Supreme Court weighs obscenity ruling in three cases
The court opens hearings on Roth era obscenity standard amid challenges from book dealers and civil liberties groups. Ralph Ginzburg seeks reversal of a $42,000 fine for distributing Eros, Liaison, and The Housewife's Handbook. G. P. Putnam's Sons asks to strike down Massachusetts ban on Fanny Hill. Edward Mishkin faces charges over allegedly sadistic material found in his New York basement.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Roth
Prue Rient
Ralph Ginzburg
U.S. District Court
Philadelphia
Ginzburg
Eros
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Massachusetts
Fanny Hill
John Cleland
London
New Jersey
Baxter Springs Man Witnesses End of 83 Year Railroad Era
Otto Meyer of Baxter Springs watched the last Missouri Pacific train pass Uniontown, recalling 83 years of rail history. The last engineer was George Thompson of Yates Center, a friend who began Meyer's railroading memories.
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John E. Carstarphen
Fort
Meyer
Bronson
George Thompson
Yates Center
Mey
Odds and ends from Hal Boyle column snippets
A collage of quick factlets and trivia from Hal Boyle notes. It covers overweight children lingering obesity, reindeer antler facts, 1851 ice cream price, French water consumption, rock and roll spending, gun safety stats, Arabic word roots, and a joke about snakes sleeping with eyes open.
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New York
Santa Claus
United States
Ebony Magazine
Admiral Sharp says the tide has turned in Vietnam
Adm. U.S. Grant Sharp Jr., the top Pacific military leader, told reporters in Honolulu that the tide has turned against the Communists in South Vietnam. He said the U.S. is not losing, after returning from a week in South Vietnam and meeting with Defense Secretary McNamara and other senior commanders.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
U.S
Grant Sharp Jr
America
Pacific
South Viet Nam
Sharp
Robert S. McNamara
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Osawatomie
Mildred Doherty
Paola
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Er’s
Thompson
Hal Boyle
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