Grime Bomb. In Denver. Dr. James L. Tuck, thermonuclear research chief at Los Alamos. N. Mex.. caused much speculation by keeping an oddly bulging briefcase always at his side during a conference, later revealed that it contained part of his wife's vacuum cleaner, which she had asked him to have fixed in Denver.

Let Fraudom Ring. In Hamm, West Germany, deciding a case, the state labor court ruled officially that "men are not capable to deal with household work."

Thrift. In Ridgewood. N.J., police picked up Irwin A. Leibowitz for using a slug in a pay telephone, found that he had $899.60 in cash in his pockets.

Two for the Show. In Taoyuan, Formosa, when Yang Shih-ming's bride failed to appear for her wedding, Yang turned to Bridesmaid Chiang Ming-yeh. asked her if she would like to be his wife, married her instead.

School of No Knocks. In Milwaukee Ronald O. Huff drove into a filling station, told the attendant "never mind the the gas." pulled out a pistol and robbed him of $33, was caught by police after his car ran out of gas eight blocks away.

No Passing. In Denver, three applicants for driver's licenses, each accompanied by a state motor-vehicle-license examiner, crashed in a three-way accident on a downtown street.

Snap Judgment. In Cairns, Australia, the city council enacted a regulation requiring licenses for crocodiles.

Pinorama. In Methuen, Mass.. using a hair from one of her husband's eyebrows, Mary Normandin spent 5,000 hours painting landscapes on the heads of four pins.

The Tender Trap. In Boston, a classified advertisement in the Herald said:

"COLLEGE GIRL. Resident of Boston, available Friday or Sat. eves., to chatter inconsequentially to semi-invalid man with poor eyesight . . ."

Wayward Bus Boy. In Boston another classified ad in the Herald called attention to a "BUS BOY. sober, wants work. Conscientious, rapid, accurate, honest, neat. Talk with Para-Psychologist. Like work--Cycle. Worked Sky-View Restaurant . . . Discharged for eating pie, ice cream . . ."

Advance Proof. In San Antonio, when a bandit showed him a card that said "Hand over all the money or I'll kill you." Adolph de la Pena, manager of a branch office of the San Antonio Savings & Loan Association and author of a forthcoming booklet called What to Do When Robbed, handed the crook $1,200 cash, stood quietly as the bandit left.

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