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By Robert Moraczewski
and
Jim Risscr
Pornography is an ex
pensive come-on game in
Nebraska. And, it's danger
ous, illegal, and disappoint
ing. Americans spend between
an estimated $500 million
and $2 billion annually on
alleged pornography. Some
of that money comes from
Nebraska.
As part of a depth report
ing study at the University
of Nebraska School of Jour
nalism, a series of maga
zine advertisements for cos
tumes were answered. The
depth reporting studies
are financed bv the WALL
STREET JOURNAL and the
READER'S DIGEST.
The pulp and slick maga
zines from which the adver
tisments were answered,
were purchased In news
stands, drug stores, and sim
ilar business places in Lin
coln and small towns in Ne
braska. As result of the
study, the following mater
ial was received:
Two personal letters from
Canada that were not or
dered. They offered "inti
mate" movies of men, wom
en for sale in black and
white or color. Questionable
books and photographs were
also for sale.
Booklets c o s t i n g be
tween $1 and $5 appealing to
sexual deviates and bor
dering on pornogography
One of the $3 booklets which
contained misspellings and
numerous errors was esti
mated to cost $.25 to print.
Costume catalogs and
advertisements were re
ceived which offered ma
terials for sexual deviates
for sale.
Advertisements for the
sale of "sexual aids" were
received. Similar aids have
been declared subject to ob
scenity laws and are often
considered to be danger
ous to health.
Numerous other adver
tisements were received
offering materials bordering
on obscenity for sale at
prices ranging from $1 to
$60.
These materials were ex
amined by United States
Postal inspectors in Lincoln
and left with them.
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Morell said that most of the
material that was received
was borderline porno
graphy, but it was not ob
scene according to federal
law.
"The market on this stuff
is fantastic," he said. "Tens
and tens of thousands of al
leged pornographic materi
als flood the market areas."
"Approximately 200 Lin
conlnites have received and
reported the receipt of let
ters from Canada offering
the "intimate" movies for
sale. "Many of these letters
were turned in by irate par
ents," he added.
Morell pointed out that the
Postal Department had
previously issued an "un
lawful order" prohibiting
the mailing "to and from"
the company that sent the
letters. "The letters re
ceived in the study were
sent to Washington, D.C. to
be investigated.
The company probably
sent the letters after getting
addresses from a mailing
list, he said.
"Often mailing lists are
sold back and forth between
companies. After materials
are ordered, you may get
one out of five orders back,"
Morell said.
"About 95 of the hard
core pornography that can
be found in the United
States is from foreign coun
tries. And, a lot of it is
stopped before it gets here,"
Morell said.
'Morell pointed out the
tricks in the pornography
trade. He said that the dirt
dealers demand the receipt
of the purchase price before
sending any material. They
frequently find it profitable
to keep the money and not
send anything. The sender
seldom reports his involve
ment to authorities.
The dealers do not usually
sell pornography, he said.
Most of them sell borderline
material. Much of this ma
terial is comparable to that
found in some magazines.
A lot of the material of
f erred for sale is to attract
the deviate, he said. In the
material recieved in this
study, emphasis was placed
on appealing to the deviate.
Stories, and transvestism,
masochism, and sadism
were the "popular appeal
items". -
One of the wierdest devi-.
ations that was stressed in
the advertisments was the
sale and use of rubber and
leather garments. The devi
ates loved the touch and
confinement of the tight-fitting
garments. Catalogs of
fered these garments for
sale at prices exceeding
$250.
Although laws regulating
pornography are often made
stiffer, it's getting harder
all the time to successfully
prosecute the distributors,
according to Morell.
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"The standards have been
relaxed tremendously in the
last ten years," he said. Le
gitimate nudism has been
excepted from the obscen
ity laws and many dealers
take advantage of this, ac
cording to Morell.
"And in court, the people
will use delaying tactics and
keep publishing the whole
time," he said. In this way,
Love Library Staff Prepares
Supplementary Book List
Science Reading
Room
Rapport, Samuel, cd.
MATHEMATICS. One of the
books in a series entitled THE
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY OF SCIENCE,
each volume of which deals
with an individual science.
This volume is a biography
of mathematics, a collection
of sketches of people, ideas
and problems.
