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newsletter on intellectuai.IMU freedom Co-editors: Judith F. Krug, Director, and James A. Harvey, Assistant Director, Office for Intellectual Freedom, American Library Association

INDEX, VOLUME XIX, 1970

A Annual Conference, Atlantic City, June 1969, 2, 14, 15, 16 Annual Conference, Detroit, June 1970, 14, 15, 16, 69,71 Black Caucus, 70 Aardvark Theater, 90 Committee on Accreditation, 16 ACLU. See American Civil Liberties Union Committee on Organization, 70 Adlow, Elijah, 76 Council,15,16,17,33,59,67,70,71 Advertisements Executive Board, 15, 16, 18, 34, 35, 65, 69, 71 found sexually provocative, 92 Intellectual Freedom Committee for "X" rated movies refused, 9 "Report to ALA Council, Detroit Conference, July 3," 69-70 Age of the Guerrilla, The, 66 Midwinter Meeting, Chicago, January 1970, 13, 15, 16, 17, 69 Agnew, Spiro T., 9, 25, 84, 106 policies Ainslie, Fred, 87 Freedom to Read Statement, 59-60 Akron, University of, 46 Library Bill of Rights, 4, 8, 13, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 59-60, 71, Alabama 85 Birmingham: Judge rules city ordinance on seizure of obscene Program of Action in Support of the Library Bill of Rights, movies follows constitutionally correct procedures, 76, 79 14,15, 16, 17,70,71 Mobile: Judge upholds sections of ordinance in split Resolution on Loyalty Programs, 15, 16 decision, 91 resolution to censure libraries, 17 State Department of Education, 14, 16 on sanctions, 35, 70, 71 Aldrich, Bailey (Judge), 76 Social Responsibilities Round Table, 2, 14, 16, 34 Alexander, Gilbert, 75 statement of, prepared for National Commission on Obscenity Allain, Alex P., 14, 18, 69, 70 and , 59-62 Allen, Dell, 97 American Psychological Association, 104 Altman, Warren, 71 American Society of Newspaper Editors, 100 Aluisi, Francis J., 39 American Sunbathing Association, 92 American Book Publishers Council, 5,9 Anderson, Ann T., 53 American Civil Liberties Union, 8, 37, 51 , 55, 69, 102 Anelli, Richard, 71 Maryland Chapter, 62 Anti-Defamation League. See B'nai B'rith of Northern California, 57 AP. See Associated Press policies Aphra, 88 clear and present danger test for obscenity, 57 Appeal for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, 62 on obscenity "thrust" at unwilling audiences, 57 Applebaum, Jerome, 78 of Virginia, 55 Archibald, Samuel J., 67 American Federation of Teachers, 97 Ard, Harold, 28 American Libraries, 69, 71 Argentina Buenos Aires: President promises press freedom, 104 American Library Association, 1, 8, 18, 34, 35, 39, 44, 45, 49, 51, Argentine Association of Magazine Editors, 104 58,59-62,65-67,68, 69-70,85 Argus, 88, 97 Activities Committee on New Directions for ALA, 13, 15, 17, Arizona 69-70 Location unspecified: Library releases names of patrons to advisory statement to U. S.libraries, 65-67 police, 22

ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, Chairman, David K. Berninghausen (Director, Library School, University of Minnesota)

1 Phoenix: Judge rules I Am Curious (Yellow) obscene, 7 Bolivian Federation of Journalists, 105 Scottsdale: School officials remove sex education films from Books curriculum, 87 ban demanded Armstrong-Jones, Anthony, 105 Soul on Ice, 55 Armstrong, Robert D., 42 ban lifted Arnebergh, Roger, 4, 20 Bible, 29 Art of Marriage, The, 90 Canterbury Tales, 29 Art Theater Guild, Inc., 91 Fanny Hill, 8 Associated Press, 68 Farewell to Arms, A, 29 Associated Press Managing Editors Association, 26 Nigger, 29 Atkins, C. Clyde (Judge), 27 Red Badge of Courage, 29 Atkinson, Paul, 98 Tale of Two Cities, 29 Atlanta Constitution, 66 W m· and Peace, 29 Atlanta Public Library, 66, 73 banned Australia Catcher in the Rye, 27, 30 Melbourne: Police ille obscenity charges against publishers, Myra Breckenridge, 42 106 Prize, The, 30 Authors League of America, 45 Sensuous ·woman, The, 97-98 Avatar, 45 Soul on Ice, 74 Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, 73 B as cause of deviant behavior, 7, 25 censored Baha'i World Peace Day, 6 Catcher in the Rye, 98 Ball Four, 77 Do It, 77 Balmer, George, 101 freshman handbook, 73, 97 Bangkok World, 106 Revolution for the Hell of It, 11 Banned Books, 98-99 Soul on Ice, 74 Bantam Books, Inc., v. Melko, 9 censorship of, discussed, 17, 98-99 Bardsley, Ann, 15, 16 censorship of, lifted, 24 Barkey, Patrick, 10 children's reading of, 5, 43 Barlow, George H. (Judge), 92 found obscene Barnes, E. Richard, 96 Boys and Sex, 26 Barnes, Stanley N. (Judge), 31 Green Berets, The, 10 Barrows, Robert, 27 Love Machine, The, 6 Basis for Sex Morality, A, 43 Portnoy's Complaint, plus others, 79 Bason, George (Judge), 91 prosecuted Bass, Doris, 42 Do It, 79 Baum, Werner A., 74 removed, 42-43 Beard, The, 27 Catcher in the Rye, 73 Bellamy, Edward, 30 Do It, 43 Belli, Melvin M., 96 Goodbye Columbus, 10 Belsameo, Francisco, 105 Green Berets, The, 10 Benson, Les, 23 Hair, 42-43 Bentsen, Lloyd, 101 I'm Really Dragged Out But Nothing Gets Me Down, 54 Berea Citizen, 73 Let's Get Well, 4 Berger, Jerrold, 75 Manchild in the Promised Land, 10 Bergin, Tom (Judge), 90 Painted Bird, The, 10 Berkeley Barb, 45 Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, 74 Berkeley, Raymond, 11 Revolution for the Hell of It, 43 Bernardin, Joseph L., 27 Soul on Ice, 10 Berninghausen, David K., 69, 70 restricted Berry, Joe E., Jr. (Judge), 91 Human Sexual Response, 57 Bertoni, Esther, 98 Naked and the Dead, The, 57 Besaw, Audrey, 77, 102 as textbooks, ordered rewritten, 86 Bible, 29, 42, 46 Bill of Rights. See U. S. Constitution Bish, Gertrude, 29 Black Like Me, 30 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom ... is published Black Panther Party, 21, 38, 56, 73, 99 bimonthly by the American Library Association, 50 E. Black Politics, 100 Huron Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611. Subscription: Black Power, 30 $5.00 per year. Change-of-address notices, undeliver­ Blount, 'Winton M., 7 able copies, and orders for subscriptions should be sent Blue, Frank, 92 , 10 to the Subscription Department, American Library B'nai B'rith, Anti-Defamation League of, 56 Association. Editorial mail should be addressed to the Bodger,Joan,2, 14,16,69 Office for Intellectual Freedom, 50 East Huron Street, Boggs, Hale, 83-84 Chicago, Illinois 60611. Bohanan, Luther L. (Judge), 94 Bolivia Application to mail at Second Class postage rates is La Paz: Repressive measures taken against journalists, pending at Chicago, Illinois, and at additional mailing 104-105 offices.

