Quick Spirit. In Detroit, Mayor Louis C. Miriani opposed any plan to allow bars to stay open until 4 a.m., commented: "Any serious drinker should be able to get stiff by 2 a.m."

Thanks for the Memory. In Jefferson City, Mo., when Circuit Judge Sam C. Blair visited the state penitentiary, the prison band honored him with the tune, You Send Me.

Cover Girl. In Aztec, N. Mex., Sheriff Dan Sullivan missed two prisoners, peeked behind a big pinup picture in their cell, found a 10-by-14-in. hole cut into the quarter-inch steel wall.

Absentee Ballot. In Waukesha, Wis., the first prize in a drawing--a one-week plane trip to Florida for two--was won by City Assessor Thomas S. Kilpatrick, who had left the day before for Florida.

Light Judgment. In Philadelphia, a burglar who figured that a darkened house was a sign of vacancy, was pinned in the pitch blackness by Joseph Zeleznock, 37, who learned to wrestle at the Overbrook School for the Blind.

Paper Mate. In Columbus, Ohio, Gertrude Hill asked the Citizen and the Dispatch to withhold listing of her filing for divorce, because she was scheduled to deliver a lecture to a church group on "Family Life."

Powered Dowry. In Paradise, Calif., the Post ran a personal notice: "A wealthy young Paradise widow very desirous of meeting young man of marriageable age with tractor--it must be in good shape. Please bring photo of tractor to Campbell's Waffle Shop ... I always eat there."

Heirline. In Milwaukee, Jack Gasdorf, 34, accused of keeping a wife and three children in one spot, a girl friend and two children in another, explained, "I'm an expert liar," said he felt no anxieties about prison because "I always wanted a short haircut."

Dressing Down. In Los Angeles, Realtor Benjamin Balos persuaded the court to cut his wife's monthly alimony request by more than $1,000 after he presented an inventory of her wardrobe, which included: eight fur pieces, 153 dresses, 108 pairs of shoes, 68 skirts, 72 pairs of stockings, 85 purses, 32 girdles, 36 house robes.

House Broken. In Detroit, police said that Freddie Washington smashed a rear window in trying to rob a bar, found himself locked in the washroom, climbed out and ran home for a chisel, screwdriver and knife, went back in the same window, broke into the bar, returned to the washroom, where he was still hiding when police arrived.

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