House Guest. In Philadelphia, a court awarded Lela Ruth Sauder $2,500 back pay as a reluctant housekeeper, errand girl, barber and chauffeur to George C. Swanfeld, 90, who came to her house for a two-week visit, stayed on for twelve years.

Project. In Washington, the Interior Department considered a request from a Brooklyn matron: "Dear Sirs: Will you send me some information my class is studing about it."

Return Ticket. In River Edge, N.J., a policeman wrote the Rev. Walter J. Poynton a ticket, was forced to admit that he didn't have his own license with him, meekly accepted a ticket himself when the parson called another cop.

Safeguard. In Detroit, Corporal Fred Martin faced the fact that there are "too many good-looking women" around for him to resist, asked for and got, as a rider to his divorce decree, a court order restraining him from marriage for two years.

Pastime. In Binghamton, N.Y., a 14-year-old boy busied himself stealing two trucks and four cars inside of two hours, later explained: "I had nothing else to do and no place to go."

Service. In Trenton, N.J., Edward Wiley wandered into police headquarters, loudly ordered a beer, was served with two months in jail, for drunkenness.

Extra Mileage. In Monroe, Mich., an auto-equipment company made exhaustive tests, announced that during an average 300-mile trip over highways a truck driver bounces up & down a total vertical distance of 8,750 feet.

Headed for Trouble. In Portland, Ore., Marie Montoya topped off her hairdo with a paring knife, got arrested for carrying a concealed weapon.

Music Lesson. In Hanover, Germany, newspaper Critic Klaus Wagner was sentenced to a week's hard labor with a rubble-clearing squad for "disrespect for his elders," i.e., writing a sneering review of an opera performance.

Breaking Point. In Kokomo, Ind., a divorce was granted to Albert L. Franklin, who testified that he didn't mind so much when his wife threatened him with a knife and beat up his mother, but felt that she went too far when she stole four of his pet rabbits.

Check, Please. In Lansing, Mich., a restaurant owner kept right on collecting plenty of money for meals after offering to feed anyone free who could call him by his full name: George Papavlahodimitrakopoulos.

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