2 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom Application tor Second Class Postage rates pending at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Bookstores Senate, 106 employees acquitted, 75, 76 requests FCC to conduct hearings on news media owner­ employee sentenced, 76 ship, 96 license fees, 79, 91 Long Beach: Librarian claims no censorship restrictions for license withheld, 93 teen-agers, 9 manager convicted, 91 Los Angeles: Attorney states librarian should censor if in owners challenge obscenity law, 63-64, 95 doubt, 61 owners convicted, 75, 76 Los Angeles: Board of Library Commissioners will not censor raided, 87 erotic books, 6-7 refuse to sell Myra Breckenridge, 42 Los Angeles: Commission on Obscenity and Pornography visited by police, 42-43 holds public hearings, 58-59 Boston Globe, 100 Los Angeles: Court orders college trustees to reinstate English Boudoures, Peter, 87 teacher, 89 Bourbon, Dave, 97 Los Angeles: Court rules firing of Angela Davis unconstitu­ Bouton, Jim, 77 tional, 6 Boys and Sex, 26 Los Angeles: Editor and publisher of Free Press found guilty, Bradshaw, Lillian M., 18 89 Brandeis, Louis (Justice), 29 Los Angeles: Editor and reporter for Fme Press on trial, 78 Braucht, George N., 103 Los Angeles: Editor of UCLA Daily Bruin arrested, 78 Brennan, William J., Jr. (Justice), 56 Los Angeles: Judge orders return of materials seized in raid, Brevard Citizens for Decent Literature, 101 89 Brickley, Alex, 72 Los Angeles: Judges declare U.S. Customs regulations un­ Briegmann, Bruce B., 93 constitutional, 31 Bright, Richard, 27 Los Angeles: New amendments to penal code discussed, Brooklyn Public Library, 27 19-21 Brooks, Hilton L., 79 Los Angeles: New version of ALA Libmry Bill of Rights Brown, Bailey (Judge), 91 adopted, 4 Brown, Claude, 10, 61 Los Angeles: Professor claims libraries house objectionable Brown, Elvin J. (Judge), 32, 46 materials, 23 Brown, Mrs. Tomlin E., 66 Los Angeles: Reappointment of Angela Davis refused, 72 Bryan, Walter, 38 Milpitas: High school student sues school district, 78 Burch, Francis B., 3, 56, 95 Newark: City officials censor nude drawings, 72 Burger, Warren E. (Justice), 55-56 Pacifica: Judge rules City Council's denial of use of com- Burke, John Gordon, 2, 15-17 munity room unconstitutional, 57 Burke, Richard, 73 Richmond: IRS confirms library was visited, 66 Burnett, Carol, 32 Riverside: Judge declares picture not obscene, 89 Busch, Joseph B., Jr., 89 Sacramento: Court rules laws unconstitutional 89-90 Bushwacker, The, 91 Sacramento: Judge protests attempts at suppr~ssing news, 96 Business Week, 105 Sacramento: Judge rules mailing obscene materials to re- Busy B Theater, 96-97 questing adults no crime, 53-54 Byam, Milton, 16, 27, 69, 70 Sacramento: Lt. Governor requests news blackouts during Byrne, Donn, 104 campus disorders, 72 Byrne, Garrett, 26 San Bernardino: University of California students charged with publication of obscene material, 78 San Diego: Union and Tribune refuses advertising for X­ c rated films, 9 San Francisco: Board of Permit Appeals votes to close Caetano, Marcelo, 105 "nudie movie" theater, 87 Calahan, William L., 87 San Francisco: Charles Manson influenced by , 25 Caldecott Award, 73 San Francisco: City ordinance to regulate adult movie tl1eaters Caldwell, Earl, 99 is reviewed, 87 California San Francisco: IRS asks to see library circulation records, 66 Bassett: Residents object to "adult" bookstore near school bus San Francisco: Lawyer tells bar convention definition of stop, 93 obscenity needed, 96 Berkeley: Lawrence Radiation Laboratory struck by free San Francisco: Police chief proposes tough ordinance for speech controversies, 86 "adult" movie houses, 94 Freemont: Court rules materials sold in bookstore obscene, 75 San Francisco: Publisher of Bay Guardian challenges News­ Fresno: Editor files suit to stop college from withholding sup­ paper Preservation Act, 93 port funds, 93 San Quentin: ACLU counsel protests restrictive regulations La Verne: Theologian-scholar claims Mad Magazine is "un­ in prison libraries, 82-83 abashed morality," 81 State Board of Education Legislature orders textbooks rewritten, 86-87 Assembly State Department of Corrections, 75, 82 Committee on Criminal Procedure State Supreme Court presents bill outlawing "live obscene conduct" in rules lewd conduct law not applicable to actors on stage, 27 rules out restrictive regulations in prisons, 75, 82-83 public,93 Sweetwater: Ban on Scholastic Scope lifted, 31 urged to support legislation limiting high-court juris­ Sweetwater: Scholastic Scope banned, 31 diction in pornography convictions, 96 California, University of, 6, 72, 83, 86 passes bill making disclosure of information on peace California, University of, at Los Angeles, 6, 72, 103-104 officers a misdemeanor, 89 California, University of, at Riverside, 78, 89

Index, 1970 3 Callahan, Robert M., 53, 71 Connecticut Calley, William L., Jr., 24 Bramford: Board of Education votes to prohibit distribution Calvmt Review, 88 of literature not part of curriculum, 7 4 Cambodia New Haven: Students may publish independent newspaper Phnom Penh: Censorship of newspapers lifted, 106 without prior review, 76 Campus Publishers, 68 Waterbury: Dick Gregory barred from speaking, 7 Canady, John E., 83 Cook, Mrs. Edgar, 30 Candia, Alfredo, 105 Cook, Robert, 24 Canterbury Tales, 29 Corcoran Gallery of Art, 25 Carmichael, Stokely, 30 Costa, Manie, 27 Castagna, Edwin, 2, 14, 15, 16, 18, 49, 70 Court cases Castles, Wesley (Judge), 79 Bantam Books, Inc., v. Melka, 9 Catalan, Elmo, 105 Gilmore v. Lynch, 82 Catalyst, The, 88 Ginsburg v. New Ymk, 47, 61 Catcher in the Rye, 27, 30, 73, 98 Hodgin/Martinsville, Va., 16 Catholic Bishops of the United States, 27 In re Harrell, 82 CBS. See Columbia Broadcasting System Robinson/ Alabama State Department of Education, 16 Cervantes, Alfonso J., 45 Stanley v. Georgia, 8, 90, 91 Chapman, Paul, 75 Grahan, Bryan, 19, 20, 21 Chase, Arthur, 74 Crane, Stephen, 29 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 29 Crocco, Joseph, 52-53, 71 Chicago Illini, 72 Crusader, The, 76 Chicago Today, 104 Curley, Arthur, 35 Chi Ha, Kim, 106 Curtis, Jesse W., 31 Childs, Don Gary, 91 Cybertype Corporation, 92 Chitwood, Julius R., 18 Cycle, The, 38 Christensen, A. Sherman (] udge), 94 Chronicle of Current Events, 105 D Churchill, Winston, 29 Cine Art-Theater, 91 Cinema Control Commission, 105 Daily California Aggie, 83 Citizen's Antipornography Committee, 96 Daily Collegian, 83, 93 Citizens for Decent Literature (Colorado), 40 Dalton, Ted (Judge), 20 Citizens for Decent Literature (Columbia, S.C.), 91 Danish Public Libraries Act, 4 City on a Hill Press, 83 Davis, Adele, 4 Civil Liberties Union of , 39, 45 Davis, Angela, 6, 72 Clean Law, Inc., 40 Davis, George T., 87 Cleaver, Eldridge, 10, 22, 38, 55, 74 Davis, Keith E., 103 Cleland, John, 8 Davis, Ozzie, 37 Cleveland Public Library, 66 Davis, Virginia M., 23, 44 Clift, David H., 1, 18, 65 DeBakesy, Alex, 9 Clifton Library Board, 97-98 Debruhl, Hector, 73, 98 GLUM. See Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Decent and Indecent: Our Personal and Political Behavio1·, 46 Cobb County-Marietta Public Library, 66, 73 DeHart, Florence, 14, 69, 70 Cobb, Sanford, 18 DeKalb County Library System, 66 Coffey, John L. (Judge), 76 Dekalb New Era, 88 Cohen, David, 16, 70 Delaware Colleges and universities Sussex: Judge dismisses suit against theater owner, 92 censorship in, 28, 73, 74, 89 Del Mar High School, 89-90 censorship in prohibited, 5, 38 DeMarco, Joseph P., 97 as center of free speech controversy, 86 Denmark Library Bill of Rights adopted, 10 Danish Public Libraries Act stipulates impartiality, 4 newspaper funds withheld, 87, 88, 93 Denny, Emory, 79 Colonial Theater, 92 Detroit Public Library, 22 Colorado Devens, Patti, 94 Article 28 of obscenity law found unconstitutional, 40 Devine, Tom, 23 Colorado Springs: Magazine shop owner convicted, 75 Deyo, Albert, 23 Denver: Bookstore employee acquitted, 75 Dialogue, 3 revised pornography law studied by librarians, 40 Diamondback, The, 88 Colorado Library Association, 40 Diario Popular, 105 Colorado, University of, 103 Dickens, Charles, 29 Columbia Broadcasting System, 32, 100, 104 DiGironimo, Frank, Jr., 9 Combs, Bert (Judge), 91 Dillingham, J. Brinton, 74, 95 Commission on Obscenity and Pornography. See President's District of Columbia Library Association, 5 Commission on Obscenity and Pornography Dix, WilliamS., 8, 14, 18 Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence. See Na- Do It, 42, 77, 79, 102 tional Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence Donnelly, Thomas, 37, 38 Communist Party, 6 Douglas, William 0. (Justice), 26, 56 Compton, Lynn, 58-59 Downing, Frank, 22 Concise Guide, 88 Downs, Robert B., 18 Congressional Record, 41 Dow, Orrin, 52-53, 71

