Big Turnover. In Seattle, a taxicab hit a curb, rolled over, disgorged eleven occupants.

Fellow Traveler. In Kingsport, Tenn., Mrs. J. L. Wilks arrived for the Gist annual W.C.T.U. convention, drew from the suitcase she believed to be hers a collection of men's shirts, shorts, and a bottle of whiskey.

Solemnities. In Meridian, Idaho, a wedding began at 7 p.m., the guests began squirming at 7:10, the minister pronounced the couple man & wife at 7:15 -- and at 7:16 everyone rushed from the church while the fire department put out a blaze in the basement.

The Cloth. In Vatican City, thieves stripped a clothesline of every sheet be longing to the Pope's Swiss Guards.

Favorite Brand. In Chicago , Mrs.

Catherine Winiecki testified that her husband stamped out cigarets in her face. The judge granted her separate maintenance, said to Mr. Winiecki: "With the cigaret shortage being what it is, you better give up smoking." In the Dumps. In Salt Lake City, a State Prison inmate made his getaway inside a garbage can.

Visitation. In Columbia, Pa., though Mrs. Althia Donley claimed she was "only carrying out the orders of the Lord" when she broke into Harry Draude's house early one Sunday morning and climbed into bed with Harry and Mrs. Draude, the Judge gave her 30 days.

Yank! In Atlanta, an Army salvage office collected 167 ounces of gold from G.I. teeth extracted during September, sent the $5,835 haul to the Mint.

Gift Horse. In Chicago, Mrs. Victor Kleinert Jr. bought a surplus zebra named Zombie from the Brookfield Zoo, gave it to her husband for his birthday.

Fair and Colder. In Manhattan, Underwear Institute President Roy A. Cheney declared that "Lend-Lease is literally snatching the underwear from the American's back." Treasure Corner. In Holyoke, Mass., radio listeners heard on the Truth or Consequences quiz program that $1,000 in silver dollars had been buried on a local street corner for a contestant, realized that buried treasure is public property, mobbed the place with shovels, frying pans, a divining rod and a bulldozer. The winner: War Veteran Joe ("Shoveling") Roy. The losers: Holyoke city officials who complained about a newly-excavated lot.

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