| 58 years ago, one Illinois city cleared out ‘unhealthy’ comics |
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| Tuesday, 22 January 2013 14:00 |
| It was January 1955. Dwight D. Eisenhower was in the White House, Adventures of Superman was on television, and in sleepy Galesburg, Illinois (population 31,425), the local Exchange Club had seized upon one goal: the eradication of comic books that might fuel juvenile delinquency. Writing for The Register-Mail, Galesburg County Library archivist Patty Mosher delves [...] |
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