Word: censor
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...proudest acts, soon after he came to power two years ago, was to relax the strict press controls administered by his unpopular predecessor, dictatorial President Laureano Gomez. On one occasion, in the presence of a band of visiting foreign newsmen, Rojas Pinilla turned to the government's chief censor with a grin and forthwith abolished all censorship of outgoing news cables. But last week, no longer so proud, no longer so sure of himself, President Rojas cracked down on the press again...
...ruled that the state's censorship law (part of the Puritans' 300-year-old Sunday blue laws) is unconstitutional, "void on its face as a prior restraint on the freedom of speech and the press." The decision resulted from a suit by Brattle Films, Inc. when state censors refused to allow Sunday showings of Sweden's Miss Julie. ("The girl in it is illegitimate; how would you like for your sister to see a film about an illegitimate girl?" a censor asked a theater manager...
...District Court in Atlanta ruled that City Censor Christine Gilliam overstepped her authority when she banned The Blackboard Jungle apparently because the film depicted white and Negro students attending the same school...
...enraged, though not particularly surprised, to read that some good Catholic fathers in the East have taken it upon themselves to dictate fashions for the American woman [June 27]. It does seem logical, however, that with the success their organization has had in the past in censoring our books, motion pictures and television programs, their next step would be to censor our fashions ... If left unchecked, Father Kunkel could very well turn this whole big beautiful country of ours into a virtual nunnery. Deliver...
...Wilson named R. (for Richard) Karl Honaman, 59, as his new information chief, newsmen were even more concerned. He had never been a newsman, and what press experience he had gained was as Director of Publication for the Bell Telephone Laboratories. His only recent Government experience was as a censor for the Department of Commerce. By last week, newsmen's complaints about Honaman and the news brownout at the Pentagon prompted the congressional probe...