Nominal Speed. In Decatur, Ill., two women drivers who collided at an intersection told police they were in a hurry, gave their names as Ellen Rush and Loena Quick.

Headstrong. In Painesville, Ohio, William Marut, after wondering for weeks what had hit his head New Year's Eve, finally got around to showing the bump to a doctor, who found a .22 slug embedded in his scalp.

Trade Winds. In Depoe Bay, Ore., two motorists, one northbound, the other southbound on U.S. Highway 101, were blocked by a snowslide, exchanged cars and drove on.

Bargain. In Miami, Okla., while helping arrange merchandise for a church rummage sale, Mrs. Maude Jones forgetfully left her red purse containing $20 on the counter overnight, learned the next morning when she arrived to pick it up that the sale was already under way and someone had bought it for 25-c-.

Washington Slept Here. In Kearny, N.J., police were inclined to believe Station Attendant Louis Washington's story that he had slept through two burglaries of Red's Trucking Terminal when he fell into a drowse during questioning at police headquarters.

Clues. In Charleston, W.Va., Bessie Shaffer, reporting the theft of her car, observed that police would have no trouble recognizing it since it had no fenders, no doors, no headlights.

Cross Purposes. In Richmond, Sergeant Luther Seldon Jr. arrived home on a 30-day furlough from Munich to surprise his wife, found that she was en route to Germany to surprise him.

The Old One-Two. In Youngstown, Ohio, when R. Marino dashed across the street to stop policemen from towing his car from a no-parking zone, a policewoman gave him a ticket for jay walking.

Standin. In San Francisco, a stranger stabbed Lawrance Bridges in the neck, knocked him to the sidewalk, then said: "Pardon me, I thought you were Jerry."

Illegal. In Albany, N.Y., Attorney John Ford, representing Ralph Lambert in a stolen car case, swore out a warrant for his client's arrest, charging that Lambert had stolen his lawyer's automobile.

Blame-Weary. In Albuquerque, Purcell Felter got a divorce after declaring in a sworn statement from Japan that he joined the army to get away from a hypercritical wife: "I was blamed for the dust storms, the heat, the cold and all the natural phenomena indigenous to Albuquerque. I just couldn't take it any more."

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