Supreme Court Ruling Shapes Prosecution of Pornography
The Supreme Court, with a five member majority led by Nixon appointees, tightens obscenity standards and narrows the role of expert testimony. The decision asks whether material is a serious work and grounds standards in local community views, signaling a crackdown on hard core material like Deep Throat and spurring prosecutions nationwide. Justice Douglas dissents, warning the ruling threatens free society by allowing broad interpretation of offensiveness.
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Nixon
High Court
Warren Burger
Burger
William O. Douglas
Nixon Brezhnev Reach Broad Nuclear War Pact
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev reach a broad declaration to avoid nuclear war and plan a signing in the East Room. A Moscow summit in 1974 may formally limit arsenals with a possible treaty on offensive weapons.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid J. Brezhnev
White House
Moscow
Brezhnev
Blair House
Soviet Union
Dollar Weakens Worldwide as European Markets Bolster Lira
The U S dollar slid to 2.55 marks in Frankfurt as currency weakness spread amid Watergate and US inflation concerns. European governments offered up to 2.9 billion dollars in support for the Italian lira while gold rose in Zurich and London markets showed mixed moves.
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London
U. S
Frankfurt
Frankfurt Exchange
New York
Europe
United States
Zurich
Paris
Why have a Department of Health Education and Welfare
Cartoon, classifieds, and columns aside the notice hints at the joke about the DH E W department. The quip suggests after paying for health and education, you need a place to turn for welfare.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Skylab Crew Lands Safely After 28 Days in Orbit
Apollo astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz returned to Earth after 28 days 50 minutes in space. They landed in the Pacific 830 miles southeast of San Diego aboard the USS Ticonderoga with a near perfect touchdown following a mission that circled Earth 395 times.
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Skylab
Man
Pacific Ocean
Charles Conrad Jr
Space Station
Mission Control
Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Apollo
Thailand
Pacific
San Diego
Calif
U.S
Ticonderoga
Earth
Cir
Misson
Eastern
Ture
Orbiting Laboratory
Saco School Sewerage Options Staged For Fall 1974 Opening
A Portland firm outlines six schemes for sewering Saco's new junior high on Buxton Road. Temporary storage tanks and trucked sewerage to an existing plant appear feasible, but extending city sewerage to the site is deemed the only permanent solution. Costs and timelines are reviewed, with a detailed western city growth study urged before any extension.
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Portland
Saco
Buxton Road
Hunter-Ballew Engineering
Robert Hunter
Industrial Ark
Hunter
State Department of Environmental Protection
Hunter-Ballew
Everett Forrester
Robert Shaw
Whitman and Howard
Berton Braley
Whitman
Howard
Timothy Crowley II
Dudley Roever Ascer
Curtis signs 24 million tax relief to cut Maine property taxes
Gov Kenneth M Curtis signed a 24 million tax relief measure in 30 seconds to reduce Maine property taxes about 20 percent on average. The plan shifts school financing from local districts to the state and takes effect January 1 with June 1974 tax bills. Curtis said the framework will send surplus revenues back to the people when available.
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Augusta
Kenneth M. Curtis
Maine
Curtis
Court orders France to halt nuclear tests in South Pacific
The International Court of Justice, in an 86 vote, urges France and Australia to refrain from actions that could widen the dispute while awaiting a final ruling on the legality of the French test series. Hearings are planned for September and December. France may skip the earlier session.
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the Hague
International Court of Justice
France
South Pacific
Australia
New Zeland
Parochial Bill Triggers House Floor Fight in Maine
The Maine House adjourned to 2 p.m. Monday after a heated clash over a bill to aid communities with parochial school systems. Senator Robert Clifford of Lewiston said the tax relief act signed by Gov. Curtis this morning did not aid his district. The debate focused on accepting Clifford's late request for legislative processing as the 100th day of the session approached a close next week.
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Augusta
Maine House
Robert Clifford
Lewiston
Kenneth M. Curtis
House
Clifford
Yellow pollen floats through Biddeford area from white pines
City officials report a yellow insoluble pollen drifting from white pines poling in Maine to Maine streams and into pools and windows after rain. Weather authorities say pollen travels with heavy rain clouds from northern Maine and Northwestern Canada. Health officials note few allergy cases. hospital reports no pollen related calls.
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Biddeford
Albert Carrier
Chemlan Company
George Chappell
Local
Chappell
Portland Weather Bureau
Maine
Canada
Weather Bureau
Mark Granger
Maine Forestry Department
Augusta
Granger
Peter Kyros
Washington
Forestry Department
White Pine
Webber Hospital
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