Powerful inspectors tug at city code powers over business closures
Power L. O. Sullivan seeks reopening of Economy Machine Works after a March 18 fire cut power. City inspectors discuss if code violations can force closure, noting possible due process and court action under Building Plumbing Fire and Electrical Codes, with homes largely exempt from Fire Prevention closure.
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L.O. Sullivan
Economy Machine Works
S. Kent St
James T. Swiger
E. Roy Carr Jr
Gene Dailey
J.E. DeHaven
Middle Department Inspection Agency
Dailey
DeHaven
Sullivan
Appeals process outlined for city building and safety codes
Article explains that citizens may use built in appeal boards and courts to challenge city inspectors enforcing Building Plumbing Fire Prevention and Electrical Codes. It covers board compositions appointed by City Council and the steps after local appeals, noting costs time and privacy concerns from right of entry. It cites a specific fire incident and calls for faster appeals to improve fairness.
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General Assembly
Boards of Appeal
Wendell Seldon
Reed Nester
Building Code Board of Appeals
Board of Appeals
City Council
Board of Plumbing and Gas Appeals
Water and Sewer Committee of Council
Middle Department Inspection Agency
Electrical Code Board of Appeals
Potomac Edison
Appeals Board
State Building Code Technical Review Board
BOCA
L.O. Sullivan
S. Kent St
Cracks in a Communist Party show strain in Italy
A 1977 Field Newspaper Syndicate report notes the Italian Communist Party PCI struggles to broaden its base toward Catholics amid detente tensions with the United States and Soviet Union. It cites internal rifts over policy and inflation, student violence, and the push toward a historic compromise with the Christian Democrats. Benedetto Craxi criticizes university policies and the party’s alleged misalignment with its working class base.
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Rome
Italy
Italian Communist Party
PCI
Carter
Communist Center
Kremlin
Catholic Center
Sirissne
Se. Suez
Cein
Christian Democrats
Benedetto Craxi
Socialist Party
Giorgi Benvenuto
Enrico Berlinguer
Berlinguer
Naples
Armando Cossutta
Moscow
Cossutta
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Europe
Communist Party
France
Community honesty praised by grateful reader
A Baltimore area letter to the Star thanks a young man who returned a lost wallet, praising honesty and thoughtfulness. Other letters praise a high school band, thank local officials, and discuss politics and North Atlantic relations in a broader regional context.
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the Star
Winchester Evening Star
Reading High School
Winchester
Indecent Materials Ordinance Targeting Minors Seeks Ban
A city ordinance defines indecent materials, bans dissemination to minors, and provides penalties. It details nudity, sexual conduct, and sexual excitement, with defenses based on age verification and reasonable belief, and sets a February 1, 1970 effective date. It was passed January 13, 1970 by the Common Council.
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Common Council
Local Obscenity Rules Examined in Winchester
The Star presents a two part series on obscenity defining how communities set standards. Cincinnati’s Flynt case and Ohio law inform Winchester’s approach aimed at limiting teenager access to adult magazines. The 1970 City Council ordinance stands as the current legal definition.
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Ohio
The
Star
Winchester
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Council
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PSSST
Alice Cussen
Senseny Road
T.V
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Roy E. Potts
Lewis H.ebert
Douglas B. O'Connell
Eugene P.miller
Reed Deity
Nixon
Nielson
Lucy
Grizzly Adams
Robert G. Thelen
Bloomsbury Ave
Baltimore
Maryland
Winchester Rescue Squad
Junior Rescue Squad
Hiram D. Hoch
Reading High School Marching Band
Reading
Pennsylvania
Evans—Novak
Virginia
B.M. Perrero
the Common Council
William M. Battaile
U.S. Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Hustler
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