SIX MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Many Movies Stimulate Wrong Thoughts,
ii s Mot i on Picture Censor Claims
Memph
Friday, January 28. 1955 I f I f ft
ition
Memphis, Tenn. UJ0 Lloyd
T- Binf ord, 88-year-old watch
dog of the morals ol: Memphis
movie goers said today one rea
son he has to ban "so many films
is "there's a" certain amount of
the devil in all of us." - -
r "It's just human nature," he
said in an interview.' "In a sense
all of nis belong to the devil be
cause he's trying to " get us and
plants wrong thoughts in our
minds. 'Many, .movies .stimulate
those wrong thoughts." -
; Binford, .who was born short
ly after the Civil War in the tiny
village . of . Duck . Hill, . Miss.,
stands - between-' the - devil and
400,000 Memphis '.souls as the
chairman of the censor ' board
which reviews and must approve
every movie shown in local
theaters.-. ... fV"-" ' zT
Faces Criticism r " " :; ;jt:
I His role, has made him the
bane of many Hollywood produ
cers, a frequent target of news
paper criticism, . and either a
hero or a nuisance in the eyes
of local citizens. He has headed
the censor board more than 25
years, and this month was re
appointed : to another one - year
term. . - r '. - ' '
. Binford signed a I decision
barring Ingrid Bergman - and
Charlie Chaplin from Memphis
screens because of their private
lives. His board demanded , that
a? Rita Hayworth dance be cut
from one movie, a Lena Home
number from another. It banned
Jane Russell in "The French
Line." -..'." ; .. . "... y: ;
Overruled byCourt - :
The film "Curley" was banned
because it showed Negroes in
schools with white children. Pro
ducers carried the case to the
state supreme court, which rul
ed a film could not be banned
just because- Negroes appeared
in it..-' ;' 'T:;V":
Binf ord. lives on an old resi
dential street and maintains an
office on the second floor of his
home. He seldom goes out ex
cept : to theaters. He ; sees an
average of. .a movie a day, and
'when his board'lowers the boom
Bills in Legislature
; Salem (U.R) The Jomt Ways
and Means- Committee has ap
proved a bill : putting the 1700
men in the state highways" shop
and maintenance division on a
40-hour: . week. V,The : bill ' now
goes to the House. . . . -
i Reduction of the work week
in the department would require
the hiring of 103 additional men
to handle the" work ; normally
done oh a 44-hour week " basis
The bill would authorize the
transfer of $200,000 from the
capital outlay fund to the op
erating and maintenance fund
in i the highway department
budget.. .' ' ' '
J Salem U.R) A. compact for
apportionment of waters of the
Colombia river would be author
ized in a bill, introduced in the
Oregon senate. ''.' - .'
i The compact would have for
its major :purposes the develop
ment of lands by irrigation and
other means; the protection and
use of .water for domestic, in
dustrial' and municipal purposes;
and use of .water for . hydroelec
tric power production.
; iner compact wouia oecume
effective when 'also ratified by
the legislatures -of, Idaho, Mon
tana I and Washington, and ap
proved by Congress. ' - -
Salem (U.R) The . House has
received a bill for special leg
islation correcting a bookkeep
ing error and validating a dis-
liquor funds to the cities of
Gold Beach arid Manzanita.
The funds were previously dis
tributed inadvertantly on the
basis of a snecial census bv the
secretary of state under a law
which had expired. No appro
priation of funds is required.
1 Salem-U.B) Rep. Walter J
rcoisuu vutuiucuiu; lias muir
duced a bill to authorize the
Oregon Development Commis
sion to publicize and advertise
the state's resources to attract
new business to Oregon.
f Salem U.P.) A bill intro
duced in the House would broad
en breeding liens to include
dairy or beef cattle artificially
inseminated so that the breeder
would have a lien on the off
spring of such cattle. . t
Salem '(U.R) School districts
would Tbe allowed to contract for
short-term, indebtedness for ad
ministrative or refund purposes,
under terms of a bill introduced
in the House by Rep. Maurine
Neuberger (D-Portland).
- Salem U.R) The House has
received a resolution that would
direct the secretary of state to
erect a protective barrier around
the seal of state in the rotunda
of the state capitol. Sponsors of
the jneasure, Rep. Walter. J.
Pearson (D-Portland) and Reps.
Al Loucks (R-Salem), said the
seal should be protected from
defacement from the feet of
passing visitors. t
Court Records
POLICE COURT- . v
Stephen G.. Crippen Jr.. violation
of basic rule. S10.
; Robert H. Hucker, failure to stop
at red light. $5.
Keola Colleen Barnes, failure to
stop, at red light, $5.
Ben C. . Clark, ; expired motor vehicle-
license, $5.
Robert C, Flanery, expired motor
vehicle license. $5..
William Hanson ' Coffman. illeeal
left turn. So. -
Chess Leon ion McKinuney. failure
to stop at stop sign. $5.
Golden Forrest Noble. ' failure to
yield right of way to pedestrian. $10.
Ora Marie Niedermeyer. failure to
obey traffic signals, S5. .
William Edward Hall, failure to
stop at red light, $3.
Arthur Vernon Hall, violation . of
basic -rule, $10.
Jack Loyal Lust, violation of basic
rule. $10.
- Adra Mae Walker, violation of basic
rule. $10.
DISTRICT COURT
Clyde L. Hamack. failure to stop
at stop sign, .$10.
Verlyn A. Struck, no : operator'!
license, $10. . ' -'v. --
. Arthur W. Longan, violation of basic
rule.. $15.
Adrain D. Van Horn, failure to stop
at stop sign, $10.
Alfred L. Apparcel, improper muf
fler, $15.
