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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1973
Page
4
Hollywood and New York film officials study how the Supreme Court decision redefining obscenity affects releases nationwide. States gain power to enforce local morality through screening boards, prompting concern aboutPrint distribution, possession rules, and cross state shipments as industry players weigh the practical limits and legal risks.
Secretariat wins the Triple Crown in a record Belmont run and Johnny Miller sets an Open record at Oakmont. Hank Aaron nears Babe Ruth on home run total. Bobby Riggs at 55 headlines a senior tour with legends like Parker and Seixas. David Clyde bursts into major league baseball as football awaits its turn.
A pilot program for Girl Scouts ages 12 to 14 in Philadelphia introduces a merit badge To Be a Woman with topics on sex and abortion, body knowledge, and rape emergency handling. Critics, including a mother of five, call it radical and inappropriate for youth. Supporters say the badge advances women’s parity while opponents warn it departs from traditional scouting. national GS office has not approved the badge.
Washington reports that John W. Dean III’s televised testimony unsettled Republican leaders who watch for corroboration from Mitchell. The debate centers on whether Nixon’s administration can survive the Watergate crisis or face resignation and possible impeachment.
A historical critique rebuts Nixon Brezhnev linkages arguing U S policy should confront Soviet labor camps. It recalls John Foster Dulles vision and cites testimony detailing Morovia labor camps near Moscow with Nazi camp comparisons.
Avraham Shifrin testifies there are millions in forced labor camps in the Soviet Union. Critics argue linkage to arms sales and Vietnam peace should include free emigration for Jews. A Canadian journalist accuses U S officials of failing to address Communist China in narcotics policy.
Washington observers weigh Dean testimony amid Watergate fallout as Dean claims Nixon knew of cover up. Key witnesses Mitchell Halderman Ehrlichman Colson could test and shape outcome. Impeachment prospects dim as parties weigh political damage and public interest.
Brezhnev and Nixon left the summit with a claimed success as both leaders faced weakness at home. Watergate shadowed Nixon while the Soviet Union faced a serious food shortage and reliance on Western aid. Moscow seeks Western food and technology on generous terms amid scarce hard currency.
The Monroe News-Star lists publishers John D. Ewing 1929-1938 Wilson Ewing 1938-1952 Robert Ewing Jr. 1952-1970 William H. Bronson 1952-1972 and names officers Mildred Hunt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr Robert Ewing Jil Patricia Ewing Hendrick Esther Ewing Wynne plus directors Kenneth C Barranger Robert Ewing Brown Tommin Hunter Brown John D. Ewing Jr Paulaey Ewing Virginia Clay Hill John A Hendrick Harrison Kelly Wynne. The paper issued afternoons except Saturdays Sundays from Monroe Louisiana and carries Associated Press news. It describes itself as independent and prints news impartially while upholding its beliefs.
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