Compensation. Near Long Beach, Calif., Harold Hartigan went duck hunting in Anaheim Slough, bagged a sea bass stranded by the tide; Don Jasiewicz went fishing for sea bass, snagged a duck that tried to snatch his bait.

Hint. In Auburn, Me., Mrs. Grace Pipe, asking for divorce, stated that her husband made a coffin for her, kept it handy in the house.

Reunion. In El Paso, while Samuel Jiminez was in the County Juvenile Home visiting a friend who was doing time for stealing a bicycle, the supervisor of the home checked Jiminez's bike, found it also was stolen, had him locked up.

Man's World. In Manhattan, David Hertzson, 37, won the Borden Home Economics Scholarship over 39 female classmates. In Alfred, N.Y., young Donald Burrows topped 37 female entrants for the State Technical Institute's apple pie championship.

Illustrated Lecture. In Green Bay, Wis., while Juvenile Court Judge Donald W. Gleason was telling members of the Norwood School P. T. A. about juvenile delinquency, juvenile delinquents removed gas caps from the cars outside, including that of Judge Gleason's.

Without Prejudice. In Auburn, Calif., Robert Brumfield Jr., after robbing some of his fellow inmates in the Placer County jail, took the sheriff's overcoat and .38-cal. pistol, got into the deputy sheriff's pickup truck and drove away.

Art Is Long. In Merion township, Pa., John Dopp McGhee explained to cops how he happened to be in a parked car on a lonely road at night with a trumpet, a pistol, a rifle and cartridges: the firearms were to ward off anyone who might molest him while he played his trumpet.

Small World. In Houston, Mike N. Ramirez and Gilberto deHoyes were charged with theft when the man they asked to help them start their car discovered it was his own.

Completely Furnished. In New Delhi, the Times of India ran a want ad from an apartment-seeker: "European business man seeks acquaintance of attractive widow or divorcee occupying own flat. Object matrimony. Please send full particulars of flat."

Test Case. In Merced, Calif., after due investigation, the cause of the fire that broke out in Mater Misericordiae Hospital was found to be the pipe wrench left lying on electric wires by workmen who had installed the hospital's automatic fire sprinkling system.

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