Power of Positive Thinking. In Jacksonville, several hours after the Riverside Chevrolet Co. launched a sales campaign with the advertisement, "Look for It! Something Big Is Going to Happen!", its showroom ceiling collapsed on six new cars.

Man Trap. In London, a classified advertisement in the Times announced: "Reasonably domesticated young lady of good education sought for very easy housekeeping and secretarial job, mid-Wales; salary: one gentleman."

Scout's Honor. In Milwaukee, after receiving complaints of nondelivery from office colleagues to whom he had sold 48 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, Richard Polcyn checked with his daughter. Naomi, 12, was told: "Oh, I forgot to tell you. I quit the Scouts."

Eminent Domain. In Pesqueira, Brazil, Landlord Joao Francisco da Silva was locked up for nonpayment of property taxes on the city jailhouse, which he owns.

Happy Daze. In Los Angeles, while circulating a petition for the draft-Stevenson drive, Paul E. Winfield was told enthusiastically by an elderly signer, "I voted for Stevenson the last two times, and things have been going so well I'm going to vote for him again."

Bark Is Worse. In Auburn, Me., after being told by an angry motorcyclist that a dog had bitten his tire, Policeman Robert Vaillancourt investigated, pigeonholed the complaint when he discovered that the dog was toothless.

Freudian Slip. In Dallas, on a final exam, a Southern Methodist University coed misspelled a word but otherwise correctly identified the fifth precept of Buddhism: "Do not be unchased."

Rubber Robber. In Charleston, S.C., after finding no money in the cashbox of the Southern Seat Cover Co., a thief made off with five checks--all of which had been returned because they were uncollectable.

Go for Broke. In Hamilton, Ont., while demonstrating the safety features of the Go-Scooter in a local shopping center, Vice President Clayton St. Louis of the Hamilton Go-Scooters Association wheeled into a guard rail, fell down a 12-ft. embankment, suffered two broken legs.

We Wuz Robbed. Near La Grange, Ky., after finding $200 in cash and other belongings missing when they returned to their padlocked locker room following a game with the Kentucky State Reformatory baseball team, the visiting Fort Knox nine was told by Deputy Warden Porter Lady, "A lock doesn't mean much to some of our boys."

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