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Commentary
Life After 'The Day After'
By Peter Derksen ent situation: the option of mass unconsTransformations
of human conscious- ciousness. In a way much more powerful
ness, in.dividual or cultural, occur when than newspaper editorials or talking
the previously unthinkable becomes thin- heads on the news, we have experienced
kable. While it may be optimistic, or at an event none of us ever wants to see. We
least premature, to attribute a civilization- are obliged, by a very distinguished panel
wide coneciousness-raising to ABC's film, of experts, to rest assured that full-scale
it was clear, both during the film and nuclear war will probably not take place
panel discussion afterward1 that nothing because logically it is not in anybody's
less than that will do. best interest to start one. That is very cold
If someone could magically abolish comfort to me, with recent events in
nudear weapons, that would alter the Lebanon as a reminder-as if there were
means, not the potential, for species sui- not already enough examples in historycide.
Indeed, given the choice between that one person's logic and perceived selfchemical,
biological or nuclear warfare, interest may be quite different from
the latter might be the ex.it of choice for another person's.
Danny
Villa's
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Review
Billie
Duncan's
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p.14 those of us who care to balance one type of Before rational humanism became the
horror against another. Tihkering with mode, people lived with the constant prethe
meansofwarfarewithoutdealing with monition of their own or society's destructht"
causes is a spectacular waste of time. tion by forces beyond th~~:ir personal
And conventional ways of talking about continued page 5 ._ ____________________ __.
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these discussions usually occur: the peculiar
post-Renaissance concept of human
beings as consisting of an ego, supposedly
rational mind and sack of flesh. In no
other way can I explain the present situation,
where the power to eradicate the
human race Hes with two competing ideologies
whose chief concern seems to be
"who get.a to do what with whose things."
We are not satisfied by social structures or
strategies based on that concept of
humanity, because deep inside us we
believe, or at least would like to, that there
must be something more to us than just
that.
Broadcasting the film removed one of
society's options for dealing with the pres-
MONTROSE v 0 I C E
The Newspaper of Montrose Nov. 25, 1983 Issue ... 151 Published Every Friday
all and Van Hightower Toe to Toe in Runoff
By Hollis Hood
Ballot& cast in the Nov. 29 city council
at-large position 4 runoff will determine
the outcome in one of the hardest fought
candidate campaigns the community has
seen in some time, the one between Nikki
Van Hightower and Anthony Hall.
Van Hightower, founder and director of
the Houston Area Women's Center, has
consistently been a proponent of human
rights and gay rights.
"Everyone should be treated fairly," she
said. "We need the best talent we can get,
and that talent should not he judged on
some extraneous personal charateristic."
When asked if she supported an employment
ordinance which included protection
via sexual orientation, she said she
wouldn't be afraid to "draw fire."
"['ve always drawn fire," she said, referring
to her stance on human rights that
has in the past been viewed by some as
radical. "But [would not support an issue
that had not been researched or that had
no chance of passing
"I believe elected leaders can make a
difference in the lives of citizens and
should feel a responsibility to enhancing
the quality of life enjoyed by those persons,"
she said.
Hightower mentioned that she can
represent those concerns for quality ?f.life,
aa evidenced by putting feet to opm1ons
when she formed the Houston Area
Women'• Center some years ago.
Van Hightower supported the convention
center building, dubbed it "desirable,"
and supported the Houston Housing
Authority's decision to raze Allen Parkway
Village.
'"That place is uninhabitable. It's supposedly
helping, but it's keeping the poor
in a ghetto where they can be easily
exploited-that's not the way it should be
I would support smaller housing proJects
that would blend into the surrounding
neighborhoods," she said
As a resident of Montrose, the candidate
Although Van Hightower trailed Hall citywide m the first balloting, she easily
led him in Montrose. The runoff is Nou. 29.
said she supports bayou beautification, a
greater emphasis on the arts and a commission
to study solutions to Houston's
water woes
Van Hightower has received numerous
awards and honors, including the 1980
Hester House Humanitarian Award, and
holds a doctorate in political science from
New York University.
She is endorsed by virtually every city
law enforcement organization, among
others. and was also endorsed by the Gay
Political Caucus
llall, on the other hand, received the
endorsement of Mayor Kathy Whitmire
and has been endorsed by numerous civic
and business groups.
"I am avidly for equal nghts and have
been," he said. "Government should not
be in the business of regulating the individual's
right.a, unless protected rights are
being vioJated."
Hall has also received many honors and
awards for distinguished service, including
a Jisting in Who's Whom Texas and
the Susan B. Anthony Award from the
Harris County Women's Political Caucus
for legislation on behalf of women.
He is an attorney and holds a degree
from Marshall Law School.
Hall gave up his city council seat representing
District D to run in the at-large race
because he "wanted to become more
involved with the lifeblood of the city."
He gained his former seat on a record of
public service in the Texas legislature. He
voted to repeal Texas Penal Code 21.06
there, and in Houston as councilman
voted to repeal the cross-dressing ordinance
in 1980. He is an active member of
the Democratic Party and supported inclusion
of the Gay Rights Plank in its 1980
national platform.
AB the runoff date nears, Hightower has
been marshalling Montrose backing. She
carried it decidedly on Nov. 2 with 66 percent,
and is now trying to garner more of
the vote outside the Montrose/University
area.
