age SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, April 10. |970 ) Wilhelm Continued ham page a the rest of 1969. The third issue of the year came out Septemr ber 18, 1969, and it did not gen erate any oi the controversy that the previous issue had, or the next would. The publication at the final issue of Pterodactyl on November 11, 1969 resulted In more legal action. Four people who were selling Ptero< dactyl in Cedar Falls, Iowa e Krystyna Neuman, Kit Leder, Jacob Margolan (then a Grin- nell student). and a friend of Margolan‘s from another colr lege — were arrested under an Iowa obscenity law which makes it a felony to sell mate- rial that is deemed obscene, Those four people were are i'aigned at that time in county district court in Waterloo, Earr lier this year it was thought that the charges might be dropped; however, a second ar- raignment was held on March 30, and a trial date was set for Krystyna Neul-nan and Kit Leder for May 31, l970, and for Margolan and the other de- fendant at a later date. Krys- tyna Neuman and Kit Leder are apparently being singled out for an earlier trial,‘ but it is not known why. In February of this year, Henry Wilhelm, Krystyna Neu» man, and other East Street Gale lery residents announced that they were leaving Pterodactyl for the present because other staff members a they men- tioned Bruce Nissen and Sally Hamann — had imposed major- ity rule, as opposed to the ”freedom of expression" prin- ciple, as the rule for determin ing what material should go into Ptem. Wilhelm, Krystyna Neuman and the others cons cluded their statement with the words “We will return Irom our exile." Shortly alter the Playboy demonstration of F e b r u a r y, 1969. two students, Neil Fis- cher and Gregg Schmidt, wrote an editorial and read it over KDIC radio which implied that the demonstration was staged by Wilhelm, with the idea that he would be able to profit from the sale of photographs of it. After this editorial was broad- cast, Mrs. Ruth Prescott of the College at Information Servict obtained the text of it and hac copies made, which she sent to the area news media under a cover letter explaining, “We “A must-r film producer is inAuslralr'a, in search of two hundred aborigines willing to appear in the nude with Vanessa Redgrave. Ari obvi- ous attempt at mongrelr'ze- tion. Of the aborigines.” For a tu- (spy or union“. RE- Virw, wiil I, ran as St N. Y. IWlo. Mackinac Island Hotel needs waitresses. bartend- ers. dock porters. Sum- mer employment, June 8 hrough Sept, 7. For in- formation write: 3 John Ross , 3821 Bishop Detroit. Mich. 48224 offer It simply Ior your inforr motion,” On August 28, 1969, Wilhelm Iiled a libel suit in Poweshiek County District Court in Monte- zuma alleging that because oi distribution of that letter and editorial, he was “exposed to public hatred, contempt, and ridicule" and suffered “irrep- arable damage to l’IIS reputation as a photographer," He named Mrs. Prescott, President beg- gett, Dean wall, Chairman oi the Board of Trustees Robert Noyce, Vice Chairman Ellen Pray Maytag, and Treasurer and Business Manager Donald W, Lambic as defendants, and asked for $20,000 general and 315,000 special damages. Late last year, Wilhelm withdrew the suit because of financial problems in retaining legal counsel; however, he intends to rctile it as soon as he is able. In November or last year Wilhelm was charged with Vio- lation of a Grinnell zoning ore dinance which prohibited busi- nesses in residentially zoned areas, such as the section of East Street where he lives. He was tried and found guilty of the charge in the court of Grin nell Justice of the Peace Ed- win Lincoln. In that trial, the stais’s eVl dence consisted of testimony by Chief of Police Bill Peters and Grinnell photographer Charles Sumner, who had bought a photo washer from Wilhelm, and a picture of Wilhelm’s house showing a sign with the words “East Street Gallery” (having a sign of a certain size or larger constitutes a violation ol the zoning ordinance). The (Ice tense was represented by Law hence Frank, who contended that Wilhelm was not in violation ol the sense of the zoning ordi- nance, since none of his neigh- bors were bothered, Frank said in his closing statement which Judge Lincoln later called “a gem” — that the charge ol violation of the zen ing law constituted “a ludir crous attempt on the part oi citizens to harass Henry wn- helm‘.” Nevertheless, Wilhelm was [ound guilty on the basis ol the evidence, and he was fined $25. Wilhelm intended to appeal the case to district court in Monte: Your Favorite Beverage and Snack Items zuma. but was unable to raise the $200 necessary for an ap- peal bond; therefore, he chose to pay the penalty by going to i ' where each day counts as $3.33 towards the line. There are those who think that complaint against Wilhelm on the basis ol the zoning law cons stituted harassment by citi zens 7 is possibly yustiiied. Several people who are ac quainted with the case indicated to the 5&3 that pressure was put on the Grinnell city council to take