CONTEMPORARY NONSENSE
FLORIDA FIGHTING MOTORCYCLE GANG
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA.,
Nov. 18 - Florida law enforcement
officials have begun a crackdown on a nomadic gang of motorcycle riders
called the Outlaws, whose members are being investigated in connection
with a variety of crimes in Florida and other states.
The enforcement effort is centered in Palm Beach County, where
18-year-old Christine Deese of West Palm Beach complained last week
that male members of the Outlaws had nailed her to a tree by driving
four-inch nails through her hands. Miss Deese, a member of the gang,
said she was being punished for disobeying orders.
When he learned of the incident, Gov. Claude R. Kirk
Jr.
threat–
ened to drive the Outlaws out of the state within 30 days.
"This is one of the many vulgar acts this group has done," Governor
Kirk said.
(New York Times,
November 19, 1967). Contributed by Charles Douglas,
Rochester, New York.
SEE PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT
[Some] critics believe that the psychological impact of orbiting bombs
or sub-orbital warheads that can evade all but the newest radar detection
systems is too great to be ignored.
There was some speculation here tonight that the Pentagon is
offering the new vehicle as its own "terror weapon" to counter talk of
the fractional orbital system.
(New Y ork Times,
December 14, 1967.)
DEATH PENALTY CONSTITUTIONAL
LOS ANGELES (AP) - • • .
Advocating capital punishment as a deterrent
to crime, [Deputy Dist. Atty.
J.
Miller] Leavy said: "I am satisfied any
Godfearing man who knows he might go to his death for a crime is
going to be deterred. However, many persons are not Godfearing."
(The Daily Californian,
November 28, 1967.) Contributed by R. S.
Becker, San Mateo, California.
U.S. SAID TO PRESS SHARPLY FOR GOOD VIETNAM REPORTS
SAIGON,
South Vietnam, December 31 - American officials at almost
all levels, both in Saigon and in the provinces, say they are under steadily
increasing pressure from Washington to produce convincing evidence of
progress, especially by the South Vietnamese, in the next few months.
"What it all adds up to," an officer in the American Embassy said,
"is a simple, straight-forward message: Washington is telling us that the
American people will no longer tolerate the Vietnamese caring less about
winning than we do."
