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Common Law. To inform women of the law in regard to their names, several organizations have been formed around the country, including Name Change in Newton, Mass., and the Center for a Woman's Own Name in Barrington, Ill. They explain, for example, that Hawaii is the only state that specifically requires a woman to adopt her husband's name. Under English common law, which prevails almost everywhere else, women may select any name they choose so long as they use it consistently and are not committing a fraud. In some states, however, specific agencies may require...
...assistant director Jane H. Leavy '68, one of the conference planners, said yesterday that the purpose of the meeting is to inform members of the Harvard community of the means available for preventing or defending against attack, and to publicize programs designed to help women who have been assaulted or raped...
Barbara Voss, vice president of AHA, said yesterday the meeting will attempt to inform alumni of the "best educational solutions open to men and women in the college." Merger will not be the main topic of discussion, though it will come up in specific contexts, Voss said...
...battle civil rights and legal problems. Tackling questions from the floor, Law-and-Order Convert Hoffa advocated the death penalty for "mad dog" killers and kidnapers. But he came out against giving immunity to "stool pigeons" because that, in his view, is unfair to the people on whom they inform. "The result," said Jimmy gravely, "is not a trial of justice but a trial of injustice...
Covering kidnapings has always posed a special challenge to newsmen. They must weigh their responsibility to inform readers fascinated by the compelling drama of a kidnaping against the risk of further endangering the victim's life through premature exposure of ransom or rescue plans. "There's a problem of balance," says Minneapolis Tribune Managing Editor Wallace Allen, "between a person's life and the public's right to know...