Lights Out. In Los Angeles, Mrs. Bernice Claxton won a divorce when she charged that her husband made her unscrew the light bulbs to save wear & tear on the switches.

Dividends. In Boyne City, Mich., Mrs. Hudson Robinson cut open a fish, found the earring she had lost two years ago at a fish hatchery. In Lancaster, Pa., Fisherman Cyrus Dietrich pulled in his line, found a five-dollar bill on his hook.

Scoop. In Topeka, Kans., the State Journal headlined a story on the city's new hook-&-ladder truck, NOW BRING ON YOUR TEN-FLOOR FIRE, two minutes after publication sent reporters to a fire in the ten-floor Hotel Kansan.

Century of Progress. In Los Angeles, Arthur Moon was arrested for drunkenness on his 100th birthday.

Rover Come Over. In Milwaukee, when Grace Meyer told the court that husband William paid more attention to their dog than to her, she got her divorce; Bill got custody of the dog.

Occupational Hazard. In Trenton, N.J., the State Supreme Court awarded Workmen's Compensation Act disability to Robert L. Grant: he had been punched by a union official in a labor-management parley.

Home Life. In Topeka, Kans., hospital doctors treated the head wounds of Ford Sanders, who indignantly wondered what was the matter with his 13-year-old son: "I was just going to whip the wife a little and he hit me on the head with a brick." In Springfield, Mass., Robert H. Smith won a divorce when he testified that his wife slapped him because he could not dance the polka.

Round Robin. In Tokyo, police arrested a pickpocket after Victim Hisaichi Morita succeeded in picking the pocket of the pickpocket who had just picked his pocket.

Accessories Extra. In San Francisco, Edward T. Adkins, who had equipped his car with a magazine rack, movie camera, electric torch and drill and an airplane steering gear, was stopped for driving without license plates.

S.O.P. In Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Judge Floyd Philbrick dismissed Mary S. Miner's petition for divorce after ruling that slapping one's wife on the backside does not constitute "cruel and inhuman treatment."

R.U.R. In Milwaukee, injured Arthur Brach complained bitterly that an 800-Ib. robot he had been repairing had hit him on the head.

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