4 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom Dr. Bowdler's Legacy, 98 Festival Theater, 90 Dubow, Seymour, 79 Films. See Motion pictures Dukes, Charles A., Jr., 39 Filmstrips. See Motion pictures Dunne, Arthur L. (Judge), 90 First Amendment Freedoms Act, 83, 84 Duo, 75 First Amendment. See U.S. Constitution Dupree, Joe (Judge), 11 First Freedom: A Statement for Free Men, The, 16 Dwoskin, Robert, 55 First Unitarian Church, Jackson Welfare lhmd of, 2 Dykes, Roger F. (Judge), 94 Fisher, Elizabeth, 88 Fitchburg State College, 38 Five Bandits, 106 E Five Girls, 33 Fleishman, Stanley, 31, 58-59 Eastlake Public Library, 33 Fletcher, Homer, 69, 70 Economist, The, 105 Florida Ecuador Cocoa: County solicitor "arrests" books and magazines, 79 Quito: Administration imposes tight censorship over foreign Miami: Judge rules Allen Ginsberg must be allowed use of press, 105 stadium, 27 Egypt. See United Arab Republic Miami Beach: Student newspaper censored for "obscene" Ehrhardt, Margaret, 98 editorial art, 88 Eisenhower Commission on the Causes and Prevention of obscenity statute found unconstitutional, 101 Violence. See National Commission on the Causes and St. Petersburg: High school newspaper impounded by prin­ Prevention of Violence cipal, 73 El Gaucho, 83 St. Petersburg: Scenes deleted from NET film, 88 Elkin, Benjamin, 97 Tavares: Volunteer cooperation on policing "smut" requested, Eller, Vernand, 81 88 Elliott, Lawrence C. (Judge), 92 Titusville: Judge requested to review anti-obscenity pro- Emergency School Aid Act of 1970, 70 cedure, 94-95 Empress Theater, 90, 94 Florida, University of, 15 England Forsman, John, 3 : A. P. Herbert wants theater censorship restored, 105 Fox, Douglas, 98 London: Bookstore chain refuses to sell Myra Breckenridge, France 42 Paris: Quiet Days in Clichy banned, 105 London: Press officials prohibit distribution of Ladies Home Frantz, John, 27 Journal, 105 Free, 74 Engstrom, Roswell, 91 , Yearbook, 1970, 15 Enoch Pratt Free Library, 2 Freedom to Read Foundation, 1-2, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 35, 70 Enterprise & Times, 77 Board of trustees, 16, 18 Entertainment Ventures, Inc., 58 established, 1 Epstein, Benjamin R., 56 priorities of, 16 . See Pictures purposes of, 1 Ervin, Sam J., Jr., 66 Free Press (Los Angeles), 78, 89 Eubanks, Jacqualyn K., 18 Free Press (Missouri), 45 Evans, James, 92 Fresno State College, 93 Evanstonian, 44 Freud, Sigmund, 47 Evanston Township High School, 44, 81 Friedman, David F., 58 Evergreen Review, 6, 87, 98 Friedman, Stanley S., 57 Exponents, 88 Eye, The, 97 Friend, Israel, 98 From Radical Left to Extreme Right, 68 Fuchs, Lawrence, 91 F Fulton County Board of Education, 54

Fahringer, Herald, 94 G Fahy, Charles (Judge), 100 Faircloth, Earl, 101 Falk, Karl L., 83, 93 Gadfly, The, 81 Faulkner, William, 33 Gaines, Mattie B., 33 Fanger, Franklin, 29 Galbraith, John Kenneth, 30 Fanny Hill, 20 Ganen, Susan, 73 Farbstein, Leonard, 94 Garcia, Doreen, 78 Farewell to Arms, A, 29 Garcia, Moiser, 105 Farmer, Herb, 88 Garfunkle, Barbara, 88 Fasi, Frank F., 79 Garrity, W. Arthur, Jr. (Judge), 38 FBI. See U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation Geller, Hillire, 98 FCC. See U.S. Federal Communications Commission Genn, Edward L., 29, 54 Federal City College, 3 Georgalas, George, 105 Federal Register, 45 Georgia Federation of Malaysia Atlanta: Governor calls off war against newspapers, 81 Singapore: Prime minister orders banned from tele­ Atlanta: Governor challenges citizens to censor school curri­ vision, 106 culum, 2 Ferguson, Warren J. (Judge), 31 Atlanta: IRS asks to see library circulation records, 65-66, 73

Index, 1970 5 Chatham County: Commission approves heavy license fee on Hart, George L., Jr. (Judge), 51 theaters showing sexy movies, 22 Hart, Philip A., 83, 84 Cobb County: IRS asks to see library circulation records, 66 Harvey, Jan1es A., 68, 69 College Park: Book removed from library at parent's request, Hawaii 54 Honolulu: Anti-pornography group pickets theater, 96-97 De Kalb County: IRS asks to see library circulation records, Honolulu: Corporation counsel expects court challenge of 66 obscenity bill, 94 Doraville: Commission sets license fee for movie theaters, 88 Honolulu: Mayor proposes bill curbing sale of pornography, obscenity law challenged by bookstore owner, upheld by U.S. 79 Supreme Court, 63 Hay, Alexandra, 27 ordinance on theater license fees enacted, 22 Haynsworth, Clement (Judge ), 79 Geraty, Michael, 66 Hays, Paul R. (Judge), 92 Ge1many Heebe, Frederick J. R. (Judge), 91 Bonn: Ban on Fanny Hill lifted, 8 Heinlein, Robert A., 25 Gillette, Robert, 25 Hemingway, Ernest, 29 Gilmore v. Lynch, 82 Hemphill, Robert W. (Judge), 11 Ginsberg, Allen, 27 Hennepin County Sheriff's Department, 26 Ginsberg v . New York, 47, 61 Henry, Erwin A. (Judge), 92 Gist, Robert, 27 Henselman, Frances, 9 Glenwood Community High School, 30 Hentoff, Nat, 2, 54 Godfrey, Lois, 38 Herbe1t, A. P., 105 Goldhor, Herbert, 28 Hermanson, John B., 74 Goldmann, Sidney (Judge), 9 Heston, Charlton, 58 Goldstein, Michael J., 103 Heykal, Mohammed Hassanain, 105 Goldwater, Barry, 67-68 Hickan, Richard E., 73 Goodbye Columbus, 10 Hill, Morton J., 95 Goracke, Robert, 29 Hipp, Frederick L., 77 Gordon, Victor, 90 Hitler, Adolph, 96 Gore, Daniel, 28 Hodgin/Martinsville, Va., 16 Gorton, Carl E., 52-53, 71 Hodgin, T. Ellis, 5, 14, 16, 55, 69 Gould, Mark, 97 Hoffman, Abbie, 11, 43 Gray, Frank, Jr. (Judge), 91 Holicky, Bernard H., 63 Greece Horning, George, 29 Athens: Government announces incentives to create self- Horro'r Comics, 46 restricted press, 105 Hoy, 105 Green Berets, The, 10 Hruska, Roman L., 83-84 Green, Bryan, 43 Hubble, Gerald B., 18 Greensburg, Anne, 98 Greenhut, Jack, 101 Gregory, Dick, 7, 29 Griffin, John Howard, 30 Griffin, Merv, 32 I Am Curious (Yellow), 3, 7, 26, 62, 91, 95 Grimball, John (Judge), 91 Ianacone, John, 77, 102 Grinnell College, 76 Ibarra, Jose Maria Velasco, 105 Griswold, Erwin N., 12 Ienaga, Saburo, 106 Groth, W. L., 79 IFC. See American Library Association Intellectual Freedom Grove, George, 93 Committee Guernsey, J. Thomas (Judge), 90 "IFC Report to Council," 14 Guerrilla Warfare, 66 I. F. Stone's Weekly, 39 Guevara, Che, 66 Illinois Gunther, John, 30 Chru11paign: Bookstore personnel found innocent of violating obscenity laws, 76 Chicago: Court rules movie obscene, 90 H Chicago: Parents protest underground grade school news­ paper, 97 Rage, Elizabeth B., 39 Chicago: Student newspaper seized, 72 Halm, Raymond, 66 Evanston: Board eliminates "prior review" of student publi­ Haight, Anne Lyon, 98 cations, 81 Hair, 42, 43, 81 Evanston: High school newspaper impounded by school offi­ Hale, Mrs. John, 66 cials, 44 Hamill, Harold L., 19 North Lake: Triton College board prohibits censorship of Hamilton, James H., 39 teaching materials, 5 Hamilton-Wenhame Regional High School, 39 Oak Park: Religious groups asked to submit advance copies Hamlin, 0. D. (Judge), 89 of speeches, 6 Hammond, James H., 38 Urbana: University of Illinois accepts nominations for intel­ Hanion, Joseph, 64 lectual freedom award, 28 Hanna, Mary Ann, 70 Illinois, University of, 2 Hanrahan, John, 54 Graduate School of Library Science, 27, 28 Hansen, Robert W. (Judge), 96 Imprint, 81 Hardeman, Hunter D. (Judge), 75 Indian Hills High School, 77, 102 Harris, B. E., 42 Indiana

