Solid Argument. In Los Angeles, Viola Fredieu sued Harold Hester to recover her 49 gallstones, which he was using in sales promotion to show prospective customers what might happen if they refused to buy his water-softening equipment.

This Is Your Wife. In Eaton, Ohio, after he had advertised for a week in the Register-Herald for "the name of the party" who stole his "wife and groceries" from his home, Bill Ross ran another notice to correct a misunderstanding: "I only want reimbursement for the $22 worth of groceries . . . The man that stole the wife must keep her."

Travelers' Aid. In Nara, Japan, city officials hastily recalled a guidebook prepared for touring college students after discovering that it offered complete information on the city's red-light districts, including names, addresses and rates.

The Raider. In Oklahoma City, Robert Simms Popejoy was fined $7 after he walked into a restaurant, strolled over to one of the booths, blandly took a bite out of a patron's hamburger.

Sequitur. In Los Angeles, an ad appeared in the Times: "SINGLE expectant mother desires housework or baby sitting. No bachelor considered.''

Order of Bottle. In Seattle, Zumie Davis was fined $200 for illegally selling liquor, despite his explanation that the 41 fifths of whisky and 24 pints of wine found in his bedroom were to be used only in case of an A-bomb attack.

Laughed Off. In New York, police looked for the man who, wearing a huge false nose and oversized glasses, stepped up to Chase Manhattan Bank Teller William Blaha, handed him a note that read, "This is a stickup. Hand over $10,000," fled after Blaha burst out laughing and asked, "Are you kidding?"

Clipped Bond. In Long Beach, Calif., arrested for writing checks without the money to cover them, Robert E. Bennett was jailed after remarking, as the court fixed his bond at $1,000, "Can I give you a check for the bail, judge?"

One for the Road. In Richmond, Ind., Mrs. Pauline Ellison crashed into a truck while driving down an icy highway, was thrown from her car, skidded 200 feet on her briefcase, was uninjured.

Siren Song. In Dearborn, Mich., Public Safety Commissioner Marguerite C. Johnson announced that the feminine touch will soon extend to the city's police cars: "They'll be in assorted colors, and they'll be beauties--pretty reds, pinks, blues, greens and other shades; even the word police will be in complementary tones. Black is so drab!"

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