The Cincinnati Post from Cincinnati, Ohio • 11

11 Local news Du Cincinnati PMt Frida June 22 1973 Greater Cincinnati Tri-State Court's obscenity ruling draws praise sarcasm CHARLES KEATING PETER OUTCALT The Supreme Court decision yesterday making obscenity a matter of local interpretation brought praise from an anti-pornography trader and sarcasm from a prominent civil rights attorney Charles Keating Jr founder and national chairman of the Citizens for Decent Literature called the decision' historical a victory for the foes of obscenity totality of die opinions against die nomographers will result in an immediate curtailment of smut in the United States" Keating said that pornography will disappear overnight but the fact that anyone who disseminates pornography will face arrest prosecution and convio-tion things they have not had to worry with for the last decade will quickly restore decency to America think arrests will begin immediately across die nation against the people who persist in die pornography bust ness" he said Meanwhile attorney Allen Brown who defended several persons in local pornography cases didn't quite see it that way the same producers who brought you Watergate a startling production in the series called Repression of America was released today" he said Simon Leis Jr Hamilton County prosecutor said he was pleased with the ruling which he said will mark the end of adult bookstores and theaters in Hamilton County ty rather than a hypothetical national definition Ihe court also said it will no longer be a defense against a charge of obscenity that tiie work had some social value" as it has been since a Supreme Court decision in 1966 Adult bookstores have rough time It has been rough going for Greater Cincinnati's adult bookstores and movie houses that exclusively show sexually oriented films Of the 13 bookstores to open in the past three years eight had closed prior to riding Last night Stanley Marks closed the two adult bookstores he owns at 723 Vine street and 821 Vine street A sign in the window at 723 Vine street reads: all our friends Due to the Supreme Court decision this store is closed til we are advised how we can open within the guidelines of this decision This action is taken to prevent senseless arrests" The following is the current status of what have been generally considered Greater major pornography outlets: BOOKSTORES Vine Street News 821 Vine street closed last night Monmouth Street Novelty and Book 609 Monmouth street Newport in May 1973 Adult City News 723 Vine street dosed last night feel die past efforts of my office have not been in vain" he said with our planned future efforts we will be able to eliminate from the community all of the adult bookstores and theaters dealing in pornography and matters of obscenity" US Rep William Keating said he thought the laws regarding obscenity are now clearly defined should no longer be any obstacle to local action to clean up the environment polluted by obscene material" he said Peter Outcalt president judge of Hamilton County Municipal Court said local standards should apply unreasonable to expect the local community to have to adopt die standards of say San Francisco which is noted for its topless and bottomless dancers and waitresses or the city of Baltimore which has been known as the city since World War II" he said Judge William Mathews of Common Pleas Court said standards now can be defined by a jury of local witnesses In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court ruled that states may prescribe punishment for printing or selling works appeal to the prurient interest in sex which portray sexual conduct in a patently offensive way and which taken as a whole do not have serious literary artistic political or scientific value" Hie court said that in determining whether a work appeals to prurient interest a jury should apply the views of the average persons in the communi WILLIAM KEATING Trans-Media News 720 Main street dosed May 23 1973 after landlord re--fused to renew lease Trans-Media News 4031 Hamilton avenue Northside open Trans-Media News 3616 Warsaw avenue Price Hill closed in the summer of 1971 after area residents picketed the store for five months Book Haven 206 Fourth street closed Trans-Media News 702 Race street dosed Adult Book Store 2514 Gilbert avenue Peebles Corner dosed in May 1971 after owner pay rent Seventh Street News 134 Seventh street open Adult Bode Store 3000 Colerain avenue Camp Washington open Conference leaves Berry with a head full of ideas over any ideological or political points of view" the mayor said Berry said the only sense of division in the conference came in discussions of the Community Developemt Act being thrashed out by Congress and the Administration The formulain this act would begin disbursing more- federal money to urbanized counties than to the central cities within three years In five years Berry said a county such as Hamilton would be getting 51 per cent of the federal community development leaving Qndnnati with the remaining 49 percent This brought some objections from smaller cities that feel they been getting the money given larger cities all along and are now destined to be cut out again when the funds start pouring into the surrounding counties Berry explained Fa Cindnnati and Hamilton County he views the problem from a different angle we have got to resolve here within the next five years is the problem of our municipally fragmented county We have got to begin thinking together for common community progress rather than the narrow view each of us now Berry said FOR CINCINNATrS mayor the trip was also a chance to step into the' national limelight something had little opportunity or time to do ALLEN BROWN Eighth Street News 2117 Eighth street Price Hill closed Queen City News 5211 Creek mad Blue Ash closed THEATERS Monte Vista Theater 6220 Montgomery road Pleasant Ridge dosed by Common Pleas Court order on Nov 1 1972 Alpha VI Cinema 4157 Hamilton avenue Northside open Cinema Theater 910 Race street dosed Jan 12 1972 by Common Pleas Court Assets auctioned by county to pay fines Cinema Theater 716 Monmouth street Newport open although it has suits pending on obscenity charges dent Nixon refused to release 5265 million