Stein, Sherman K., MATHE
MATICS: THE MAN-MADE
UNIVERSE; AN INTRO
DUCTION TO THE SPIRIT
OF MATHEMATICS. In this
introductory work for the
general reader, the author
treats mathematics as com
pletely the work of man in
this sense, concrete; where
as he believes the world is
abstract. He covers number
theory, topology, set theory,
geometry, algebra and analy
sis. Selected aspects of the
book include the primes, til
ing, memory wheels, congru
ence, map coloring, strange
algebras.
Wilks. Wiilard E., THE
NEW WILDERNESS; WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT SPACE.
A good introduction to the
varying philosophies of space
research with a discussion of
rockets and space vehicles
(including engineering as
pects), the laws of' space, the
role of the military in space,
and the possibility of life on
other planets leading to the
ultimate conquest of the so
lar system.
. Lytel, Allan Herbert, ABC's
OF LASERS AND MASERS.
A small yolume which ex
plains in simple terms basic
techniques, applications and j
types of electronic devices ;
known as lasers and masers.
Sax, N. Irving, DANGER
OUS PROPERTIES OF IN
DUSTRIAL MATERIALS.
(2d ed.) A revision of a useful
reference work. Over 1,000
chemical.uand food additives
have been added to the new
edition. Descriptive informa
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cost of defending against
the prosecution.
A person who is convicted
of violating the federal ob
scenity laws can be hit with
a fine of $5,000 and five
years in prison. For subse
quent convictions, this goes
up to $10,000 and ten years.
tion on hazards and counter
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common industrial laboratory
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tables of substances which
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radiation hazards and reactor
safeguards, information on
storage and shipment of po
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Room
Ekwensi, Cyprian. BURN
ING GRASS; a story of the
fulani of northern Nigeria.
Written by a Nigerian author,
this novel is filled with the
flavor, magic, customs and
beliefs of the Nigerian coun
tryside. The central charac
ter, Mai Sunsaye, is Fulani
chief who is bewitched by the
wandering sickness. In spite
of great family troubles at
the time, he follows the magic
dove and wanders among his
tribesmen and before the
book's end manages to help
resolve his family problems.
The authenticity of the back
ground and the unpretentious
style of writing are an excell
ent combination and result in
a fine book.
Ducasse, C. J., A CRITICAL
EXAMINATION OF THE
BELIEF IX LIFE AFTER
DEATH. A thorough discus
sion of the various theories,
philosophies and religious be
liefs of life after death is
presented in this book. A ma
jor portion is devoted to re
incarnation and the various
studies presented include a
discussion of the Bridie Mur
phy case. Other aspects are
also given, as well as refer
ences to other material re
lated to the subject.
Kazakov. Yuri. GOING TO
TOWN AND OTHER STOR-j
IES. This collection of short!
stories by Kazakov have been
translated from Russian by !
Gabriella Azrael. The stories j
explore the various facets of j
Russian life with a bitter
sweet flavor. These are not
party-line policies in fiction,
Occasion
Be Stoppe
"Most of these dealers
stay just one step ahead of
the law," Morell said.
"They'll operate in Los An
geles for a month or two,
and then move up to San
Francisco."
Two fairly recent addi
tions to the federal code
have aided the prosecutors:
In addition to the per
son sending the material or
receiving it, the person who
sends for the material can
now be prosecuted.
In the past, the sender
could only be prosecuted in
the state from which the
material was mailed. The
new laws also make him
subject to prosecution in the
state of receipt or in any
state through which the ma
terial passes.
Some states such as Cali
fornia have less strict ideas
of what is hard-core porno
graphy than do states like
Nebraska, Morell said. As
result, it was hard to get a
con viction in California.
With the new law, the per
son can be tried in Nebras
ka. Another aid to the prose
cutor has been the fact that
the courts have intercepted
the obscenity laws to in
clude sexual deviations such
as sadistic whippings of
nude women.
When suspected porno
graphic mail from a foreign
source is received in Lin
coln, and a complaint is
made to the postal inspec
tors, Morell forwards the
material to the Inspector in
Charge in Kansas City. It
is then sent on to postal of
ficials in Washington.
Many postal authorities in
foreign countries try to co
operate with the United
States in stopping the ma
terial sent into this country.
Canadian officials have
rather they are descriptive
of a bleak atmosphere and
sadness which seems to be
always present in the Rus
sian personality.
