Infernal Triangle. In Mexicali, Mexico, police jailed Pedro Maldona de Valdez after he stole a pair of trousers from a dry cleaners and gave them to a friend --who took them immediately to the cleaners to be pressed.

The Cure. In Ann Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Lucy Wireman, 30, denying that she tried to kill her husband, who was hospitalized with a severe case of arsenic poisoning, admitted to police that she had been spiking his beer with rat poison for four years but only "to cure him of the drinking habit."

Fighting Retreat. In Forward Township, Pa., when Prohibition-minded citizens compelled the three-tavern area to take a local-option vote on beer and spirits, citizens voted narrowly against the continued sale of beer but for the sale of hard liquor.

Probing Mind. In Mexico City, Rafael Duenas tried unsuccessfully to commit suicide by stabbing himself with an ice pick after writing a note: "I killed myself to see what it felt like."

Devotion Lotion. In Cincinnati, William Stokes, 57, Bishop of the Spiritual Church of God, explained to police that the blackjack" he was carrying was for "protection of myself and my congregation," and the bottle of gin, for "sacrificial purposes."

The Silver Chord. In Dearborn, Mich., Gerald Kiwak was puzzled at the parakeet sitting on his fence squawking "luzonone-fournineninetwo," until his mother tried the number, returned the bird to its relieved owner-trainer.

Complication. In Akron, after Chandler D. Cutlip, 62 and partially blind, was arrested weaving down a street behind the wheel of a panel truck, he pleaded guilty to driving without a license, added, "I can't see well enough to get one."

Two & Two. In Frontenac, Kans., City Clerk Tony Getto expected a shower of protests when the water supply was cut off briefly to repair the municipal plant, but while not a single customer telephoned to complain, one man slunk in to pay his bill.

Trauma. In Akron, Henry Lee Ivery, whose blackjack and revolver were confiscated by police last November after he shot at a prowler, filed a $1,500 suit against the city of Akron, alleging that he has suffered ever since from a "feeling of insecurity."

By George. In London, two men who tried to burglarize the U.S. embassy were convicted after damaging evidence was given against them by Police Constable George Washington.

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