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...year ago, Deguglielmo defended the Lampoon when they were tried for obscenity in the Pontoon, a parody of mid-western college humor magazines. The Lampoon was found guilty of "selling and distributing obscene literature" and lined...
...most famous recent case connected with the University was the banning of the late October, 1950, Lampoon parody, "The Pontoon." He called the publication "filthy, Obscene, and Licentious," but refused "to take any action in this court." He turned the case over to the district attorney. The 'Poon finally pleaded guilty in mid-December to a charge of "selling and distributing obscene pamphlets," and paid a $100 fine...
Plenty of European cities are luring tourists with serious music this summer, but Koblenz (pop.: 92,000) has a different idea. Koblenz offers a big pontoon stage on a quiet inlet of the Rhine, bleachers ashore for 3,000 spectators and snack bars plastered with Coca-Cola signs. It promotes itself as "The City of the Operetta Festival." The single operetta to be staged all this summer: a jazzed-up version of Johann Strauss the Younger's A Thousand and One Nights...
Before his men could reach their objective, the enemy opened ten of the dam's gates, released millions of gallons of water into the river valley. The flood reached seven feet in some gorges, forced U.S. engineers to cut two pontoon bridges (to save them from being swept away), then quickly subsided. Meanwhile, the attacking battalion was having a rough time. Murderous artillery and mortar fire forced it back...
Joseph E. DeGuglielmo '23, who voted against the bill, said he thought it "foolish." He added: "You don't mix municipal affairs with such ridiculous pastimes." DeGuglielmo was attorney for the Lampoon in its recent trial for obscenity in the "Pontoon...