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."