Winter Set. In Albuquerque, Leslie F. White was fined $50 for careless driving after a patrolman testified that on the hood of White's car he found a snowman whose measurements were two feet high and two feet wide.

Figuratively Speaking. In Hollywood, the total wardrobe costs of the movie Adam and Eve, filmed in Mexico and starring Christiane Martel (Miss France and Miss Universe of 1953) came to $2.63 for fig leaves.

Self-Centered. In Canberra, Australia, the Customs and Excise Department, censor on all printed matter brought into the country, banned its own staff magazine when it had the cheek to run an article declaring that the agency was at its "lowest ebb."

High Proof. In San Bruno, Calif., police patrols stopped hundreds of cars to check drivers for intoxication, landed nary a drinker, found down the road a homemade sign reading: "Roadblock ahead. Lushes turn right."

Arm on the Law. In Sydney, Australia, trim Wilma Kennedy, 23, was fined $67 after she grabbed a husky police sergeant by the arm, flipped him to the ground, dislocated his shoulder, put him off duty for seven weeks.

Phantom Weight. In Ogden, Utah, police investigated a theft from the Union Pacific yards, tracked down and arrested Marlin Lamar Tullis, 27, and a friend, accused them of making off with 116-ton Diesel heavy-duty switch engine.

Clearance Sale. In Milwaukee, taking advantage of a drugstore's offer of "all the chicken you can eat for 99-c-," John Lietz, 43, polished off four platefuls, called the cops when he was refused more, ended up downing eleven orders in all, explained: "I'm just a bargain hunter."

Widow Shopping. In Jersey City, Mrs. Elizabeth Freid got her divorce after testifying that her husband frequently lined up beer cans and glasses of beer in the living room, shot them up for target practice, once hung a picture of a woman on the wall and fired away with his rifle, muttering between each shot: "This is how I'm going to shoot you."

Politesse. In Buffalo, after his lawyer cited his military service and launched into a plea for rehabilitation, Carmelo J. Giambra, 31, interrupted, thanked him, explained to the court, "I do not want any mercy" for his part in a $23,775 bank holdup, insisted that "the law must be served," stressed that "I am happy and glad to pay for my crime," after being rewarded for his candor with a 17-year sentence, said: "Thank you very much."

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