James W. Hydnck. no operator s
license. $6. .
Darrell L. Johnson, defective head
lights. $7.50.
Albert j, xung, violation of basic
rule, $15.
sale Roy bmitn, no operator s li
cense, $10. . ; , - -
CIRCUIT COURT
Bonnie B. Brown vs.' Orville O.
Brown and others, divorce complaint.
MARRIAGE LICENSE f
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"Out of ' every '100 letters
about 5 cuss me out," he said.
"I thnk, God for the enemies
I've made.", ; ' ; " : . ' ;
Quotes the Law y ; ; '
He answers a lot of criticism
by arguing the censorship is im
posed "according to the law and
not . according to any whim of
mine." His -board ? consists of
four other metobers besides liirn
self and he- said ne never votes
unless there is a tie. : ,h
"I don't-say-a word during
the showing of the film.' , After
it's over I ask the members what
they think. Sometimes one of
the ladies will say it's just aw
ful, and I' have to ' explain we
can't ban ' a movie just because
it's, awful," . . -;--;".;
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Binford said the Memphis law
allows the board to prohibit the
showing of a movie that is "im
moral, lewd or lascivious or in
imical to the . health, . safety,
morals or 'welfare' of the city. '
Board members 'are paid. $20
a month for their services.
Binford said he would like to
see a similar - censor board set
up across the Mississippi '- river
in West Memphis, Ark.,' .where
movie1 theaters -: do a thriving
business ' showing pictures : ad
vertised as "Banned in' Mem
phis.". . , ; . ; . .. ;
Earns Recoon
M ussolini's Rome Subvay About To Open;
Seven-Mile Tunnel Takes Riders Noyhere
Robertson School of Business
recently was certified as a mem
ber of -the National Association
and Council of Business Schools,
according to Les Robertson,
manager. He said this means it
will : be on .ah equal standing
with all other business colleges
and that students would not lose
credit .when transferring from
Robertson School of Business to
a -NACBS-approved , school.
i wThe certificatej gives NACBS
approval to ; the . five diploma
courses ; offered ; stenographic,
executivef secretarial, junior ac
counting, . higher, accounting and t
business administration. :
I Some 521 other schools in the
United States, "Canada;" and oth
er territories belong to the asso
ciation, he said ; :
I Robertson School of Business,
still , in its first year, has been
approved by the siate depart
ment of public instruction for
training re-habilitiation students
and by the Veterans Adminis
tration, for training' students un
der Public Law. 16. -.
; The "school has four '.full-time
instructors in the day school and
two : additional staff members
for the rught school.
VET DEADLINE SET
' Salem (U.R) Korean war vet
erans wishing to , get in on state
benefits .must do so before Jan.
31. Gov. Paul L. Patterson yes
terday set the end of the month
as the deadline. - :' -
' Editor's note: After IS years. Benito
Mussolini's white elephant, the Rome
Subway, is about to open. -United
Press Correspondent Curtis G.: Peppery
who got a sneak preview., finds the
subway is beautiful and fast and rolls
beneath a lot of historic ruins.- He
also finds a rather important , fact
which the builders overlooked. . .
By CURTIS G. PEPPER
United Press Correspondent
R6me ,U.R) Hang on,
folks, the Rome Subway finally
js going to open. - ; -
Most Romans don't know it,
but the two-car trains have been
whizzing - underground - for '; a
week on trial runs preparatory
to the official start in about 10
days. . " ' ; ' -. '- ::'
, This "correspondent just
emerged into ; daylight from a
sneak preview of the seven-mile
"Metropolitana," brainchild of
the late Fascist dictator Benito
Mussolini and butt of unfunny
jokes.
; The subway, 16 years a-build-ing
of a cost .of more than $20,
000,000 is very fine project and
trains: go very f ast.; "
; There is only one trouble. It
doesn't go anywhere. x . ; : . '
In ; magnificent splendor, the
subway runs from the train sta
tion in the center of Rome but
to a lovely meadow seven miles
away- .,, '.'
-Not counting drifting herds' of
sheep and ' an occasional shep
herd, n e a rest inhabitants are
some Italian army units a mile
and a half away. ' -
With nine stops en: route, il I and the Protestanf Cemetery
takes; 11 minutes to ;get to the where the poets Keats and Shel-
meadoWj a picnic ground near
the site- or Mussolini's dream of
a world fair. By auto it takes
45 minutes. ' . ' ;
i You enter .the main station
beneath -Rome's modern train
terminal to find yourself sur
rounded by gleaming , marble on
long corridors lighted with neon
tubes' enclosed in hand-wrought
lanterns.
Quartz of many colors is- skil
fully inlaid in the floor and red
dish marble lines the wall.
; Passengers give paper tickets,
costing 40 lire (6 cents) to
takers. There are plans for turn
stiles, but these have, not been
manufactured. "
Can Pack in 280 . -
' Each streamlined gray-blue
car seats 52 but can', take. 280
"sardines" in the best subway
fasion. There ar no straps above
and standees have ; to hang on
strategically placed vertical bars.
The first stop is near St. Peters !
in Chains, ' the basilica built In
442"A:D. to house chains believed
to have been worn by St. Peter.
Here the 2 0-foot "wide tunnel is
at its deepest, 54 feet. , '
; Next stop is the Colosseum,
where no one - lives. Stop No,
3 is the Circus. Maximus, where
Roman . e mperors watched
chariot - races centuries ago.
' The Subway leaves - the tun
nel at ' the' Pyramid of Cestius
ley are buried. - "
- Then the s ub way stops at
three stations near workers' dis
tricts before reaching its desti
nation at the meadow, v v
. The life and future expansion
of the subway depend on the
workers' reaction. -
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