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Since American taxpayers contribute millions annually for the dissemination of birth control devices and education abroad, it seems at best inconsistent that William Baird, a population-control advocate from Valley Stream, N.Y., has been arrested seven times "and jailed a total of 42 days in four states for preaching what the Government says should be practiced. In the latest episode, Baird was lecturing one evening in Huntington, N.Y. On a bulletin board he displayed two diaphragms, an intrauterine coil and other contraceptive devices...
Tipped off, they say, by a phone call, plainclothes Huntington police rose out of the audience and arrested Baird along with 27-year-old Nancy Ann Manfredonia. The charge was that Baird and Mrs. Manfredonia, who attended the lecture with her husband and 14-month-old daughter Kathryn-she could not find a baby sitter-were guilty, under a state penal law, of impairing the morals of a minor. Baird and the mother spent the night in jail; the baby stayed at the station house until 1:30 a.m., exposed to the same contraceptive display, now state's evidence...
...19th century in the collection of the first Lord Newlands of Mauldslie Castle, a Scottish industrialist with a taste for painting. It was vaguely attributed to the 15th century Flemish painter Quentin Massys. But nobody paid much attention, least of all the owner's heir Violet, Lady Baird, who kept it in her cottage at Bray mainly because it reminded her of a dear friend. Then, in December 1967, she decided to sell a trinket or two. David Carritt, a renowned art sleuth then working for Christie's, obligingly visited the cottage at Bray, expecting nothing, and came...
...Saint. This week Britain's National Gallery will put the panel on show cleaned, the halo and lettering removed (they are by a later hand), and identified as a lost work by the great Flemish master Rogier van der Weyden. After long negotiation with the estate of Lady Baird, who died in 1969, the gallery bought it for the equivalent in cash and tax relief of $1,920,000. It was the second highest price ever paid by the museum for a work of art, topped only by the $2,240,000 paid for Leonardo da Vinci...
Though Mitchell set two records-1:45.9 in the 200-free and 4:47.4 in the 500-and Steve Baird scored 11 3/4 points, the most incredible performance was probably that of Phil Jonckheer. Just as Yale appeared to have wrapped up a victory, he won the breaststroke in 2:17.5, eight seconds faster than his previous best...