Show Public Dumps Woes on DF Book Has Wacky Requests Made of Unit NEW YORK From YORK From a yacht off oU the Virginia coast the distress message message mes meso sage lage flashed hair has been set et by home permanent wave outfit Neutralizer Neutralize spilled and lost We have no way to remove permanent solution Advise Ad Ad- vise soonest what to do Ashore a coast guard lieutenant rubbed his chin sighed deeply and reached d for the telephone an hour dots and dashes spelled out this message to the distressed husband hus bus band Try four ounces peroxide in quart of ot water It If no peroxide available wash 10 times with any soap and shampoo And so 0 the coast guard search and rescue division cha chalked d up an other victory over disaster disaster and and another an other story was entered in a are remarkable re log knows know in coast guard circles as the DF book D D F F. F stands for tor the kind of ot question that people keep asking the 3rd coast guard district night and day daY daY-by by wireless by phone and in person They get some ome dillies at t their headquarters Do barnacles bite No maam How deep is the Atlantic ocean It varies varea sir up sir up to 30 30 feet teet at a point north of ot Puerto Rico How lIow can I J avoid sea ea sickness The one sure ure remedy is to stay tay under a shady hady tr tree tret e. e To ome some extent the search and nd rescue division is a victim of ot its U. own good reputation People expect it to know everything do anything Witness this item from the D F. F book Received call from excited woman requesting we find and pored board husbands husband's fishing boat somewhere some om where here in to Lon Long Lang Island sound and see gee if a silly acting dumpy little redhead la I. with him |