Where, Then? In Manhattan, a cop in a park heard snoring, found Ahmed Hassen asleep in a tree, hauled him off to court. Hassen told the judge that he slept in trees because sleeping on benches was forbidden.

Solution. In Wilson, N.C., veteran loungers in front of Harry Walls's tailor shop worried when Walls moved away, feared that a new tenant might not tolerate them, rented the shop themselves and moved inside.

Answer? In Berkeley, Calif., a scientist found that pigs who lacked enough vitamin B took to doing the goosestep.

Retriever. In Donalsonville, Ga., Hunter Egber Ward's dog swam out in a lake to retrieve a dove, returned with a trout.

Foresight. In New Orleans, the Roosevelt Hotel, mindful of the wartime drain on manpower, advertised for elevator operators, concluded: "No one under 65 years of age need apply."

Request. In Wichita, Kans., the chief of police frowned over a note from out-of-town. "I am very much interested in capital punishment," it read. "Please send me some."

Plea. In The Bronx, Joseph Penner,-charged with smoking in the subway, told the judge he never smoked but a stranger had asked him to and he hated to offend him. Fine: $2.

Reaction. In Coffeyville, Kans., a taxpayer walked into the county treasurer's office to find out what he owed. When he was told, he ran away screaming, eventually got rid of a bee that had gotten inside his shirt.

Lock. In Paris, Mo., Mrs. R. O. Bornhouser, whose husband had tried to fix the lock on their car's trunk, drove into a gas station and had the attendant pry it open, releasing Mr. Bornhouser.

Little Sunshine. In Atlantic City, William Conover asked for a divorce, complained that his wife's regular greeting every morning was: "Aren't you dead yet?"

Hint. In St. Louis, a shop foreman gave a glaring hint to workers who failed to wear their goggles: he presented them with glass eyes.

Collector. In Nottingham, England, police hunted a stranger who got into Mabel Foulkes's house, pushed her into a chair, pulled one of her teeth, fled the scene brandishing it aloft, crying, "What a beauty!"

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