Out Dated. In Montgomery, Ala., the Rotary Club withheld the one-year perfect-attendance award from Dr. Gordon King when he failed to show up at the award meeting.

French Dressing. In London, an "Honest French Diplomat" advertising to rent his apartment in the Sunday Times, specified that "being a Socialist he refuses to profit on the housing shortage."

Name's Sake. In Detroit, after Frances Miles pleaded to have her first name changed "because folks think Frances means a man," and a probate judge inquired, "What name would you like to be called. Frances?", she replied: "Jackie."

Reciprocal Trade. In Port Moresby, New Guinea, the South Pacific Post reported that Kairuku Territory Cooperatives had been plagued recently by embezzlement, added: "It is an interesting comment on the efficiency of the Cooperative training courses to note that the standard of embezzlement was in each case particularly high."

Head Master. In Spokane, juvenile officers broke up a young man's manufacturing business when they discovered an eleven-year-old making blackjacks (out of rubber hose and lead) and brass knuckles (out of sections of dog chains), selling them to friends (for 50-c- and $1) along with detailed instructions on how to use them.

Let Them Eat Cake. In London, after Eileen Childs was awarded $13,160 when she testified that her injuries in a road accident made her forget how to cook, that she had been forced to serve canned beans and peas for nearly a year, unable to cook her husband's steak and kidney pudding, her husband got an additional $2,100 compensation.

Dash of Spice. In Santa Monica, Calif.. Willie Thigpen, 19. caught with two friends after relieving a restaurant of $150 and 20 barbecued chickens, readily admitted the theft, explained: "I love that chicken. It tastes better when the cops are looking for me."

Campaign Veteran. In London, a sympathetic British army court gave Gunner Bartholomew Meehan, 24, father of six, a light one-year sentence for six years of desertion after he told his story: in 1951 he was granted 14 days compassionate leave to visit his wife and their newborn baby; by the time he was ready to come back, she announced that she was expecting another child; the same thing happened in 1953, and again the next year, and the next, and the next; he finally surrendered to the military police this year upon learning that no child was expected.

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