Federal Accepts
New Standard
For Obscenity
NEW YORK, (ff>—'The federal
government yesterday accepted a
new legal standard for obscenity
and agreed to let the Kinsey In
stitute import some concededly
pornographic pictures, books and
other objects.
The decision was hailed here
today by the law firm which rep
resented the institute in a govern
ment law suit as “a victory for
the mind of man.”
The government’s suit was di
rected against Indiana Universi
ty’s Institute for Sex Research,
Inc. The institute was founded by
the late Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey.
The new standard held that the
material is not legally obscene be
cause it is unlikely to arouse the
“prurient interest” of those who
will see it. The official position
had been that a thing is obscene
in itself, no matter who is going
to see or read it.
The government’s decision on
the new obscenity standard does
not bind the Post Office. However,
it may influence the attitude of
postal officials in deciding wheth
er matter is “obscene” and there
fore non-mailable.
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$74 BILLION BUDGET
DECIDED ON AT
CABINET MEETING
WASHINGTON, UP>—Press Sec
retary Hagerty today described
President Eisenhower’s new budg
et—reportedly about $74 billion—
as “virtually decided” after a dis
cussion at a Cabinet meeting.
Eisenhower and his Cabinet,
Hagerty said, also went over the
latest draft of the State of the
Union message which the Presi
dent will deliver to Congress in
person Jan. 9.
The message, Hagerty said, will
concentrate on the defense setup
and on the President’s ideas for
improving it.
New Civil Rights
Commission Is
Sworn Into Office
WASHINGTON, Mt—The new
six-man Civil* Rights Commission
was sworn into office today in the
presence of President Eisenhower.
On 'the commission are three
southerners and three northern
ers—one of the latter a Negro. To
them, Congress assigned the diffi
cult job of finding and treading
some sort of middle ground on
racial problems, then coming up
with recommendations by Sept.
9, 1959.
j The chairman is John A. Han
j nuh, president of Michigan State
j University. The Negro is J. Ernest
[ Wilkins, assistant secretary of la
! bor for international affairs. The
third northerner is the Rev. Theo
dore M. Hesburgh, president of
the University of Notre Dame.
The three southerns oh the com
mission all are lawyers. Two of
them, JohnS. Battle, Virgina, and
Doyle E. Carlton, Florida, former
ly were governors of their states.
Robert G. Store, the third south
eraor, is dean of Southern Meth
odist University’s law school.
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WHAT'S YOUR MEDICAL IQ?
How much do you know about your body, about things that make
you sick? How about medicine that makes you well?
Here’s a quick test of your medical I.Q.
9 or 10 correct answers: Excellent
7 or 8 correct: Average
6 or less: Check your pulse
1. The doctor’s bag holds drugs and instruments needed for emer
gencies and common illnesses. An instrument not likely to be found
in the doctor’s bag is a:
□ Tourniquet □ Stethoscope □ Ophthalmoscope □ kaleidoscope
2. A blood clot in the human body can lead to’a heart attack or
brain stroke. The medical word for a blood clot is:
□ Clonus □ Lobulus □ Thrombus D Ptosis
3. Over a million people in the United States have diabetes. The vic
tims have an inability to "burn”:
□ Sugars □ Proteins □ Corpuscles □ Vitamins
4. Modern medicine’s heritage dates back to the ancient Greeks. One
of the early physicians, called "The Father of Medicine,” was:
