Cold Snorage. In Pittsburgh, Mrs. Beatrice Dunn was granted a divorce after she testified that her husband made her sleep in an unheated attic for ten years "because I snored," wouldn't allow her to leave the attic door open at night because "too much cold air blew down."

The Power & the Prize. In London, the Ministry of Fuel and Power soberly accepted a petrol-ration application from Fire-Eater Priscilla Birt, deliberated three weeks, granted her a gallon a month after classifying her at 1/2 h.p.

Rise & Fine. In Columbia, S.C., after she turned in a false alarm, Dorothy Genokes was fined $25.50 despite her explanation: she couldn't wake her boy friend up, "so I decided to let the fire department do it."

The Best Defense. In San Francisco, after heisting $180 from a store, Franklin Lindaman told arresting officers he needed the money to defend himself on a hit-and-run charge.

Home Flown. In Milwaukee, caught robbing a beer depot because he wanted to give his family "a nice Christmas" after cops had sought him for 16 months, Jail Escapee Richard Heinz admitted that he hid out for the entire time in his wife's apartment, left only in the late evening for burglary forays, avoided alerting neighbors by ducking windows, teaching his three children to call him "Cowboy" instead of daddy, hid in a closet whenever cops, sheriff's deputies or the FBI searched the place.

Diaper Rush. In Chicago, diaper-service Driver Charles Hankel was delivering a bundle, heard screams, rushed to a nearby apartment, delivered a baby girl.

Honor Among Usurers. In Osaka, Japan, Hockshop Proprietor Hiroshi Ueda, president of the local pawnbrokers' association, was fined 500,000 yen and kicked out of the cartel for charging customers 6% interest a month, a rate out of line with the customary bite of 9%.

The Finish. In London, Douglas Griffiths got his divorce after he testified that he had paid no attention to his wife's carryings-on with another man, finally had enough when she helped her lover polish his car while Griffiths' grimy auto was parked near by.

G Whiz. In Philadelphia, after a state liquor-control agent testified that Stripteuse Julie Gibson concluded her "Dance of the Bashful Bride" wearing only a G string, Julie assured the judge that she had never seen or heard of such a garment and had ended her undulations modestly draped in mesh panties, declared with indignation: "I have never worn anything less."

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