Larry Winn seeks probe in pornography business
Washington, D.C. — Congressman Larry Winn (R-3rd-Kan.) joined with several colleagues Jan. 26 in sponsoring a resolution asking for a special House committee to probe the "big business" of porngraphy.
Winn said a special committee was needed because existing laws were not taking care of the problem.
"There is very clear evidence," he said, "that pornography has become a big business with underworld roots."
Winn referred to recently passed legislation designed to curb pornography by allowing the individual to judge whether or not the mail he received was objectionable.
The only probable result the
law has had so far, Winn said, is that the Post Office Department now has the largest pornographic file in the nation.
Winn said that "smut peddlers" use tricks such as changing the name of their corporation when it receives too many orders to stop delivering allegedly obscene material to family residences.
Another trick of the "smut peddlers," Winn said, is to slightly change the format of their advertising pieces. This makes it a different case in the eyes of the law, and a new stop delivery order must be requested by the citizen receiving unsolicited smut through the mails.
Winn said that he and his colleagues hoped the special House committee could investigate these
loopholes in the law in order to "develop new and workable legislation and to track down the underworld ties in the pornography business."
John Harris, postmaster of the Lawrence Post Office, confirmed Winn's views of present postal laws on pornography.
Asked if he found the recenty passed legislation referred to by Winn inadequate, Harris said, "I would say it is true. This particular law appears to produce no effect."
Harris said that his office received many complaints from people receiving unsolicited pornography. He said that his office would report any cases turned in to them and send them on to the Postal Inspection Station.
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Senate not swayed by ROTC support
The Kansas legislature's adoption of the resolution that pledges support for ROTC will not affect the University Senate's corporal committee on ROTC former D. Lujan, chairman, the Senate's committee and associate professor of political science said Monday.
Lujan said that Kansas Legislature has the right to make any recommendations that it feels is best for the state of Kansas. He said he did not feel the legislature's recommendation was an
Stamp sales end
WASHINGTON (UPI) — The savings stamp program which permitted a generation of school children to invest as little as 10 cents at a time in government bonds will be ended June 30, the Treasury Department said Monday.
Savings stamps are a victim of prosperity and rising costs. They are no longer very popular with buyers who apparently consider them insignificant. For the government, they are too expensive to produce and handle.
After stamp sales are discontinued, the Treasury said, outstanding stamps may be redeemed at any time either for savings bonds or for cash.
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invasion of the University's academic freedom.
Delbert Shankel, associate dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Science, said he had not read the resolution and could not say if it was a recommendation or a restriction on academic freedom.
Shankel said he hoped the resolution was a recommendation from the legislature and not an absolute restriction in University policy.
Parks seek entertainers
Talent auditions for two of the nation's top family parks and entertainment centers—Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags Over Georgia—will be conducted Feb. 19 in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
College students and graduating high school seniors in Lawrence and neighboring Kansas and Missouri areas are eligible to try out in the auditions which will begin at 3:30 p.m.
All types of entertainers will be considered by the talent scouts including singers, dancers, instrumentalists and specialty acts.
Six Flags will provide a piano accompanist, tape recorder and record player for the auditions, but students should bring their own music, instruments, costumes and props. Those who wish may bring their own accompanists.
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