Houston for selling lewd male photographs. The trio had been advertising their wares in an international health magazine, and had checks and money orders from all over the world in their possession when arrested . . . The Hollywood Citizen News (fondly remembered for its "mad dog" campaign against homosexuals) has been bought by the Valley Times. Phoenix, Arizona has a brand new set of obscene literature laws that are presently being tested in court. The laws state that anything is obscene that displays "interest in nudity, sex, or lewdness going substantially beyond customary limits of candor." Hmmm . . . Police say New York's Bryant Park is not all bad. It's "not a center for violent crime-merely a hangout for winos and homosexuals." . . . The Ninth International Congress of Penal Law, meeting in The Hague, adopted a resolution that said homosexual behavior between consenting adults should not be prohibited by criminal law. . . Superior Court Judge Evelle Younger running for job of Dist. Atty. of Los Angeles, is bemoaning the courts' inability to find a legal method to "protect young boys and girls under 18 from exposure to obscene movies, photos, magazines and books."

In Chicago, the smut hunters have book dealers so terrified that the dealers are selling copies of Candy under the counter, even though there has been no official ruling against the book . . . In New York, writer Ada Bushness Dimond died and left $250,000 to a male friend he hadn't seen in 12 years. GOOD AND BAD JOURNALISM

Two Negro publications, Sepia and Elegant, recently ran articles on homosexuality. While Elegant's article was honest and well researched, Sepia's "reporting" was

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the exact opposite. The editors of Sepia, members of a minority themselves, can not be forgiven for such dishonest reporting, quoting of bigots, etc.

THE LAW

To people who rejoice over the sexual liberty given to people in other countries, we bring the news of a case in Tel Aviv, Israel, in which a man was given a year's suspended sentence for "having carnal knowledge of a woman against the order of nature (sodomy)." Of course, the woman was his wife, and she gave her consent, but it made no difference in a land where Old Testament standards still are The Law. Again, Jews, a minority, persecuted in other lands, by other religions, have themselves become bigots, denying others freedom in private matters, imposing their own religious beliefs on non-Jews, etc. AND BACK HOME

Here we go again. This time Maury Green, KNXT's 6 o'clock special news report on September 23d, told us that homosexuals are flocking to Hollywood and flaunting themselves along the boulevard. This is due, he explained, in part, to the Life Magazine article, June 26. Many homosexuals, not knowing where to go, do now. Green did say that the article was of a reportive nature only. It wasn't intended as a guide to . Pictures from the article were shown and police 'trolling methods were described.

The Hollywood Problem was further described by Claire Grimes of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. In his usual derisive manner, he said that real estate values in Hollywood drop because "wherever homosexuals move in, normal people move out." Yet, is it not true, houses and apartments

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