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...Avatar' Ruled Obscene...
Last Wednesday, a Boston Municipal Court judge ruled a recent issue of the hippie newspaper Avatar obscene. He fined a bookstore clerk $200 for selling...
...language here outrages my sense of decency," said Adlow, Poppio suggested that "contemporary community standards" were not the opinions of one individual. "I consider myself a broad-minded fella," said Adlow, who is 71. "And, on the basis of a broad-minded fella's morals, I think Avatar is a filthy, illegal newspaper." Marshall Smith said last night that his stores would probably not sell Avatar until the case is decided in the higher courts. "It is unfair," Smith said, "to employees to expose them to this sort of prosecution. But I disagree vehemently with this decision...
Although the court decision bears only on issue number ten, it is unlikely that Avatar will be able to proceed with a normal distribution of the new issue...
...Cambridge, the Out of Town Newsstand. Nini's and Felix's dropped Avatar last week and only a few stores continue to sell...