Opinion
- By EDWIN FEULNER
Special to The Dallas Post
Reading the editorial comments
on the new report from the Attorney
phy, I wonder just how many edito-
rial writers have ever seen an XXX-
rated move, the kind of hard-core
stuff the porno industry is turning
out these days.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, for
example, in a slap at the commis-
sion, called “the work of (Attorney
General Edwin) Meese’s porn-bust-
ers...so lacking in credibility that it
cannot be put to any serious use.”
Not to be accused of pandering to
pornographers, the Plain Dealer
acknowledged that pornography
“may be” a problem, but said the
commission report will only stir the
‘Puritan juices of ‘‘anti-pornography
vigilantes’ and be ‘‘used to justify
their crusades.” Indeed, the edito-
rial said, the report will probably
encourage ‘‘watch groups’ to
‘picket, protest and act in other
ways to disrupt the sale of material
they find objectionable.”
“Librarians, publishers, bookshop
owners and movie theater operators
- prepare for battle,” the Plain
Dealer said.
So there you have it. It’s the
know-nothings against the forces of
enlightenment: librarians, publish-
ers, bookshop owners, movie thea-
-ter operators.
Or is there more to the story?
The “more” to this story is the
element neither side in the debate
seems willing to concede - on the
one hand that not all adult movies
and publications are anti-social;
and on the other that some of the
films and publications readily avail-
able in most cities, or through the
mail, are os vile they have no place
in a civilized society.
Those who feel threatened by the
pornography commission report
warn of an army of censors ready to
operator selling Playbo magazine
or, Heaven forbid, Penthouse, or
even some of their raunchier imita-
tors.
Come on now. Playboy is not the
issue, It wasn’t ‘skin mags’ such
sion report was really about.
It was about those movies and
magazines that give sex a bad name
- that pretend American women all
fantasize about sex with donkeys;
that rape is fun; that white slavery
is every woman’s dream; that
beach houses are built only for
orgies; that the primary purpose of
lovemaking is to give the guy next
door an opportunity to test the slo-
mo mechanism on his home video
camera.
There is a world of difference
between Playboy and Babes in Bon-
dage and Teenage Lust, a difference
that the pornography commission’s
critics can’t eliminate with their
censorship warnings and sarcasm.
Instead of attacking its methods
and motives, the commission’s crit-
ics should recognize that a society
has a right to draw limits on, certain
types of behavior. They should then
provide some thoughtful ideas on
what those limits should be.
may not have shown a direct casual
relationship between hard-core por-
nography and sex crimes. Is it
necessary?
If something looks like garbage
and smells like garbage, one doesn’t
need a study commission to know
enough to get a shovel.
The pornography commission
found an America piled high with
garbage. It’s time now to start the
difficult job of cleaningthings up.
(Feulner is president of The Heri-
based public policy research insti-
tute.)
By CLYDE DUPIN
Special to The Dallas Post
The greatest social problem ip
America is the breakdown of the
family. It is one of the greatest
tragedies of this generation.
When a marriage falls apart,
everyone gets hurt. Almost every-
one weeps during and often after
the divorce. When there are pre-
cious little children, they probably
hurt the most.
All the talk and explaining will
never make up for the lost parent.
Recent studies show that the break-
down of the traditional family is the
biggest social factor affect in the
climbing suicide rate today.
I sometimes wonder if the church
is spending too much time on minor
social problems and neglecting the
major one. The major social prob-
lem tearing our society apart is the
breakdown in our families. The
church must teach the sacredness of
the traditional family.
It is still a fact that families who
pray together stay together, The
“Chicago Catholic” recently did a
survey on divorce. The national
figures are one divorce for every
two marriages.
However, among couples married
in the church and who continue to
attend church regularly, the rate is
one divorce for every 50 marriages.
The survey showed that when fami-
lies regularly attend church
together and have daily prayer in
the home, the rate is one divorce in
1,105 marriages.
There are many enemies of the
home. Many organizations like
Planned Parenthood, People for the
American Way, Women’s Lib Move-
ment, and similar organizations
help to undermine the traditional
values which build strong families.
When we save our families, we save
our future and stabilize a deteriorat-
ing society.
(Clyde Dupin is editor of a
Viewpoint.” His editorial appears
periodically in The Dallas Post.
50 Years Ago - Aug. 28, 1936
Governor Alf Landon was assured heavy support in
the Dallas section as first returns rolled in in the
local straw vote. President Franklin. Delano Roose-
velt was the incumbent.
