The Times

Weekend of May 15/16, 1976 TIMES/GUIDE 7

Scores volunteer to assist in taking of morals poll

By the end of next week, South Miamians may know what the moral standards of their city are — at least as far as adult book stores are concerned. A group organized by South Miamian Bert Albert intends to permanently knock out an adult book store in the city by using the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of community moral standards as a criteria for determining obscenity. The group, calling itself "Americans for Decency," intends to begin polling South Miamians and those near the city's limits in Coral Gables and the county area on their feelings about hard core pornography. Groundwork for the poll taking was laid when Albert sent out 1,560 letters to area churches and civic clubs explaining the effort and seeking volunteers to distribute questionnaires. south miami report ...edwin knight Wednesday night, May 5, Albert and his group met in council chambers of South Miami City Hall with prospective volunteers to further explain their goals and mechanics of handling the questionnaires. "There were about 100 people at the meeting," Albert said. "They were mostly from churches and from that meeting, we have about 70 volunteers to circulate the questionnaires." Another meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 17, to distribute questionnaires to poll takers who are to begin their rounds next week. "Right now we're printing up more questionnaires to bring to about 6,500 the number we distribute," Alber added. "We're also printing maps so that the volunteers will know what their area of coverage is." Each volunteer will be asked to call on 50 homes or ask occupants whether they would agree to participate in the poll and ask the occupant to answer four questions. The questions are whether the individual considers pictures or movies of certain kinds of specific sex acts to be obscene and offensive to their moral standards, whether bookstores selling such material should be allowed, whether the individual would be willing to view such materials and whether the individual would be willing to testify in court. Individuals do not have to give their names on the questionnaire unless they also are willing to testify in court. The poll taker certifies by his own presence that the questionnaire is a valid statement by an unnamed citizen. "Since the moral standards of a community are the basis for determining what is pornographic and distasteful to the community, we intend to find out just what South Miamians believe to be obscene," Albert, a retiree, brought out. He added that when all the questionnaires are filled out, probably in a week or two, he expects a percentage of between 90 and 95 per cent to be in opposition to the sale of pornography in their community. A similar poll in California, aimed at X-rated movies, drew a 98 per cent objection to such films. Armed with the questionnaires, "Americans for Decency" intends to promote a test case through the state attorney's office. Working closely with and advising Albert's "Americans" is Harold Ungerleider, chief of the Appellate division of State Attorney Richard Gerstein's office. "We're breaking new ground here," Albert brought out. "We're hoping for a precedent-setting ruling in court which can be used by other communities in putting adult book stores out of business."

Corps band will anchor Memorial Day parade

By EDWIN KNIGHT Staff Writer west miami news For the third consecutive year, the City of West Miami's annual Memorial Day Parade will be led by the Marine Corps band from Parris Island, S. C. In addition, the parade route will be changed so that spectators will only have to line SW 16th Street to view the city's ninth annual parade. "For the second year, we're going to have the parade at 4:30 in the afternoon so that it will be cooler," explained the parade's overall chairman, James Slaughter. "We've also found that more people attend the parade at that time of day." The May 31 parade will begin at SW 16th Street and 65th Avenue and move east to Red Road. It will turn the corner and disband at that point. "The parade route will be slightly shorter, only about a mile now, but it'll be easier on the participants and the police in blocking off streets," Slaughter pointed out. The parade formerly covered several streets and began and ended at Sylvania Heights Elementary School on 16th Street at SW 59th Avenue. Following the parade will be the city's annual Memorial Day service, which pays tribute to servicemen who have died in the country's most recent wars. This will include a wreath-laying ceremony at a flag pole in the city's Open Space Park. The park is regularly maintained by representatives of local veterans organizations. "The parade this year will include about 70 units," said Slaughter, "with about 10 of those being good musical units." For the first time, the parade also will include floats which will display a bicentennial theme. In addition to the Parris Island Marine Band will be Coral Park, Miami Senior and Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School bands, the Floridians and Silhouettes Drum and Bugle Corps, the Greater Miami Merry Mummers string band and the St. Andrews bagpipe band. Interspersed between the musical units will be color guards, units representing military and veterans organizations, Boy and Girl Scout units and majorettes. The city's annual Memorial Day observance has grown from a small group of marching veterans in 1967 to become the largest and best attended Memorial Day celebration in the state, according to Slaughter. On Sunday, May 30, the day preceding the parade, the Marine Corps band will present a concert at 4 p.m. in the city's Open Space Park. "This is a repeat of the concert the band gave last year," Slaughter brought out. "There were a lot of people there. It's very popular."

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