Hall is trying to capture more support in
Montrose, where he faired badly while
keeping the citywide backing, apparenUy
by election percentages.
So it's anyone's guess as to how the election
night figures fall.
Both Hall and Van Hightower carried
only about a third of the vote citywidehence
the runoff-and the outcome of the
election will appear to depend on how
many of the presently uncommitted cit·
ywide citizenry either side can muster will
cast a ballot on Nov. 29
COMPLIMENTARY WELL DRINKS
FRIDAY, NOV. 25-7PM-IOPM
Nov. 25, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 3
Vice Conduct Sting Operations
By Robert Hyde
Houston Police Department vice officers
made several visits into the Montrose area
recently, and some members of the community
are questioning their motives as to
whether or not they were here because of
community demand.
Ray Hill, gay activist and GPC board
member, said a "general heat on the bookstores"
began Wednesday, Nov. 16, when
vice officers entered Asylum, Studs, the
Ballpark and Mr. Peepers, and that several
customers were arrested at the latter
establishment.
Twenty vice officers, most dressed as
decoys, also made news later in the week
when they arrested 34 people along the
lower end ofWestheimer from early Satur·
day evening through the wee hours of Sunday
morning.
HPD Sgt. McMullen, a vice officer, said
that 34 people were arrested in the sting:
19 on charges of prostitution and 15
"street hustlers" on a hitchhiking charge.
Hill said that halfofthosearrested were
transients. One man arrested is a Jesus
advocate who distributes "Jesus loves
you" pamphlets along the streets, Hill
said, and questioned whether or not the
community wants these types of individuals
taken in.
Whether all of the arrests were legitimate
is questionable, but Hill said that the
community can expect 11a great deal more
of the same."
St. McMullen said that the vice officers
were responding to "complaints from the
businesses and citizens in the area."
Gay Man's
Execution
Again Scheduled
By Chris Church/ Nile Scene
Via GPA Wire Service
TALLAHASSEE-Florida authorities, in
response to a second death warrant signed
by Gov. Bob Graham, have scheduled the
execution of condemned killer Robert A.
Sullivan, 36, for 7:00 a.m. Nov. 29.
Sullivan, who has spent a record 10
years on death row for th e shooting of a
Dade County (Miami) restaurant manager,
received a stay of execution from a
federal court in 1979. He presently has an
appeal pending in a Miami circuit courl
This may be true, since several civic
organizations, i.e. the Greater Montrose
Business Guild and theAvondaleAssociation,
have urged police over the past few
months to "clean-up" prostitution on
lower Westheimer.
Hill feels that the sting operations stem
in part from publicity generated by local
news media.
"News media reports are turning the
cops on," Hill said, with a lot of anti-gay
publicity.
Most of this recent adverse publicity
stems from Ed Falk, who represents himself
as a Montrose business man and is
being featured by Channel 13 as a spokes-man
for the area in a current series on vice.
"Falk is a moral majority nut," Hill
claims. "He has no legitimate ties to Montrose
at all." He said that Falk is in Houston
representing a Taiwanese firm
specializing in the production of fasteners
for light industry, such as nuts, bolts and
screws.
Hill said that Falk was reknown at radio
station KPFT when Hill managed the station
asawaradvocateandaJohnBircher.
He was later dismissed from the board of
directors of the station, Hill said, because
of his flagrant, anti-gay sentiments.
Hill said he has reported Falk's stance
on gay issues to Channel 13.
Dallas Benefit Nets $20,000 for Groups
By Joe Baker/Dallu Gay New•
DALLAS-Two hundred and forty-eight
gay men, lesbians and friends shared an
evening of "Visions'' last Saturday night
to benefit the Human Rights Campaign
Fund and the National AIDS Lobby Project.
More than $20,000 was raised.
The Dallas Dinner Committee's second
annual black-tie dinner at the Fairmont
Hotel attracted 100 more people than last
year's affair.
Attending the $150 per person dinner
were gay rights leaders from throughout
Texas and the country and several elected
officials, but most of the guests were "just
plain gay folks" who were committed to
advancing the cause of human rights.
The evening was entitled "Visions."
Helping guests to share their visions were
keynote speakers U.S. Congressman Bill
Green (R-N.Y.) and Virginia Apuzzo, exec·
utive director of the National Gay Task
Force.
"The cause of gay rights is not a 'them
versus us' situation," Green said in his
address. "Gay rights is human rights. A
government that permits discrimination
of gay men and lesbians endangers the
human rights of all."
Green, one of the earliest supportera of
gay rights and presently one of the
staunchest and most effective supporters
of AIDS funding legislation, told his
a udience that both lobbying and educating
are important in furthering the cause
of gay rights.
He swd elected officials and the public
have a lot to learn, but stressed that
HAmerica is learning."
"We are talking about a human rights
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derstanding and prejudice, but we can
succeed."
Green, who repeat.edly used the pronouns
"we" and "us" when discussing the
fight for gay rights, called the Human
Rights Campaign Fund one of the more
powerful political action comnuttees m
the country.
He urged gay men and women not to
ignore the Republican Party in their strug-gl?;
Progressive Republicans are rebuilding,"
he said. "There are candidf:lt.es .who
deserve your support and contributions.
Let them know you are prepared to help
them if they help you. Hold them accountable."
Green said human rights legislationgay
rights-should be supported by both
progressives and conservatives in all the
political parties.
