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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: What is Morality? | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

...week later Mrs. Manfredonia brought Kathryn back to the lecture hall, where Baird delivered another talk on contraception. There were no police this time. A federal judge had issued a temporary restraining order that stopped further arrests-but not the mentality behind them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: What is Morality? | 8/23/1971 | See Source »

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