Two local boys Irving Roe Jr., Dallas and Elwood
Davis, Harveys Lake participated in the annual
three-mile race at Washington, D.C. for the Presi-
dent’s Cup. Senator S.J. Sordoni provided finances
for the trip.
Engaged--Marjorie Degraw and Harry Waters.
You could get-Sugar 10 1b. 49c; oranges 29c doz.;
med. size cake Ivory soap 5¢; Campbell tomato soup
3 cans 20c; cantaloupes 2-15¢; Geisha crab meat 25¢
can; milk 4 cans 29c; 5 lb. bag flour 29c¢; baking
powder 6 oz. can 14c.
40 Years Ago - Aug. 30, 1946
Lehman Schools had a record enrollment ‘of 500
students. Supervising priscipal was ‘Howard Hend-
ricks.
The First National Bank of Dallas celebrated its
40th Anniversary.
Pennsylvania State Game Commission announced
that applications for permits to hunt anterless deer
mately 1600 permits would be issued.
Married-Natalie Louise Kresge and Lawrence
Isaacs; Betty Jean Crich and Charles Gordon.
Deaths—-Elizabeth Klinetob, Sweet Valley.
You could get-Onions 5 lb. 12c; white California
grapes 25c lb.; Bartlett pears 2 lb. 29c¢c; sweet
potatoes 3 lb. 23c; Realemon juice 16 oz. bottle 28c;
raisins 11 oz. 10c; ravioli 17c 1b. jar; tea balls 16-14c;
Bre Rabbit Molasses 22¢ 1b.
30 Years Ago - Aug. 31, 1956
Machell Avenue was a beehive as work started on
the $200,000 addition to Gate of Heaven School. A
school bus storage garage was nearing completion at
the rear of the church. The school addition was
expected to be completed early next year.
The Dallas Branch of Miners National Bank
celebrated its 50th anniversary. According to Ralph
Rood, first teller, the bank opened Monday, Aug. 27,
at 9 am. George R. Wright was the first bank
president.
Engaged Betty Marie Montross and Robert C.
Statnick; Charlotte R. Dymond to Richard G. Parry.
Married--Doris Bush and Carl G. Henning.
Deaths--Josiah Kocher, Harveys Lake; William
Llewellyn, Miles Corners.
You could get-Corn beef 12 oz. can 45c; girls
dresses 99c; children’s school shoes $2.49; boys pants
$1.59; chickens 39¢ Ib.; hot dogs 49c¢ lb.; charcoal 10
Ib. 75¢; watermelons 79c; paper plates 98c 100 plates.
20 Years Ago - Sept. 1, 1966
St. Andrew’s Orthodox Church was founded. The
congregation met temporarily at Hayfield House."
Rev. Gerald Sudick was pastor. James Kozemchak
was elected president; Mrs. Anton Huminick was
president of the women’s guild.
Two hundred and sixty employees remained out of
work as employees at Linear made no progress in
labor disputes. George Marsden was president of
Local 204, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and
Plastic Workers of America.
Engaged--Celia Nakoski and Albert F. Dendler.
Married-Doris Olenick Nafus and Herbert L.
Sorenson.
Anniversaries—-Mr. and Mrs. Paul White, 49 years;
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Elston, 51 years; Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Dorosky, 24 Jeans: Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Ginocchetti, 25 years; Mr. and Mrs. Felix Witkoski,
45 years; Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Mendelsohn, 23
years.
Birthdays--Annie Winter, 89 years old; Fred
Dymond, Sr., 80 years.
Deaths-Alva Case Sweet Valley; Louise Cummins,
Dallas; Charlotte Jean Marks, formerly of Noxen;
Levi Sutliff, Fairmont Springs: Lila Obitz, Hunlock
Township; Mrs. Willard Puterbaugh, Shavertown.
You could get-Smoked hams 55¢ 1b.; chuck roasts
79c lb.; cantaloupes 3-79c; Italian Prunes 2 lb. 39c;
flour 10 1b. bag $1.19; 1 Ib. can Maxwell House coffee
8lc; Beech-Nut baby food 10 jars 89c; clams 4c ea.;
shirmp $1.39 1b.
10 Years Ago - Sept. 2, 1976
Harveys Lake Borough Councilmen met to discuss
the proposed purchase of some lakefront property for
use as a park. Council President Robert Wintersteen
proposed the purchase of 6.8 acres of Sandy Beach
owned by Helen Sgarlet. The price was $130,000. !
New faculty members at Lake-Lehman attended
teacher orientation. New staff members were Mari-
lyn Cigarski, Georgeann Adams, Carol Pilger,
Lindda Adams, Susan Roese, Dolores Casilli, Debo-
rah Deluca, Denis Witek and Richard Hohenwarter.
