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...sitnov, First Hubby may be about three bricks shy of a load, which is the title of one of Roy Blount Jr.'s amiable volumes of uptown down-home humor. Still, Blount is good company whatever he's writing, even if his puns ("Li Pung lizards!" as a comment on Clementine's China policy) hit the wall and dribble down like tossed eggs. And even if some of the jokes are merely gags (he wants to make love, she has a headache, he's hurt, and she says no, a political headache: she has to fire the Defense Secretary). That...
Some experts are not so certain. "All it tells you is that a person is where you want him to be," says Minnesota Corrections Commissioner Orville Pung. "He could be running a stolen-goods ring out of his house." The concept also prompts philosophical opposition. Says Joseph Vitek, director of corrections for Douglas County, Neb.: "It smacks of police state." Most / inmates, do not appear to be burdened by such considerations. Jeffrey Stafford, who is employed as a house painter, says he has every reason to make the idea work. "It would never enter my mind to tamper with...
Math as Well as Skill. It was not the first time that Rule No. 38 caused a golfer grief: Hawaii's Jackie Pung actually won the 1957 Women's Open, but was disqualified because her card showed a lower score for one hole than she had actually shot (although the total on the card was correct). Nor will last week's incident be the last-unless something is done about changing a rule that requires a golfer to test his math as well as his skill under the stress of competition, and penalizes mistakes without regard...
...Viet Nam [Nov. 3]. The riff-raff have held center stage long enough and their performances grow more sickeningly disgusting with every added publicity stunt. It is heartening indeed that some of our forthright and knowledgeable leaders have taken the initiative in speaking for the vast majority. BEATRICE PUNG St. Johns, Mich...
...list -- P'eng Chen (Pung...