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PACE 10-B HERALD AND NXYVS. Klamalh Falls, Orfgon flednetday, July 10, 1963 1 ' fed : ' ' - x 5 "?lJx. " . rt.i I i i - i-i J..J iii.r v. r ,4 Mt H. ?:.-V v k1. Vf I I - ' ... v ? a I tt'l-.-'ir. ' FILM CENSORED Sweden, which enjoyi an international reputation for its liberal views on sex and free expression of idea, is not as liberal as regards the depiction of motion picture violence. Shown are two scenes from popular films which were cut by Swedish censorship board. At top, drawn out fist fight in "Cape Fear" which starred Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum, and at bottom, gladiator fight to the death (Kirk Douglas and Woody Strode) from "Spartacus." UPI Telephoto Liberal Sweden Censors Pictures STOCKHOLM, Sweden (UPD Swedon, which enjoys en inter rational reputation for its liber al views on sex and Iree expres sion of ideas, has one of the world's more aggressive motion picture censorship boards. It may surprise American moviegoers to learn that the ma jority of the films banned or cut by the Swedish censors were U.S.-madc. The reason is that the tiling the Swedes find most objectionable is violence. mt , i - .... :J.H-kl.. more liberal than the state boards of censors in the United States when it comes to passing sex scenes in motion pictures," 6aid Erik Skolund, director of the Swedish Film Censorship Board. "Public notions of decen cy and morals have changed dur ing the past few decades and we at the board of censors try to keep in line with the develop ments around us. "That doesn't mean, however, that anything goes in Sweden. We are definiiely turning thumbs down on movies whore the more intimate sequences touch or pass the line of pure pornography." Severely Cut Skolund said he believes many American and Latin American films have been "real orgies in violence and sadism" and there fore were banned or severely cut. "We lake a very dim view of excessive violence or brutality in motion pictures. Young people are too easily influenced by what they see on the screen and we don't want to encourage that sort of behavior among them." During 1962, Skoland said, 24 films were forbidden in Sweden Thirteen of them were American gangster or horror films. Numer ous other U.S. productions yield ed considerable foolagc to the censors' shears. Skolund said recent U.S. films to be severely cut included: Spartacus rpm)pH hv censors as most profuse in vi cious cruelties. "Cape Fear" Several vio lent sequences were clipped, among them a long drawn out fist-fight. 'Premature Burial" A horror film showing open coffins, blood stained corpses and "a bestial iron-bar murder scene." Made For Export One recent American film was I banned as beinc "unusn-illv sleejy pornography" but Skolund said he believed it was made es pecially for the export market and was never shown to U.S. au diences. In addition to banning or cut ting motion pictures, the Swed ish Film Censorship Board places them in one of three categories one lor persons 15 or older; one for children in the U-15 year age bracket, and one which may bo seen by all children. The foremost consideration In the minds of Swedish film cen ser: iz the effect - film 72" have on its audience. There are no taboo subjects and no idea censorship. The criteria are "the manner in which the events are pictured and the context in which they are presented," Skolund said. Sweden's chief censor said the fact that the majority of the films cut were American does not mean that they were (lie worst; only that U.S. production is so much greater than other countries. Hungarian Schools Overflow BUDAPEST (UPI I - Hungary's second, third and fourth grade elementary grades are overflow ing and all because of the na tion's former woman minister of health. If you visit a Hungarian ele- mentary school, you notice that these grades are packed. While the other grades are divided into three classes at most, the eight to 10-year olds require four and five to accommodate them all. The government already has its problems. There aren't enough shoes or clothes or "gym" suits in these sizes, and what will hap pen when they reach the univer sities? These children are referred to as the "Ratko children." Anna Ratko was the Minister of Health from 1950-1954. She decided that, if nothing else, she would present the state with a high birth rate during her re gime. In 1952 she lowered the boom in the form of an unshakable law: abortionists lose their doc tor's practice and go to jail, ilowlr of Protest There were howls of pretest but all in vain. Women cried, men cursed. The jails filled with doctors and their diplomas were taken away from them while the maternity wards became fuller and fuller. Finally there was no more room in the hospitals. Maternity cases lined the corridors. There weren't enough kinder gartens or children's nurses. It was obvious that these "con ditions" couldn't go on. In 1956 the new abortion laws were passed which, in effect, say that every woman has the right to limit the size of her family. Any woman who wants to have an abortion must register with the district commission. She also reg isters her reasons why she cannot or does not want to raise a child. For instance she may be ill. there may be a too small apart ment, she is already the mother of several children, her husband drinks or she is unmarried. Has Final Word The commission tries to talk the woman into having her child, and can give her permission, or re ject it. If given permission, she goes to the hospital for three days, pays 250 forint (about $101 and is freed of her "burden". "Illegal" abortions by private doctors are punishable by fines but since the new abortion law, cheap. It costs between 400 and 700 forint (16-$28). The official table of lhre b!rth in Hungary clearly shows the re sults of Anna Ratko's regime. The births in the post-war years averaged between 180.000 and 190,000 yearly up to 1952. The years 1953 55 show birth rates of over 200,000. In 954, it reached an all-time high of 222.347. Since 1956 the births have declined and in 1962 a lo w of 129,957 was reached. hl M 1 k , , , tLzL , : NO LAMB' Author Edward A. Lamb, right, of Toledo, Ohio, autographs a copy of his book, "No Lamb For Slaughter," for Sen. Estes Kefauver. UPI Telephoto Lawyer Fights Way Back To Become Millionaire WALLDORF, Germany (UPI)-' This German hamlet and Astoria Ore., join together this month in celebrating the 200th birthday of a butcher's son who founded an empire in the new world that still stands. Johann Jakob Astor was born in Walldorf, July 17. 