Christmas Story. In Denver, 13-year-old Amy Claus, visiting Colorado "to see real Christmas trees," found herself stranded without money, wrote a letter to Missouri for help from her father, the Rev. Santa Claus.

Double Take. In Philadelphia, Mrs. Naomi Clegg lost her purse and door-key to a bag snatcher, wondered how she would get in, arrived home to find the door wide open, the place looted.

Man's World. In London, Mrs. Mavis Tate, M.P., accused the British Board of Trade president of wanting to "eliminate women and children," demanded immediate relief of the rubber-nipple shortage.

The Old World. In Stockholm, Swedish youths were introduced to jitterbugging by a group of interned U.S. aviators. Said a spectator: "I assume they get married afterwards."

Naturalist. Near Camp McCoy, Wis., a Brooklyn G.I. returned to his company carrying a full-grown set of rattlesnake rattles, explained that he "got 'em off a big woim."

Period. In Oakland, Me., Civil War Veteran George T. Benson, 103, who recently attributed his longevity to the fact that he had never died, died.

Incensed. In Detroit, William R. Pace Jr. explained to a traffic-court judge that the smell of a peeled orange so outraged him that he stomped out of his girl's parlor to his car, later crashed blindly into a truck driven by one John Odor.

Today's Special. In Fort Worth, the Star-Telegram ran an advertisement: "Young girl or lady wanted for sandwiches."

King's English. In Birmingham, the Southern Medical Journal printed Dr. Byron King's article entitled: "Lantzounis Periosteo-Capsuloplasty for Congenital Dorsal Sublaxation or Congenital Overlap of Fifth Toe."

The Sense of the Past. In Salt Lake City, Merrill Clement, 35, recalled high spots in his life since the age of four: stung twice by swarms of bees, kicked by a horse, struck by lightning, punctured in the stomach by falling on a stick while running away from a bull, treed by another bull, gouged in three fingers by a saw, hit under the eye by a cement mixer crank.

Standing Offer. In Chicago, Orthopedic Appliances Salesman W. H. Swinburn reported the theft of two artificial legs from his automobile, offered, if the thief really needed the legs, to fit them free of charge.

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