European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday july 22, 1986 the stars and stripes porn Law enforcement varies greatly across . By the Loi Angeles times Washington a crusading prosecutor in at Lanta supported by judges and juries has driven All the adult bookstores and Heaters out of the downtown area where they once flourished. In Chicago by contrast numerous a rated establishments Dot the City As citizens groups complain that Laws against obscenity Are being feebly enforced and civil libertarians celebrate the Loii Iii of Blue nose in positions of Power. . Attorney general Edwin Meese s commission on pornography in its massive report july i9, filed a number of such en-1 for Cement disparities among Cit ies. I praised vigorous efforts in Cincinnati and Atlanta while denouncing lesser exertions in los Angeles Chicago new York Buffalo and Miami. The commission which said co thai no major changes Are needed in obscenity Laws Only More enforcement suggested thai lenient sentencing by judges it the underlying cause of limited enforcement efforts across most of the country. Tougher sentencing would encourage prosecutors and police to allocate More resources to combat pornography the commission theorized. A number of people who Deal with the Issue said thai other key factors besides sentencing contribute to uneven enforcement. Those include diverging Community attitudes varying interpretations of obscenity Law and perhaps most important differing Levels of dedication among prosecutors. I think it strictly depends on the personality an moral persuasion of the local prosecutor said Brad curl director of morality in Media a coalition of Anli tomography groups thai conducts education campaigns and assists prosecutors. Barry Lynn legislative director of the american civil liberties Union who disagrees with cur on most aspects of the pornography debate agreed wit him on the vital role of prosecutors. A Man or woman with a Mission can use die existing obscenity Law in Many jurisdictions to get rid activist lawyer tells of 13 years of being on run new York up activist lawyer Stephe Bingham said his 13 years on the run was prompted by horror that turned fairly quickly to terror when relearned he was wanted for questioning in a prison not in which three guards and three inmates were killed people Magazine lays in Iti latest edition. Bingham 44, was acquitted last month of charge be smuggled a gun to his client. Black Panther Leader George Jackson at California s san Quentin prison Ina gust 1971 shortly before the facility erupted in violence that left Jackson two other inmates and three guards Forror turned fairly quickly to terror after hearing from friends about being sought in connection with the violence Bingham told people Magazine. Without a word of Farewell Louis family he Wini from his Home in Oakland calif., to la vegas where he had his hair i straight lightened then Lew to Philadelphia where pleading a family emergency he obtained a passport in24 hours he told the Magazine. He fled to Europe where he began a life on the settled i Paris in 1974v where he look the name Robert Boarts and became a Painter and Doc " a sri. He said he worked up the Cour age to return to the United Stales for one month visits Wilh his family on from Canada in 1977, 1978 and Isiu before surrendering to authorities in 1984. Of an enormous amount of material Atlanta just such a Man was Hinson Mcaulry Fly who closed More than 100 sexually oriented businesses before he retired As a state prosecutor in 1981. His successor. Jimmy Webb has kept the lid clamped on lightly. Shortly after the . Supreme court ruled in 1973thai the first amendment to the Constitution does not protect pornographic material the Georgia legislature passed a Law implementing the court s guidelines on obscenity and Mcauliffe swung into All of the adult bookstores and All of the adult Heaters were gone we never did cease arresting peo ple said Mcauliffe who remains Active on the pornography Issue As a Baptist Layman. Our conviction rate in the cases we brought before jurors was some thing in excess of 95 percent. So these people thai say i Don t know what obscenity is i say look at the Law. I Don t think it s hard to determine at s crackdown though supported by a Citi Zens group called we care was sharply criticized and even ridiculed by Atlanta s major newspapers and television and radio Felt he was overzealous said Joe Dolman an editorial writer for the Atlanta Constitution. A lot of mainstream Bookstore owners have complained about Law enforcement Guys just coming in and kind ongoing through the material. I Don t think it s a healthy situation when a legitimate bookseller has to worry about a Coffee table photo Book offending a police Chicago citizens groups have claimed that enforcement of obscenity Laws is extraordinarily really is being done in Cook county said Ken Thrall of Chicago statement a Church base group that plans a billboard Campaign in August pro claiming that pornography victimized women in response to the groups charges of weak enforce ment Chicago prosecutors and vice officers insisted that they have been moving aggressively against smut bul said