Married--Mona Lee Rice and David Hoadley;
Patricia Lewis and Robin Arthur Miller.
Engaged--Donna Weaver and Joseph Kruppo.
Anniversaries--Mr. and Mrs. C. Warren Koehl, Sr.
50 years; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hicks, 25 years; Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Ellsworth, Kunkle; 50 years; Mr.
and Mrs. Harold T. Bertram, 50 years.
Deaths--Darrell Yeisley, Harrisburg; Jacob Rau,
Shavertown; Jane DeReemer, Swoyersville; Susan
Kosch, East Dallas.
You could get-Ground round $1.19 lb.; bottom
round roast $1.29; Kohlbassi $1.49 1b.; Minute Maid
orange juice 64 oz. 79¢; Hi-C Fruit Drinks 46 oz. 2-
99¢; Scott towels 2-$1; potatoes 201b. bag $1.19; green
peppers 3 1b. $1; plums 4 1b. $1.
60s shows
introduced
By DEBBEY WYSOCKI
For The Dallas Post
Regular series television prog-
tramming during the 1960s reflected
the general interests of the decade.
Those interests included space, war,
and espionage themes. Other new
shows were based on physicians and
lawyers. Variety shows, animal pro-
grams, crime drama, and sitcoms
prospered.
Western dramas began to fade,
but some Westerns did leave their
marks on 1960s television, ‘“Wagon
Train,” ‘‘Rawhide,” and “The Rich-
ard Boone Show.”
The most promising new situation
comedy to appear on TV was “The
Andy Griffith Show.” The show
helped launch the careers of Andy
Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors,
and Ron Howard. Other situation
DAVID F. CONNER
General Manager
DOTTY MARTIN
Executive Editor
comedies of the era included “The
Beverly Hillbillies,”” ‘‘Green
Acres,” “Bewitched,” “The Flying
Nun,” and “Gilligan’s Island.”
The most important new comedy-
variety show of
the period was
‘Rowan and
how that 'influ-
Smothers
Brothers
DEBBEY Comedy Hour”
WYSOCKI was another
popular show of a similar format,
but was cancelled in 1969 because of
a script conflict and was replaced
by “Hee Haw,” a country replica of
“Laugh-In” produced in Nashville.
Several musical variety programs
were favorites in the 1960s, includ-
ing “The Dean Martin Show’’ (1965-
1974), ‘“The Andy Williams Show’’
(1958-1971), ‘Sing Along with
Mitch” (1961-1966), and “The Carol
Burnett Show’ (1967-1978), the last
work television.
The scheduling of full-length fea-
ture movies in nighttime network
schedules became a new trend. NBC
began it with its weekly ‘Saturday
Night at the Movies.” When it
became obvious that TV soon might
have a shortage of Hollywodd
movies, the networks began con-
tracting for the production of their
own to supplement the dwindling
supply.
A new wave of spy shows
emerged in the mid-1960s inspired
by the success of James Bond
movies. The first was ‘“The Man
from U.N.C.L.E.,” starring Robert
Vaughn and David McCallum. “I
Spy’ was a more believable series,
featuring Bill Cosby as the first
black performer in a starring role
in a regular dramatic program on
network TV. Another series was
“Mission: Impossible” (1966-1973),
starring the husband-wife team of
Martin Landau and Barbara Bain.
The most enduring of space-ori-
ented dramas was ‘Star Trek,” a
Gene Roddenberry creation. Other
science fiction-space series included
“The Invaders,” ‘Outer Limits,”
“Lost in Space,” and the animated
“The Jetsons.”
For fans of the military genere,
television offered ‘‘Combat,”’
“Twelve O’Clock High,” ‘Gomer
Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” “Hogan’s Horan,”
Two early medical shows on TV
were ‘“Ben Casey” and ‘Dr. Kil-
dare,”” which starred Richard
Chamberlain. (Mr. Chamberlain, by
Pocono Mt.). CBS also introduced
“Medical Center,” which featured
Chad Everett and James Daly
(father of Tyne Daly, ‘Cagney &
Lacey’). In 1969, ABC launched
probably the most successful medi-
cal show of all time in ‘Marcus
Welby, M.D.,” a David Victor pro-
duction. (Although presently living
in Beverly Hills, Mr. Victor has
been a frequent visitor to the Wyo-
ming Valley area).
Animal series hit the television
screen during this time with such
shows as ‘‘Lassie”’ (about a collie),
“Flipper” (about a pet dolphin),
“Mr. Ed” (about a talking horse),
and “Gentle Ben” (about a black
bear).
