Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 62, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 27 February 1964 — Page 8

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Pornogrpahy Is Big Business In U. S.

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man who is preparing something for you to see and hear in your living room. In spite of this, television is becoming bolder and more candid. A program such as “The Defenders,” whose heroes are a pair of lawyers, has tackled such controversial matters as narcotics addiction and birth control without being blown off the air. But it is the exception, not the rule, and most television producers still look apprehensively at: —"Die Federal Communications Commission, which has life and death rule over television stations because of its licensing power. —The Federal Trade Commissions, which monitors television to be sure that the products advertised do not make false claims. —The National Association of Broadcasters, 'which has its own code of ethics. —The script continuity department which each network maintains to see that no objectionable material gets on the air. —The sponsors. These are the men who pay for the programs, and many of them have firm ideas about what people should and should not see. Public Has Say Hien. of course, there is the general public which can and has killed programs simply by ignoring them. Television is a big, fat target for anybody who does not like what is being broadcast. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of ’lnvestigation, issues periodic statements deploring violence on television because of the bad effect it has on the young. Charles Winick, in a study of television taste and censorship made for the Fund For the Republic, notes the changes that have taken place in the last 20 years ■ “Television is becoming freer in its discussion of sexual matters . . . ‘Man and Superman’ was a sophisticated play concerned with sex. “The Four Poster’ frankly presented the relationship between a married couple over the years. ‘Happy Birthday’ suggested that one way for a young unmarried woman to get rid of her inhibitions was to relax with a drink (it drew adverse- mail). ‘Circle of the Day’ dealt with a woman who had pre-marital sex relations, and with her husband who had fathered another woman’s child (it did not draw any protests). In ‘The Letter’ the heroine said of the man she shot ‘He tried to rape me.’ (No letters of complaint were received).” Television is more sensitive to letters than, for instance, newspapers are because a defI inite trend in public opinion can i doom a television show whereas a newspaper keeps on publishing. There is much talk about I the "censorship of the ratings,” but it is misleading. The shows that fail to attract a large enough audience to survive are not victims of the censor but of economic warfare. A sponsor may be a man who contributes to the support of a museum or a symphony orchestra in his home town, but when he goes shopping for show he wants something that will move merchandise. Thus “The Beverly Hillbillies” survives and flourishes while shows of much more artistic merits are canceled for lack of a sufficient audience. Television is the mass entertainment medium that the movies used to be, and Hollywood figured the average mental age of its audience was 12 years. Here is an old saying directed at persons who like heavy, significant drama: “If it’s a message you’re looking for, call Next: Pornography—the flood that engulfs the nation. FRI. & SAT. “ NOTE—Evenings Only! ALSO — Shorts 25c -65 c

Societu The Vera Cruz opportunity school will have a benefit dinner Saturday at the American Legion dining room in Bluffton. The dinner will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Pythian Sisters Needle club will meet at the Moose home March 9, after Temple, at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Frank Liechty and Mrs. Don Corey will be hostesses. SOCIAL MEETING HELD BY DELTA THETA TAU The Delta Theta Tau sorority met at theh ome of Mrs. Lyle Mallonee Tuesday evening for a social meeting. The open and closing ceremonies were conducted by the president, Mrs. John McConaha. She urged every member to bep resent at the next business meeting, as important business will be transacted. Mrs. Garth Welches was a guest at the meeting. The twenty one members and guest present divided into groups, and bridge pinochle, and tripoley were enjoyed. Miss Mary Catherine Spangler won the door prize. Mrs. Mallonee assisted by Mrs. Leland Smith and Mrs. Henry

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Neireiter served delicious refreshments. The March 10 business meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. John Baumann, with Mrs. Al Garner as hostess. LESSON ON PANAMA TO XI ALPHA XI The Xi Alpha Xi chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi met at the home of Mrs. Fred Corah for their business and cultural meeting. Mrs. Lavelle’ Death, president, presided and led in repeating the opening ritual. Mrs. Clarence Ziner, Mrs. Wiliam Af.’older, and Mrs. George Bair, Jr., were appointed as the nominating committee. Founder’s day win be celebrated at the Hobby Ranch House in Fort Wayne, April 30. It will be a combined meeting with the Fort Wayne chapters of Beta Sigma Phi and will begin at 7 p.m. Mrs. Frank Crist gave the cultural lesson on “Panama.” "Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States, took office September 14, 1901. At that time the main foreign question was that of the Panama canal. The idea of a water route across the Isthmus had become a living issue. November 3, 1903, Panama threw off its allegiance to Columbia, and an immediate treaty between Panama and the United States was signed in wjiich

the United States secured the rights to construct the canal in ; return for a guarantee of Panama’s independence and certain payments in money. Before work began a corps of doctors of medicine, headed by Dr. W. C. Congrass, was employed to stamp out tropical diseases. The most dreaded disease was ■ malaria, A number of men from ■ the United States offered them- ■ selves as guinea pigs to find a cure for malaria. They were bitten by the mosquitoes. Some of : the men died. None of the men ever got completely well, but . through their unselfish deed, a > vaccine was formulated which sav > saved thousands of lives. One man became a cripple, and the I government bought him a chic- ( ken farm near Huntington, Ind. "The American forces in 1913 joined the water of the Atlantic 1 and the Pacific, reducing the voyage from New York to San Francisco by 8,000 miles. Panmanians are 12 per cent white, 12 per cent black, 72 per cent mulatto, and three per cent Indian. The : canal nets four milliton dollars a t year for its operation. The Unit- . ed States created all the wealth i that exists in Panama. American . money and brains were responi sible for building and operating the canal. On account of one vacant flag at Balboa high school j on the 7th and Bth of January , a riot was started. This was i headed by James Jenkins, a 17

year old math student. What was started as « student demonstration ended up as an international incident . "The United states is uunking seriously about financing a sea level canal elsewhere on the Isthmus. In Panama the tourist business is almost wiped out. Unemployment is rising, and struction is at a standstill. The luxurious Hilton hotel is almost deserted. The dining room closed, and meals are served only in the coffee shop. Most of the Americans have been sent back home. The dispute is far from settled. Panama’s gains would

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have to be spectacular to offset the tosses already suffered.” The meeting was closed by repeating the closing ritual. A delicious luncheon was served by Mrs. Corah, assisted by Mrs. Fred Fruchte. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Robert Blaney, March 10, with Mrs. George Bair, Sr., assisting. Mrs. Martin Weiland will be lesson leader. The Welcome Wagon club will have a "Crazy Hat Party” at. the I and M building Wednesday at 8 p.m. Members are asked to note that this meeting has been Chang-

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