6 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom Indianapolis: Hair not permitted at Masons' theater, 73 Keller, William E., 55 In re Harrell, 82 Kennedy, Charles B., 7 Inside Russia Today, 30 Kennedy, David M., 66 Intellectual Freedom Award. See Robert B. Downs Intellectual Kent State University, 84 Freedom Award Kentucky Internal Revenue Service. See U.S. Internal Revenue Service Berea: Associate editor of Be1·ea Citizen fired, 73 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Motion Louisville: High school principal wavers on decision to sus- Picture Machine Operators, 87 pend student newspaper, 81-82 International Film Importers and Distributors of America, 30 Kenyon, Eileen, 6, 21 International Platform Association, 101 King, Caretta, 32 Iowa King, Mrs. Leontyne B., 21 Des Moines: Iowa's 97-year-old obscenity laws ruled uncon- Knops, Mark, 91 stitutional, 76 Knott, Bill, 11 Glenwood: Board bans books in library, 30 Kornbluth, Jesse, 45 Legislature, 76 Kozinski, Jerry, 10 State Supreme Court Krause, Marshall, 82 upholds indecent exposure convictions, 76 Kreigh, Helen, 2-3, 70 Iowa Education Association, 30 Krettek, Germaine, 70 IRS. See U. S. Internal Revenue Service Kronhausen, Eberhard, 40 Israel Kronhausen, Phyllis, 40 Jerusalem: Military censorship in effect since 1948, 105-106 Krotz, Robert, 30 Tel Aviv: MASH is banned, 106 Krug, Judith F., 1, 2, 14, 15, 28, 58-62, 68, 69 Israeli Censorship Board, 106 Kuhn, Albin, 82 Kuhn, Bowie, 77 Kulik, George J., 98 J Kunkin, Arthur, 78, 89

"J," 97 Jacobs, Michael, 3 L Jacobson, Gordon, 7 J acovsky, Irwin, 53, 71 Lacey, James, 81 Jahncke, Lee, 10 Ladas, Deno, 87, 92 James, Beatrice M., 8-9 Ladies Home Journal, 105 Japan Ladof, Nina Sydney, 42, 43 Tokyo: Professor challenges Education Ministry's censorship Lady Chatterly's Lover, 47 of textbooks, 106 Lally, John J. (Judge), 11 Javitz, Jacob, 70 Language of Love, 92 Jay Bird, 92 LaPrade, Paul (Judge), 7 Jeffersontown High School, 81 La Presencia, 104 "Jehovah's Child," 89 Larson, Earl (Judge), 90, 94 Jensen, Orval 0., 30 Latteri, Ann M., 97 Jersey City Motion Picture Classification Board, 95 La Vida, 103 Jester, Royston, III, 20 Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 86 J. Frank Dobie High School, 87 Lawrence, Robert, 24 J. Morris Jones-World Book Encyclopedia-ALA Goals Award, 16 Leake, AI, 54 John Birch Society, 30, 46, 53, 71 Lebewitz, Melvin, 90 Johnsen, Grace, 10 Legislation Johnson, Lyndon B., 59, 100 challenged Johnson, Nicholas, 25 federal law prohibitirrg the mailing of obscene materials, 94 Johnson, Samuel, 9 Maryland law permitting prior restraint of motion pictures, ]ones Family Grandchildren, 32, 46 95 Jones, LeRoi, 10 obscenity laws, 26, 40, 63, 64, 94, 95 Jones, Richard A., Jr., 91 enacted Joslin, Alfred H. (Justice), 92 obscenity laws, 19-21, 43, 79, 94 Justice Department. See U.S. Justice Department postal reform bill, 94 prohibiting performance of Hair, 45 regulating movie theaters, 22, 79, 87, 95 K requiring fee for adult bookstores, 79 found unconstitutional Kaleidoscope, 91 antisubversive law, 44 Kansas obscenity laws, 40, 46, 76, 91, 101 Hutchinson: Attorney objects to Revolution for the Hell of It prohibiting distribution of unauthorized materials on school in library, 11 grounds, 89-90 Lawrence: University of Kansas student senate recommends prohibiting sale of perverse materials to minors, 77 cutting funding for student newspaper, 87 regulations in prison libraries, 75, 82-83 Kansas City Public Library, 66 passed by assembly Kansas, University of, 87 bill making the disclosure of information about peace offi­ Karalexis, Seraphim, 7 cers a misdemeanor, 89 Kaufman, Frank A. (Judge), 40 pending Keegan, Norman, 101 censorship bill, 37 Kehoe, William, 39 Emergency School Aid Act of 1970, 70

Index, 1970 7 obscenity bills, 46, 62, 79, 93 McCarthy, John F., 96 proposed McClellan, John L., 66, 100 extension of FCC's television "fairness" doctrine to news- McCulloch, William M., 83, 84 papers, 94 McCullough, J. L., 10 First Amendment Freedoms Act, 83-84 McDonough, Roger H., 8 obscenity laws, 79, 101 McFadden, Frank H. (Judge), 76 regulating motion picture theaters, 87-88, 94 McGowan, Carl (Judge), 91 upheld McLaughlin, D. Deane (Judge), 90 disorderly conduct law, 3 McLuhan, Marshall, 103 law against mailing unsolicited advertisments for obscene McNary, Gene, 42, 43 materials, 53-54 McNaughton Book Service of Williamsport, Pa., 33 obscenity laws, 63, 79, 90, 91 McRae, Douglas G., 54 Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967, 55-56 McRae, Robert M., Jr. (Judge), 91 Lester, Doris, 37 McRae, William A., Jr. (Judge), 101 Lethe, Robert Irvine, 54 Mad, 81 Let's Get Well, 4 Maddox, Lester, 2, 81 Levanthal, Harold (Judge), 91 Maddox, Vivian, 66, 73 Levingston, Roberto Marcelo, 104 Mad Morality, The, 81 Lewis, AI, 88 Magazines Lewis, David T. (Judge), 90, 94 ban lifted Lewis, Oscar, 103 Scholastic Scope, 31 Liberal Hour, The, 30 banned "Librarian's Commitment to the Library Bill of Rights, The," 70 Dialogue, 3 Libraries Scholastic Scope, 31 accused of housing objectionable materials, 23 censored ALA advisory statement on confidentiality of borrowing rec­ Aphra, 88 ords of, 65-67 Ladies Home Journal, 105 asked for circulation information on books about explosives, 73 , 8 asked to provide jobs for librarians flred in intellech1al freedom Prime1·a Plana, 104 cases, 27 Time, 105 book selection in, 6-7, 28, 33, 39, 46, 51, 63 found objectionable by nudist organization, 92 censorship in, 6-7, 9, 11, 39, 52, 53, 61, 87 found obscene, 75 controversial magazines in, defended by library commission, freed of obscenity charges, 92 98 Evergreen Review, 87 sanctions against, 5, 35, 71 Ramparts, 87 Library Bill of Rights. See American Library Association, poli- seized, 91 cies Newsweek, 106 Library Journal, 26 Time correspondent expelled from Ecuador, 105 Little Girls, 11 Magazines, student Lomman, A. Paul (Judge), 94 lack of financial support for, 88 Long Beach Public Library, 9 Mail. See U. S. Post Office Department Looking Backward, 30 Malay Mail, 106 Los Angeles Board of Library Commissioners, 4, 6, 19 Malaysia. See Federation of Malaysia Los Angeles Community College District, 89 Manchild in the Promised Land, 10, 61 Los Angeles County Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, Mangum, Robert J., 53 23 Mann, Jay, 104 Los Angeles Municipal Court, 78 Manson, Charles, 25 Los Angeles Public Librmy, 4, 19-21 Marshall E. Woodruff Legal Defense Fund, 55 Los Angeles Public Welfare Commission, 93 Marshall, Thurgood (Justice), 8-9 Louisiana Martinez, Walter, 37, 38 New Orleans: Attorney appeals for reversal of federal ruling Maryland on obscenity hearings, 95 antisubversive law found unconstitutional, 44 New Orleans: Attorney files suit to close bookstore, 95 Attorney General debates librarians on censorship, 3 New Orleans: Bookstore and newsstand owners seek a ruling Baltimore: Judge enjoins Black Panther Party from distribu- on state obscenity law, 95 ting "harmful'' literature, 56 New Orleans: City council passes ordinance requiring "adult" Baltimore: Judge rules erotic paintings not obscene, 40 bookstore to have permits costing $10,000, 79 Baltimore: Motion picture and theater groups urge U. S. New Orleans: Judge continues prohibition of enforcement of Supreme Court to overrule Maryland court decision on ordinance placing $10,000 fee on adult bookstore permits, obscenity of I Am Curious (Yellow) and to declare state's 91 censorship law unconstitutional, 95 New Orleans: New ordinance combines "variable obscenity Baltimore: Parents sue to stop censorship of student publi­ law" with provisions of Postal Law of 1968, 61 cations, 29 Love Machine, The, 6, 28, 33 Baltimore: Park officials may not censor material for sale or Luros, Milton, 31 distribution in parks, 82 Baltimore: Post Office announces response by persons request­ ing removal of names from mailing lists for objectionable M materials, 92 College Park: Store owner convicted of selling obscene ma­ Mabely, Jack, 28 terial, 25 McAlister, Charles M., 91 College Park: University of Maryland Bom·d of Regents holds MacBride, Thomas J. (Judge), 54 hearings on subsidization of campus newspapers, 88

