Tidbits and Outrages
TIDBITS & OUTRAGES RABID TRANSIT The New York Times reports that when the former head of RJR Nabisco, Ross Johnson, traveled by air, he frequently booked flights for a "G. Shepard" on...
...SEMPER FIDO When questioned by the House Armed Services Committee about the wisdom of the Army's building a $16,000 on-base pet cemetery, the Army replied: "This is consistent with the Army's training and doctrine commands, installation of excellence...
...TIDBITS & OUTRAGES RABID TRANSIT The New York Times reports that when the former head of RJR Nabisco, Ross Johnson, traveled by air, he frequently booked flights for a "G...
...Shepard was actually Johnson's dog, traveling separately because of a tendency to bite people...
...NAME ONE A Manhattan appeals court ruled that a police officer who reached into the front of a man's pants and found 10 ounces of cocaine there had conducted an illegal search...
...SECRETARIAT OF DEFENSE The Washington Times reports that the Air Force is paying $100,000 for a study to find out how much jet noise pregnant horses can stand...
...While not extravagant, it was done in good taste...
...THANK GOD THAT FILIPINO RABBI STROLLED BY In San Jose, a 15- by 30-foot multilingual banner costing about $6,500 had to be removed right before the rededication ceremony at a public library because the Tagalog word on it that library personnel thought meant "welcome" actually meant "circumcised...
...Shepard" on another private plane going to the same destination, and that when RJR was taken over last year, investigators from the new management discovered that Mr...
...The judge's opinion in the case states that "there are a number of inherently innocuous objects which could have been the cause of a bulge in this area...
...COMING SOON: "COUCH" The product line of Avia walking shoes includes not just models called "Trail" and "Track," but also one called "Mall...
...The Massachusetts state licensing board for doctors has charged Boston psychiatrist Sheldon Zigelbaum with sexually abusing four female patients and also with asking one of their husbands for a $6,000 loan to defend himself against the abuse allegations...
...WHAT'S FREUDIAN FOR CHUTZPAH...
...The pet burial facility was developed in a manner consistent with this philosophy...
Vol. 22 • May 1990 • No. 4
