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Story Raked by Messerly Selected as One of ‘Best*Bv Jack ffovelson{Register $1*ff Writer!CEDAR FALLS, IA. — A short story that was attacked as pornographic by an Iowa legislator when it was published here »st fall has been selected to appear in the highly regarded analogy, “The Best. American Short Stories 1970.The story, “If They Knew Vonne, by Andre Dubus, was arried in the fall, 1969, issue of “North American Review,”literary quarterly published iy the University of Northern 3wa at Cedar Falls. Dubus is n English instructor at a Mas-achusetts junior college.After a Waterloo newspaper singled out the story in a general criticism of the “Review,” Slate Senator Francis Messerly (Rep., Cedar Falls) attacked the story and said it lacked “redeeming importance.”lie further directed the maf-?r to the Iowa attorney gener-l who advised that it be dis-ussed by the quarterly's publi-ation board and the uni verity's attorney.The controversy apparently ied at that point.Robley Wilson, jr., U.N.T. English professor and editor of le “Review,” said “If They hew Yvonne” is a story “of a oung man's distinction be-vcen what the church calls sinful’ and what he thinks is sinful.' “ Wilson said the sclee-on contains a number nf rcfer-nces to sex.’T'ltimalely. i''s a very mor-l story, he said.The inclusion of “If They Knew Yvonne” in the anthology was announced by its publisher, the Houghton Mifflin Co. of Boston, Mass.“The North American Rc-iew” was published for five ears at Cornell College at fount Vernon before it was acquired a year ago by tl.N.I. for $20,000.Wilson said the “North American Review” claims to be the oldest literary quarterly in the United States. It was founded in Boston in 1815.James Russell Lowell, Mark Twain, Henry James, Robert Penn Warren, Joseph Conrad, Karl Shapiro and Sir Julian Huxley are among the authors whose works have appeared in the publication.Hughes on Racial Study Comm; teeWASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) -Democratic members of a special Senate committee to study racial segregation in the nation’s schools and the impact of government policies were named Wednesday night. Thelist includes Senator Harold Hughes of Iowa.Senator Walter F. Mondaie, (Minn.t was appointed chairman. He was chief sponsor of a resolution adopted by the Senate last week providing for the sludv.Other Democrats named to serve on the committee are John L. McClellan (Ark.), Warren G. Magnuson (Wash.), Jen-n i n g s Randolph tW. Va.), Thomas J. Dodd (Conn.), Daniel K. Inouye (Hawaii), Birch Bayh (Ind.), William B. Spong, jr., (Va.).Republican members have not yet been announced.
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Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Feb 26, 1970
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