Draft Dodger. On the Korean front, a North Korean surrendered at a 1st Marine Division command post, explained why he was in the Chinese Army: "I went to China to avoid being drafted in North Korea."

Booby Trap. In Hayward, Calif., cops grabbed Burglar Marcus Garzon after he tried to break into the police station because he thought it was closed for the night.

Vocational Training. In Virginia's state penitentiary, Warden Frank Smyth, who had been encouraging inmates to study practical subjects, rejected as too practical one convict's request for a course in key-making.

Bide a Wee. In Savannah, after a funeral-home attendant fled in terror from a snoring corpse, police discovered William Fleming asleep with three bottles of beer beside him, got his story: "I was just trying to find a peaceful place."

Native Customs. In Kansas City, President Walter Wilson explained why the Kansas City Bible College's paid-up mortgage would not be disposed of with a traditional burning: "None of our people practice cremation."

Body Block. In San Francisco, a babysitter sued her 4-year-old charge and his parents for $10,000, charged that he broke both her wrists when he launched a "sudden, unexpected, furious and violent attack and threw himself forcibly and violently" against her.

By a Whisker. In Mombasa, Kenya, Africa, a team of Sikhs, whose religion requires them to wear full beards, won a tug-of-war contest, solemnly accepted the prize: individual bowls of shaving soap.

Our Daily Bread. In St. Joseph, Mo., a bakery salesman left a package of six rolls on the seat of his truck, returned to find in their place a bundle of religious tracts.

Point Counterpoint. In Tredegar, Wales, 300 clothing-factory workmen went on a 1 1/2-hour strike because they did not like the music played to keep them happy.

Slow Burn. In Houston, Addie Belle Sanders, 69, divorced her husband of 46 years because she finally got tired of his 30-year romance with his 68-year-old girl friend.

Beauty & the Beasts. In Buenos Aires, Horacio Gnecchi explained to the crowd that he had leaped into the lions' den at the zoo in order to retrieve some photographs of Evita Peron which he had accidentally dropped.

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