Chacun `a Son Gouf. In Spartanburg, S.C., charges against Leon Burno were dismissed when Judge J. Wright Nash ruled that the law did not prohibit eating chickens "raw and alive."

Fore-Legged. In Auburn, Me., Levi Morin stumbled on the railroad tracks, lost a leg under a speeding train, found to his relief that it was the wooden one.

Filed Out. In Ogdensburg, N.Y., Plate Umpire Donahue glared disgustedly at the obscuring clouds of insects swarming around the arc lights, suspended the night game on account of "eel flies."

"Taffy Was a Welshman ..." In Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, Ronald George was fined -L-5 and costs for stealing margarine from the table of Ellis Samuel, his host.

A Natural. In Arlington, Va., local Republicans chose a new campaign manager, Warren Dewey.

Auto Suggestion. In Little Rock, Loyd Moore offered his defense for driving 70 m.p.h.: he was merely trying to frighten his wife out of her hiccoughs.

No Quarter. In Newark, the Office of Rent Control was forced to move when the landlord raised the rent.

Brief Encounter. In Hagerstown, Md., Deputy Sheriff Robert Miller and City Policeman Harry Frush surveyed the scene of the crash, handed each other tickets for reckless driving.

Old Guard. In Glendale, Calif., Albin Nelson complained that his neighbor, Miss A. C. Madsen, not only kept him awake all night while she listened to the Republican Convention, she stuck a hose through the window and squirted him when he tuned in the Democrats.

Double Jeopardy. In Philadelphia, the city solicitor's office demanded that Harry Zeitz, in prison under death sentence, either pay up $5.35 in delinquent taxes or face court action.

One Good Turn. Off New Orleans, U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat CG 38441 arrived to rescue the grounded cabin cruiser Esmunda, broke down, was rescued by the Esmunda.

Air Conditioning. In Wethersfield, Conn., burglars, bothered by the heat, succeeded in cracking a 200-lb. grocery store safe after they had moved it into the cooler.

Holiday Spirit. In Pittsburgh, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Rausch won a divorce complaining that her husband, who used to beat her only on Christmas, had taken to beating her on other holidays.

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