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...real American success story, one nobody would begrudge. But reading about it is something else. Sadler and a cat named Tom Mahoney who, say the liner notes, "wrote down Barry Sadler's story," ramble on for page after page, 185 in all, managing to turn what could have been a mildly enlightening tale of either a hillbilly (Happy Valley, N.M.) in the New York publishing world or a soldier in Vietnam--into an absolutely wretched book...
Harvey said the store has long exercised strict self-censorship and that he was sympathetic to the intent of Mahoney's motion. Nevertheless, Harvey hasn't let police recommendations go unchallenged; some of the buttons they suggested discarding are still on display. Of 137 different buttons in the Truc's window last week, only about 10 have gone...
...buttons were attacked last week by City Councillor Thomas H.D. Mahoney, who said they were "blasphemous, vulgar, and, in some cases, obscene." At Mahoney's urging, the City Council passed a resolution asking the police to have merchants ban the buttons voluntarily...
According to Mahoney, the buttons -- which ranged from "Kill a Commie for Christ" to "Sterilize LBJ: No More Ugly Children" -- "have a bad effect on kids...
...half, the department's crime prevention division has contacted the only two stores in the Harvard Square area that are selling the buttons -- the Truc, located under the Brattle, and Krackerjacks, located on Mass. Ave. But the police are asking for less than the total ban that Mahoney urged...