Fallen Archery. In Nottingham. England, the sheriff announced that an all-out search was being conducted for thieves who stole the arrow and part of a longbow from a statue of Robin Hood outside Nottingham Castle.

Promissory Note. In Topeka, Kans., a grocery clerk at the C. & W. Market casually cashed a $20 check for a customer who signed it "U.R. Stuck," was when the check bounced.

Frosty Reception. In Anchorage, Alaska, a pair of penguins brought from the Antarctic to the Arctic Research Test Center died from exposure to the chilly northern winds.

Paradise Regained. In Memphis, a movie theater announced on its marquee the double feature: Adam and Eve, Going Steady.

Had Gun, Won't Travel. In Burbank, Calif., police confiscated Tom Harper's .22-cal. frontier pistol after he shot himself in the leg while practicing fast draws, next day during another practice session pinked his wife on the abdomen.

Fuel Hardy. In Statesville, N.C., Kenneth Turner Bauguess tried his best to keep Police Sergeant C. R. Lloyd from helping him put out a fire in his car, was arrested when Lloyd insisted, ordered him to lift the hood, found that the blaze was caused by a broken jar of bootleg whisky that had caught fire from contact with overheated parts of the engine.

Pipe Dream. Near Altus, Okla., employees of the Sooner State Drilling & Producing Co. set up a drill rig, smiled with surprise as they struck a 4.000-bbl.-an-hour gusher a mere 2 1/2 ft. beneath the earth's surface, checked the find more closely, then hastily removed their equipment, repaired the gap in the 16-in. pipeline owned by the Service Pipe Line Co. of Tulsa.

Queens Wild. In Clovis, N. Mex., Mrs. Hazel Ferguson, irked at her husband for joining a late night card party, stalked into the game with pistol in hand, fired a shot into the floor, lined up the players against the wall, marched her errant husband home at gunpoint, next day was fined $25 for discharging a firearm within the city limits.

Witness for the Prosecution. In Vancouver, B.C., Police Constable Alexander Waterton, assigned to get undercover evidence against a fortunetelling gypsy, testified in court that the woman had cited two men, one fair, the other dark, as the cause of his own current unhappiness, admitted under defense questioning that he detested the assignment, given to him by fair-haired Detective Albert Steen, dark-haired Harry Horton.

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