Debut. In Lindsay, Ont., Charles H. Batchelor was appointed constable on Tuesday, arrested for drunken driving Tuesday night.

Winner. In Dayton, Ohio, Artist Paul Mannen used the back of an old, incompleted painting to do a new one on, entered it in a contest. The judges awarded a prize to the discarded backside.

Family Matter. In Brooklyn, N.Y., Private Peter Schlavis, charged with beating his mother, protested: "I don't know what all the fuss is about. I beat up my own mother, didn't I? She's not your mother!"

Plugger. In Tacoma, David C. Montgomery shot himself in the head with his rifle, reloaded, shot himself in the chest, reloaded, shot himself in the forehead. At the hospital he was expected to recover.

The Breaks. In Santa Fe, the parents of Grace Delgado, who had fallen out of a tree and broken her arm, took her to the hospital, returned, found that her brother had broken his arm wrestling.

Legatee. In Los Angeles, the late Mrs. Maggie Mae White left her bungalow and automobile to her terrier, Huskie.

One's Enough. In Birmingham, Ala., cruising police cars got a radio call: "Car X-Y-3, car X-Y-3, go to Third Ave. and 14th St.--a nude woman running down the street. . . . All other cars remain on your beat. That is all."

Hold-Out. In Pittsburgh, Daniel A. Marra refused to settle a damage suit against him for $1,000, demanded a jury trial. The jury returned a judgment for $35,000. He won a new trial. The second jury returned a judgment for $40,000. Then the judge reduced it to $10,000.

Taxpayer. In Bargaintown, N.J., William Sampler discovered he had been paying taxes for ten years on one house that belonged to him, two that didn't. "I thought those taxes were awfully high," he observed.

Competitor. In Buffalo, N.Y., William G. Zeron was sentenced for counterfeiting, although his half-dollars had more silver in them than the Government's.

Wanted. In England's New Statesman and Nation appeared a want ad: "People sharing with Siamese cat modernized 18th Century Devon house seek others for pacifist life. . . ."

Mop-Up. In Indianapolis, a holdup man robbed a drugstore of $68, overlooked another $10, which burglars removed later the same night.

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