Quayle Not Booed by Cadets, UPI Says in Reversal
United Press International withdrew a report that Vice President Dan Quayle was booed Wednesday when his National Guard duty during the Vietnam War was mentioned as he was to deliver the commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy.
The wire service corrected the story later and said no boos were heard. The initial UPI story appeared in The Times’ P.M. Final edition Wednesday.
UPI later reported that Quayle, delivering the commencement address in West Point, N.Y., was hissed briefly when the Guard duty was mentioned.
David Beckwith, Quayle’s press secretary, and others described the reaction by some cadets as good-natured revelry.
“They made an animal-type grunting sound when the National Guard was mentioned,” Beckwith told UPI. “There were some good-natured grunts. Let me admit theoretically that some people hissed.”
The Associated Press did not mention any booing or hissing in its account of the commencement address.
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