Male and Female

o A St. Paul, Minn., judge ruled last week that a divorcee who thought she had paid off a $625 bill for electrical work by sleeping with the contractor still owed him $377, plus interest and court costs, because the sex was "performed for the enjoyment of both parties." Besides, Judge Ronald Hachey suggested unchivalrously, the woman's favors may not have been worth all that much. "Unfortunately," he said, "there was no testimony to help the court with respect to the going rate charged by those engaged in one of the oldest professions known to mankind." Hachey went on to note that by appearing in court in overalls and a man's shirt, the divorcee "made little or no effort to convince the court of the value of her personal services." Her clothing, he complained, "covered her to such an extent that her assets, if any, were substantially hidden."

o Leonard Matlovich, the Air Force technical sergeant who has begun a legal challenge to the military's prohibition of homosexual servicemen (TIME, June 9), now has some company. Last week the Army started proceedings to give less-than-honorable discharges to two lesbian WACs. Pfc Barbara Randolph, 22, of Indiana, and Private Debbie Watson, 20, of Texas, voluntarily admitted their sexual preferences to an interrogator as the result of a whispering campaign about their activities at Fort Devens, Mass. Both women intend to fight the dismissals, said Private Watson, "as far up as we can go."

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