Clare, both 40, waited for their final divorce decree on the seventh floor of the Hall of Records, rushed down to the first floor as soon as they got it and were remarried within half an hour, explained: "That marriage was something of a jinx, and we wanted to start all over with a clean slate."

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