Random Harvest. In Tupelo, Miss., when shiny new garbage containers were installed in the downtown business district, garbage collectors had a hard day sorting the rubbish from the outgoing mail.

Eye for Beauty. In Brooklyn, William Spangehl, arrested for stealing a police patrol car, explained; "I liked the two-tone color job."

City Slicked. In Tokyo, Visitor Yone Ito lost 1,700 yen ($6) to an absconding business partner, another 8,000 yen to three "kind looking" purse snatchers who offered to help her find him, and finally her suitcase to the sympathetic stranger who showed her the way to the railroad station.

Outing. In Portland, Ore., Motorman E. E. Burton took a critical look at his hot, perspiring streetcar passengers, pulled to a stop, bought Eskimo pies for the whole crowd.

Best Friend. In Springfield, Mass., police were looking for the owner of a dog that was wandering the streets with a revolver between its teeth.

Delayed Action. In Angers, France, Jean Pocret, who had been mildly annoyed for the past four years by a strange lump in his mattress, finally ripped it open to find an unexploded German booby-trap mine.

Skeptics. In Vancouver, B.C., when prosecution witness Maxime Bertrand refused to swear on the Bible because he was an agnostic, Magistrate Mackenzie Matheson retorted: "Then I refuse to hear your evidence."

Overdue. In Iowa City, Mrs. Mary Petru filed suit against James Masek to collect a $1,196 laundry bill: $1 a week since 1924.

Alibi. In Alexandria, Va., Suspect James J. E. Davis explained to police why he could not have killed a policeman: he was eight blocks away at the time, robbing a gas station.

Smack. In Sand Lake, Mich., John W. Vos, suddenly remembering that he had not kissed his wife goodbye, turned back, collided with a car driven by his wife rushing to overtake him.

Inflation. In Los Angeles, Butcher Edward Renert pleaded guilty to upping the weight of a roast 3 1/4 ounces by aiming the breeze of an electric fan at his meat scale.

Last Word. In Gateshead, England, Bill Hudson was charged with killing his brother-in-law during a quarrel over the spelling of the word "twelfth."

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