[Vision2020] Fall of '55 to show at Kenworthy

Bill London london at moscow.com
Tue Oct 24 16:09:48 PDT 2006


> On Thursday, November 2, "Idaho Votes No on HJR2" will present the Palouse
> Premiere of Seth Randall's documentary film, "The Fall of '55," at 7:00 PM
> at the Kenworthy Peforming Arts Centre in Moscow.
>
> In the fall of 1955, the citizens of Boise were told there was a menace in
> their midst.  On Halloween of that year, three men were arrested--accused
of
> being part of a giant "sex ring."  There was no such ring, but the result
> was a widespread investigation which some people now call a witch hunt.
By
> the time the investigation ended 16 men were charged with sex crimes.
>
> The investigation attracted the attention of "Time Magazine" and
newspapers
> across America.  The subsequent publicity left scars which remain to this
> day.
>
> Head of Special Collections and Associate Professor at Boise State
> University Albertsons Library, Alan Virta, who was the historian on the
> film, will participate in a panel discussion immediately following the
film.
>
> For more information, contact Julie Ketchum at 882-4127 or visit
> www.kenworthy.org.



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