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[- ~------~~~~~~------~ College Park: University of Maryland cancels distribution of Detroit: Hair may run indefinitely, 81 freshman handbook, 73 Detroit: Mayor defends right of Black Panther Party to distri­ College Park: University of Maryland freshman handbook bute leaflets calling for murder of police officers, 97 confiscated because of allegedly obscene drawing, 97 Detroit: Public library alleged to inform on borrowers to College Park: "Washington Free Press distributor convicted, FBI agents, 22 55 Royal Oak: Catcher in the Rye excluded from classroom use, Court of Special Appeals rules Washington Free Press cartoon 27 not obscene, 74 Midnight Cowboy, 9 La Plata: Two guilty of distributing obscene matter, 91 Miller, Elmo, 75 Montgomery County: Antisubversive law declared uncon­ Miller, Henry, 105 stitutional, 44 Miller, William E. (Judge), 91 Montgomery County: Distributor of lVashington Free Pmss Milton, John, 62 arrested, 7 4 Milwaukee Motion Picture Commission, 87 Montgomery County: High school student publications cen­ Milwaukee Public Library, 73 sored, 73 Mini Cinema, 88 Montgomery County: Parents file suit to stop censorship of Minnesota student publications, 29 Brooklyn Park: Boys and Sex called obscene, 26 Montgomery County: School principal bans distribution of Minneapolis: Conviction of theater owner upheld, 90 New Mobe literature. 64 Minneapolis: Denial of theater licenses proposed, 87 Prince Georges County: . Commissioners request removal of Minneapolis: Judge considers seizure of Sexual Freedom in Washington Free Press from branch libraries, 39 Denmark, 94 Prince Georges County: Judge rules Vlashington Free Press Minneapolis: Judge's injunction protects theater from police to be hard core pornography, 25 harassment, 90 Prince Georges County: Store owner convicted of peddling Minneapolis: Theater attorney challenges city and state laws obscene material, 39 on obscenity, 94 Silver Springs: Censorship is discussed at Maryland Library Osseo School District: Books on sexual behavior challenged in Association meeting, 3 schools as obscene, 26 State Board of Education Minnesota Library Association, 2 named in suit, 29 Missouri rules student publications cannot be precensored, 54, 64, 73 Kansas City: Library asked by FBI and local police for circu­ State Board of Motion Picture Censors, 3, 4, 9, 62 lation records, 66 Maryland Library Association, 3, 4, 62 St. Louis: Board of Aldermen passes measure to prevent play- Maryland University, 3, 73, 82, 88, 97 ing of Hair, 45 MASH, 106 St. Louis: Obscenity bill passed by Board of Aldermen, 42-43 Massachusetts St. Louis: Suit £led on sale of Do It, 79 Boston: Bookstore employee sentenced for selling magazine St. Louis County: Missouri Library Association official with nude photographs, 76-77 charges police pressure on book dealers, 42-43 Boston: Court finds state law prohibiting sale to children of State Library, 2 literature about perversion unconstitutional, 77 IFC receives request for action from Joan Bodger, 14 Boston: I Am Curious (Yellow) is banned by superior court, 7 Missouri Library Association, 2, 3, 28, 42, 43 Boston: Judge rules photographs of nudes not obscene, 76 Missouri Press Association Clipping Service, 2 Boston: Judge rules state college presidents may not censor Missouri State Library Commission, 3 student newspapers, 38 Missouri, University of Boston: Justice William 0. Douglas protests ban on I Am Freedom of Information Center, 67 Curious (Yellow), 26 Library, 2 Boston: U.S. Supreme Cowt allows injunction against I Am School of Library and Information Science, 2 Curious (Yellow) to stand, 26 Mitchell, Clay N., 86 Hamilton: Selecbnen refuse to grant permit to hand out Mitchell, John N., 22, 25, 81, 99, 100, 101 political literature on town streets, 39 MLA. See Modern Language Association State Supreme Court Modern Language Association, 28 reverses Avatar decision, 45 Moldow, Bernard (Judge), 10 Mass Pax, 39 Monroe Union High School, 29 Mayberry, J. H., 30 Montana Mein Kampf, 96 Helena: 1971 legislature asked to enact new anti-obscenity Memphis Public Library, 61 law, 79 Menninger, W. Walter, 26 Montana Criminal Law Commission, 79 Merhige, Robert R., Jr. (Judge), 76,79 Montgomery County Board of Education, 29 Merritt, LeRoy C., 2, 14, 18, 49, 50-51, 69 Montgomery County Circuit Court, 74 Meserindino, Leo, 73 Moon, Eric, 3 Mettee, Donald A., 20 Mooney, Harry J., Jr., 40 Metzger, Deena P., 89 Moore, Leonard P. (Judge), 92 Meyerstein, Albert, 52, 71 Morality in Media, 95 Miami Herald, 88, 100 Morgan, Birch E. (Judge), 76 Miami, University of, Dade South campus, 88 Motel Confidential, 92 Michigan Motion Picture Association of America, 30, 95 Ann Arbor: Campus Publishers announce 2d edition of Muller ratings of movies, 9 and Sphan's From Radical Left to Extreme Right, 68 Motion pictures Birmingham: City commissioner approves restrictive guide­ advertising for refused by San Diego Union and Tribune, 9 lines for art exhibit, 87 banned Detroit: County prosecutor confiscates allegedly pornographic Basis for Morality, A, 43 fihns, 87 I Am Curious (Yellow), 7, 26, 62

Index, 1970 9 MASH, 106 Nejako, Mark, 64 Quiet Days in Clichy, 105 Nejedly, John A., 93 censored by means of high license fee for theaters, 22, 88 Nevada distributors for, file suit to stop establishment of film classifica­ municipal ordinances on sale of obscene materials discussed, tion boards, 95 41-42 film review board established, 79, 87-88, 95 Reno: Booksellers arrested and charged in sale of obscene found not obscene material, 41-42 Language of Love, 92 statement from University of Nevada Library on freedom of Quiet Days in Clichy, 105 press and censorship, 41-42 Therese and Isabelle, 6 Neva, Martin, 78 found obscene New Hampshire Art of Maniage, The, 90 Manchester: National College Editors Conference delegates Blue Movie, 10 agree free expression is threatened, 88 Bushwhacker, The, 91 Oyster River: School board bans underground student news­ Cherry, Harry and Raquel, 79 paper, 74 I Am Curious (Yellow), 7, 91 New Jersey Wide Open Copenhagen, 90 Bayonne: City council passes film screening board ordinance, Without a Stitch, 90 95 found pornographic, 76 Bayonne: Law department studies Jersey City ordinance es­ labeling of, 30, 44 tablishing film review board, 79 prior restraint on exhibition of, 95 Brick Township: School board removes controversial books prosecuted from classrooms, 10 Blue Movie, 10 Clifton: Library board bans Sensuous Wom<~n, 97-98 I Am Curious (Yellow), 3, 11 Freehold: Jury declares issue of East Village Other obscene, protected by injunction and convicts seller of paper, 9 Sexual Freedom in Denmm·k, 90 Jersey City: Mayor proceeds with plans to set up motion pic­ seized, 87 ture classification board, 95 Language of Love, 92, Legislature Little Girls, 11 Commission to Study Obscenity and Depravity in the Public Motel Confidential, 92 Media, 95 Sexual Freedom in Denmark, 94 Newark: Legislature's obscenity commission decides no prov­ For Single Swingers Only, 11 able harm to adolescents viewing obscene materials, S5 Starlet, 76 Oakland: ACLU initiates proceedings on J,ehalf of three Eng­ Without a Stitch, 91 lish teachers fired, 102 showing of, allowed by court Oakland: Ramapo-Indian Hills Board of Education reacts to Quiet Days in Clichy, 105 protests about Do It, 77 Sexual Freedom in Denmark, 90 Trenton: Judge rules local governing body cannot require threatened, 52, 87-88 speaker at public meetings to salute flag, 92 Mowery, Judith, 46 New Jersey Education Association, 77 M.P.A.A. See Motion Picture Association of America New Jersey Library Association, 8-S Mt. Zion Hospital, 25 Newman, Daniel F., 10 Muller and Spahn, 68 New Mexico Munoz, Gonzalo, 105 Albuquerque: New Mexico Library Association opposes cen­ Murphy, Frank, Jr., 96 sorship bill, 37 Musicals. See Theatrical productions Deming: City council supports groups seeking "more whole­ My Lai, 24 some literature," 72 Myra Breckenridge, 42 Legislature censorship bill tabled, 38 New Mexico Library Association, 37, 38 N New Mobe, 64, 73 New Orleans Book Mart, 95 NAACP. See National Association for the Advancement of New Orleans Times-Picayune, 104 Colored People News media Naked and the Dead, The, 57 monopolization of, 96 Nance, James R., Sr., 11 subpoenaed to produce confidential information, 99-101 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 threatened by government censorship, 25 National Association of Theater Owners, 30, 92, 95 Newspaper Preservation Act, 93 National College Editors Conference, 88 Newspapers National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, asked to impose self-judgment in news of campus unrest, 72 26, 32 censored, 106 National Education Association, 14, 63, 69 I. F. Stone's Weekly, 39 National Freedom Fund for Librarians, 17 Tailspinner, 97 National Office for Decent Literature, 27 defended against "planned suppression," 96 National Press Club, 26 "fairness" doctrine proposed for, 94 NATO. See National Association of Theater Owners and government ce1tification of reporters, 26 Naugle, William B. (Judge), 40 harassed, 104-105 Neal, Mamie, 2 pressures on press to censor stories, 23 Nebraska print controversial poem in South Korea's Sasang-Gye, 106 Lincoln: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble banned from school publisher sues charging competitors monopolistic, 93 libraries, 73 refused distribution of, 39, 87 Nedler, Alfred J., 94 rejection of advertising in, 9, 31

