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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1973
Page
1
The Supreme Court indicated it may refine its hard core pornography decisions and agreed to hear arguments in a Georgia obscenity case over the R rated film Carnal Knowledge deemed obscene. The routine order reveals a possible shift in how obscenity rulings are applied.
The court declines to convene a three judge panel on migrant worker coverage and denies restricting food stamp penalties. It agrees to review five West Virginia officials’ vote fraud conviction under an 1870 civil rights law. The Georgia obscenity case from Albany involves Billy Jenkins and challenges state law as unconstitutional. The decision could hinge on whether obscenity standards are state or community based.
Washington AP reports the administrations Committee on Interest and Dividends sent telegrams to seven banks asking them to justify higher rates after they raised the prime rate to 19 percent. The banks include First National City Bank New York Bankers Trust Mellon Bank Continental Illinois Marine Midland Franklin National and Chase Manhattan. The rate climb follows rising credit demand and a prior drop in October.
Generally fair skies and warmer temps sweep Southwest Oklahoma with highs in the mid 50s today and the 60s tomorrow. The low tonight should dip to the low 30s, following a Sunday high of 51 and a 3 degree low.
Israel will not negotiate with Syria at Geneva until a list of Israeli prisoners held by Syria is presented. Moshe Dayan told the Knesset the demand comes after Syria claimed to destroy an Israeli engineering unit on the Golan Front. Egypt alleged torture and violence against its POWs in Egyptian-Israeli exchanges.
Circulation 353-0626 Edit, Office 353-0620. Inside a terse line from a newspaper page listing contact numbers, department listings, and a coded header. The readable elements suggest internal notices or circulation details without a clear news event.
The White House sent a significant number of presidential tapes to special Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski this weekend along with many requested documents. A spokesman said searches for additional material are underway and declined to state counts or contents.
In Brussels Secretary Kissinger urged NATO to address long term energy supply alongside other shared challenges. He said short term steps should focus on progress toward a peace settlement in the Middle East. NATO leaders warned that the Soviet Union remains a growing threat as Western Europe fears oil dependence and military escalation.
North Pole Santa urges kids to avoid beard tagging as helpers crowd the annual parade. He says a tag on a big white beard could expose impostors and notes he is spread thin this season. Santa asks for well behaved children and hints at future visits before Christmas Eve. See SANTA, Page 4, Col. 7.
Vice President Ford said Nixon may be disappointed disclosures did not erase public doubts but he expects opinion to shift. Ford cited Nixon's pledge to bequeath the San Clemente estate to the government as easing tax doubt and defended Nixon's candor amid debates on tax payments during his early White House years.
Students in Donna Everl Isenhower High School study class staged a propaganda experiment. Rumors and leaflets formed a mock movement named SCARE claiming 413 members to push dress code reinstatement and traditional gender roles.
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