Censorship

OGDEN — An Ogden School District librarian told those attending a Monday panel discussion that safety needs to be addressed on both sides of the issue of censorship of a book in Davis district schools.

In an interview, Kathy Gambles said librarians in Ogden schools are required to be certified both as teachers and as librarians.

But, she said, this is only the case in five districts in the state. She said other districts rely only on aides or others untrained as librarians.

When James Jones published "From Here to Eternity" in 1951, his editors had pulled back some of the frank language and description in his original draft. The resulting novel, which chronicled the drinking, brawling and illicit affairs of soldiers stationed in Hawaii in the months before Pearl Harbor -- was a titillating, critically acclaimed bestseller. The 1953 movie, which starred Frank Sinatra, Montgomery Clift, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr, got a similar reception, winning eight Oscars, including best picture.