Obscenity and censorship in postwar American media
The piece surveys how profanity moved from taboo to literary material through works like The Naked and the Dead and From Here to Eternity, noting publisher fears and censorial pushback. It traces student radicals and underground press influence from Berkeley’s 1964 era to daily newspapers, arguing obscenity shapes discourse and risks alienating readers.
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Norman Mailer
James Jones
Army Fife
Killingsgate
Berkeley
G. W. McCoy
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Daily News
Obscenity Debate Shapes View Of Chicago 1953 Violence
Norman E. Isaacs argues press restraint in 1953 Chicago demonstrations misled the public by omitting obscene language. Critics contend foul speech signals social decline, while supporters see openness. Linguist S. I Hayakawa warns words shape social networks and thought, noting moral contrasts in humanitarian discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Chicago
Walker Commission
Norman E. Isaacs
Louisville Courier-Journal
Louisville Times
Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Negative option practices face FTC crackdown
A historical discussion notes the unfairness of negative option clubs where failure to respond triggers shipment of goods. The Federal Trade Commission would outlaw such practices if the commissioners approve the proposed rule after public hearings. The piece highlights consumer fairness and regulatory action.
FTC weighs banning negative option in mail order clubs
The article examines a proposed FTC move to ban negative option practices in mail order clubs. It notes membership is voluntary and by joining, members accept club by laws. It suggests the commission may use its own negative option to curb perceived paternalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FTC
Pernieinis
Neighbors plead for kinder burning rules in town
Mouroe resident voices concern over neighbors burning garbage after supper causing smoke and stench. He urges shifting burning times or letting garbageman haul waste, asking for consideration of cooler evening air and sleeping comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouroe
Boating safety lessons from a veteran seafarer
Jim Bishop compiles practical safety tips for boaters based on decades of sailing. He advocates Coast Guard inspections, compass correction, a gasoline sniffer, portable depth finders, gradual throttle increases on open water, and careful fueling precautions to prevent accidents and protect lives.
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Novia
Key West
J. P. Morgan
Point Pleasant
N. J
Coast Guard
Tle
Safety at sea and equipment tips for boats of all sizes
Practical guidance on ventilation, bilge pumps, and avoiding fumes. Preserve hull ventilation and regular bilge cleaning. Advice on life jackets, lifeboats, rafts, fire extinguishers, radio safety, and following the rules of the road. Emphasizes readiness and budgeting safety over penny pinching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Freedom and Self-control in a 1970 Telegram Poem
The 2% Telegram presents a poem urging readers to prize personal freedom and self-control as divine gifts. It aligns freedom with moral guides such as the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence, asserting peace begins within. The piece appears in the Columbus Nebraska issue dated Monday July 20, 1970.
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Verdeva
Othora
Columbus
Nebraska
Roy Dodds
W. F. Dodds
Columbus Township
Oregon
Portland
Dodd
E. ¥. Graves
Lincoln
Weight and diet guidance for children and assistance queries
Practical Q and A on child nutrition and growth in the family setting. Topics include milk fat content, ice cream in a balanced diet, warming milk for infants, determining paternity via blood tests, inheritance of eye and skin color, and dyslexia information seeking. The piece cites expert guidance and points readers to the Association for Children with Learning Disabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
Brownsville
Pittsburgh
Enlightment Across 32 Says Further Lineage in South America
Fragmented OCR lists a tangled mix of clues, names, and terms. The readable items include references to philosophers, authors, places, and labels, suggesting a crossword style puzzle or word-assembly page with scattered definitions and partial entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lengline
South America
Salizist Ab
Sopris
Hume
Burden
Burns
Atasrae of
Optimism and tensions in COPE led labor politics in 1970
AFL-CIO COPE director Al Barkan believes pro Jabor Democrats will win Senate and House seats in the fall. The piece notes money, labor goals, and Meany’s foreign policy stance may split union voters in New York and beyond, signaling congressional races shaped by labor loyalty and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Barkan
Afl-Cio
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Senate
House
al Barken
Aber
Al-Barkah
Roosevelt
Richard Ottinger
Charles Goodell
New York State
Joseph ‘Duffey
George Murphy
California
George’ Meany
Afl-Clo
Meany
Aflcio
Vietnam
George Meany
Firefighters vote to back Buckley over Democrats in Labor rifts
AFL CIO president Michael May notes 8000 members of uniformed firefighters endorsed James Buckley, the Conservative candidate for U S Senate, citing Vietnam stand over bread and butter issues. Patrohnens Benevolent Association followed suit. The piece surveys labor endorsements across states as unions weigh political loyalties amid Nixon era tensions.
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James Buckley
U.S. Senate
Michael May
Afl-Ci0
Vietnam
Goodell
May
Jim Fuckley
Patrahnen
New York State
Atl-Gjo
Nelson Rockefeller
Arthur Goldberg
Steelworkers
Afl-Cio
New York
Hard Hats
Ottinger
Goldberg
Connecticut
Duffey
Tom Dodd
Lowell’ Welker
John Lupton
Vance Hartke
Indiana
COPE
al’ Barkan
Meany
Farmers May Redeem Loans On Farm Stored Corn
Secretary Henry Wallace announced farmers may redeem farm loaned corn at 58 cents a bushel through the Commodity Credit Corp, down from 67 cents. About 150 million bushels from 1937 and 134 million from 1938 are stored on farms.
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Secretary of
Henry
Wallace
Commodity Credit Corp
Otto Kerk
Colfax
Richland
East Platte County
Colfax County
R. G. Jenny
Sherman Township
Joe Weinbolf
Grand Prairie Township
Soil Conservation Camp
Bismark Township
Coompare
Platte County
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Unfair Trade Practices Division
Federal Trade Commission
Jim Bishop
Safety At
Berry's
Wayne G. Brandstadt
Aba
Dubor
di Mercantile
High Mount Establishment
Copenhagener
Pravigws
Poussin
John Chamberlain
News of
Yesteryear
Svea C
Loomis
R. W. Carlin
Dr. Carlin
Spalding
University of Nebraska
Northern Illinois College of Optometry
Army Air Force
Pacific
Fricke
Twenty-fifth Avenue
Pawnee Park
Memorial Stadium
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Gertrude Fritz
William Brantley
Washington
Frank E. Packard
Packard
Res
Genoa
Monroe
Platte Center
Tarner Area
Frank J. Coufal
Edmund Czapski
Columbus Family Ymca
Ralph Hall
Norfolk
Midwest
Day Murlinson
Omaha
Gerald Banker
Kansas City
AC James Rosso
Tancomn
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