"This should be an iBBue especially dear
to conservatives who believe in less
government interference," he said .
"Government has no business legislating
in anyone's bedroom."
Apuzzo told guests that it was an act of
courage for them to attend the fundraising
dinner, and noted a lot of them
were at different steps in their personal
involvement for gay rights.
Montrose
Mouth
Holiday Party Season
Well , it's holiday party season now. After
the turkey, it's time to try and sort out all
the season's invitations.
The Voice (that's us) will be having it's
annual "Christmas Party and Public
Spectacle" in mid-December. And you' re
invited. Watch this space next week.
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Houston's KS/Aids Foundation received
an honorable mention in the Nov. 24
issue of The Advocate for its AIDS Play
Safe Week of Sept. 18-25
The magazine stated, "the Houston
venture goes a long way toward thawing the
paralysis of fear that has seized too many
men. Playing safe with sex gives people
something to look forward to other than
deadly panic. And it reinforces what is
positive about AIDS, if such a thought can
be entertained for a moment: that is, that
gay men still have much to be grateful for,
much to celebrate-above all , their
affection for each other "
Rice University strikes back, demanding
equal time from St. Thomas. which has
been monopolizing this space. So, here we
go' On Dec. 2, the Rice Chorale will have a
Christmas concert; on Dec. 3, soprano
Jeanette Lombard and pianist Mary Norris
will perform; Dec. 4 has two concerts
scheduled-the Campanile Orchestra's at
2:30 and violinist Serg1u Luca with pianist
Anne Epperson; on Dec. 6, the New World
Strings Quartet will perform; and on Dec. 8,
there will be a "Messiah Sing-Along" (at St
Paul's Methodist Chu rch) with fu ll
orchestra and scores available at the door.
For more information, contact Roslyn
Ruetha1n at 527-4933
And then the University of St. Thomas will
present a Wind Ensemble on Wed., Nov. 30,
at 8pm in Cullen Hall. For more information
on this concert, call 522-7911 , ext. 240.
Douglas Bone is the new owner of the Exile
with David Laland the club's manager We
kinda got them mixed up last week. Sorry
But the important news is that the Joker's
back on the wall at the club, thanks to Frank
Mary's is having 1t"s .. sometimes annual" Mr
and Miss Mary's Contest Dec. 1 (Thursday,
a week after Thanksgiving), on the patio
P1ckels is handling the whole affair The
Officer's Club is starting a new Thursday
tradition at least through Decemeber: 2
for 1 beer and well drinks 9pm-2am
Baja's will have having a splendid
Thanksgiving Smorgasbord starting 6pm
Turkey Day
"Now, to help fill up this space, we give you
a li sting of some unforgetable events that
happened in years past this coming week .
Nov 26: King Tut's tomb was opened
today In Egypt 1n 1922
Nov. 28: Rita Mae Brown 1s 39 years old
today. She's the author of The Rubyfru1t
Jungle . Another author, Will iam
Shakespeare. married Anne Hathaway
today in 1582
Nov 29: Admiral Byrd flew over the Soul
Pole today in 1929
Nov. 30: It's Mark Twain's (Samuel
Clemens) birthday. Twam was born in 1835
Also on this day, Oscar Wilde died 1n 1900
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Here's something to stlck in the back of
your mind. You'll never know when you'll
need It
Richard Cornish was the first man to be
convicted of a •·homosexual offenseh 1n
America He was executed m 1624
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Nov. 25, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 5
One Last Time: The Infamous Rascal's
Encounter Between Greanias and the GPC
AIDS May Be
Foreseen in Eyes
By Robert Hyde
Kent Spear, aide to councilman George
Greanias and a representative of Houston's
gay community, tried to clarify an
incident at Rascal's which erupted
between the councilman and Gay Political
Caucus President Larry Bagneris on the
Saturday preceding election Tuesday during
the GPC bar tour-an event which
alarmed some members of the community
who are still confused over exactly what
went on (see VOICE issues of Nov. 11 and
18).
While it has been reported by some that
a heated exchange took place between the
president of the GPC and the councilman
(an exchange which they feel was devisive
of the community), Spear said that the
meeting was low key and was only the
result of a minor misunderstanding
between Bagneris and Greanias.
The seeds of the incident were planted
when the GPC endorsed candidate Nikki
Van Hightower in the Position 4 Councilat-
Large race over Anthony Hall, who is
supported by many members of the community,
as well as by Mayor Kathy Whitmire.
Spear said that Greanias, following an
established City Council procedure, chose
not to endorse either Hall or Hightower. In
addHion, the councilman declined a place
on both Mayor Whitmire's and the GPC's
bar tours.
Furthermore, and because the community
had reached "fever pitch" over the
endorsements, Spear said, Greanias felt
awkward when asked by Bagneris to par·
ticipate in GPC's tour.
Greanias was also disturbed that he had
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been the only elected official invited to
participate on the tour, supposedly due to
a four-people restriction imposed by the
GPC, Spear said.
However, Greanias did agree at the last
minute to accompany the GPC if candidate
Hightower was not present. Spear
said that the councilman would not have
felt comfortable with the candidate, since
this would have meant a virtual endorsement.
Greanias also clarified with Bagneris
prior to the tour that while on the tour he
would not address the GPC bloc vote issue.
Spear said that it was agreed that Greanias
would meet the tour at Rascal's and
that Hightower would have left the tour by
that time.