10 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom as stores of infonnation on individuals, 51 State Division of Human Rights, 52-.53 subpoenaed by government for notes and other confidential Syracuse: U.S. Supreme Court denies review of bookseller's information, 21 conviction on obscenity charge, 64 Newspapers, student Wallkill: Librarian resigns rather than provide literature in banned, 74 demand today, 23, 63 censored Williamsville: Citizens censure school administration for Berea Citizen, 73 allowing Soul on Ice to remain in school libraries, 74 Catalyst, The, 88 Williamsville: Parents demand Soul on Ice be banned from Cycle, The, 38 school libraries, 55 Z,74 New York Civil Liberties Union, 103 censored/ approved, 81-82 New York State University, at Albany, 1.03 censorship of, refused by judge, 38 New York Times, 21, 100, 105 editor of, arrested, 78 NiggeT, 29 editor of, fired, 73 1984, 33 found not obscene, 89 Nixon, Richard M., 22, 25, 27, 32, 62, 93 freed of precensorship, 54, 76, 81 Nizer, Louis, 95 loss of financial support of, 83, 87, 88, 93 NMLA. See New Mexico Library Association pennitted distribution, 81, 82 NODL. See National Office for Decent Literature protested by parents, 97 Noland, Thomas, 55 sale of, regulated, 79 Noonan, Eileen F., 70 seized, 73 Norsted, LeRoy, 26 Chicago Illini, 72 North Carolina Evanstonian, 44 Chapel Hill: Attorney tells board it has right to regulate sell­ threatened, 83, 88 ing of unauthorized student publications on school Newspapers, underground, 45, 86, 106-107 grounds 79 accused of obscenity, 72 Fayetteville: Judge finds exhibitor guilty of showing obscene banned, 61 movies, 11 Notes from the Underground, 75-76 Raleigh: "Adults only" bookstore manager found guilty of editor of, convicted of contempt, 91 selling obscene magazines, 91 editor of, found guilty, 89 North Carolina, University of, 103 found not obscene, 45, 46, 74 North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 30 found not subversive, 44 Norili, William, 69 found obscene Norvell, David, 37 East Village Other, 9 Notes from the Underground, 45, 75 vVashington Free Press, 25 Nudism Today, 92 removed from libraries, 39 NYCLU. See New York Civil Liberties Union Richmond Chronicle prosecutes, 79 staff of, entitled to press passes, 76 suffer "harassment- legal and extralegal," 74 0 Newsweek, 106 New University, 83 Oakland University, 73 New York Oberlin College Library, 2 Albany: New York Civil Liberties Union and law professor Oboler, Eli M., 70 seek access by prisoners to all books in library, 103 Obscenity Study Commission. See President's Commission on Buffalo: School board bans Soul on Ice from school libraries, Obscenity and Pornography 74 Ohio Farmingdale: Board of Trustees meets July 7, 71 Akron: Librarian's letter on the responsibilities of public li­ Farmingdale: Crocco has decisive vote on library board, braries, 46 52,53 Cincinnati: International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em­ Fanningdale: Library trustee charged with contempt, 52-53 ployees and Moving Picture Machine Operators call for Fanningdale: Orrin Dow receives intellectual freedom award, self-regulation from motion picture industry, 87 52 Cincinnati: Judge refuses to require book distributor and Kingston: IFC receives request for investigation from Richard bookstores to supply pre-sale copit>..s, 90 Rosichan, 14 Cleveland: IRS confirms library was visited, 66 Middletown: Book selection policy in Thrall Library, 33 Columbus: Governor signs bill defining materials and per­ New York: City council studies proposal making it unlawful formances as obscene and/ or harmful to minors, 79 to show previews or trailers of X-rated films with films Norwalk: Judicial panel upholds convktion of news dealer having otl1er ratings, 80 on obscenity charge, 90 New York: Court panel rules Blue Movie hard core pornog­ school librarians protest state anti-obscenity bill, 46 raphy, 10 Toledo: Judge declares Without a Stitch obscene, 90-91 New York: Federal appeals court holds /,anguage of Love not Toledo: University of Toledo board of trustees includes ver- obscene, 92 sion of ALA Library Bill of Rights in bylaws, 10 New York: Judge orders Cybertype Corporation to stop mail­ Willoughby: School board and librarv attacked for "sex ing objectionable advertisements to complaining families, books" in library, 33 92 Ohio Education Association, 46 New York: Report on Obscenity issued as parody of Presi­ Oklahoma dent's Commission report, 68 Norman: Judge rules banning of sex scenes unconstitutional, New York: World peace appeal edited out of Merv Griffin 32 shows by CBS, 32 obscenity legislation found unconstitutional, 46 Port Washington: School board asked to remove Quotations Tulsa: Evergreen Review and Ramparts allowed to remain on from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung as textbook, 74 library shelves, 98

Index, 1970 11 Tulsa: Resident requests removal of EveTgreen Review from President's Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, 8-9, 95, public library, 87 103 Oklahoma, University of, 32, 46 first draft leaked to House Subcommittee, 68 Old Librarian's Almanac, The, 61 hearings in Los Angeles, 58-62 Operation LAPL, 19 Press Opinion Research Corporation, 30 freedom of, discussed, 32 Opinion surveys, 103-104 licensing of reporters recommended by W. \Valter Menninger, Ordinances. See Legislation 26 Oread Daily, 87 Primera Plana, 104 Oregon Princess Margaret, 105 Monroe: School board rescinds decision to exclude books from Prisons, censorship in, 78, 82-83, 102-103 school library, 29 Pritchett, James Lester, 11 Oregon, University of Prize, The, 30 Development Fund, 51 Profitt, James E., 86 School of Librarianship, 2, 49 Proxmire, William, 97 Orwell, George, 33 Pryba, Dennis R., 76 Osseo School District, 26 Publications Owen, Richard, 30 banned by postmaster general, 76 Oyster River High School, 74 distribution defended, 82, 97 found not obscene, 76 p found obscene, 76 pem1itted for U. S. distribution by federal judges, 76 Publications, student Pacht, Jerry (Judge), 6 cannot be precensored, 54 Pacifica Draft Help, 57 censored, 73 Painted Bird, The, 10 distribution cancelled, 73 Paintings. See Pictures parents protest censorship of, 29 PaTis Review, 52-53 Pugh, James H. (Judge), 44,74 Parker, Barrington (Judge), 91 Purdue University, 88, 104 Parker, Ralph, 2 Parker, Roscoe H. (Judge), 25, 39, 55, 74 Parker, Travis, 78 a Patton, Robert H. (Judge), 89 Pearson, Edmund, 67 Quicksilver Times, 107 Peckham, Robert F. (Judge), 89 Quiet Days in Clichy, 105 Penaranda, Horacia Alcazar, 104 Quinn, Mrs. Ray, 10 Pennsylvania Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung, 74 Court rules Therese and Isabelle not obscene, 6 Pittsburgh: American Federation of Teachers approves reso- lution favoring "student bill of rights," 97 R Perez, Leander H., Jr., 95 Perrin, Noel, 98 Raciti, C. Stephen, 10 Perrott, James A. (Judge), 56 Radio stations Perry, E. Caswell, 70 threatened by loss of financial support, 88 Pettine, Raymond J. (Judge), 102 Radish, The, 19 Peurifoy, Paul G. (Judge), 75 Rafferty, Max, 86 Philadelphia Inquirer, 100 Rag, The, 90 Phillip Rogers Grade School, 97 Ramapo-Indian Hills Board of Education, 72, 102 Phillips, Harry (Judge), 91 Ramapo-Indian Hills Education Association, 102 Pictures Rampmts Magazine, 81, 98 approved for exhibition, 40 Raubenheimer, Albert S., 20 cause confiscation of university student handbook, 97 Reade, Walter, Jr., 44 censored, 72, 87 Reagan, Ronald, 72, 86 found not obscene, 74, 76, 89 Reason, Joseph H., 18 Pierce College, 23 Red Badge of Courage, 29 Pierce, Diane, 44 Red Brick, The, 82 Pierson, Thomas, 43 Regan, John K. (Judge), 100 Pittel, Stephen, 25 Reinecke, Edward, 72 Pittman, Virgil (Judge), 91 Religious programs in schools, 55 Planned Parenthood Association, of San Diego County, 58 "Report on intellectual freedom at Midwinter Meeting, Chicago, Playboy, 8 1970" (Burke), 15-17 Plays. See Theatrical productions Research studies, 103-104 Porter, David M., 79 Revolution for the Hell of It, 43 Porter, David S. (Judge), 90 Reynolds, William T., 81 Portnoy's Complaint, 33, 61, 106 Rhode Island Portugal Kingston: Dean cancels course at University of Rhode Island, Lisbon: Newspaper publisher reports greater press freedom, 74 105 Providence: Court overturns ruling that magazines purchased Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act of 1967, 55 by police are obscene, 92 Post Office Deparhnent. See U. S. Post Office Department Providence: Judge orders curtailment of procedures for cen­ Pratt, John H., 76 soring prisoners' mail, 102-103

