Green Light. In London, the Royal Anthropological Institute set the worried Daily Mirror at ease, announced as its considered opinion that the habit of gum-chewing, popularized by U.S. troops, would not affect the British profile.

Eviction. In Belgrade, Neb., Mrs. Adelia Ward, baffled by a balky drain pipe, finally called a plumber, who went to work, extracted from the pipe 60 hibernating snakes.

Hauls. In Evansville, Ind., police held a 130-lb. man who confessed that he had entered the James Fulkersons' home and stolen their 800-lb. piano. In Boston, police wondered where to look for thieves who had lifted a harp and a hearse. In Cleveland, Judge Robert N. Wilkin was primed to make a few remarks on law & order at a naturalization ceremony when one of the new citizens announced that his pocket had just been picked.

Sight Unseen. In Buffalo, James O. Meyers bought a roll of film just to humor a business acquaintance, discovered when he finally got around to borrowing a projector that one scene showed his son at Salerno.

The Enemy. In Los Angeles, police charged Harvey J. Bomar with being in toxicated, reported that he had severely injured himself in a battle with a full-length mirror.

A to F. In La Belle, Fla., skeptical Private Carl E. Malmberg was formally notified by his draft board that he was now considered a 4-F.

Aircraftman, 2d Class. In Winnipeg, confusion kept right on tagging along with A. C. Tew, AC 2, of the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Oops. In San Jose, Calif., a vagrant in court recovered when Judge Percy O'Connor himself recovered, corrected his ringing "Thirty years!" to "Thirty days."

No Problem. In East Haddam, Conn., Singer Barry Wood's wife managed to keep her new maid happy by staying one night a week with the maid's child.

Bright Triangle. In Sleepy Eye, Minn., Happy Newyear looked back on the holi days with scarcely any pain, felt fit enough to resume his correspondence with Merry Christmas over in Janesville, Wis., and Santa Claus in Marshall, Mo.

Renascence. In Helena, Mont., Postman W. Rush Burroughs retired from the service after 41 years, got a nice job as a door-to-door salesman.

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