In 1967, Congress passed the
Public Broadcasting Act. PBS has
come to offer quality programs as
“Civilization,” ‘Masterpiece Thea-
ter,” “Forsyte Saga,” and “Eliza-
beth R.”
The most important children’s
program also was introduced by
celebrities of Big Bird, Bert and
Ernie, and the Cookie Monster. |
Library news
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
Are you looking for a birthday
present? a special Fall gift? an
early Christmas gift? We may have
just what you are looking for. We
will have available for sale, as an
on-going item, library shirts. In
stock are Staff shirts with the
library loga,
yellow tee shirts and navy crew and
hooded sweatshirts with the library
auction logo. The tee shirts are
$7.00; staff shirts, $12.00; crew
sweats, $15.00 and hooded sweats,
$20.00. The sweatshirts will be espe-
‘cially welcome for the upcoming
cooler weather. These shirts are in
stock and may be purchased at the
main circulation desk in the library.
My son Glen is now affiliated with
Merrill Lynch in Corpus Christi,
Texas, and was attending the con-
ference and training center in
Plainsboro, New Jersey, for 3 weeks
of specialized training. This center
to take a trip down to see him. I
received some very detailed direc-
tions as to what routes to take to get
there from a good friend who is
familiar with the Jersey district.
Thanks to those directions, I arrived
at the training center in three and
one half hours with no wrong turns.
It is a fabulous complex of buildings
inspection of the entire center. Cliff,
my son who lives in Philadelphia,
joined us for the tour and we three
had brunch at a lovely restaurant in
Princeton. It was great to be with
the two boys again and the weather
was just perfect. There are two
special reasons why I’m happy to be
called Mother and their names are
Cliff and Glen. Now, for my return
trip. Unfortunately I was in the
wrong lane trying to get off 178 and
onto 78 and went 30 miles before
turning around and starting over;
everything then went fine until I
time and went 25 miles before
turning around, inquiring at a Holi-
day Inn only to find out I was going
the right way. I was very happy to
finally see the sign Easton, 36
miles; then the Penna. Turnpike
and eventually Exit 36, Wilkes-
Barre, Bear Creek, 2 miles. The
next thing I knew I was passing
Exit 36 and decided that wasn’t the
exit I wanted because I couldn’t hae
gone 2 miles. I had and I must have
taken a short nap; continued on to
Exit 37, got off the turnpike, took
315, south to Wilkes-Barre and
finally arrived home at 1:00 in the
morning. A five hour trip from New
Jersey! I reversed ‘my directions
and got lost somé how. However, I
did arrive home, safe and sound.
The Children’s Room Fall Story
Hours will begin October 1 for 3-5
year olds and Sept. 30 for Toddler 2
years old. Registration will take
place after 1:00 on September 8, 9,
10 and 12 at the library on a first
come first serve basis with Mrs.
Rudolph as director.
(Nancy Kozemchak is the assist-
ant librarian of the Back Mountain
Memorial Library. Her column
appears weekly in The Dallas Post)
Checking accounts
can be expensive
Pennsylvania’s consumers may
be in for a shock when they learn
how much their basic checking
accounts could be costing them.
Even interest-bearing checking or
NOW accounts may not be much of
a bargain, according to an official
at one of Pennsylvania’s thrift asso-
ciations.
Citing recent survey findings,
Michael J. Judge, president of the
Pennsylvania Credit Union League,
noted costs to consumers for routine
bank services continue to increase.
Some NOW accounts with small
balances may cost more in yearly
fees than they earn.
The findings are from the Third
Annual National Survey of bank
account fees, conducted in April by
the Consumer Federation of Amer-
ica (CFA). The survey of 225 banks
and thrifts in every region of the
country revealed that consumers
with small NOW accounts pay an
average of $83 (even allowing for
interest income) and can pay as
much as $210. Service fees can
include check writing and access to
automatic teller machines.
consumers of interest-bearing
checking accounts has jumped 25
percent over two years,” said
Judge. “That means many Ameri-
can families are unable to make use
of NOW accounts.”
Credit unions were not included in
the current study. Last year, how-
ever, the CFA and the Credit Union
National Association (CUNA) con-
ducted a comparision study of the
costs of NOW accounts and the
credit union equivalent-share drafts.
unions and found the average small
NOW account cost $75 more per
year in fees than it earned in
interest. In contrast, the average
small share draft account $2 more
than it earned.
The study defined a small account
as one with an average balance of
$500, in which the balance fell below
$300 once a month. In both cases, it
checks or share drafts and made
four automated teller withdrawals
per month. The average monthly
cost also assumed two bounced
checks or share drafts per year.
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