appropriated by Congress for this year's summer job program He received verbal backing from San Frandsco Mayor Joseph Alioto and sent Cole bade to Nixon with the message think I made my presence known" Berry said with a satirfied smile I think they know where 'Cincinnati is on the About the only person Flier knew who hopped a train to get to the jamboree was Engine" Maury from -Toledo Others drove some flew and sane like Filer rode GOT A LOT to do during the next couple of days being king and all There's a business meeting to take care of and the Hobo Ball tonight and the Hobo Mulligan Stew feast tomorrow at Quebec Gardens in Price Hill put evaytiiing in it but your socks all part of being King of the Hoboes Last night Flier reached into his pocket and pulled out his card On the other side next to a cartoon of a hobo was something that explained what Hoboes of America is all about world is our playground our workshop our hope for a better humane understanding amongst all people We are banded together to aid and help those with the wunderlust With the hope in mind that their travels may be mow cheerful more prosperous and worthwhile" MAYOR THEODORE BERRY TOWN AND COUNTY Residents of Bauerwood drive in COLERAIN TOWNSHIP complained loud enough long enough and to the right persons they got their way Neighbors of the new Gold Circle Shopping Center on the northwest comer of Bauerwood and Colerain pike wanted the driveway to connect with Colerain not Bauerwood highway division on the other hand preferred to have the traffic flow through Bauerwood in getting to and from the highway Township trustees several weeks ago arranged for a meeting of highway officials residents ana businessmen at the township building The state gave in and told Gold Circle last week it could build its permanent driveway directly onto Colerain from the parking lot which is what Gold Circle wanted to do in the first place The only hitch is that traffic exiting the Gold Circle lot will be able to make only a right-hand turn onto Colerain forcing drivers fii head southbound November elections are just around the corner and the board of education members are deciding whether pursue re-election At NORTHWEST LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT three board members including the president say they won't run again Mrs Ruth Koehler who's been on the board 15 years Dr Janies Benedict eight-year veteran and Herbert Goetz the president and seven-year beard member Their terms all expire at the end of the year The two board members who will stav are Kenneth Wright vice president and Elizabeth A MacDonald Their terms expire at the end of 1975 Two veteran members of the HAMILTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION say they won't run for re-election when their terms expire at the end of the year Ray Noe been a member of the board for 18 years and Carroll Staley an eight-yrar veteran say they care to plan four years into the future (All five of the board seats are for four-year terms) William McConnell board president whose term also expires Dec 31 will run for re-election Other members of the board are Richard Griffis ami Loren Siefferman Their terms will expire Dec 31 1975 Community-mindedness can go only so far ELMWOOD PLACE Solicitor Lee Bortz recently discovered an member of the village recreation commission in Councilman Melvin Griffin Ohio law says that an elected official (such as councilman) can't serve as a member of the commission at the same time according to Bortz Mayor Emmitt Spears is expected to appoint a replacement for the recreation commission at the next council meeting Members of the commission are Griffin chairman Rud Vaught and Daniel Hancock appointed by the mayor and Morgan ana Jewell Lawhorn appointed by the school board (St Bemard-Elmwood Place) The GREAT OAKS JOINT VOCATIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT which will be getting into full swing this fall has begun publishing its own monthly newsletter called (Get it?) Ray Sisson administrative specialist in charge of communications and publications edits and produces the four-pager now in its second month The name was derived from a statement by Dr Harold Carr assistant superintendent of Great Oaks who once referred to vocational education as classroom down the hall from which students could go on to higher education or hire ucation" more of a strong-armed guard attitude -They were very lpw-key this Berry said The concern these officials heard expressed most often Berry said was over the one year lapse that will occur between current federal urban development grants expiring June 30 and the start of specialized revenue sharing in July 1974 think there was a general accord in wanting to move to the block grants which will give cities modi more flexibility in determining locally what the needs really are" he said there appears to be no hope of any HUD (US Department of Housing and Urban Development) funding for any projects not yet Despite the nearly unanimous expressions of displeasure on the part of the mayors Berry said the conference could do little but go on record against this Washington policy HE SAID THE CONFERENCE also moved to link the present fuel crisis with urban transportation pushing through a resolution drafted by Berry that urges Congress to open the sacrosanct Highway Trust Fund for mass transit operations in addition to highway construction Berry said the conference was remarkably non-political and free of confrontations between the larger and smaller cities or the and have was good in that I would say the problems of the i cities took precedence Hobo BY JOHN KENNEDY Meet Gordon (Bud) Filer King of the Hoboes Emperor of the Knights of the Road Air and Seven Seas But first get one thing straight folks A hobo works for a living A tramp thinks the world owes him a living and work And a bum work if he wanted to So the hoboes say Now back to Bud Filer in town for the annual Hoboes of America convention and jamboree Bang king means the head hobo reigning over about 100000 members He took over the job from the late Jeff Davis of Cincinnati in 1965 and held the title ever since But Filer said only about 150 will show up this time around for the jamboree headquartered at Stauffer's