12 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom Rhode Island, University of, 74 Sensuous Woman, 97 Rhodes, James A., 79 Serr, Harold, 66 Richmond Chronicle, 79 Seven Minutes, The, 17 Richmond (Cal.) Public Library, 66 Sexual Freedom in Denmark, 90, 94 Riefler, Clifford B., 103 Shakespeare, Frank, 24 Rindone, Joseph, 31 Shaughnessy, Gerald, 87 Ringel, William E. (Judge), 10 Shaw, George Bernard, 42 Rippowam High School, 76 Shea, Paul, 88 Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Aw~rd, 2, 14, 28, 49, 71 Shinn, Syd, 6 Roberts, Jack (Judge), 90 Shores, Louis, 6 Robinson/ Alabama State Department of Education, 16 SIECUS films, 87 Robinson, Carrie, 14, 16, 18, 69 Silberberg, Sophie, 18 Robinson, W. L., 54 Silbert, Bernard L., 56 Rosichan/ Kingston Area Library, 16 Silverman, Monroe, 76 Rosichan, Richard, 14, 16 Simon and Schuster, 54 Roth decision, 47 Simons, Charles E., Jr., 79 Roth, Philip, 33, 106 Simpson, Bryan (Judge), 101 Rothschild, Philip, 66 Sinkovitz, Thomas M., 24 Rowe, David M., 89 Skidmore, vVarren, 46 Rubin, Jeny, 43, 77, 79, 102 Slaton, Lewis, 63 Russell, Donald S., 79 Smith, Gilbert P., 26 Russell, George L., Jr., 82 Smith, Harold J., 76 Rutgers University, 103 Smith, Robert, 64 Smith, TI1omas 1., 72 Social Responsibilities Round Table, Illinois Chapter, 22 s See also American Library Association, Social Responsibilities Round Table Sabatini, Joe, 37, 38 Sommer, Elke, 32 Sacco, Stephan, 77, 102 Son of Fanny Hill, 46 St. Charles County Library, 42 Sory, Allen, 87 St. John's University Soul on Ice, 10, 22, 55, 74 Department of Library Science, 27 South Africa St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 42, 43, 45, 100 Cape Town: Paperback volume of photographic nude studies Salazar, Antonio, 105 banned, 33 Salinger, J. D,. 27, 30, 73 South Carolina Salter, Stephanie, 88 Camden: Banning book in schools creates demand in libraries, Salt, Syd, 77 98 Samizdat, 105 Camden: Catcher in the Rye removed from school reading Sampson, Mike, 73 list, 73 Samuel, John S., 97 Charleston: Judge rules in favor of high school students pro­ Sanctions. See American Library Association, policies, on testing Vietnam War, 11 sanctions Columbia: Judge prohibits showing of I Am Curious (Yellow), Sanctuary, 33 dismisses charges against theater manager, 91 Sanders, Thomas W., 100 Columbia: Judge reaffhms finding that I Am Curious (Yellow) San Diego Union and Tribune, 9 is obscene, has theater manager arrested, 91 Sanford, Douglas B., 76 Columbia: Judges selected to consider case of outdoor movie San Francisco Bay Guardian, 93 operator and projectionist charged with exhibiting ob­ San Francisco Chronicle, 93 scene movie, 79 San Francisco Citizens Committee on Social Order, 87 State Department of Education, 98 San Francisco Examiner, 25, 93 South, Jean-Anne, 34 San Francisco Newspaper Printing Co., 93 South Korea San Quentin, 75, 82 Seoul: Newsweek article censored by government, 106 Sasang-Gye, 106 Seoul: Poet and journalists charged with violating anti-com­ Savage, Henry, 98 munist law, 106 Scarborough, William E., 31 South Vietnam Scherle, William A., 73 Saigon: GI newscasters silenced during U.S. Command in­ Schneider, Max, 76 vestigation of their charges of censorship, 24 Scholastic Scope, 31 Speeches Schools banned, 7 censorship in, 7, 10, 29, 30, 64, 74, 87, 98 censored, 6, 44 faculty petitions board to reconsider exclusion of Catcher in Spicer, Robert A., 64 the Rye, 27 Spock, Benjamin, 46, 47 student suspended for requesting Chicano history course, 78 SRRT. See American Library Association, Social Responsibilities teachers reinstated following controversy, 102 Round Table Schwartz, Herman, 103 Stamford Free Press, 76 Scott, George, 26 Standley, Fred, 38 Screen Actors Guild, 58 Stanley v. Georgia, 8, 90, 91 Scurr, Reginald, 28 Stanton, Frank, 32 SDS. See Students for a Democratic Societv Starlet, 76 Seamans, Robert C., 97 · Starpoint Board of Education, 74 Seidenbaum, Art, 19 Starr, John, 29

Index, 1970 13 Stein & Day, 68 Bangkok: Communications ban is placed on U.S. personnel, S~ern, Gerald, 100 18 Stewart, Potter (Justice), 57,96 Bangkok: News blackout on Agnew's visit protests tough Stokes, Louis, 73 press act, 106 Stoyan, Hortensia, 52-53, 71 Theaters Stranger in a Strange Land, 25 charges against manager dismissed, 91 Straub, Harvey (Judge), 90 closed, 87 Student as Nigger, Tne, 5 color coding for X- and R- rated previews, 92 "Student Protest: Who? What? Why?", 31 injunction granted to stop harassment by police, 90 Students for a Democratic Society, 73 license fee for restricted :6lms, 88 Weatherman faction, 21 manager arrested, 91 Subpoenas operator and employees convicted, 92 compelling news writers to produce notes and records of picketed, 96-97 interviews, 45 requested to cooperate in policing "smut," 88 guidelines for use, by U.S. Department of Justice, discussed threatened, 87-88, 94 by Attorney General, 99-101 Theatrical productions received by news media from federal authorities for notes and banned other confidential information, 21, 22 Hair, 45, 73 Sully, Francois, 66 Hair allowed to run, 81 Summerlen, Robert, 90 lewd conduct laws not applicable to actors, 27 Susann, Jacqueline, 28, 33 protected by First Amendment, 81 Suttle, D. W. (Judge), 90 Therese and Isabelle, 6 Swearer, Bill, 11 Thompson, C. Awdry (Judge), 74 Sweat, Ann A., 39 Thompson, George H., 87 Swe~Iwater Union High School District, 31 Thornberry, Homer (J~dge), 90 Swope, Burton, 83 Thornton, Eileen, 2 Synapse, 83 Time, 105 Tobey, Stephen,39 T Tokyo University of Education, 106 Toledo, University of, 10 Tolleris, Morton R. (Judge), 10 T ailspinner, 97 Tolstoy, Leo, 29 Tale of Two Cities, 29 Tong, Howard, 29 Tankersley, William H., 10 Trans-Media News, 90 Tasty Comix, 91 Traviesas, Hem1inio, 10 Tate, Sharon, 25 Triton College, 5 Tauro, G. Joseph (Judge), 7 Triton Times, 83 Taylor, Cecil W., 20 True Confessions, 46 Television Truman, Harry S., 14 appeals for peace edited out of show, 32 Tuite, Patrick A., 90 long-haired entertainers and hippies banned in Singapore, 106 Tullar, Richard W., 9 programs expurgated, 88 Tull, Willis C., Jr., 62 self-censorship standards for, comment on, 10 Tulsa City-County Library Commission, 98 Tennessee Tulsa Public Library, 87 Memphis: City board of review begins creation of "advisory Tydings, Joseph D., 101 board" to :6ght "smut," 88 Nashville: Court panel upholds constitutionality of state anti-obscenity law, 91-92 u Terrapin, The, 88 Texas UC Berkeley Daily Californian, 83 Austin: Judges rule regents' regulations unconstitutional at Uccles, Carlos A., 94 University of Texas, 90 UCLA. See California University of, at Los Angeles Austin: Senate candidate advocates congressional act to place UCLA Daily Bruin, 78, 83 control of obscene materials on local level, 101 UCR Highlander, 78, 83, 89 Conroe: The Green Berets is removed from library by school Understanding Media, 103 board, 10 Ungar, Sanford J., 107 Dallas: City council seeks ways to prohibit sale of obscene Unger, Leonard, 18 literatme, 72 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Dallas: Judge enjoins publisher of Notes from the Under­ Moscow: Underground literature is growing despite censor­ ground from selling newspaper to persons under 18, 75-76 ship, 105 Dallas: Judicial panel rules Texas obscenity law constitutional, United Arab Republic 79 Minister of National Guidance revokes all news censorship Houston: Indicted man challenges constitutionality of federal except military, 105 laws prohibiting mailing of obscene materials, 94 United for God and Country, 86 Houston: Schools stop distribution of "radical" newspaper, 87 United States Catholic Conference, 27 San Antonio: U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell urges pub­ U.S. Air Force, 18 lic officials to encourage youths to stage protest demon­ U. S. Army, 51, 92 strations, 81 U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 86 Texas, University of, 90 U.S. Bureau of Customs, 31, 45 Textbooks. See Books U.S. Congress, 27, 41, 67-68, 101 Thailand House of Representatives, 67, 68, 73, 94

