Kipper of the Flame. In North Haven, Conn., after dozing off while cooking a snack, Herbert Herring was smoked out of his house.

Down, Boy! In Liverpool, England, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals protested the sale of a toy rocket ship containing a plastic dog in its nose cone.

Deficit Financing. In Lansing, Mich., police officials shelled out 4-c- postage due on a letter from Indiana state police, its envelope bearing the legend: "Indiana--where we live within our income."

Dipping-ln. In Seoul, Korea, after a crowd and a lot of cops gathered while a suspect re-enacted the holdup of a watch store, six cases of pocket-picking were reported.

The Big Picture. In Santa Barbara, Calif., Lutheran Minister Conrad Braaten confidently addressed the Kiwanis Club on the subject, "Glimpses of the Political, Economic and Religious Aspects in Hong Kong, India, Japan, Middle East, Kenya and East Germany."

Sweet Smell of Excess. In Spartanburg, S.C., a jury could not decide whether Wilbur Fowler Allison was guilty of drunken driving, despite a cop's word that Allison reeked and was staggering, after Allison's barber swore that he had doused the accused with a 70%-alcohol hair tonic shortly before his arrest.

Perfect Getaway. In Milwaukee, after Jose Ortega was summoned to federal court for an income tax hearing, an attorney offered reasons for Ortega's nonappearance: his client was deported to Mexico for illegal entry last year, is now in Guadalajara, awaiting trial for murder.

Mature Decision. In Hartford, Conn., after walking into the city hall and for the first time in his life registering to vote, Walter George Davis, 105, explained why he had never done so earlier: "I've had a lot of trouble and sickness and doctors' bills and a big family to raise up."

Baked to Order. In Melbourne, Australia, Nurse Anne Sutherland, 24, heard a local radio station offer a $280 prize to the first girl reporting there with the same name as an advertised biscuit, rushed to the registry office and changed her name to Honey Graham, collected the bounty.

Maternity Leave. In Kansas City, Kans., after vice-squad officers found a half-full pint of bourbon in his beer parlor, Barkeep Floyd Baker was fined $200 for illegal possession of whisky, despite his testimony that he never touched the stuff himself, kept it on hand for his female poodle, who drinks it "just when she is about to become a mother."

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