Grey Mood. In Oklahoma City, Virgil Seeton, charged with kicking his wife in the face, was haled into court by his son, who testified: "He does this sort of thing whenever the weather is bad."

Vantage Point. In Honolulu, a four-year file of unsolved burglaries was cleared up when police discovered that Prisoner Joseph Andrade had been sneaking off from the road gang during lunch.

Collector's Item. In Little Rock, Forrest City and Marianna, Ark. and in Kosciusko, Miss., police searched for the pipe-organ "repairmen" who had stolen pipes from organs in each of the four towns. .

This Way Out. In Ardmore, Okla., Bill Bryson and Harold Baker made their break from the Carter County Jail by cutting through the wall with a can opener.

Handle. In Olcott, N.Y., a Mr. Ten Brook, who was christened in 1876 (the year of the Philadelphia Centennial) for one Judge Hodge (owner of the opera house, manufacturer of gargling oil and supporter of Samuel J. Tilden for President), gave his name as John Hodge Opera House Centennial Gargling Oil Samuel J. Tilden Ten Brook.

Virtuoso. In Camden, N.J., the detective assigned to the Elizabeth Blackshire larceny case complained that she had picked his pockets as he questioned her at the police station.

Calling. In Los Angeles, Richard Francis Macrone, arrested for passing worthless checks, explained that he was working his way through divinity school.

Double Feature. In Juarez, Mexico, the Feminine Police Corps, organized to discourage necking in movie theaters, was disbanded when theater owners complained of a box-office slump.

The Greater Need. In Montrose, Pa., Farmer Elmer Greene was fined $9.13 for "neglect" when he admitted that he had bought his sick horse a "special medicine" but had drunk most of it himself.

The Male Animal. In Albany, the New York State Assembly unanimously approved a bill allowing men to get their hair and nails done at beauty parlors. In Beverly Hills, Calif., Furrier Al Teitlebaum announced a new line of men's smoking jackets in seal, broadtail and Persian lamb.

News. In San Francisco, Night City Editor Larry McManus of the Chronicle got a call from a country correspondent about a traffic policeman injured in a fall from his motorcycle, asked where the cop had been going, got the reply: "Oh, to some airplane crash."

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