The Word. In Fort Worth, Mrs. M. E. Johnson complained to the city council that her tavern business was suffering from a plague of divinity students who clustered so thickly outside her door preaching sidewalk sermons that prospective customers had to elbow their way to the bar.

Still, Small Voice. In Milwaukee, sentenced to two years for stealing a jacket and toweling, Gerald F. Russell admitted that he had no use for either, explained lamely: "I guess every person has a little larceny in his heart." Dial Tone. In Pacific Beach, Calif., telephone repairmen uncrossed the wires leading into the home of Robert J. Schroeder after Schroeder and his neighbors complained that every time his telephone rang it set off the air raid siren across the street.

Rebate. In Jackson,Miss., former State Beverage Co. Employee Wade Bowman, 24 confessed that he had robbed the firm of $5,000, explained: "They took $8 out of my check every week tor taxes, and that's too much." Do As I Say. At Sassafras River, Md. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents arrested four duck hunters for exceeding the daily limit and baiting too close to their blind, discovered that among the embarrassed group were Arthur H. Brice, chairman of the state's Department of Tidewater Fisheries and the Board ol Natural Resources, and Amos Creighton, Brice's No. 1 assistant.

The Parting Guests. In Wichita, Kans., after being robbed by two bandits ol $1,500 and forced to carry a stolen bag of' groceries to their car, Grocer Dale Steen was forced at gunpoint to borrow a customer's car, push the getaway car a quarter of a mile to get it started.

Samaritan. In Montgomery, Ala., when he saw a cop writing a ticket for a motorist who had run through a red light, Pedestrian Fred Pickett put up an argument, got the motorist off, got himself fined $5 for interfering with an officer

On Location. In London, the research center of the British gold, silver and jewelry industry announced that henceforth engagement rings will be sold on major cruise liners to take advantage of shipboard romances that frequently cool off on shore.

Sentimental Journey. In Lewiston, Me. Engineer Frank E. Hollis 75, retiring after 58 years of railroading with only one accident, set out on his final run to Rumford, collided with a car in Lewiston's outskirts, another at Dixfield, pulled into the Rumford terminal hours late.

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