Point of View. In St. Louis, Artist Michael Chomyk and the City Art Museum disagreed as to whether his new painting, Conflict, should be hung sidewise or topside up.

Opportunist. In Knoxville,Tenn., Judge Charles G. Kelly dismissed the charge of possessing liquor against Ada Ready when she explained that she never possessed liquor, just drank it as soon as she got it.

Qualifications. In Oklahoma City, county commissioners investigated charges that Constable Samuel Edgar Hutching-son, newly re-elected to his post, was not fit to hold it, found that he was 1) not a resident of the district he policed, 2) doing time in jail for public drunkenness.

Money Isn't Everything. In Alexandria, Va., someone broke into the New Majestic Cafe, fried himself a steak, left $100 in the cash register untouched. In Providence Township, Pa., an armed thug visited Mrs. Doris Walton, ordered scrambled eggs, sat down with her to watch television--at gunpoint--for three hours.

Full Circuit. In Washington, D.C., an electric iron burned through the ironing board, started a fire, fell to the floor, melted a lead water pipe which put out the fire.

Local Talent. In San Diego, when officials at the county jail were unable to open a jail door, they called on an inmate who did the job in four minutes.

Clue. In Chicago, 23-year-old Harry Arnold Langham tauntingly mailed his photograph to Oklahoma City cops, who are trying to track him for forgery and car theft.

Concession. In Tulsa, 26-year-old Richard Whitelaw, hauled into court on a charge of public intoxication, explained what it was that drove him to drink: "My doctor told me if I drank whisky it would kill me. So I bought a bottle and went out to prove that he was all wet. But the way I feel, he was half right."

Status Quo. In Newport News, Va., Railway Owner W. C. King Jr. took on a new partner, Jeff L. Robins, heralded the event in the local Daily Press: "You will receive the same lousy service . . . probably even higher prices, and the only real difference is that Jeff shares in the profits, if any, or has to make up part of the losses."

Practical Politics. In Cheyenne, Wyo., Dan Rees, elected county commissioner after a campaign in which he promised to be "reasonably honest," gave fair warning to the electorate in a newspaper ad: "All promises made in the heat of the campaign are hereby retracted; they are null and void and of no further value."

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