Pornography as a national menace and vast industry
The article reports the federal commission on pornography and obscenity spending 18 months and 640000 of public money on a study started after its 1968 formation. It notes the industry’s estimated 2 billion annual sales, 200 firms locally in California, and that major publishers claim U S obscenity law loopholes.
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America
Federal Commission On
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Lorain County Fair Attendance Surges Past Records
Wellington reporters note 104 249 people attended the fair by 5 p.m. yesterday, with 92 496 in four days, signaling a record turnout for 1969. Walter Young, treasurer, expects records to fall as posts mention visitors from Adrian Michigan and a Jimmy Dean Show night. Horse pull listed in the schedule was an error. horses pulled yesterday.
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Wellington
Lorain County Fairgrounds
Bobby Vinton
Kids Next Door
Robbery at Depot Street Drug Store Delivery
A Hess and Hess Pharmacies driver Rick Longano 17 was robbed of about 1800 in cash and checks by a gunman on Depot Street as he prepared to deposit receipts at the First National Bank drive in. The assailant fled in a car, search by police unsuccessful.
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Depot Street
Hess and Hess Pharmacies Inc
East Broad St
Rick Longano
Nottingham Dr
Longano
First National Bank
Shirt
Jackson
Dub Schwall
Bay St. Louis
Betsy
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nixon defers further Vietnam troop withdrawals until September
President Nixon postpones a decision on additional troop reductions in Vietnam until after a September return to Washington. Press secretary Ziegler cites heightened Viet Cong and North Vietnamese activity and seeks more intelligence on possible future offensives before any announcement.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Vietnam
Washington
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
South Vietnam
North Viet
All American Derby crowns Souter champion in Akron
Steve Souter, 12, from Midland Texas, wins the 1969 All American Soap Box Derby with a red lay back racer. He clocks 27.22 seconds in heat one and 27.34 in the final to beat Richard Behan and David Quinn, earning a 7500 dollar scholarship. Kim Meyers of Lorain County reaches two rounds before falling in the third.
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Akron
Kim Meyers
Lorain County
Rochester
N. Y
Dave Meinke
Steve Souter
Midland
Tex
Richard Behan
Dover
N. H
David G. Quinn
Oxnard
Calif
Steve
Kim
Stagnant Air Warning Issued Across Ohio Valley
The Weather Bureau warned a stagnant high pressure area over the lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley could trigger air pollution across parts of Ohio and nearby states in the next day or two. Light winds through night may let pollutants accumulate, most noticeable at night and early morning, fading after sunshine and afternoon hours.
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Cleveland
API
Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Camille warning ignored by many along Gulf Coast
Gulfport reports storm advisories for Camille were issued days earlier as winds peaked at 218 mph. Despite evacuations, crowds persisted on the coast. Officials blamed human disbelief, noting traffic on Highway 90 and failed evacuations in Pass Christian and surrounding towns. Over 100 bodies recovered in Hancock County amid the devastation.
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Gulfport
Miss
Weather Bureau
Camille
Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans
Mississippi Coast
Florida Panhandle
Grand Isle
Louisiana
Mississippi
Guice
U.S. 90
Pass Christian
Hancock County Bank
Gulf
Coastal Civil
Lorain Soldier Killed in Vietnam Near Cambodian Border
Private Edgar LaTorre, 20, of Lorain Ohio, died in Vietnam while serving with the Seventh Cavalry near the Cambodian border after four and a half months in country. He was a 1967 Lorain High School graduate engaged to Estella Garcia and had worked at the Ford Assembly Plant. His mother Mrs Modesto LaTorre was notified by Army officials.
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Lorain
Edgar LaTorre
Modesto LaTorre
Florida Ave
Army
Vietnam
LaTorre
Seventh Cavalry
Lorain High School
Ford Assembly
Estella Garcia
East
la Torre
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Fairwood Blvd
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Shelly
Helen Thomas
Park Chung Hee
Park
South
Elyria West
Souter
Behan
Quinn
Gary Shroyer
Troy
Robert Lew Jr
Fort Wayne
Ind
Quentin Thomas
Richmond
David Bereck
Ravenna-Kent
David Foote
Dallas
Craig Burnett
N. C
John Helling
Mankato
Minn
Steven Faes
Syracuse
N.Y
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