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The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, June 10, 1980-Page 3
Local Scene'
CITY TO SEEK CONTEMPT OF COURT CITATION
Danish News stays open

By MITCH STUART
The city will seek a contempt of court citation
against an adult bookstore located on North Fourth
Ave. for apparently violating the terms of a court or-
der handed down nearly two weeks ago, City Attor-
ney Bruce Laidlaw said yesterday.
The Danish News Co. has been open for business
since Friday despite an injunction issued May 28 or-
dering it to close. Washtenaw County Circuit Judge
Henry Conlin handed down the order to keep the store
closed while the issue of an alleged city zoning
violation is decided.
THE INJUNCTION reads: "The Defendants
(operators of Danish News) are enjoined from
operating an adult bookstore . .. at 209 North Fourth
Avenue." The store has been open in apparent
violation of the court order for four days.
Laidlaw said the city must now file a complaint
with the court, and go through another hearing to get
the contempt citation. The citation will allow the
Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department to enforce
*the injunction by jailing the store's operators if
Research
produces
valuable
soybean
data
BY JOYCE FRIEDEN
Research being conducted by a
University botany professor is yielding
valuable discoveries about the nature
of an important but lackluster legume
, the soybean plant.
Prof. Larry Nooden and his assistan-
ts, supported by grants from Allied
Chemical Co., the National Science
Foundation, and the Department of
Agriculture, have spent the last several
years attempting to unlock specific
mysteries concerning the soybean's
growth patterns. PROTE
NOODEN HAS discovered the Theatre
syenpatproduces a "seeec
gna (otherwise known as a "killing GR O
influence") at a certain time, causing
the plant's leaves to disintegrate and
leading to its death. Reversing that in-
fluence, he explained, would result in
increased soybean crop yield.
The beans, he said, have gained
widespread use in this country recen-
tly. "Soybeans have always been big
outside the United States, especially in
the Orient," Nooden continued. "They A group
are a protein source not so much for X-rated fil
humans, but for animals. They are used Demon
extensively in animal feed." was shown
Longevity in all organisms is deter- and chante
mined genetically, Nooden said. "In the PROTE
soybean plant, there is a 'programming and valid
of death' that occurs when the seeds are was orga
developing," he explained. "When the for Batter
seeds mature, they destroy the plant." Shelte
Nooden added only the seeds remain to ted to the
produce a new plant. She said
THE PROFESSOR and his assistants prompt a
have discovered the seeds are the sour- participa
ce of the killing influence, and the group a Theatr
See RESEARCH, Page 9

necessary.
Laidlaw said the legal proceedings, although slow,
are necessary. "We (the city) can't go down there
and put a chain across the door," he said.
MAYOR LOUIS BELCHER said Friday he would
authorize the Ann Arbor Police Department to close
the store by any means necessary, but said yesterday
he has since learned only the county court can
authorize enforcement of the injunction. "It is totally
frustrating," he said.
"It's total contempt for the (judicial) sytem. I hope
the judge throws everything at them that he possibly
-can," Belcher added.
DANISH NEWS Attorney William Swor of Detroit
said yesterday, "My client has no intention of
violating the court's order," but could not explain
why the bookstore was open.
When asked last night if the bookstore was in viola-
tion of the circuit court's injunction by remaining
open, Jeff Olson, a former manager of Danish News
and current manager of the store's Ypsilanti branch,
said, "No. We would be if our primary income or

primary inventory was 'adult material."'
Olson said the bookstore's management believes
they are not in violation of a city ordinance
prohibiting the sale of 'adult materials' in specified
areas of the city because the majority of their mer-
chandise does not fall within that category.
Some people who own or work in businesses near
Danish-News have expressed disappointment in the
slow judicial process.
Angel Parker, a worker at the Women's Crisis Cen-
ter located directly above the store, said yesterday,
"We're being reassured that the city's taking care of
it. We've been reassured before and nothing has hap-
pened."
City residents and officials have expressed concern
the bookstore will continue to open on weekends when
key city officials are unavailable to take action.
In answer to this concern, Belcher said, "I'm going
to make sure we have some set procedures on
(future) weekends."

0

STERS OBJECT TO the violent nature of the X-rated film "Story of O" Friday night in front of the St;
-. Demonstrators chanted "Rape is not entertainment" and urged'passersby not to see the movie.
UP SA YS FILM POR TRAYS EXCESSIVE VIOLENCE:

-rated movie' protested

By MITCH STUART
ip of about 40 persons protested the showing of the
1m "Story of 0" at a local theatre late Friday night.
strators at the State Street Theatre, where the film
n at midnight Friday and Saturday, carried signs
sd slogans in protest of the movie's content.
ESTERS SAID THE film's portrayal of violent sex
ates violence against women. The demonstration
nized by workers at the Washtenaw County Shelter
ed Women.
r spokeswoman Randi Lansky said the group objec-
film's "role model," who committed violent acts.
the group feared portrayal of violent sex might
moviegoer to replicate the acts on an unwilling
nt.
e Manager Barry Miller said the protest did not

slow ticket sales for "Story of 0." "If anything, it helped (the
sales)," he said.
MILLER SAID THE protesters did not approach him per-
sonally with their complaints, and the demonstration itself
did not discourage him from showing the film. "It'll be on
next week," he added.
Demonstrators chanted "Don't go to 'O"' and "Rape is
not entertainment" in an effort to discourage patrons from
watching the movie.
Protester Wayne Pratt said he was against the movie
"because it shows violence against women. It's a par-
ticularly offensive type of pornography." Pratt was one of
several male protesters.
Demonstrators said they were not disputing the First
Amendment rights of the filmmaker, theatre, or patrons.
"We're not questioning the First Amendment," Lansky said.
"We are trying to make people aware of what (the film)
shows."

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