Dale Beverly, spokesman for the GPC
since Bagneris was not available for comment,
said that Hightower was ignorant
of the arrangements made with Greanias.
Hightower also was expected to dropout
of the tour early, Beverly said, because she
had a problem with cigarette smoke in the
bars. But since the smoke had been light
that night, Beverly said that she decided
to stay.
Beverly also said that Greanias was late
arriving at Rascal's, and his tardiness prevented
the GPC from notifying him of
Hightower's presence.
"We tried to warn him off before hand,"
Beverly said, "but he was running late."
Consequently, a confrontation did
result between Greanias and Bagneris.
Spear said that Bagneris told Greanias
that "Nikki would like to stay on the tour."
Greanias felt that a "promise had not
been fulfilled," Spear reported, and that
the councilman had been "caught in a
very embarrassing bind."
As to the language used in the confrontation,
this is still a matter of conjecture.
As to the importance of this incident to
the community .. ..
By monitoring eye changes in high-risk
patients, opthalmologist.s may be AIDS
able to detect early stages of AIDS, reports
UPI.
Dr. Alan G. Palestine, a researcher at
the National Eye Institute, says four conditions
may be found in victims' eyes
which could indicate a presence of AIDS:
retinal cotton wool spots, fluffy spots on
the retina, common to high blood pressure
patients and people with diabetes; cytomegalovirus
retinitis, a retina virus, which
can lead to loBB of sight; Kaposi's sarcoma
of the eyelid and conjunctiva, which can
interfere with lid functioning; and cranial
nerve palsies (paralysis), which can cause
double vision.
"AIDS should be suspected in patients
with these symptoms," said Palestine, if
the patients fall into one of the high-risk
groups, although the symptoms can be
related to other diseases as wen.
Commentary: Life after the 'The Day After'
from page I
control. Though we may di smiss much of
what was feared during the Middle Ages
as so much superstition, it is important to
look at how people lived in the face of such
a belief, which in substance is identical to
our own.
Overall, two patterns emerge: people
who, abandoning all hope of anything better,
thought and acted only to satisfy personal
whim, and people who found an
inner strength enabling them to make
some real difference in their own and other
Shoplifters Rest
uring Christmas
Contrary to popular opinion, Christmas
time is not prime time for shoplifters,
reports Security World Magazine.
Security expert Peter Berlin says the
holiday spirit keeps petty theft to a minimum.
Most pros, says Berlin, perfer to
stay away from crowded stores, because
all those people make them nervous.
people's lives. The age that produced the
Wars of Religion and conga lines of self·
flagellant.s also bequeathed us Dante and
Francis of Assisi.
We have the same choice, and the lessons
of the distant past have only been
reinforced by the more recent examples of
Gandhi and King, among others: effective
action can begin only with self-mastery.
Easy to say but not necessarily easy to do.
Each person's path is different.. and must
begin with telling the truth about our personal
powerlessness, given prevailing
beliefs about ourselves, to make a differ·
ence. Either Jive as if you don't make a
difference, which is little more than grotesquely
uncomfortable sleepwalking, or
change the prevailing beliefs-they are
nothing more than that and are taken on
considerably more faith than just about
anything else in our oh-so-skeptical and
rational culture.
Thinking brilliantly, by it.self, probably
won't save us; there are those who argue
that that is precisely why we find ourselves
where we do. One moment's good
idea has a way of going sour in the long
term.
Living brilJiantly, on the other hand,
offers real possibilities.
Most of us live, most of the ti.me, as if we
believe that we and others are indeed
objects without any intrinsic value
beyond sensory utility-our talking, eating,
smoking, drinking and mating habits
are adequate evidence. We can enjoy the
good things in life without making their
possession and protection the object of our
existence. We can approach our relationships
as opportunities to serve our own
and other people's higher purposes, rather
than as remorselessly predictable melodramas.
We can create groups and social
institutions that empower people rather
than suppress them. We can live as if we
have a contribution to make to the world,
or as if we expect the world to make a
contribution to us.
I submit that The Day Afrer is the logical
conclusion of the latter mentality.
Being unconscious is a luxury we can no
longer afford.
6 MONTROSE VOICE I Nov. 25, 1983
AIDS Update: No Longer Gay White Man's Disease
B,r Dion B. Sanders
V1a Gay Pre .. ANoeiation Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO-Shattering a
widely-held belief that AIDS is a "white
gay man's disease,"
previously-unpublicized data compiled by
the national Center for Disease Control in
Atlanta show that more than a third of all
AIDS patients in the United States are
from racial and ethnic minorities.
Moreover, a doctor's report published in
a leading medical journal says that while
a significant percentage of black and
Hispanic AIDS patients-not counting
Haitians-are intravenous drug users, an
equally-significant percentage of them are
upfront gays.
In a telephone interview from Atlanta,
Dr. Richard Selik, director of AIDS
information at the CDC, reported that as
of Oct. 19, out of a total of2513 AIDScases
nationwide, only 57.9 percent are white.
Blacks (including Haitians), Hispanics,
Asians and Native Americans make up a
combined 40.9 percent, Selik said, with the
remaining 2.2 percent of undetermined
ethnic origin.
For months, news media reports have
repeatedly stated that AIDS patients are
primarily gay men, IV drug users,
Haitians and hemophiliacs receiving
blood transfusions. Gay men account for
71 percent of all AIDS casea nationwide.
