THE DRAFT: 4-F

In Los Angeles, Edward Price Richards, 29, who registered for the draft last fall and was classified as 4-F (physically, mentally or morally unfit) petitioned the Superior Court to change his name to Barbara Ann Richards. Reason: he has given up his job, begun to stick around the house, stopped shaving six weeks ago (his beard had stopped growing) and felt he just had to change to women's clothes.

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