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...register by the government. Should inductions begin, registrants will have only ten days to file claims for exemptions or deferments. We urge those faced with the decision of whether or not to register to seek draft counseling (available from American Friends Service Committee (661-6130) and from Pax Christi (354-4354). Rely on your conscience. If you decide not to register, you will not be alone.Jeff Knopf Jenny Trascher John Lindsay at Radcliffe-Harvard Peace Alliance
...National Conference of Catholic Bishops feels the naming of a nuclear sub Corpus Christi is "very near sacrilegious" [Dec. 21]. What then do they call the methods of their "brother," Father Corrado Catani [Aug. 17], in promoting his "Jesus-Jeans," in which he uses a titillating Playboy-type poster bearing the caption He Who Loves Me, Follows Me? Now that I would call sacrilegious...
...Trafalgar the biggest battleship was the Spanish Santissima Trinidad. It was destroyed by Nelson's fleet in spite of its name and 30 guns. The crew of the Corpus Christi should not expect any special protection, at least in this world...
...protests do not exactly add up to a groundswell of indignation. Thomas Drury, the Bishop of Corpus Christi, who introduced the resolution of disapproval, has received about 200 messages of support. Drury, 73, a former Air Force chaplain, is new to such activism. Says he hopefully: "The bishops having made a decision on the thing, they are naturally going to stand by it. I dislike that it's causing all this trouble, but I'm afraid...
...Corpus Christi the residents seem to like the name just fine. Says Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Jimmy Lyles: "We use the English language here and not the Latin language." Meanwhile, the controversy seems likely to go on ad infinitum...