that their Progress is being limited by lenient asked about allegations of leniency a Cook count judge who has dismissed the Only two obscenity cases that have come before him said that the prosecution imply failed to offer substantial proof. Indian Day Marks birthday of motorcycle Springfield. Mass. A hundreds of motorcycles roared through Springfield sunday As bikers old motorcycle cops and retired India motorcycle co. Workers celebrated the ssh birthday of America s firs motorcycle with i he annual Indian More than 30 years after the last Indian was built Here thousands of the big bikes that for decades were the Standard Tor Law arc still on he Road at one end of the Long rows of scores of re stored indians Louise Scherbyn 83, the founder and still president of the women s International motorcycle cub held court surrounded by Bik ers Clad in Black leather and frayed Denim vein who listened respectfully As she held Forth on the vagaries and care of motorcycles built be Foremost of her audience was bom. Inside the museum the while Seoul Cycle Sherode As a trick rider in the 1920j is on display. On Indian Day everyone is Mellow said Tim Marsh of Vemon n.y., As he showed off his lovingly restored Bright red 1936 chief. Oscar Hedstrom a professional bicycle Racin Champion and Engineer from Brooklyn. . And George Hendee of Springfield National High wheel bicycle racing Champ started Ameri Cai love affair with powerful two wheeled machines when they built their first motorcycle on May 25, 1901. Within a few Yean Indian racers were Hillin speeds of Over 100 Runph. In 1905, new York s police turned in their bicycles for indians and the motorcycle cop was were the Standard Bike of . Law enforcement department until the 1950s when the Springfield company was sold to an English firm and ceased the dozens of motorcycle manufacturers that sprang up after Indian Only Harley David son remains. Ford problems probed Washington a the government is investigating reports of fires and leaking fuel in 1984-86 Ford e350 vans and Virginia officials who License thebans for use As ambulances Bave sent out a nationwide Alert about the problem. Officials Al the National Highway traffic safety administration confirmed they Are conducting a prelim Inary evaluation of the reported problem after the probe was made Public by the private Center for Auto about 60,000 vans Are included in the study som of which Are used As ambulances according to the Center. The Center released a copy of a notice sent a officials of All so Stales by Virginia s division of Emer gency medical services warning about ambulance fires Susan Mchenry Virginia s Ems director said that within the state there have been several reports of fires and one third to one half of local Rescue agencies using the ambulances have reported incidents of fuel leaking or spurting out when the gasoline Cap is re Mchenry said an Alert was sent to other Stales an several states have called her since then to report Simi Lar problems. Ford motor co. Said in a statement Friday that Thad inspected several problem vehicles and identified possible contributing factors such As non Ford Fulcaps that Don t properly relieve pressure and auxiliary equipment like spare tires or added air conditioning hat restrict air flow to the Radiator Ford said its investigation is continuing and that Ilis cooperating with Nitsa s inquiry. In another automotive matter the Center released copy of a letter from Ford to Nitsa saying the Auto maker was aware of 137 reports of fires in i9s5 for escort Lynx and exp cars. The government has been conducting a preliminary investigation since april. Ford confirmed the reports of fires in those cars but said their frequency was less than half the historical Rale for All can based on a study by the society of automotive engineers. About 497,000 such cars were produced in 198j. Yanks res meet again at Bull run Centreville a. Up some civil War buffs in Yankee Blue and rebel Gray sunday re enacted the Battle of Bull run on the 125lh anniversary of the bloody opening chapter of the War Between the Stales. Hundreds of spectators watched the mock Bailie on the Field of a construction site in Rural Centreville va., 20 Miles West of Washington and five Miles from Manassas where a National Park encompasses the actual Bat lie site. In the 20th-Century reenactment heat exhaustion was the main culprit. About 400 people were treated and some Down out by helicopter. Others were carried out by ambulances including a rebel Soldier whose horse fell on him. This is very realistic said Nancy Potts of stat College pa., who was dressed in a hoop skirt and Bon net. During inspection they looked us Over right Down to our bloomers to make sure everything was the 19th Century drama was repeatedly interrupted by the sounds of the 20th Century. At one Point a supersonic concorde Jet roared Over the Battlefield after taking off from nearby Washington Dulles inter National Airport. Crowds cheered at the irony. A civil War Buff playing the of a Union deserter ran into a senior officer who Drew a gun and told him you re either going to die up Here from my gun or out there on the Battlefield. Now gel Back up there and