Inn seem to be losing interest" he said have a lot of members who join just to say they belong And a kit of others are up in age on Social Se king rides 'the cushions1 now BY CAROL SANGER Cindnnati Mayor Theodore Berry returned from the US Conference of Mayors in San Francisco yesterday with the feeling that Cincinnati has been placed firmly on the map in the minds of the mayors He also brought back a briefcase full of papers and a head full of ideas of which he plans to pass on to dty officials Berry said the four-day conference was an ideal forum for the exchange of ideas if not the powerful urban coalition many mayors would like to believe can be a stimulating ext for one who keeps an open mind a perfect opportunity to establish a con-' sensus position on issues between large and small Berry said He would not agree with New York Mayor John Lindsay who described the conference as and Nor would he agree that the passage of countless conference resolutions has little or no effect cm Washington The latter fact however may have more to do with what is currently going on in Washington than with any increas-ic of the ed sa: the mayors ho WATERGATE WAS a topic of low-key discussion at the conference Berry said He said several mayors who have attended past conferences attributed a marked change in attitude on the part of federal officials at the sessions to die Washington scandal told that in past years these federal representatives were there with Gordon (Bud) Filer: King of the Hoboes BY HAL METZGER The i cinnati Legal Aid 26 lawyers available for services to neighborhood groups continues here and in Washington Cihcinnati City Council adopted a resolution Wednesday urging President Nixon and Howard Phillips acting director of the Office of Economic Opportunity to rescind a regulation that Council said threatens to deprive some 30 citizen groups in the city of legal services At the same time the board of trustees of the Legal Aid Society unanimously approved a resolution authoriz struggle to keep half of the Cin- Legal Au le for set since leaving his post is director of the War on Poverty in the Johnson administration Berry received national attention Wednesday when he took on Kenneth Cole director of the White House Domestic Council over funding for summer youth jobs Berry demanded to know why Presi back during his three years on the road He'd work awhile ram enough to move on and get another job when the money ran out Sometimes have 55 ana other times a dime knock on doors and ask for something to rat or maybe see if a grocery store or bakery had something it need And well sometimes borrowed something and not bother to give it back BUT EVENTUALLY he ended up back in Altoona got married raised four kids and took a steady job with the Pennsylvania Railroad now the Penn Central He still works for the railroad as a car repairman but 64 and due to -retire soon travel some only this time be on the and not in freight cars gettin too old for that and the trains are too hard to hop these he said diesel engines are too fast" promise of successfully avoiding or redressing Stacy said justice under law is broader than just an in-court he said the inner-city dweller is te come to sec the law as more than just the toll of the arrester evictor or repossessor the Legal Aid attorney ought to remain aide to serve his client's needs fully taking recourse when appropriate to legislative advocacy efforts must remain free both from politicking or electioneering on the Krt ot the publicly-funded attorney and im hobbling restraints sought in the administration's current legal services curity or a pension and they afford to come FILER RECKONS there's only about 30 or 40 honest to god Kve-by-the-skin-of-your-teeth hoboes in the United States today But there were times like after World War II when the country was full of them Many of them were soldiers who had come back from the war and rode the rails or hitched rides looking for work Filer's hobo days go a lot farther back than that back to 1925 when he was 16 and making his way around the country In fact it was that year that he met Cincinnatian Jeff Davis Flier said he and a friend were returning from a job in a Pittsburgh restaurant to his hometown of Altoona Pa when he saw Davis at a place called Lakemont Park was speaking there" Filer 'said of the head hobo gave us both half a buck I guess he thought we looked hungry I know" Filer made it to the West Coast and skm by the city planning commission The decision would have rezoned a scheduled playground site for development as a gas station Legal Aid has been testifying for negotiating for and helping draft Cincinnati's proposed tenant-landlord ordinance governing contractual arrangements between Landlords and tenants Legal Aid testified last December in favor of an ordinance that permits tenants to pay a utility bill if the landlord fails to oo so and then deduct the payment from the following month's rent though lobbying may be in terms of our total effort it does from time to time hold out the only Council joins fight to keep legal services ing Donald Stacy project director of Legal Aid here to win with or assist the National Legal Aid and Defender Assn in legal actions against OEO PHILLIPS HAD ISSUED an order' on May 30 effective June 30 declan is that OEO legal projects may furnish' 1 services to groups only if the indk A bill pending in the US House of Representatives would permit OEO lawyers to testify before a legislative body only if they were invited to do so but an amendment has been offered to permit the lawyers to testify the course of providing legal assistance to an eligible client" or when requested to do so order was made before a US District Court on June 11 ruled that he was serving unlawfully and illegally as acting director of OEO But lawyers feel that orders issued by him during the time he served as acting director from Jan 29 through June 11 are legal orders -ir vidual members of the group each rams less than 52100 a year Stacy said this would stop Legal Aid Society from representing clients or testifying in such endeavors as: Last December Legal Aid represented tiie Lower Price Hill Conmunity Council in a successful effort to get Cincinnati City Council to overrule a deci-.