The belief that AIDS is a "white gay
man's disease" items from a long-held
perception of the gay community by the
general public-especially by minority
communities-as being exclusively white,
despite the emergence of gay and lesbian
people of color into the public eye in recent
months.
(In San Francisco, this perception has
led to charge& by some minority
community leaders that public funds
being appropriated for AIDS are being
taken away from existing health
programs for the poor-a disproportionate
percentage of whom are black and
Hispanic, according to local press
reports.)
As of Oct. 19, there have been 1048
deaths, for a mortality rate of 41.7 percent
nationally, Selik reported.
Providing a breakdown of nationwide
AIDS figures by ethnic group, Selik
reported that blacks make up 21.1 percent,
11with the figure rising to 25.8 percent
when Haitians are included.
"Hispanics make up 14.1 percent, with
Asians and Native Americans combined
comprising approximately 1 Percent,"
Selik said.
"The remaining 3.2 percent of AIDS
patient.a are of undetermined ethnic
origin," he reported.
AIDS CASES IN THE U.S.
BY RACIAL/ETHNIC ORIGIN
AS OF OCTOBER 19, 1983
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Black (Nor>-Ha1t1an)
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Latinos
Asians
Native American
Other Ethnic Origin
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648 21 .1%
117 4.7%
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among people with AIDS is striking in
that it is nearly double the proportion of
blacks and Hispanics in the U.S.
population as a whole.
Even more striking is the fact that as of
Oct. 19, there have been only eight cases of
AIDS reported nationally among Asians
and only three among Native Americans.
No nationwide city-by-city ethnic
breakdown was available from the CDC,
but according to figures compiled by the
San Francisco Department of Public
Health, out of a total of 288 cases in the
Greater Bay Area as of Oct. 18, 90.3
percent are white, 4.9percentare black, 3.8
percent are Hispanic, and a fraction of 1
percent are Asian or Native American.
In sharp contrast, 50 percent of AIDS
cases reported in Philadelphia as early as
last July are black, according to that city's
health department, prompting the
creation of an AIDS education program
aimed specifically at black gays in that
city.
Philadelphia, Atlanta and Washington,
D.C. all have sizeable black populations,
with blacks an overwhelming majority in
the nation's capital.
Aaked what percentage of the non-white
AIDS cases are gay and what percentage
are IV drug usera, Selik quoted figures
from an article by Dr. Harold Jaffe
published in the Aug. '83 issue of the
Journal of Infectious Diseases (Vol.148, p.
339).
The article, based on CDC reports of
2000 AIDS cases nationally asoflastJuly,
reported that among non-Haitian blacks
who had AIDS, 17 percent were upfront
gays, 40 percent were IV drug users, and
37 percent were of undetermined risk
factors.
(A similar breakdown of Haitian AIDS
patients by the Jaffe article has been
rendered unreliable because of recent
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news reports disclosing that many such
Haitians were gay, but were unwilling to
admit it, because of severe taboos against
homosexuality in Haitian society, Selik
said.)
Amon11 Hispanic AIDS patients, the
Jaffe article reported that 11 percent were
upfront gays, 33 percent were IV drug
users, and 55 percent were of unknown
risk factors.
The Jaffe article contained no report on
Native Americans and Aaians with AIDS,
because there were no reported cases
among them at the time the article was
published, Selik said.
Nor did the article contain information
on the number of AIDS patients who were
women.
In the San Francisco area, only three
cases of AIDS among IV drug users have
been reported so far, according to Pat
Norman, coordinator of lesbian/ gay
health services for the city.
Two are white; the third is black.
Norman noted that whereas 71 percent
of AIDS cases nationally are gay, the
figure rises to 90 percent in the San
Francisco area, as there are "only a
handful of Haitians," living here.
Locally, there have been 96 deaths, for a
mortality rate of approximately 35
percent
Norman attributed the disparity of the
national and local mortality rates to the
near-absence of IV and Haitian AIDS
cases here.
Selik reported that the percentage
ethnic breakdown "has been fairly
constant for more than a year." Asked
why the ethnic data had not previously
been published by either the gay or the
mainstream media up to now, Selik
responded, "Perhapo they (editors) for
some reason thought that it wasn't
newsworthy."
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8 MONTROSE VOICE I Nov 25, 1983
Another Gay
Mayor
Smaller Cities Felt Impact of Gay Vote
By Ernie Potvin
By Dion B. Sanders
Via GPA Wire Serivce
SANTA CRUZ. Calif.-In a unanimous
vote, the city council Nov. 15 elected John
Laird mayor of this seaside resort townthe
first openly gay mayor in its history.
The 33-year-old Laird, an administrator
for the Santa Cruz County affirmative
action program, had been vice mayor for a
year
In Santa Cruz each year, the city council
electa one of its members as mayor on a
rotating basis. Following tradition, it was
Laird's turn to be chosen.
The 7-0 vote marked the first time in six
years that the council had elected a mayor
unanimously.
Council member Mardi Wormhoudt was
elected by a 4-3 vote to succeed Laird as
vice mayor.
Laird was ecstatic over his election.
Via Gay PrH• Auocialion Wire Service
In November's municipal elections across
the country, the impact of the gay vote was
felt in several cities.
Also noteworthy was the fact that many
of the mayoralty winners were liberal
women and blacks who sought and
received the support of the gay community.
