CONTEMPORARY NONSENSE
SAIGON, VIETNAM
(AP) - An order issued by Maj. Paul M.
Boseman, operations officer of the 377th Security Police squadron at
Tan Son Nhut Aivbase, says in part:
"Salute when you recognize an officer even though you both, officer
and noncommissioned officer, are nude."
An Air Force spokesman said this was "intended to emphasize the
importance of saluting officers when recognized, whether in or out of
uniform."
He said he did not know under what circumstances officers and
enlisted personnel might encounter each other in the nude.
(The Chicago Tribune,
December 12, 1972. ) Contributed by Larry
Retzack, Evanston, Illinois.
"Regardless of how much South Africa may need expertise and
skills, I will not allow in any person who admits to being an atheist.
Tolerance and mutual respect are basic needs if people of different
societies are to live in harmony." Dr. Piet Koornhof, South African
Minister of Immigration.
(The Jerusalem Post,
September 21, 1972.) Contributed by Mrs. B. G.
Cohen, Savyn, Israel.
Dr. Christian N. Barnard, the pioneer surgeon of heart transplant–
ing, was in Tel Aviv to help rajse money for disabled children. Dis–
cussing the nine transplants he has done, Dr. Barnard said two of the
patien.ts had survived. "But we helped the others a lot, even though
they died," the surgeon said.
(The New York Times,
November 11, 1972.) Contributed by M. Rybak,
Brooklyn, New York.
At Boston University, where Miss GiJ.lespie's disappearance has
added to the shock of the deaths earlier this fall of Kathleen Ann
Randall and Debra Rae Stevens, administrative officials are conducting
all
intense but informal anti-hitchhiking and personal safety campaign.
Student leaders point to enthusiastic response - about seven hundred
showed up at a planning meeting - as a renewed sense of cOll1munity
on campus.
One dormitory resident said, "It"s bringing people together where
things like politics and the Vietnam War ne\·er could."
(The New York Times,
December 10, 1972.) Contributed by Sarah
Jane Williams, Greencastle, Indiana.
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