Social Studies
Reading Room
Heinsohn, A . G editor
ANTHOLOGY OF CONSER
VATIVE WRITING IN THE
UNITED STATES. The con
servative viewpoint on pub
lic issues dominates this col
lection. Topics covered in
clude TVA, social security,
foreign aid, and federal aid
to education.
Barghoorn, Frederick, THE
SOVIET CULTURAL OF
FENSIVE. The professor of
political science at Yale ex
amines the place of cultural
exchanges in Soviet foreign
policy. He points out the
value of such exchanges to
the Soviets and to the free
world.
Clapp, Charles L THE
CONGRESSMAN; HIS
WORK AS HE SEES IT. Based
largely on interviews with
members of the House of
Representatives, this read
able book gives insight into
the workings of the House
and into the nature of the
job facing a member of the
body.
Hughes, Langsteon, and
Milton Meltzer, A POLITI
CAL HISTORY OF THE NE
GRO IN AMERICA. Many
photographs, cartoons, and
drawings illustrate this nar
rative of the Negro in Ameri
can life.
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hppn tiiiHfifid of the letters
being sent into the United
States, Morell said.
Domestic pornography is
sent by the Lincoln postal
inspectors to the point of
mailing. A U.S. attorney at
that point then decides if
there is sufficient evidence
to warrant a prosecution.
Although the Postal De
partment "does not attempt
to edit every magazine and
other publication," it will
intercept suspected mail
In the case of foreign mat
ter, the interception is made
by customs officials. The
addressee is sent a notice
telling him of the mail and
asking permission to open
it. If the person denies per
mission, the mail is re
turned to the sender, but if
he says yes, the material
is opened and examined. If
it's obscene, permission to
destroy it is requested from
the addressee, and here
again, if permission is re
fused, it goes back to the
sender.
Many of the contacts by
those who want to get pono
graphs material are made
through the advertisements
Peace Corps Training
To Begin At Center
The third Peace Corps
training program begins at
the University of Nebraska
Center this weekend and a
request has been received for
another training program this
fall.
Forty volunteers from a 1 1
parts of the U.S. are assembl
ing for a two-month, intensive
training program for assign
ments in Bolivia, according to
Max Hasen, project director
and chairman of the depart
ment of industrial arts at the
University.
The University has received
a request to train Peace
Corps volunteers for Colombia
next fall.
The first two Peace Corps
training programs at the Uni
versity were held last summer
and fall for volunteers who
are now in Colombia.
The current program for
volunteers to Bolivia is being
carried out by the Peace
Corps in cooperation with
the Heifer Project Inc., a
non-profit, world-wide, s e 1 f
help program. The Heifer
Project, organized in 1944,
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technical aid and educational
information with people in de
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which appear in magazines
available on the newstands.
Inspite of this, the post of
fice has no power over the
magazines to make 'them
stop carrying the adver
tising, Morell said.
Usually, the material sold
directly through the ads ere
not pornographic nit tb re
sult Is that the person boon
finds himself on one of the
mailing lists and receives
letters such as the one from
Canada.
Much of the real porno
graphy is sent by express,
delivered individually, or
comes from local sources,
in order to avoid postal regu
lations, Morell said. The
Lincoln area is not a souce
of pornographic literature,
obscene letter, he said.
The Postal Department
has campaigned to stop
pornography by complain
ing to the publications and
by trying to get people to
inform the Post Office when
they receive something in
the mail, Morell said. But
stopping the smut-sellers,
who keep preying upon the
gullible public seems an
endless task.
Some members of the Peace
Corps group will work at a
large dairy plant in Bolivia.
Others will work in rural
areas to improve living and
economic conditions, Hansen
said.
The volunteers will attend
training sessions for 70 hours
per week. The training pro
gram will include instruction
in dairying, community de
veloping. Other topics will in
elude language, American
studies, world affairs, com
munism, health and medical
education, physical education
and recreation.
Volunteers also will learn
how to operate tractors, bull
dozers, jeeps and boats. They
will spend two weeks in
Puerto Rico attending an in
tensive physical . program
which will include mountain
climbing and horseback riding
A special feature of the Ne
braska training program will
be talks by three guest lectur
ers for the University's sum
mer session. They include
Lucius D. Battle, assistant
U.S. Secretary of State;
Dwayne Orton, editor of
THINK magazine and Norris
E. Bradbury, director of the
Los Alamos Research Center.
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