"rehabilitation"); Wilson up to 5. State Supreme Court reverses bail denial for Moore and Wilson pending appeals.

Attorney Paris Martin first to plead "not guilty." Teacher Bartlett, now undergoing treatment, said Sheriff and Prosecutor led him to believe confession would lead to treatment, not indictment.

Only the Boise police know how much further . . . Without condoning acts of some defendants, we must deplore this stupid affair and general tendency to equate homosexuals with molesters. Particularly we feel this furore can only harm most of the youths. Many might easily have forgotten their adolescent adventures, but not now. This miasma of intolerant ignorance can only maim them and to a greater degree than the worst consequences of their sexual liasons, nor is any assistance the state is prepared to give likely to help. Idahoans, like citizens in many another state, expect miracles from the agencies but are reluctant to foot the bill.

SURVEY

1-5-56: Following arrest of special policeman Ray Harris in Farmington, N.M., charges made against nine juveniles. At least 30 youths reputedly involved in charges of sodomy, etc...

Columbus, Ohio, November: Rookie cop, dressed as woman for "rape" detail, shot youth who "tried to get away." Patrolman Burton's gun-toting wife later received threatening calls. Anyhow, Burton and four other cops make cute girls. . .

Feb. 55: Mayor D'Alesandro gave Baltimore-born Leon Uris keys to city at film-premiere of BATTLE CRY, based on Uris' book. October: Mayor listed Uris' book (and 499 others) as "objectionable." Uris angrily returned "keys." November: Painting withdrawn from Peale Museum after Mayor called it "obscene." Depict-

one

ing nudes on bed, painting was confined to director's office, became major attraction (disappointing to thrill seekers) 'til locked up. In protest, seven artists withdraw paintings. from show...

Calif. Dept. of Mental Hygiene sez new policy of sending sex offenders to mental hospitals instead of jails pays off in reduction of repeaters to about 1% . . . Gloyd Rose, Dist. Atty. investigator, allegedly drunk, disorderly, resisting arrest, partly disrobed in car with two teenage boys, who gave conflicting testimony... San Jose cop let intimate diary fall into wrong hands, involving him and local youth for "crimes against nature" ... Santa Monica police and sheriff's vice raid: according to S.M. OUTLOOK arresting 11 and questioning 30. Witnesses say many others got rough questioning. Move made later to close Rendezvous bathhouse. One pleaded guilty. Nine, pleading not guilty, to trial. Charge: making advances to deputies... Few blocks down beach in Venice, Calif., bathers excitedly gathered around washed-up carcass of "real" sea serpent, 'til a marine biologist said it was just a slightly chewed-up shark..

North Bronx vice squad disbanded Police Commissioner dissatisfied with operations . . . And other arrests and accusations here and there...

FOURTH ESTATE

BOSTON EVENING AMERICAN, 10-3-55: "Spurred by pleas of an outraged mother and father, homicide detectives today rounded up scores of known sex deviates and hoodlums in the hunt for slayer of William McGrath, 12-year-old shoeshine boy . . . fatally knifed in an alley in the theatrical district. Twelve suspects have already been questioned . . ." and a dozen paragraphs later, "Captain Frank Wilson of homicide . . . not overlooking the