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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1968
Page
8
A reader asks if baldness signals virility. Dr. Pope explains hair growth ties to internal glands but cautions that pattern baldness is inherited and not a reliable sign of masculinity. He advises choosing a mate for compatibility and parenting over hair.
San Diego AP report notes many Pueblo families hurried to catch flights for a Christmas reunion with returning crewmen from North Korea. Parents spoke of limited time for gifts while sharing pride, worry, and hope, with some families bringing items or wrapping special presents.
Peru announces a government plan to establish agricultural penal colonies in the jungle as part of a morality campaign aimed at eradicating prostitution narcotics traffic and bureaucratic corruption.
In Elizabeth New Jersey two Black defendants Gail Madden 22 and George Merritt Jr 24 were found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the 1967 beating death of a white police officer amid race disturbances. The jury of 12 deliberated over 53 hours before rendering the verdict while spectators were escorted from the courtroom.
Trial recounts show Merrit accused of attacking Patrolman Gleason with a meat cleaver while a large woman in orange dress, Madden, was seen jumping on the officer. Toland and four others faced possible electric chair as jurors weighed first degree guilt without mercy recommendation.
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