Dun. In Pittsburgh, Lawrence J. Reffert heard about a tax matter from a determined Department of Internal Revenue: Reffert owed the Government 1-c-.

Love Story. Near San Diego, Ray Bartholomew and Helen Tennant fell in love at first sight, put on their clothes and left the nudist colony for their honeymoon.

Better Half. In Springfield, Mo., Mrs. Orpha Mabee, suing for divorce, charged that when she served steak & onions, Mr. Mabee ate up all the steak, left her the onions.

Housing Project. In East Peoria, Ill., someone gently dismantled and took away Earl Allen's prefabricated house.

Running Start. In Ada, Okla., three convicts sawed their way out of the local jail, were momentarily delayed when their getaway car refused to start, made it after some helpful cops gave them a push.

Bushido, 1947. In Tsurumi, Japan, the Independent Union of the Morinaga Foodstuffs Industrial Co. decided to allow Western-style dances, provided that: 1) unmarried girls get permission from their mothers; 2) newly married men get permission from, their wives.

Living Dangerously. In Elmira, N.Y., St. Joseph's Hospital treated a right middle finger, dislocated when the patient pulled his hand out of his pocket. In Greencastle, Ind., thirsty John Torr tilted his head to drink a bottle of pop, was hospitalized with a cracked vertebra.

This Year's Model. In Edinburgh, Scotland, an official of the College of Art explained why this spring's exhibition offered far fewer nude paintings: last winter's coal shortage discouraged models from posing.

Text. In Milwaukee, the enterprising Rev. John Lewis failed to get the new church he wanted, instead got one to five years in prison for burning down the old one.

Hotbed. In Philadelphia, firemen burst into a hotel room to rip a blazing mattress from under sound-asleep William O'Toole, 45 minutes later found the mattress ablaze again, Guest O'Toole again blissfully sleeping.

Out of Sight . . . In Wellington, Kans., after a long hot drive, Wallace Peterson realized that he had forgotten something, turned around and drove back 50 miles to pick up Mrs. Peterson. In Pittsburgh, an ardent ball fan demanded a pass-out check, explained to the gatekeeper: "It's my wife--I forgot and left her in a restaurant up the street."

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