The Big Idea. In Dearborn, Mich., Mayor Orville Hubbard ordered his department heads to lock themselves in their offices for half an hour each morning, take a pencil and paper and "jot down any hot ideas . . . That is the way Newton discovered the law of gravity."

Legal Mind. In California's Alcatraz, Convict Earl W. Taylor, who had filed some 80 writs trying to get out of prison, tried a new tack, filed a writ asking to be left in.

Out of Season. In Springfield, Minn., Alfred Schneider, arrested for threatening a woman on a street corner with a knife, was released after he told police he had mistaken her for his wife.

Negotiable. In Santa Rosa, Calif., sheriff's deputies, sent to John Blum's grocery to collect $300 in alimony, found only $75 in the till, quickly got the balance after showing Blum a writ ordering them to seize "any or all coffee owned or possessed by the defendant."

Separate Account. In Chicago, when police picked up Orvall Schlater for shoplifting and found $3,083 hidden on him, he made a request: "Don't let my wife know about this money. I want to buy a car."

Experts at Hand. In Denver, State Institutions Director J. Price Briscoe admitted that Canon City prison inmates, who make jewelry and leather goods for sale in the prison store, were losing about 20% of their production to shoplifters.

Hunting Season. In Newark, the News carried this ad: A GROUP or CITIZENS IN

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY SEEK A YOUNG MAN INTERESTED IN GOVERNMENT WHOM THEY CAN SUPPORT AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES; MUST BE INTERESTED IN GOOD GOVERNMENT, ABLE TO SPEAK EFFECTIVELY AND WILLING TO CAMPAIGN AGGRESSIVELY . .. .

Sampler. In Columbus, Miss., James C. Pidgeon got a divorce after he testified that his bride drank excessively and threatened him with a knife during the one day they lived together.

Omelette. In Las Cruces, N. Mex., a deputy sheriff was looking for the thieif who stole twelve dozen eggs from a farmer, left the cartons and the pile of empty shells in a nearby field.

Exit. In Moundsville, W. Va., five prisoners escaped from Camp Fair Chance during its first week of operation.

The Formula. In Chicago, J. Frank Winebrenner, 91, revealed the secret of 72 years of successful marriage with his wife Tressa, 90: "We did little fussin', we said little; mostly we just set."

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