Word: houston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...courts. Nevertheless, in Oklahoma City, the city council recently passed an ordinance banning crime and horror comics. Some council members opposed the ordinance on the ground that the wording was so vague it could be used to ban the writings of Edgar Allan Poe or Arthur Conan Doyle. In Houston, spurred by Page One editorials in Jesse Jones's Chronicle, the city council also passed an ordinance similar to Oklahoma City...
Some communities, opposed to the Oklahoma City and Houston-type ordinances because they are concerned about the effects of scattershot censorship, have turned to a better method of control. In Cincinnati, for example, a citizens' committee of businessmen, educators, clergymen and parents rates every comic book published. In Canton, Ohio, a mayor's committee started "Operation Book Swap," in two days collected 12,000 horror comic books, which were exchanged at the rate of ten to one for hard-covered books, e.g., Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland...
...more and more companies are coming around to the view that pampering pays. In the traditionally low-paying insurance business, which pioneered in pensions and sick benefits, some new frills are being added. In Houston the Prudential Insurance Co. of America two years ago put up a $9,000,000 building with a swimming pool, outdoor lounge and free-lunch cafeteria. The company now has a waiting list for clerical help. Says Prudential Vice President Charles Fleetwood: "This building is one of the biggest bargains we ever...
...HEAD JR. Houston...
...tension broken. Milton Ellenby and William A. Rosen of Chicago, Lew Mathe of Los Angeles, John Moran of Houston and Cliff Bishop of Detroit went on to take the Masters' Knockout Championship with a string of seven straight victories, won the right to represent the U.S. in next year's international matches in New York City...