Brando Two Months Jail for Last Tango in Paris Obscenity
An Italian appeals court ruled the film Last Tango in Paris obscene and sentenced Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider to two months in jail. Bernardo Bertolucci and Alberto Grimaldi Valso also received two month terms. Sentence stayed pending appeal to the supreme court.
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Paris
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Maria Schneider
Bernardo Bertolucci
Alberto Grimaldi Valso
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Valso
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Private citizens protest explicit scenes in foreign film
The state prosecutor appeals a lower court ruling over a Paris set drama about an American widower and a young French girl. Critics abroad praised the movie, while private citizens raise complaints about sexual content.
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Paris
Equity Trusts Rehab Plan Amid Fraud Case
The trustee of Equity Funding Corporation of America said the bankrupt firm could be rehabilitated and rejected liquidation, noting most fraudulent activity was limited to Equity Funding Life Insurance Co. and a report of fictitious assets to the parent. Loeffler cited intact assets outside the Illinois life subsidiary. Elizabeth Drew Leaves Public TV To focus on writing and a book, citing funding issues for Thirty Minutes with… Chagall Returns to Russia End 50 Year Exile The artist arrives with his wife for a two week visit and a Tretyakov Museum exhibition of lithographs and works.
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Harry Pregerson
Equity Funding Life Insurance Co
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Illinois
Elizabeth Drew
Public TV
Washington
Public Television
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Russia
Moscow
Marc Chagall
Paris
Culture Ministry
France
Tretyakov Museum
Soviet Union
Governors drop Watergate issue at annual conference
Governors at the National Governors Conference in Stateline Nevada decided not to pursue Watergate politics. They cited distractions from national problems and energy and economic concerns. Vice President Agnew planned informal talks with the governors, seen as sympathetic to their issues.
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Nixon
Wendell Anderson
Minnesota
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Maryland
Northeastern Illinois construction strike halts major sites
A regional strike by laborers and building tradesmen stops work at Sears Tower Standard Oil Building and Zion nuclear plant in Cook and seven surrounding counties. Contractors threaten a lockout on more than 2 billion dollars of projects as talks remain stalled with workers seeking a one year contract with a 65 cent hourly raise from 6.50 and 1.12 in fringe benefits.
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Cook
Illinois
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Standard Oil
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Ellsberg to testify before LA grand jury in Watergate link
Daniel Ellsberg appears as a witness before a Los Angeles County grand jury probing a break in at his psychiatrist Dr. Lewis Fielding’s office. The panel also hears testimony from Watergate figure E Howard Hunt and other principals immune from prosecution.
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Lewis Fielding
Fielding
Howard Hunt
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Conn
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Hunt
Washington
Anthony J. Russo
Bernard Barker
Eugenio Martinez
Dist
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Barker
Martinez
Felipe de Diego
Busch
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Charles W. Colson
Egil Krogh
David Young
Krogh
United States Proposes Global Ocean Pollution Panel
Russell E. Train, chair of the President's Council on Environmental Quality, urged IMCO to form a Marine Environment Protection Committee to oversee a new convention expanding international control on discharges from ships at sea. The speech was prepared for delivery in London and released in Washington.
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Council On Environmental Quality
London
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Train
Marine Environment Protection Committee
Beame Heads New York Democratic Primary Runoff Bid
Beame led with 34 percent in a four man field for mayor but failed to hit 40 percent to avoid a runoff with Herman Badillo who had 29 percent. Biaggi and Blumenthal trailed, setting up a four way November race with Marchi in the Republican column. A separate report notes a suspicious office fire at CRP and FBI director speculation involving Police Chief Kelley in Washington.
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C. M. Kelley
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