Word: manfredonia
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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...
...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...
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