Caution. In Pasadena, William C. Smith, 75, and Jennie E. Renslow, 72, applied for a marriage license on the soth anniversary of their engagement. In High Point, N.C., a jury awarded a divorce to an 83-year-old man who had been separated from his wife for 26 years. He said he wanted to be free.

Chomp. In Los Angeles, hospital patient Letha Mooney, speechless, explained in writing that a woman named Lollipop had bitten her tongue off in a cafe brawl. Asked just how it happened, she wrote: "I don't know. It happened so fast."

Naughty. In Kansas City, Mo., 50 sulking policemen got a lecture from their chief, who had received a complaint from a judge that they had been throwing paper wads and clips and pinching each other, in his courtroom.

Grounds. In Minneapolis, Milton Oliver Brown complained that his wife, Opal Barbara, took more than her share of the bedclothes, sued her for divorce on grounds of cruel & inhuman treatment. In Indianapolis, a woman suing for divorce charged that her husband kept his gun collection and an 18-foot fishing boat in the living room. In Chicago, Mrs. Frances Toler, a model, won a divorce after complaining that she supported her husband but that he refused to do the housework.

Jurisprudence. In Flushing, L.I., Magistrate Henry A. Soffer ruled that dogs without teeth are not required to wear muzzles.

Revisitor. In Portland, Ore., for the second time in a year a prowler broke into The Wee Taverne, rifled a pinball machine, ate a banana, drank a bottle of pop and left, undisturbed by the watchdog.

Trend. In Indianapolis, the managing director of Ice Cream Merchandising Institute unveiled before manufacturers from four States the latest ice-cream confection: a red, white & blue sundae (strawberries and blueberries on vanilla).

Description. In Atlanta, a woman suing another for alienation of affections alleged that "although the defendant's countenance strongly resembles that of a starved and perished 'possum of the Chattahoochee River Valley, she possesses a peculiar cunning." She won $500 damages.

Request. In a Chicago restaurant appeared a placard: "Kindly report persons who thoughtlessly put sugar bowls into their pockets."

Mud. In Camden, N.J., Mrs. Frances H. W. Kenworthey's car slid down a 60-foot embankment into the mud of a river. She sat there nine hours, explained to rescuers that she hadn't climbed out because she didn't want to dirty her new clothes.

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