Big city gay political clubs supported
and helped reelect mayors Diane Feinstein
in San Francisco and Kathy Whitmire
in Houston. They were also deeply
involved in the election of Philadelphia's
first black mayor, Wilson Goode.
Yet another interesting story was taking
place in much smaller cities where
young gay political groups were making
an impact.
In Sacramento, the gay community's
six-month-old River City Democratic Club
was the city's only political organization
to support Anne Rudin for mayor in the
primaries where she won a second place
runoff spot. They supported her again,
along with the local gay press, in the Nov.
8 general election where she narrowly won
the city hall race by less than a thousand
votes.
Her opponent, Ross Relles, did take the
opportunity to do some gay-baiting during
the last days of the campaign. He pub·
Iished a widely distributed flyer which did
not receive prior approval from the election
board, and included a brief, edited
and misleading list of her backers. It was
limited almost exclusively to gay, feminist
and environmentalist endorsements. The
River City Democratic Club, for example,
was listed as the River City Gay and Lesbian
Democratic Club, and her only Press
endorsement on the list was shown as
Mom, Guess What (a gay newspaper.
In the Sacramento Bee, the city's major
daily, Rudin said, "Ross Relles' list of
endorsements is woefully incomplete and
purposefully so. They were intended to get
knee-jerk reactions from voters."
Prior to the issuance of the controversial
flyer, Relles was believed to be leading !n
the race. Whatever its effect, Anne Rudm
would not have won the mayor's seat without
the strong support she received fTom
the gay community.
In Charlotte, N .C., a city of 300,000, the
small but influential Lambda Political
Caucus helped elect Harvey Gantt, that
city's first black mayor. The Lambda Caucus,
which boasts less than 12 members,
staged three candidate nights before a
larger gay men's social/educational
group called Acceptance. Each mayoralty
candidate appeared separately to answer
questions and state his position on gay
:ivil rights.
Democrat Harvey Gantt said he would
work to add sexual orientation to Charlotte's
nondiscrimination ordinance,
while his Republican opponent, Ed Peacock,
felt it was not needed.
Aleo appearing were eight candidates
for 11 city council seats. Don King, of the
caucus, said it was the best turnout
Lambda PoJitical Caucus ever had in their
three-year history.
Electing a liberal black mayor in a state
that has become increasingly conservative
in the last 20 years is no easy feat,
especially in a city like Charlotte, where
whites outnumber blacks by three-to-one.
The Lambda Caucus met early with
Gantt at a breakfast strategy meeting,
they did widespread leafletting for him
during both the primary and general elec·
tion, and finally they set up a telepho.ne
bank to make a thousand calls to potential
gay supporters and their friends.
Gay Events Get Noted in the Non-Gay Press Gantt, a Democrat, won by 4000 votes
out of 80,000 cast. It can be safely assumed
that many of them were gay people. He
had been the first North Carolina candidate
to take his campaign into a gay disco
and discuss gay issues.
By Jim Kepner
V1a Gay Pre.a Aa.oclation Wire Service
In a scattering of local elections which
saw pro-gay candidates elected in several
cities (and homophobe Kathy MacDonald
defeated in Georgia by a 3-2 majority), the
N•w York Times ran an Oct. 8 feature:
"Increasing Political Influence of Homosexual
Citizens is Sensed Across U.S."
A quarter of the half-page story dealt
with Rich Eychaner, Republican cndidate
for Iowa's fourth Congressional seat,
including Des Moines. Eychaner, challenging
a solid Democratic incumbent,
calls himself "a qualified person who
happens to be gay."
He is a Methodist Sunday School
teacher, owner of the state's largest moving
van company, a baseball team officer,
a TV talk show host-and popular in state
GOP circles.
The Times article, by Dudley Clendinen,
traced the close relationship between the
gay community and Washington, D.C.'s
Mayor Barry, Houston's Mayor Whitmire
(reelected) and other office holders in
Sacramento, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia
and Key West, where businessman
Richard Heyman this month became
the third openly gay mayor to be elected in
the U.S., joining mayors of Buncetown,
Mo., and Laguna Beach, Calif.
The article (cramped by the Times' refusal
to use the word gay except in quotations)
discussed how often gay voters
support black candidates and spoke of the
growing 11rainbow coalition." It noted
former gay-baiters who now court gay
votes and discuaaed victories and plans of
the Human Rights Campaign Fund, the
National Aaaociation of Gay and Lesbian
Democrats and the National Gay Task
Force. Granting that homosexual efforts
to assert their political influence proceeds
"by fits and starts," the article rounded off
on college instructor David Scondras' race
for the Boston City Council. Said Scon·
dras, "The age of bigotry is eclipsing, and
the age of coalition-building is begin·
ninJl." ..
The gay-baiting ot tlllJ AJJam, M1ss1s·
sippi's Democratic gubernatorial candidate,
was labeled "dirty politics" in many
newspapers and in Newsweek-and by
the son of William Spell, one of the lawyers
who charged Bill Allain's sexual activity
with at least three black male prostitutes.
Allain denied the "damnable" charges,
taking a lie detector test-and won election
handily, proving again that gay·
baiting is no sure-fire tactic.