1763, the son of a poor butcher, according to the village chronicle. But young Astor emigrated to North America and made a for tune. He also founed Astoria. His grandson, William, fur thered the family empire by founding the famous Waldorf As toria Hotel in New York in 1866. William henceforth called himself Waldorf-Astoria, but no one knows why he dropped the second "1" in Walldorf. The highlight of Astor Week in Walldorf July 17-23 is the estab lishment of a sister-town relation ship with the Oregon city. The mayor of Astoria is expected to attend the festivities. Nnbbele." as butcher's son By GKRALD S. SNYDER United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) During a sensational Washington trial in the mid-1950's, a woman with thick glasses and short-cropped gray hair told of a fellow "com rade" who she claimed once fa vored the overthrow of the United States government. The woman also told of a "liai son" with the man in a Colum bus. Ohio, hotel that was "my first infidelity and led to my di vorce. This was the star witness in a case that attracted national atten tion a license renewal hearing on charges made by the Feder al Communications Commission (FCC) that the man had been a member of groups on the attor ney general's list of subversive organizations. Tried And Convicted The woman, Marie Natvig, was later tried and convicted of per jury her whole story was ruled concocted and the central charac ter in the episode, Edward (Ted) Lamb, was exonerated, his accus ers discredited, and his radio and television licenses renewed. Now. Ted Lamb, 61, a wealthy Toledo lawyer-industrialist reput-l ed to have a fortune valued at $50 million, has written an auto biography, "No Lamb For Slaughter" (Harcourt, Brace &! World Inc.) in which he tells ol harassment, persecution and loss of income because of the weird case. "I fought back that others will resist this type of thing," Lamb said in an interview. "1 can't say! I entirely dislike a fight. The FCC and Lamb first tan gled in 1954 after Lamb applied i L-iiccti Of tnc liCci.-; Oi a television station in Erie, Pa. The FCC said questions about his 'MCEtions to own ana operate a broadcast station had been raised by his book, "The Planned Economy in Soviet Russia." Lamb filed an answer which said he was "not now, and never had been a member of the Commu nist party." A second issue arose during a court suit filed by Lamb seeking to enjoin the commission from holding hearings in the case. He charged at least three investiga tors had induced persons to claim falsely he had been a member of the Communist party and that the investigators had offered at least one person a bribe in thisi connection. On June 13, 1957, more than three years after the case began. the commission granted his peti tion for a license renewal, sayingl there was not enough evidence to indicate that he had knnwinelv been a member of any Commu nist front organization. They wanted to smear and run, Lamb said. But I chose to defend my name and fight back. "I've spent a lifetime in defending the underdog plenty of people are railroaded to jail on pretty flimsy things. The fact that I had the right to defend myself that's something that the Communists can't give." OCEAN RADIOACTIVITY Water in the North Atlantic and North Pacific Oceans now is some 10 times more radioactive than a few years ago. but this increase has not yet aliected either ocean south of the Equator. "OCHUS BOCHL'S" Oddly enough, there once was a magician in Scandinavian mythology by the name of Ochus Bochus and "hocus pocus" is just variation of his name. WM5WIIII III imj German Town, Astoria Celebrate Johann Astor was known to his friends, left Walldorf at the age of 18 and joined his older brother in London. Then, in 1784, he left for the new, world and got a job as apprentice with a New York fur dealer. Within a yeai he had started his own firm, buying furs in the Hudson River hunting grounds and Canada, and selling them in London at a good profit. In 1810 he sent an expedition to the West Coast and founded Astoria at the mouth of the Columbia River. One reason for the link with As toria is a attempt to revive the relationship. Walldorf Mayor Wil- helm Willinger said, "but we doi not expect a donation from the rich uncles in America. Twenty families named Astor now live in Walldorf, which sports an Astor Garden, an Astor Monument, the Cafe Astoria, and the Astor House, a home for old people built with a $50,000 dona tion from Johann Astor. goods store in Walldorf, Hermann Astor is an upholsterer. Dr. Karl Astor is the village physician, and there is an Astor on the Astoria Walldorf soccer team. A picture of Astoria, Ore., dec orates the dining room of the tiny Walldorf hotel, and another room contains a replica of a cabin in Johann Aster's flagship Tonquin that sailed past Cape Horn in 1810. Enthusiastic Walldorfers also changed the name of their main road from "Nusslocher Strasse" to Johann Jakob Astor Strasse," and put up huge posters at the outskirts of the village advertis ing the birthday party. NOBEL PRIZE The Nobel Prize for literature in 1962, for the sixth time, went to a United States writier. The award, this time, went to John Steinbeck, according to the Bri- Martin Astor runs a leal herltannica Book of the Year. wwwwjmj " iwpwi i ii,ii p JrulwM'l!,(wl.l!,l," aKe it from me. Jfl& SaAin (BoAMj. I -WM'I.U.'.l..". II Mirii-i'i Hi f r' i-.'ml , Stypfpa -. .ST w:Xs' ;;:;.;' . ": ' Ol "I meL.ltn imdr hkm can feel like this... Rocky Maricano never was de feated in his 49 professional fights. PROTECT YOUR FARMING Through . . Equitable's Living Insurants John H. 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