Breach of Promise. In Akron, kindly granting her supposedly dying ex-husband's last request. Catherine Logan remarried him, had the marriage annulled after her husband unexpectedly recovered and started chasing her around his hospital room.

Room at the Top. In New York City, the Times ran a classified want ad: "Part-time sales trainee offering revolutionary new hair piece. You must be bald or balding."

Putting His Foot Down. In Carthage, S.Dak., when the city auditor sent out notices for dog licenses addressed to the dogs, Vergil Herron followed suit, sent back a check for the license signed with the paw print of his dog.

Mooning. In Washington, D.C., Senator Kenneth B. Keating mulled over a letter from an anxious constituent: "I don't approve of sending our men up into space. They may stay there and we'll end up by having more old maids here than ever."

The Estate. In Velika Plana, Yugoslavia, a tombstone in the village cemetery bears the inscription: "Here rests Zdravko Paunovic with his first wife Stanojka. The tombstone is erected by his third wife Dolka, from the money of his second wife, Zivkat."

Nonsupport. In New Martinsville, W.Va., Robert Lasure is campaigning for the Republican nomination for justice of the peace, while his wife Thelma is seeking the Democratic nomination for the same office.

Drummed Out. In Hillsboro,Ill., after raiding Post No. 1306, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and seizing two slot machines, Sheriff Harold Whitten was cited by the veterans as an "undesirable member," ousted from the club.

Test Flight. In Detroit, Motorist Maurice J. Shields was sentenced to 20 days in jail after leading police a merry, 105-m.p.h. chase, explaining to the judge: "I heard a knock in the engine and I wanted to work it out."

Externals. In Spartanburg, S.C., Wilbur Fowler was acquitted on a drunken-driving charge after telling the court that the odor of alcohol came from his hair tonic, not from liquor.

Option Play. In Indianapolis, Delta Tau Delta fraternity brothers at Butler University welcomed one Ray Lincolnholl, highly recommended football prospect, as an overnight guest, next day found Lincolnholl missing, and so were a wristwatch, ring, sweater, leather belt, shaving kit, fountain pen, electric shaver and typewriter.

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