Achilles Wrist. In Amersham, England, the city magistrate court was forced to adjourn temporarily when Court Clerk A. Ferguson got writer's cramp.

As the Gentle Rain. In Portland, Ore., a woman in desperate need of an apartment submitted a want ad to the Oregonian, saying she would "get rid of pet chinchillas, toy poodle, Siamese cat, parakeet and goldfish, but would like to keep 9-year-old son."

Base Clef. In Manhattan, Thomas Patrick Murphy, 47, booked on charges of burglary and possessing burglary tools (5,000 hotel and auto keys, auto-license-plate stamping tools), explained about the keys: "It's my hobby. I'm a key collector."

Late Berrial. In Bangor, Me., Judge James A. Mooney praised the eleventh of eleven drunks, after ten won suspended sentences by promising to get jobs picking blueberries, for pointing out that the berry-picking season was over.

Headquarters Call. In San Francisco, three policeman spotted a stolen automobile, gingerly forced its driver-thief to the curb, returned the car unmarked to Police Commissioner Paul A. Bissinger.

Insufficient Warning. In Madison, Wis., the state legislature, in passing a bill to make parents liable for property damage up to $300 caused by their children, bypassed an amendment which would have exempted parents who posted "Beware of wild child" on "a conspicuous place on the child."

Furthermore. In Chiapa, Mexico, the superior court sentenced Roberto Aguilar to 20 years for killing his father, directed that he be "admonished and reprehended so he will not do it again."

Spelling It Out. In Walla Walla, Wash., a convict in the state penitentiary ripped open his package of three hollowed-out religious books, found, instead of an expected 3,000 Benzedrine-type pills, a note from the warden informing "to whom it may concern" that pill smuggling in the prison had been discovered.

Watch Out for Falling Rock. In Perth, Australia, detailing his disasters in bankruptcy court. Farmer Wilfred J. Tomlinson, 60, moaned that 700 of his sheep were stolen, as was his $2,225 trotting horse--which had never won a race--that emus had wrecked his crops, his accountant had suffered a heart attack, and white ants had eaten his only record book.

Stop the Music! In Gallup, N. Mex., the Gallup Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association, after several weeks of rainy weather, sent out a plea to Pueblo Indians to cancel plans for some of their rain dances.

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