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CO N T E
M·P0 RA RY NON SEN SE
.... Still, I should think that anyone who has ever glanced at
Partisan
Review
will sense enough of that group's odd preoccupations, argu–
ment:<\tive arrogance and eerie lack of connection with reality to gain
pleasure .from watching four representative types trying to cope with
something as distressingly abstract as death. (Richard SchickeL Review
of
"Bye Bye Braverman." Life,
March 15, 1968)
SURPRISE! IT'S A BABY, DAD, YOU TOO, MA
iiltIGG,
England (AP) - Gordon Dunderdale had
10
children when he
fell asleep in fr0!1t of the television.
When he woke up he had 11 - and he hadn't known his wife was
pregnant.
Neither had she.
The eventful night in the life of the Dunderdales started when
Gordon, 38, settled down in his favorite chair to watch television.
Brenda, 34, went to the kitchen to make coffee.
Gordon fell asleep. Brenda felt unwell. She slipped out of the house
to the hospitaL
Gordon . . . called police, who traced Brenda to Glenford Hos–
pital. ...
"I felt an awful fool ," said Gordon.
(Chicago American,
December
23, 1967) Contributed by Ellen Siegel, Chicago, Ill.
'LITURGICAL ARTS' OFFERS DESIGN
FOR A CHAPEL ON THE MOON
"The whole thing is hypothetical of course," said Maurice Lavanoux,
the managing editor, "although I spoke to the people at the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration and tlley didn't seem to think
that it was too far out."
(National Catholic Reporter,
December
20,
1967) Contributed by Mrs. Carole McCauley, Greenwich, Conn.
ODHAMS TO MERGE 'POW!' AND 'WHAM!'
Odhams Press will merge two of their juvenile publications,
Pow!
and
Wham!,
starting with the January
20
issue on sale Monday, January 15.
The new title will be
Pow! and Wham!,
and the selling price will re–
main unchanged at 7d.
(Ad'vertiser's Weekly
(London), December 22,
1967 ) Contributed by A. Oakley, Cheltenham, England.
COLLEGE BARS HIPPIES
BROWNWOOD,
Tex., February 9 (AP) - Howard Payne College an–
;101mced today a policy barring "hippies and other bizarre personalities"
from enrollment. The Baptist-supported institution said those who were
not hippies when they enro ll ed but became so later "will be asked
either to change their ways or to withdraw." Howard Payne has an
enrollment of about
1,250.
(New York Times,
February
10,
1968) Con–
tributed by Joseph A. Barbato, Woodside, N.Y.
PUBLIC PETTING BAN IN KU. DORM
RESULTS IN "LIGHTS ON" THREAT
"After all, [the Dea.n said] when residents cannot watch television be–
cause some couples sitting in the lounge are being somewhat amorous,
it's time something was done. "
(The Kansas City Star,
December
10,
1967 ) Contributed by Thomas F. Barrow, Rochester, N.Y.
