23 Jun 1977
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1977
Page
1
The Supreme Court rules state prison officials may bar inmates from soliciting fellow prisoners to join unions and from receiving bulk mailings from outside organizers. The decision reverses a lower court ruling, leaves unions in prisons but not with outside-privilege status, and limits inmates' speech and association rights.
The Senate Appropriations Committee backed a $10.4 billion energy and public works bill that funds nuclear weapons development including a neutron bomb, while rejecting Hatfield's bid to halt production. The panel also kept funding for the Clinch River breeder reactor, despite administration opposition.
Readers ask how to join a private pool in High Point and seek guidance on slow adoption-lawyer proceedings. The Enterprise suggests consulting an adult member for costs and requirements, and outlines steps with bar associations for lawyer grievances.
Detroit AP reports automakers GM Ford Chrysler and American Motors will drop Tris from car upholstery after a CPSC concern linking it to cancer. All four say exposure risk to workers is minimal and plan complete elimination pending safer substitutes.
Drought grips the South as parched land and water shortages cost farmers millions. North Carolina and Louisiana escaped worst damage, while Georgia faces heavy losses from corn and soybeans amid limited rainfall and fireworm and budworm infestations.
In Raleigh the House Judiciary II Committee amended a bill to close adult book stores and movie houses by blocking civil suits to declare them public nuisances. The four hour session aimed to resolve constitutional concerns raised by critics. The bill now limits actions to state authorities.
A North Carolina legislative panel debated a plan to let citizens sue adult venues as public nuisances. Critics including UNC law professor Arnold Loewy warned the bill may be unconstitutional or ineffective. Supporters argued public demand for action against pornography justified the measure.
In Winchester Massachusetts former White House aide Charles Colson described Maxwell and Lompoc prisons as harsh and demoralizing while addressing 21 Winchester High School juniors. He contrasted prison conditions with the idea of a country club as he noted the fates of John Mitchell and Haldeman in the Watergate fallout. Colson spoke after serving seven months in an obstructing justice case and the interview was taped for a possible documentary and classroom film.
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