But gay political clout was nosed out in
Massachusetts by a 19-18 Senate vote
sending the Gay Rights bill to the state
Supreme Court for an opinon-unlikely to
be delivered before the legislature
adjourns. The only attention this got outside
the state was 10 lines in USA Today
(NTh~ ~-uincy, Masa.,Patriot Ledger (Oct.
27) quoted Rep. Gerry Studds saying that
being a closet gay is living hell: "I've been
in public life 10 years, having to deal with
everything from hysteria to irrationality
to hatred and plain uglinesa ... having to
live most of your adult as a closet gay
person necessitates developing a very
tough skin, or you'd ... go stark, raving
mad." Several paper& picked up bitsofthia
interview.
San Francisco columnist Herb Ca.en on
Oct. 29reportedon DonJackson'sSt.Pria·
pus Church, whose slogan is "Sex can destroy
evil." Jackson, who believes oral sex
is sacramental, launched the "December
'69" drive for gays to occupy underpopu·
lated Alpine County, Calif. A St. Priapus
Church is expected shortly in Los Angeles.
On Nov. 8, Caen reported that the gayoriented
Atlas Savings and Loan now has
a straight president-whose wife is named
Gaynelle.
United Press International on Nov. 5
reported a University of California/Davis
study showing that 14 percent of the
women surveyed had been sexually
harassed, mostly by male faculty
members. One-point-one percent of the
men surveyed reported having been sexually
haraaaed on campus. The study didn't
say by whom. Time on Nov. 14 reported a
more damning study released at Harvard.
The Los Angeles Times reported on Nov.
8 that four prisoners in three days had
died in local jail facilities, reportedly by
suicide or heart attacks. Three were in on
sex charges.
Gay news is rare in the newsp!1~r business
sections, but the Secunties and
Exchange Commission's action suspending
trading of shares of Gay International
for 10 days, a San Francisco-based company
that publishes the Gay Areas Direc·
tory and owns several gay hotels, was
reported by the San Francisco Examiner
and the Los Angeles Times on Nov.!. The
SEC questioned the firm's financial stability
and the accuracy of publicly disseminated
information. Gay International
went public in April and took ove~ the San
Francisco based telephone directory.
Their stock has since climbed from 35¢ to
$3. Company officials claimed harass·
ment. They own extensive Uta~ and
Hawaii real estate and are seeking to
acquire property in Idaho an~ California.
Edward Guthmann turned m a fine retrospective
on poet, avant-garde film·
maker, incredibly elfin performer and
radical fairy James Broughton for the~an
Frant',JBCO Chronicle. Novi 6. A third-generation
Californian, Broughton at 80
remains vigorous, witty and committed to
shocking his audiences, as he had early
tried to shock his conservative stepfather.
Seven days earlier, Guthmann did a fine
piece on gay Russian filmmaker Se~ge
Eisenstein, whose documentary Que Viva
Mexico, left unedited at some 50 hours,
was slashed up by socialist "producer"
Upton Sinclair, who objected to the film·
maker's erotic treatment of Mexican
youth.
In Charlotte, as in many eimilarciti~e in
the nation, some candidates are afr&Jd to
go after gay endorsements, believing it
could harm them, but that attitude has
already begun to change. There appeared
to be a lot of cross-over voting in Charlotte
on Nov. 8, for not only did liberal Gantt
win, but a good number of the city council
seats were won by conservative Repubh-
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Of Seducing a Married Man and Gay Discrimination
By Randy Alfred
COMING OUT: We've all heard scores, or
even hundreds, of coming-out stories to be
eure, but this one's a little different. Dorr
Legg, gay rights pioneer and founder and
dean of Los Angeles' One Institute, told
this tale of his self-discovery to the Second
National Conference on Lesbian and Gay
Aging in San Francisco early this
summer:
"I grew up in a very academic setting
and had access from the time I was five to
an immense university bookstore, which I
roamed through at random and discovered
many, many interesting phrases.
Reports on homosexuality were then
mythology and speculation of the wildest
sort, but it was fun to read about.
"So, by the time I was a late teenager,
presumably before World War II, I had
read all of the books and found them
pretty fascinating. But where were the
people?
"My family was spending the winter in
Florida, and I had quite a bit of spare time.
And going back and forth to the library-I
wae still reading things-I noticed that
this little park that I passed through on
the way in beautiful little Orlando seemed
to have a special atmosphere about it that
I thought, 'Now, there is something going
on here, and I shall find out.'
"So, on a fateful evening, I noted a gentlemen
sitting on the benches, and I
plopped down beside one of them, who was
a man in his middle 40s, probably, and I
was a late teenager. And I twisted, and I
turned, and I thought, 'I can't. I must. I
have to. I will.'
"And I turned to him and I said, 'Are you
a homosexual?'
"And he, after a shocked silence, said,
'Why do you ask?'
"I said, 'Because I want to know.' He
shyly admitted that that might, indeed, be
true, a nd he laughed a little bit nervously,
because he thought this is really a new
approach . And I said, 'I want you to show
me.'
"He said, 'You mean that you have
never had an experience?'
"I said: 'No. I haven't. and I want you to
show me.'
'
0 0h, no,' he said. 'Not L I'm a married
man' and so on.
"Well, although I had read many, many
books, I did also know that there were certain
techniques of, shall we say, human
approach that would be effective in a case
like that. And so I managed to break down
his resistance, and he did indeed give me
my first lesson in what the particular
approach to the world was about."
