Budget Pinch. In Philadelphia, Jack Gee, 41, charged with burglary, told arresting officers that he needed money because he was two payments behind on his 1956 Cadillac.

Controlled Emotion. In Columbus, Ohio, the state highway safety department, making a survey of drivers who had one-car accidents last year, recorded an 18-year-old's admission that he went 85 m.p.h. around an Scurve, in a car he had never driven before, on a rainy night, over a railroad track, with one arm around his girl.

Slot Luck. In Uniontown, Pa., Mrs. Ann Pratt testified during an inquiry into "for amusement only" pinball machines, that she had once spent five hours and $110 trying to get back $25, was still determined to keep playing until she won back the $3,000 she had lost over the past four years.

Hard to Stomach. In Paso Robles, Calif., Theft Suspect James Jay Johnston, 21, rushed groaning to a hospital by worried patrolmen, was discovered to have two bedsprings, a belt buckle and a spoon handle in his stomach, explained: "I often eat things like that."

Frozen Assets. In Akron, Mark Pollock, 9, and brother David, 4, sold out their entire stock in three torrid days, charging heat-parched neighbors up to 4-c- each for 180 snowballs, of various flavors, which they stored last winter in the family freezer.

Catholic Taste. In Spring Creek, Pa., the sheriff was trying to deduce what sort of thieves they were who robbed Andrew Szewczuk of 1) 300 lbs. of frozen beef, 2) 1,000 phonograph records, 3) 40 gallons of paint, 4) a hot-water tank, 5) a grass seeder, 6) a leather jacket, 7) a pair of roller skates, and 8) some false-teeth powder.

Windfall. In Harbor Springs, Mich., the chamber of commerce, pushing the town as a pollen-free haven for hay-fever sufferers, offered schoolboys a dime a pound for any ragweed they could find, backed down hurriedly when youngsters hauled in a 1,400-lb. wagonload.

Covering the Waterfront. In Springfield, Mass., a woman rushed up to Edward P. Hannigan, a tourist-booth attendant, breathlessly asked for directions to all the swimming places within a ten-mile radius, explaining that she had left her children at a pond and couldn't remember which one.

Copper Belt. In Bethany, Okla., Jerry Alan Porter, 14, "needed some money for vacation," so he picked up $230 in bills at the bank in exchange for his long-saved 23,000 pennies.

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