action against Wilhelm by citizens associated with a beauty shop operator who had been found guilty of the same zoning 0 rd in a n c e several months before Wilhelm’s case. Furthermore. two sources, one which is extremely reliable, ins dicated that originally pressure was put on the council to charge the beauty shop operator With violation of the ordinance by one or more college protes- sors who lived near the beauty shop. It is, however, impossible to ascertain with any degree oi certainty what pressures, ii any, were involved in the brings ing of the charge against Wile helm. Last fall, after Freda Tepiel, a former Grinnell student who lived at the East Street Gallery, was fired by the owner or a cafe south of town, she and Krystyna Neuman went to tall to her former employer, Mr. Gene McCurry. While McCurry and Freda Tepier were talking, Krystyna Neuman attempted to take their picture. When he saw this, according to Krystyna Neu~ man, McCurry went towards her and he and an assistant grabbed her camera. Subsequently. shs filed a complaint against Mc» Curry asking that he be charged with assault and battery. Mce Curry pied not guilty, and a trial was held in Judge Line coln's court. After the first two witnesses were called, however, Krystyna Neuman withdrew her com- plaint because she felt that the county attorney, Michael Enich, was not objecting to questions from McCurry's attorney which were irrelevant to the case r lor example, questions about where she lived. She feels that Enich's less than vigorous hand- ling of her case — which was verified by the reports of others — was the “grossest example oi town justice" she has yet en- countered. Enich told the 58:3 that he tried to do his best on that case, as he does with all cases. He said that he recom- mended that she not file the case, but that "it might have been for their own particular purposes,” When asked by the 5&3 to explain why he used the word “they” when reterring to Krys- tyna Neuman and the case he had with her, County Attorney Enich replied, “They always travel in a group." The third and final part of this story will be published next week. ) CBS Continued from page I “lazy” and claiming that they "don’t want to work.” Peek said that a major reason whites continue to dominate blacks is that “blacks in high positions had to prove themv selves 'niggers' to get those jobs.” He cited Senator Brooks of Massachusetts as a nex- ample. “Senator Brooke‘s cons stituency is white and his fi- nancial support is white. If he goes against his support to represent the black commtb nity, he is doomed.” “Integration of restrooms, lunch counters, and other facil- ities was a waste of energy be- cause it didn't challenge the social and political power struc- ture. Integration is a smoke screen. ”Race is the first thing which Is determined; it cannot be changed. Blacks have decided to be black and to work from there to assault the power structure, It you are pro-black, you don't have enough time to spend on feelings like racism." Sunday morning, the Rover and Joseph H. Williams, guest speaker, presented a sermon on "Empty Seats ~ Missing Brothers.” The Chicago Gos- pel Ensemble provided music. The Rev. Williams addressed himself first to the black mar- tyrs: ”A martyr is one who would die rather than set aside his convictions.” He presented a long list of black martyrs of all skin colors. asserting that “blackness is not a matter of Double Gold Bond Stumps on Wednesdays At low, low Discount Prices We Accept Vouchers McNALLll’S SUPER IIIILII OPEN EVERY NIGHT TILL 9 — 102! MAIN skin color, soul." ”The black community ought to be concerned with black martyrs because we are the martyrs. Anyone who stands up for humanizing people in this society becomes a martyr. When Martin Luther King, Jr. started talking about power for poor people, about ending the war in Vietnam, he had to go." "Racism is a sickness that pervades America today. There will be no liberation of black folks until the middle~class white folks are liberated. To them, things are more impore tant than people:" Then the Rev. Williams dis- cussed his maln point -— the role black people should take in their liberation movement: “I'm tired of the statement ‘l'm ready to die.‘ There's too much to be done. Those people in the graveyard are no threat to anyone. If you die while working to help the commu- nity, that’s different — you don't have any control over that." The Rev. Williams directed his conclusion to the black members of the congregation. “People don't have to worry about two kinds of people — those with no tools and those who won’t use them. If you don‘t go back to your commu- nities and do more than you could have without your edu- cation, then you’re wasting your time.” it is a matter oi —— Applications tor the April 20th house president elections are now hcing accepted, Statements of candidacy must be typed on ditto masters obtained from Greg Vl'alllcar ix 573 and box 1145) and returned to him before 5 pm Tuesday, April 14. 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