From San Juan Hill. In Atlanta, Harry L. Olive, 82, and Mrs. Jennie Goodby, 82, divorced during the Spanish-American War, remarried.

As Ye Sew. In East Providence, R.I., District Judge Eugene J. Sullivan listened patiently while James S. Gomes, 73, argued that his eyesight without glasses was normal for driving, watched as Gomes deftly threaded a needle three times in a row without the aid of glasses, tried and failed to do the same thing himself, dismissed the case.

Rude Awakening. In Mobile, Ala., Laborer Alexander Robinson, opening his eyes in the hospital after surgery for restoration of sight, spotted his wife, remarked amiably: "You sure have got fat in the last four years."

Pitcher. In Boston, finally arrested after his third robbery of Macy's liquor store in less than 24 hours, Gunman Edward M. Diamont, 29, observed amiably to irate police: "I guess I went to the well too often."

Myopic Triumph. In Miami, arrested for firing a shotgun at six rowdy teen-agers who were throwing rocks at his house and slightly wounding two of them, William Winslow Gordon, 79, explained with satisfaction: "I've shot at them lots of times before, but I'm nearsighted, and this is the first time I ever was lucky enough to hit one."

Social Awareness. In Kansas City, Mo., after being slugged on the street by two pipe-swinging strangers, having the fuel tank of his car filled with sugar and the car's tires punctured with an ice pick, Grocery Clerk Homer P. Hatfield solemnly told police he thought that someone must have it in for him.

Peaceful Coexistence. In Point Lonsdale, Victoria, addressing the third annual convention of the Skin Divers' and Spear-fishermen's Association of Australia, Delegate Dick Charles happily reported that "bad blood between spearfishermen and anglers in New South Wales is dying out; no longer do they brawl and flatten each other with oars."

Satisfaction. In Greenville, Miss., a jury impressed by the merits 1) of the damage suit brought by Mrs. W. C. Hudson against Vance Lipe after an auto collision, and 2) by Lipe's countersuit, found after brief deliberation "for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,000 and also for the defendant in the sum of $1,000, both parties being equally negligent."

Winter's Tale. In Ockley, England, Miss Fanny Ennis, 69, suing John Purser, 73, for breach of promise, charged that he had promised to marry her when she was an innocent 22.

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