The Iceman Strilceth. In Armidale, New South Wales. Australia, cleaning women at state schools called on their union to demand a 55-c--a-day "chillblain allowance" on days so cold that ice forms in their buckets.

Next. In Milwaukee, plans for the new $400,000 Fifth District police station include a drive-in window for the convenience of overtime parkers paying fines.

Scratch One. In Philadelphia, after Detective Edward Pushkarwicz got poison ivy investigating a cash and stamp theft from a small post office, he arrested a suspect at home on finding a bottle of poison ivy lotion in the bedroom.

Keeping the Record Straight. In El Paso, after Gerald A. Kimmer, hit by a motorcycle, was taken to a hospital with a broken leg, he got a traffic ticket for jaywalking.

Life Savings. In Lisbon, Jose Rodrigues Guerra, who toured for 30 years as coin and sword swallower, was reported doing well after surgeons operated to extract 26 coins--worth about $1.65.

It's the Heat. In Milwaukee, arrested on charges of battery and reckless use of firearms after beating his wife and holding four cops at bay for an hour with a .30-. 30 rifle and 12-gauge shotgun, John Manyo, 44, surrendered, pleaded that he is "high strung."

Otherwise . . . In Kingston, Tenn., Cyclist J. B. Cook, booked for public drunkenness after a mile-long flight in which he wove in and out of traffic and pedaled hard to get away despite the patrol car's spotlight and siren, mumbled with chagrin: "There's a lot of play in these handle bars."

Democracy at Work. In Miami, the Herald, clarifying to readers the voting levers and an oddly phrased resolution on rezoning a strip of the beach front, pointed out that if they were FOR it, they should pull the lever AGAINST, and if AGAINST, the FOR.

The Philanthropist. In Walden, N.Y., when it was discovered that kindly, popular Town Clerk (since '28) Richard E. Baird, 65, had for years been reducing people's water bills without their knowing it (with a total revenue loss of $16,151), that not a cent went into his own pocket and that his beneficiaries were rich and poor, friend and foe, even people he didn't know, his only comment was: "I really don't know why I did it."

Time Capsule. In London, Alan West won a divorce after testifying that his wife had slipped a note into a box of chocolates he was carrying out of the house, reading, "This man is married."

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