Snap Back. In Washington, a patent for a better mousetrap was awarded to Sir Isaac Newton.

Irresistible. In Los Angeles, Raymond Adame, arrested for trying to kidnap Celina Jarmillo, explained to police what overpowered him: "I couldn't get out of her spell . . . she made me a sandwich of potatoes, beans and macaroni . . . she bewitched me."

Survival of the Fittest. Near Brunswick, Ga., Alfred Alsop spied a white-tailed deer, shot at it, pushed through the underbrush, picked up what he'd hit: one white tail. In Poplar Bluff, Mo., Dale Kirk and Ralph Tuepker went duckhunting, found a likely spot, built a blind, settled down to await the birds, presently discovered that Kirk had forgotten to bring his ammunition, Tuepker had forgotten his gun.

New Man. In Springfield, Ohio, Autoist Vernon Boyer won an award for being a safe driver, celebrated, was presently arrested for drunken driving.

Moral Victory. In Perryville, Pa., the citizenry generously voted to allow Sunday movies--which left them just where they were: Perryville has no movie house.

Outrage. In Los Angeles, shocked Judge Charles S. Burnell heard Vivian Gill charge her husband with throwing a bowl of chili at her, cried: "What a terrible waste of food," promptly awarded her a divorce.

Sample. On the Hwai River, China, stray gunfire just missed UNRRA Official Carrol Deyoe, riddled the book he was reading: Thunder Out of China.

Even. In Milwaukee, Arthur Pontow, who returned to the store to complain that the watch he had bought there was no good, was promptly arrested: the check he had given for it was no good either.

Light-Fingered. In Des Moines, Ann Baity admitted to awestruck police that she had shoplifted a radio-phonograph and a wardrobe trunk.

Mature Consideration. In Kent, Ohio, Louis Thomas filed a petition for divorce, explained that he had been trying to get his wife to come on over from Greece, had finally decided that 37 years of trying was enough.

Teamwork. In Pittsburgh, five months after somebody stole a purse (and $8) which Mrs. Elizabeth Williams left on a counter--and two months after somebody stole another purse (and $10) which Mrs. Williams left on a counter--somebody stole a purse (and $182) which Mrs. Williams left on a counter.

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