Occupational Therapy. In Buenos Aires, arrested for undertaking to cure liver ailments at $21.75 a treatment by having her patients dance the mambo, Healer Dona Pancha, 59, paused en route to jail to mix herself a magic potion of liquids, unguents and powders to ward off claustrophobia.

S.O.P. In Milwaukee, after listening to testimony that John S. Hanley drank to excess, threatened to leave his wife, failed to assume domestic responsibilities, refused to hang storm windows, shovel snow or cut the grass, Judge Robert C. Cannon dismissed Mrs. Barbara Hanley's divorce suit, told her she was not being specific enough.

On the House. In Green Bay, Wis., Tavernkeeper Clarence Mahn reported that burglars had broken in, served drinks to about a dozen guests, emptied the cash register and departed, after carefully ringing up "No Sale" for each round served.

A Matter of Taste. In San Francisco, two years after he was arrested for robbing Ishaq and Manshur Dudum's grocery of 50 bottles of whisky and a black-bread-and-Roquefort-cheese sandwich, George Woods, 45, was caught in the act again, arrested for robbing Ishaq and Manshur Dudum's new grocery of 50 bottles of whisky, a loaf of black bread and a Roquefort-cheese sandwich.

Now Hear This. In Chicago, Mrs. Eleanore Micele, 45, won a divorce on the ground of cruelty after explaining to the judge that she and husband Benjamin Micele, 57, had not spoken for eight years, had communicated only through notes pinned on the kitchen bulletin board.

Profit-Sharing. In St. Louis, charged with passing four counterfeit $10 bills in the pay envelopes of his employees, Cafe Owner George de Filippo explained that he had found them in his cash register, knew they were phony but saw no reason why he should be stuck with them.

Base Widening. In Milwaukee, charged with disorderly conduct for trying to date two girls whose names he spotted in a newspaper story, ex-Convict Richard J. O'Connor, 27, explained that he was only trying to follow his parole officer's advice to "socialize."

Brief Encounter. In Tulsa, Mrs. Robert Wallace, suing for divorce, argued that she had given her husband no grounds for deserting her, since she had been a "good and dutiful wife" for the 15 minutes he stayed around after their wedding.

Zone Defense. In Latrobe, Pa., the Frostburg (Md.) State Teachers College basketball team showed up for its scheduled game with St. Vincent's College just about the time the St. Vincent's team was arriving in Frostburg.

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