Rob Raw. In Milwaukee, when police arrested her for shoplifting, learned after a brief search that she was stark naked under her coat, 23-year-old Lois Johnson explained to a matron that she wore only the coat because she didn't have a clean dress.

Amicus Curiae. In Miami, after being fired by the city commission, City Attorney Olavi M. Hendrickson was given instructions by the mayor to appeal a Circuit Court ruling that restored him to his job, declined to do so, on the grounds that "the decision was eminently correct, and an appeal would be a waste of time and money."

Candy Is Dandy . . . In Klamath Falls, Ore., when prisoners sent their weekly orders for cigarettes, chocolate bars and magazines to a nearby store, Jailer Fred Calfee intercepted and rejected one list: 5 Ibs. of white rice, 1 large can of pineapple juice, 2 Ibs. of seedless raisins, 10 Ibs. of sugar, 2 cakes of brewer's yeast.

Pupils' Choice. In Irondequoit, N.Y., a district school board offered to let local schoolchildren name a new, $3,500,000 school, reconsidered after early returns in the write-in balloting showed a clear preference for "The Elvis Presley High School."

Camera Obscura. In Manhattan, a camera shop carried an official bankruptcy notice in one window, its own sign in the other:

This is a Non-Profit Organization

We didn't plan it so,

It just happened.

Aid & Comfort. In Liberty, Mo., after they found Motorist James Denoff sweating over a stalled car, pushed it for him, waved him on his way, Officers Jack Corum and Donald Morris learned that Denoff had stolen the automobile, was using it for his getaway from a supermarket robbery.

Mallet Case. In Garfield, N.J., two weeks after he was questioned and found not guilty of street fighting, Martin Ressnick was haled into the same courtroom, admitted that during his first visit he had swiped the magistrate's gavel.

Rematch. In Los Angeles, Harvey and Billie Cravaack got divorced, then got married again, later separated following a court session (Harvey claimed he awoke once to find Billie "scratching on my Adam's apple with an icepick," and Billie countered that Harvey had threatened to poison their swimming pool), finally were divorced a second time after Billie testified that Harvey had pulled her from the shower, "dragged me by the hair of my head through the house," tossed her outdoors nude, later pushed her from their car on a freeway.

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