Opinion on Pornography Ruling Sparks Local Standards Debate
The Supreme Court’s second obscenity ruling, led by Chief Justice Burger, shifts from redeeming social value to local standards. The piece argues against censorship by local authorities, contending literature isn’t medicine and questions the morality of restricting adult reading. It predicts patchwork laws and urges individual freedom to think.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Warren Court
Warren Burger
Burger
Justice Burger
Harlem
Supreme Court
Butte
U.S
Facts belie Brezhnev's words
Soviet emigration case of Dmitri and Elena Segal highlights arbitrary obstacles like parental consent used to deny exit visas. The piece argues Brezhnev's assurances to Congress contrast with ongoing repression, noting broader Western hopes for freer movement and improved ties with the USSR.
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London
Dmitri M. Segal
Edward Lear
Soviet Union
Poland
Netherlands
Britain
Italy
Claude Levi-Strauss
Dmitri Segal
Elena Dmitrievna Segal
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Israel
Segals
Dmitri Tolstoi
Aleksei Tolstoi
Elena
Leonid Brezhnev
Congress
Communist Party
United States
Verein
Interior Ministry
Benjamin Levich
Levich
Victor Yachot
Brezhnev
U.S
Butte Montana Standard Announces Publication Details
The Montana Standard announces it is published seven mornings a week, with D.R. Campbell Jr as publisher and Jeffrey B. Gibson as editorial page editor. It is the official newspaper of Silver Bow County and the City of Butte, Montana, detailing department contact information.
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Jeffrey B. Gibson
Silver Bow County
Butte
Teens Plot Dream Summer Adventures Across The World
A humorous survey by Art Buchwald imagines teens planning summer escapes from parents. Plans range from cross country trips in a Volkswagen to hitchhiking Europe, sailing Bermuda to England, cycling to the Virgin Islands, and a Gulf of Mexico oil rig adventure funded by IBM stock, all with no clear parental control.
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Washington
United States
Sarah
Carl
Fred
Harriet
Lizabeth
Pat
George
Henry
Canada
Henrietta
Europe
Ziggy
Mexico
Norman
Michael
Washington, D.C
Virgin Islands
Ethel
Eunice
Bermuda
Southampton
England
Bob
R.F.K. Stadium
Josh
Maine
Mary Margaret
Suzy
Nantucket
Mass
Mary
Margaret
North Carolina
Stu
IBM
Peter
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
North Sea
Exxon Oil Co
Ex hood wins father loses in custody clash
Exposed to the Supreme Court drama, Buffalo lawyer Thomas Leonhardt fights for visitation after the Justice Department helps relocate his three children with Mafia informant Pascal Calabrese. Courts ruled the dispute private, denying access, while Kennelly protects the family's location amid possible murder threats and ongoing legal avenues.
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Washington
Tom Leonhardt
Justice Department
Buffalo
Supreme Court
Thomas Leonhardt
Leonhardt
Rochelle
Flochelle
Pascal Calabrese
Calabrese
Thomas Kennelly
Kennelly
Salvatore R. Martoche
U.S. District Court
Calabreses
U.S. Court of Appeals
New York
Court of Appeals
Political spending rules needed
A NYT opinion notes that Watergate disclosures spawn calls for reform in federal election financing. It cites funds flowing secretly from businessmen, questions over Republican fund raising, and investigations into CAPTURED cash as catalysts for stricter rules.
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New York
Charles Mathias
R-Md
Adlai Stevenson
D-Iil
Mathias
McGovern
Gordon Liddy
Maurice Stans
Ervin Committee
Nixon
I.T.T
Dita Beard
Stans
Mitchell
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert L. Vesco
COX
John W. Dean 3d
Certified Public Accountant
C.R.E.P
Herbert Kalmbach
Kalmbach
White House
Law
Internal Revenue Service
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Jack C. Landau
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Tom Wicker
New York Times