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An obscenity o r d i- should wait until we picket the places. But if
lance has been urged in have a problem." they don't go, that's the
/Tap 1 e w o o d by City We have the problem best control."
'ouncilman Norman An- right now," Anderson re- Anderson also said the
terson. sponded, "at'the Minne- ordinance should apply
- He outlined the propos- haha (d rive-i n) thea- to magazines.
al in nt general terms at a. tre." "Some of them (maga-
recmeeting. Wiegert went on to tines)' you find on the
And City,Attorney Don suggest that "the best counters these days," he
Lais was directed by the control is really-the peo- stated. "are worse than
council to "work up ple. Some times they ever."
something."
ANDERSON
Lais, meanwhile,
stated: "I'm not very
enthusiastic about it."
Anderson said his pro-
poeal was prompted, in
part, by plans for a six-
screen theatre complex
adjacent to the new Ma-
plewood Mall shopping
center in northeast Ma-
plewood.
"I know I'm anticipat-
ing something," he com-
mented.
'But what bothers
me." he added. "is that
if we have a six-screen
theatre, they (owners)
Nvill want to show at
least one x-rated movie
all the time." 44.-a,4,
He said his assump-
tion was reasonable be-
c a`u s e some suburban
theatres seem to have no
-other way of becoming,
successful financially.
• The x-rated films, he
said.draw-customers.
"Is there some way we
can stop 'this?" he in-
quired.
"You can pass'an ordi-
nance," Lais admitted.
"You ON put in provi-
sions. You' can put in
limits. But don't think
that you'll stop every-
thing that some people
object to."
"It seems like a hope-
less hassle to me,"
Councilman Don Wie-
gert said. "Maybe we