Died in Committee. In Inverness, Fla., the Citrus County Chronicle carried a notice: "An announcement by J. Wallace Cooper: I said I would be a candidate for council. My wife said I wouldn't be. So ends my thoughts on seeking a place on the city council."

End of the Affair. In Fresno, Calif., Paul Samuel Haney was sentenced to a year in prison for forging checks on his wife's bank account so that he could buy wedding and engagement rings for his girl friend.

Dim Viewer. In Milwaukee, Robert W. Sump was fined $100 for reckless driving, despite his explanation to the cops who chased him at speeds up to 80 m.p.h. that he: 1) did not hear their sirens or see their flashing warning lights; 2) merely overlooked one traffic light and four highway stop signs; 3) failed to notice that he was driving the wrong way up a one-way street.

Payment Deferred. In Sendai, Japan, Gennosuke Ikeda was arrested after an auto salesman called on him to collect payment on a car, was served a cup of poisoned tea.

The Desperate Hours. In Detroit, after an auto drove into his service station, knocked a gas pump off its base, flattened an oil rack, bounced off two other pumps and drove off as one burst into flame, Attendant Floyd Bendel described his plight to police: "I had my hands full trying to keep from getting hit, burned alive or blown up.''

Crusade in Europe. In Wuerzburg, West Germany, U.S. loth Infantry Division Private Frank Asztolos drew a $50 fine and a 30-day suspended sentence for "willfully disobeying the orders of his mess sergeant to cease serving the troops such large portions of potatoes."

Double Take. In Grand Haven, Mich., Bentley Schut headed for the courthouse to pay a reckless-driving fine, was ticketed for speeding.

Wrong Approach. In Denver, Hotel Desk Clerk Mrs. Burnace Hadley, 49, hit an armed robber on the head with a nightstick, made a direct hit on him with a vacuum bottle as he stepped back, rapped him on the fingers with the club when he made a last grab for the hotel's money, explained to police after he fled: "He made me mad with his brashness."

Do It Yourself. In Irvington, N.J., arrested for driving with old license plates, George Ludovici was held on additional charges when police learned that he had stolen the car, was AWOL from the Army, had tried to pay for the traffic ticket with a homemade $10 bill.

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