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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1972
Page
3
The Monroe News-Star discusses how the redeeming social value standard and recent rulings create gaps that allow pornographers and club owners to sidestep restrictions. A Harvard professor questions case by case handling and proposes an external test while noting rising crime links to obscenity and drug culture.
A December 10 New York Times report says New York Mafia families took control of pornography production and distribution within four years. It notes a Colombo family captain oversaw Times Square peep shows in 1968 and a Staten Island lab mass produced hard core films, expanding into major nationwide distribution.
Science shows most fresh water lies underground with about two million cubic miles stored beneath the surface. Hydrology gains importance as world shortages grow, while surface water remains largely underused.
The article notes Prime Minister Gough Whitlam moves swiftly after taking office ending conscription and freeing evaders, orders home Vietnam troops, criticizes South Africa and Rhodesia, and hints at an Australian national anthem replacing God Save the Queen. It also mentions selling the official car and rising talk of independence while stressing cautious U.S. relations and policy in the Nixon era.
Nixon displays strong personal trust in Peter Brennan as labor chief pick. Brennan’s early actions include ordering department offices to display Nixon photographs and promising flags, signaling a deliberate labor-friendly, patriotic image.
The London Daily Telegraph editorializes that Nixon is wise to pursue a cautious path in Vietnam talks, warns against loopholes in any peace deal, and praises Thieu’s leadership while noting continued North Vietnamese bombing and US air support aiding South Vietnam.
The Nixon administration signals a reduced UN role by cutting funding and installing George Bush as RNC chair and John Scali as UN ambassador. The piece argues this reflects a conservative, realist stance toward Turtle Bay and questions the faith in one nation one vote and the UN’s idealism.
A critique of Kozol's analysis on busing and private elite schools argues that liberal supporters push for racial balance while their own children attend exclusive white Free Schools. The piece notes Detroit busing tests and questions the motives of New Left figures amid rising private schooling trends.
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