Bail-Out. In Oakland, Calif., after an argument in their car which his wife was driving 35 m.p.h. down a deserted road, Edward Freitas announced, "I'm getting out right now," and did, was found unconscious by the road and hospitalized with broken ribs, a fractured elbow and head injuries.

Unfair Advantage. In Springfield, Ill., Lester D. Plummer asked a judge to annul his month-old marriage on the ground that he was so "emotionally upset" by the divorce from his first wife that he didn't know what he was doing when he remarried.

The Light Touch. In Union City, N.J., Otto Lohmann complained in court that George McLaughlin, 32, broke into his apartment, stole a $300 diamond ring, two shirts, an electric fan and a bottle of whisky, then forced him, by running a knife "up and down my stomach," to write a note stating that he had voluntarily surrendered the stuff.

Go West, Young Men. In La Canada, Calif., the Valley Sun carried the following classified ad: "EXCELLENT VALUE. Husband has already left for the East making this contemporary ranch an excellent opportunity."

Fan. In Speke, England, after complaining to no avail that a faulty switch in his neighbor's house was interfering with his TV set, Jack Pugh, 50, walked next door, spotted Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Morrison, watching their own TV, fired four bullets through the window, wounding them both and smashing their TV set, explained later to cops: "I acted under great provocation."

Supporting Argument. In Los Angeles, Deputy County Assessor Bernard Berkey appeared before a group of other assessors, failed to get the reduction he wanted on his own property despite his plea: "If the termites in my 36-year-old home were to stop holding hands the house would fall down."

Below the Belt. In Laramie, Wy., Mrs. Ralph Conwell got into the right side of her Chevrolet to wait for her husband, cinched up her new safety belt, tried in vain to reach the brake as the car rolled down the driveway, rammed a truck, jumped the curb, mowed down a lilac bush and crashed into the bedroom of the house next door.

Raw Deal. In Turin, Italy, freed after serving four months in jail, Luigi Capuano rushed home to find his wife gone, finally located her in a nearby hotel with another man, whom he beat up and tossed out into the street, was rearrested and sentenced to two months, 22 days for "immoral acts" in forcing a naked man to seek refuge in a public place.

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