□ Herodotus □ Socrates □ Euripides □ Hippocrates
5. Here is a list of four common illnessef. Which one is misspelled?
□ Appendicitis □ Hepatitis Q Arterosclerosis □ Pneumonia
6. The United States has one of the highest life expectancy rates
in the world. A child born here this year can expect to live an
average of:
□ 50 years □ 60 years □ 70 years □ 80 years
7. A person with heart disease is often called a "cardiac.” The term
for a person who has an uncontrollable desire for alcohol is:
□ Insomniac □ Dipsomaniac □ Kleptomaniac □ Hypochondriac
8. Motion sickness strikes four out of five chijdren and even seasoned
travelers are not immune. Now. this age-old illness can be prevented
with tablets called:
□ Malderettes □ Aminos □ Bonadettes □ Sterols
9. The incidence of polio varies from country to country. It most
often strikes countries where the standards of living and sanitation
are: »
□ Very low □ Fair □ Average □ High
10. This year marks the 100th anniversary of an important discovery
by the French scientist Louis Pasteur, which eventually led to the
knowledge that germs cause infectious diseases. By profession,
Pasteur was a:
□ Chemist □ Physician □ Pharmacist □ Veterinarian
Action, Not
‘Tranquilizers,’
For U.S. Defense
WASHINGTON, lit—Sen. Lyn
don B. Johnson (D-Tex) said today
the Senate Preparedness Subcom
mittee is making progress toward
“substituting action for tranqui
lizers” in the national defenses.
Johnson, the Senate Democratic
leader, heads the subcommittee
which will resume Monday its
public inquiry into the status of
U-S. missile and satellite develop
ments. Secretary of Defense Mc
Elroy and his deputy, Donald A.
Quarles, are expected to be among
the first witnesses.
McElroy testified previously the
greatest single stumbling block to
getting missiles into production
was the limitation that had been
placed on overtime work on de
velopment projects. He said he
had removed the limitation.
Alaska Airlines
From Anchorage: Gene Itsch
ner, George Robinson, Donald
Baun, F. Cichowski, Harry Kar
anfondo, W. F. Buchanan.
To Anchorage: Pete Hahn, Mr.
Hargis, June Dunbar, and Lyman
Madden.
. From McGrath: James Mc
Cracken.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued cloudy with occa
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perature expected tonight 0 to -5.
The high tomorrow 0 to 5 above.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 12, lowest -11. Max. wind 15
mph from the N.N.W. Sunrise at
7:57 a.m., sunset at 2:16 p.m.
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KETCHIKAN WATERFRONT FIRE
WRECKS BLOCK-LONG BUILDING
KETCHIKAN, UPV—A fire which
started with ^ violent explosion
wiped out a block-long downtown
waterfront building Wednesday,
destroying a dozen businesses
and a number of private apart
ments. '
Two firemen were slightly in
jured battling the blaze, which
was fanned by a brisk 30-mile
wind.
The explosion which preceded
the fire occurred at 12:10 p.m. and
is believed to have been in a
women’s apparel shop. Within a
few seconds flames were spread
ing rapidly thru the two-story
wood frame structure and were
out of control when the first fire
equipment arrived.
Much of the downtown section
was threatened at times by flying
Woman Wins Divorce
From Point System
LOS ANGELES UP)—Mrs. Roset
ta L. Randall said in divorce court
today of her husband, Donald:
“As soon 'as we were married j
he told me that if I did every
thing he said things would be all
right—and he put me on a point
system.
“When I did anything right he’d
give me points, and when I did
anything wrong he would take
points away. I never knew the
results. I had so many points tak- j
en away I guess I didn’t have
much of a score.”
Mrs. Randall, 20, then burst
into tears. After a recess she said
her 31-year-old husband’s con
duct caused her to suffer a ner
vous breakdown.
She got the divorce.
'sparks. The firemen concentrated
their effort on cpnffeiiftig {he fix s
to the 200-foot-long building.
Included in the 'lOCv were hip *
private apartments ho the secon I
floor of the building known as tic
Ferris block. AH occupants of thfc
apartments escaped unharmed.
Five Ketchikan fire companic $
were aided by Coast Guard equif -
ment and four fire boats. Th»
building stands on wgtsrfront pi -
ing.
Business houses Wiped out
the fire included:
The Ketchikan Music Shop,
Lloyd’s Men’s Wear, Champion
Shoe Store, Erskine’s Curio Shoj,
Dr. E. E. Smith’s optometry shoj,
I Dorothy’s Apparel; Rainbird Bai ,
Ryus Drug Store, Hugo Schmolc p
Plumbing, the Ketchikan Bottljn [
Works, Spaulding-Porter Insur ■
ance Agency and AFs Time Shoj ,
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