To Halve & Halve Not. In Chicago, Emily Sekoskey, who complained in court that her boy friend had put off paying his share of their Dutch treats for four years and then married somebody else, won a $179.89 judgment against him for half of 250 purchases, including a package of pistachio nuts, a bag of potato chips, a Mother's Day card, and an ice-cream cone.

IA. In Caribou, Me., the draft board reclassified John W. Keene I-A before it learned that he was: 1) 90, 2) blind.

Current History. In The Bronx, Manufacturer Edwin Klahn, who had an order for 200,000 paper containers but not quite enough machinery, turned a rolling pin into a pulley, an egg beater into a gear, went into production.

Targets for Tonight. In San Francisco, police who arrested Lewis L. Webb after he had shot his hotel room full of holes got an explanation from his 60-year-old wife: somebody had insulted her, and "Lewis was just showing me what he'd do." In The Bronx, Thomas Cunningham, charged with shooting steadily through a neighbor's window at a can of corned beef, explained that the neighbor had been eying his daughter. In Chicago, Gilbert Hayashi explained to police why he had been shooting at his roommate with a bow and arrow: "I am interested in archery."

Ditto. In Rayville, Mo., Pearl Crowley, who had become Pearl Crowley Crowley when she married a Crowley, married again, became Pearl Crowley Crowley Crowley.

. . . Another Color. In Detroit, a city-bred horse named Davie, long accustomed to auto traffic, ran away and wrecked his buggy when he met a frightening sight: another horse.

Fortune. In Manhattan, a fortuneteller told student Policewoman Anna Slays: "You will be very successful in your new profession." Policewoman Slays thereupon arrested her for fortunetelling.

Cop Copped. In Chicago, Patrolman Lynn Scott, author of a manual on the proper behavior of policemen, was arrested for attempting to sell stolen ration books.

Riches to Rags. In San Diego, Patrolman Alvin Becker stopped a speeding motorist, refused a one-dollar bribe, handed a ticket to the enraged driver, who vented his vexation by tearing the thing into shreds, shortly found he had torn up the dollar.

Rapid. In eight hours the temperature rose 50DEG, dropped 45, rose 50, dropped 47, rose 37, dropped 35, rose 45, dropped 45, in Rapid City, S. Dak.

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