14 Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom Committee on Education and Labor, 73 Norfolk: Theater operator and employees convicted for show­ Internal Security Committee, 73 ing objectionable films, 92 Senate, 19, 67-68, 100 Richmond: Court upholds censorship rights of army com­ Permanent Subconunittee on Investigations, 66, 100 mander, 92 Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, 66 Richmond: Editor of Richmond Chronical files suit charging U. S. Congressional Committee on Obscenity and Pornography. staff denied constitutional rights when refused press See President's Committee on Obscenity and Pornography passes, 79 U. S. Constitution, 1, 9, 15, 17, 19, 31, 32, 41, 62, 84, 91, 97, 98, Riclunond: Judge rules staff members of Richmond Chronical 104 are entitled to press passes, 76 Bill of Rights of, 31, 41, 104 State superintendent of public instruction requests Riclunond First Amendment to, 8, 9, 12, 21, 26, 31, 32, 38, 41, 42, 55-56, to ban controversial filmstrip, -13 57, 59, 60, 62, 79, 81, 84, 88, 90, 91, 94, 95, 97, 99, 103, Virginia Library Association, 5 106-107 Vixen, 101 Fourteenth Amendment to, 32, 40, 90 U. S. Court of Military Appeals, 24 U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, 22, 47, 91 w U.S. Federal Communications Commission, 25, 94, 96 USIA. See U.S. Information Agency Walinski, Nicholas (Judge), 90 U.S. Information Agency, 24 Walker, John, 37 U. S. Information Service, 16, 24 Wallace, Douglas H., 103 U. S. Internal Revenue Service, 65, 66, 67, 73 Wallace, Irving, 17,30 USIS. See U.S. Information Service Wallis, C. Lamar, 18 U.S. Justice Department, 12, 25, 40, 99, 100 Wallkill Public Library, 23, 44 USOE. See U. S. Office of Education Wall Street Transc·ript, 100 U.S. Office of Education, 70, 73 Walton, J. C., 73 U.S. Postmaster General. See U.S. Post Office \Var and Peace, 29 U.S. Post Office, 7, 45, 76, 92 Warhol, Andy, 10 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 Warner, Robert, 55 U.S.S.R. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Washington U. S. Supreme Court, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12, 17, 19, 26, 31, 41, 43, 54, Spokane: Court finds I Am Cu·rious (Yellow) obscene, 11 55-56, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64, 74, 76, 77, 79, 90, 91, 93, 95, 96, Washington, D.C. 97, 100, 101, 103 American Sunbathing Association rejects "sexy" magazines, 92 U.S. Treasury Department, 45, 66 attorney general says Congress should linlit Supreme Court's U.S. Treasury Department, Customs Bureau. See U.S. Bureau power to review state laws dealing with obscenity and of Customs pornography, 101 Utah comt rules licenses for magazine vendors violates First Amend­ Salt Lake City: City commission adopts anti-obscenity code, ment, 91 94 court says Army may compile information on citizens, 51 Salt Lake City: Court panel upholds state obscenity statute, District of Columbia Library Association endorses resolution 90 of Virginia Library Association on professional positions, 5 Salt Lake City: Panel hears arguments on constitutionality FCC commissioner charges managers of national news media of state's obscenity statutes, 94 with not putting up much fight against the Nixon admin­ Utah, University of, 90 istration-style news censorship, 25 federal panel rules that postmaster general cannot refuse delivery of foreign publications to U. S. subscribers, 76 v House Internal Security Committee asks colleges and universi­ ties for list of guest speakers, 73 Valenti, Jack, 30 Justice Douglas dissents on Boston ban of I Am Cttrious Valley College, 89 (Yellow), 26 Valley of the Dolls, 28, 46 library branches maintain closed shelves, 57 Vermont postal reform bill passed by Congress prohibits use of mails Franklin: Faculty to choose which speakers to allow in school, for obscene purposes, 94 44 publishing finn manager found guilty of possession with in­ Veteran's Administration Hospital (Palo Alto), 104 tent to distribute hardcore pornographic films, 76 Vidal, Gore, 42 Representative Farbstein inhoduces Lills to extend FCC tele­ Viglione, Anthony, 76 vision "fairness" dochine to newspapers, 94 Virginia revolutionary women's-liberation literary magazine censored Charlottesville: Judge restrains Commonwealth from fwther by distributor and printer, 88 prosecution of theaters in Fanny Hill censorship dispute, Senator Proxmire demands explanation on why airmen were 20 ~quired to excise a photograph from a base newspaper, Martinsville: IFC receives request for action in dismissal of Ellis Hodgin from Martinsville Public Library, 14 Senator Tydings calls for federal legislation banning sale of Martinsville: IFC testifies on behalf of Hodgin; offers aid on obscene materials to minors, 101 appeal, 69 student worker in USOE Office of Environmental Education Martinsville: Librarian sues city, 55 fired for showing controversial slides to interns, 73 MaJtinsville: Virginia Library Association resolves profes­ Supreme CouJt decision leaves paradox in Georgia's challenge sional librarians not be asked to take positions on Mar­ of obscenity law, 63 tinsville Public Library situation, 5 Supreme CouJt holds university police have power to arrest Martinsville: Virginia Library Association resolves to create students with anti-war signs, 3 sanctions against libraries which disregard librarians' Supreme Court upholds prohibition against mailing '·obscene rights, 5 material" to unwilling recipients, 55-56

Index, 1970 15 U. S. Post Office Dept. authorizes the opening and reading of Milwaukee: IRS asks to see library circulation records, 65-66 all mail from overseas, 45· Supreme Court, 96 Washington Free Press crutoon displayed in Corcoran Gallery vVisconsin, University of, 3, 91 of Art, 25 Without a Stitch, 90, 91 Washington Free Press, 25, 39, 44, 45, 74, 95, 107 WMUC station, 88 Waterman, Sterry R. (Judge), 92 Wolf, Martin, 45 Wayne State University, 103 Wollenber, Albert C. (Judge), 57 Weatherman faction. See Students for a Democratic Society Wood, Blair (Judge), 76 WEDU-TV station, 88 Woodruff, Marshall E., 25, 39, 55, 74 Wells, Valentine J., 87, 88 See also Marshall E. Woodruff Legal Defense Fund West, Carrie Lynne, 44, 63 Woods, FrankL., 74 Western Michigan University, 28 Woodson, J. William (Judge), 94 West Valley Regional Library in Reseda, 6 Wooley, Thomas, 73 Westwood Art Theater, 90-91 Wright, J. Skelly (Judge), 100 Whelan, Thomas J., 95 Wyatt, Edith, 5 White, Albert, 92 Wide Open Copenhagen, 90 Wilkerson, Woodrow W., 43 y Williruns, David (Judge), 89 Williamsville High School, 74 Yaccarino, Thomas L. (Judge), 9 Wilson, Joy, 30 Yew, Lee Kuan, 106 Wilson, Robert F., 76 Yorty, Sam, 58-59 Winston Churchill High School, 29 Young, Charles, 78 ·wisconsin Madison: Editor of Kaleidoscope sentenced for contempt, 91 Younger, Evelle, 21 Milwaukee: City attorney's office rules library circulation Young, George (Judge), 101 records not confidential, 66 Milwaukee: Common council committee recommends ordi­ z nance forcing theater owners to 5Ubmit films for advance review, 87-88 Milwaukee: Former bookstore owner found guilty of pos­ Z (underground newspaper), 7 4 sessing obscene matter for sale, 76 Zastrow, Erwin (Judge), 91 Milwaukee: IRS agents request and obtain circulation records Zavatt, Joseph C. (Judge), 92 from public library, 73 Zirpoli, Alfonso J. (Judge), 89, 99, 100

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