Word: angelina
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Lookouts. The klaxon girls are the gaudiest example of an upsurge of prostitution that has occurred since a law sponsored by Socialist Angelina Merlin banned state-supervised brothels in 1958 (Merlin advocates insist it is only coincidence). But last week the Health Ministry reported that cases of syphilis registered in state clinics have doubled since 1957, and Rome's II Tempo charged that "the number of prostitutes has shown a marked increase." Since the Merlin law reforms, prostitutes can be jailed in Italy only when caught in the act. To guard against this misfortune, the klaxon girls have begun...