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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1977
Page
9
In Philadelphia a federal prosecutor plans a grand jury probe to determine if films showing children in sex acts are made in Pennsylvania. U S Attorney David Marston says obscenity laws will not be used in the resulting prosecutions.
Marston cites revelations of children as young as three used in sex act films sold up to $50 in adult shops. He vows no raids or book burnings, but may summon shop owners before a federal grand jury. He frames the issue as child abuse for profit and cites involuntary servitude laws from the Civil War era.
Government data show seven child deaths in 1974 from clothing fires, down from 27 four years earlier after flammability standards for sleepwear. Evidence from doctors at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center links flame retardant garments to reduced severity of injuries and protection when trapped in fires.
Chicago exhibit features 55 Tutankhamun treasures from the pharaoh tomb including a carved wooden leopard figure covered in gesso gilded and black resin varnish. The display ends August 15.
An Atlanta AP report notes publishers and educators urge textbooks to depict deaf blind and mentally retarded individuals. Victor Fuchs leads a 13 member OSU group presenting guidelines at the Council for Exceptional Children convention urging balanced representation of the 10 to 15 percent of the population who are gifted or handicapped.
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