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EARLYBIRDS: Legg went on to tell his
enthralled audience of the "remarkably
free interracial experience or atmosphere"
of Los Angeles in the late 1940s. He88id he
and others incorporated the Knights of the
Clock ("a nonsense name") as an organization
of black and white men who lived
together and black and white women who
lived together.
Since the group also included the par
ents and families of some couples, Legg
said it should be regarded as the precursor,
by some quarter-century, of both Parents
and Fri<'nds of Lesbians and Gays and
Block and White Men Together
DISCRIMINATING: San Francisco'•
chapter of BWMT conducted several surveys
of visible employees in the city's gay
and lesbian bars. They found an alarming
lack of ethnic-minority bartenders and
other employees, except in the severnl
eRtabhshments which catered specifically
to Third World clientele. One could quibble
(and mnny have) with the particular
m<>thodologv o' t)le on-sight surv('y or the
exad pt.'rt't'ntages involvM_ hut I believe.it
is incontrovertible that some discrimination
is going on here.
In fact, the city's taverns generally seem
to be near lily-white in employment. I
don't think this problem is limited to gay
bars. Just last year, a major hotel had to
settle a race-bias lawsuit involving
alleged bias in hiring practices at the hotel
bar.
When BWMT brought its complaint to
the Human Rights Commission, then one
might have expected the HRC to look into
the specific charge-racial discrimination
in gay bars-or to consider racial discrimination
in bars generally.
But, no-c>-<H>! Acting on a recommendation
from its Lesbian/ Gay Advisory Committee,
the HRC instead widened the
investigation to "employment and hirinll
practices of lesbian/ gay businesses."
Doesn't this unfairly point a finger at our
community? Admittedly, racial bias and
discrimination exist within the lesbian/
gay community, but is there any reason to
believe it is either more prevalent or more
virulent amongst us than in the city at
large?
"We do not believe that to be the case,"
answers Richard Sevilla, a Human Rights
Commissioner and member of the
Lesbian / Gay Advisory Committee.
"We've been discussing the issue for years.
It just so happened we had a complaint on
bars. Since we felt the issue was not
limited to the bars alone, it would be unfair
to look only at the bars."
Will the HRC hearings be the first of
many, with others to look into racial discrimination
in other sectors of the city's
economy? "I don't know what other kinds
of actions or hearings on discrimination
this will produce," Sevilla answers. "You
hold hearings to find out what actions are
needed. You don't know what they will
produce beforehand."
Might thatnotleavetheimpression that
our community is especially prejudiced?
"We felt that risk was worth setting an
example," Sevilla says. "We can set. an
example for the rest of the city, that our
community is willing to deal with its
racism."
Alfred's column originates at the "Sen·
tin.el," a San Francisco gay newspaper.
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Number's 'Zap Clap' Was
Exciting, Emotional Evening
By Billie Duncan
Danny Villa and a glittering cast of
dozens took to the stage at Numbers on
Monday and Tuesday evening for an
astoundingly wonderful and joyous show.
Zap Clap Review II was a splendid effort
by some entertainers and some just plain
entertaining people to raise money for the
Montrose Clinic and KS, AIDS Foundation.
As with any show that is put together
from a variety of acts for a limited engagement.
there was a glitch or two, but the
energy in the room was so positive that no
one really seemed to care, least of all the
performers who went out there and had a
rollickingly good time.
Yours Truly missed the opening slide
show, "State of Independence," and the
chorus of ma1e strippers who worked their
way out of hospital scrubs to the tune of
"He's A Dream."
You see, I was back in the wings waiting
to go on stage with my guitar to make my
own female impression. The incomparable
team of Montgomery, Plant & Stritch
had gotten the dates of the show confused
and were not able to appear on Monday.
So, when Danny saw me there to cover the
story, he asked ifl could get my guitar and
fill in.
I did. Of course, it would just be too tacky
to comment on my own performance, so go
ask someone else who was there how I
was,
Next in line was a very clever and tastefully
done act that featured Craig
McGinty as Loretta Lynn and Buddy
Thompson as Patsy Cline.
The entrances of the two performer&
were timed with film clips from Coal Miner's
Daughter, and both Craig and Buddy
had done their homework on the look and
style of the women whom they were impersonating,
Almost immediately after, the Montrose
Country Cloggero stomped to life with
some of their famous country clogging,
With their toes a-tappin' and teir heels aamakin,'
they charmed the smiling crowd.
Closing out the first act wu a real
rouser. The crew from Mias Charlotte's
Dance Hall & Saloon performed a good
chunk of their own concept of the The Beat
Little Whorehouse in Texa.a. It was welldone
high camp in glitz drag and featured
a whole bevy of moustachioed beauties in
satin and garters.
Some of the men wre quite good dressed
as men, also, and could get arrested if
there was a law against impersonating
Aggies.
Intermission was party time, and when
the curtain went up for the second act, the
crowd was in an even better mood than
they were for the fasL
And keeping them in a good mood was
Richard Smith as Maude Findley, a role
that he does to a tee. Richard was virtually
perfect in hie presentation, but how he
knows when to start moving his lips for all
that talking, I'll never know.
Speaking of talking, Richard joined
Danny Villa as co-host of the show, and
they both did excellent jobs-smooth,
humorous and not too much jabber.
A1J the strains of "And Then There's
Maude" died out, the sound of clicketyclacking
became apparent. The Montrose
Country Cloggers were back for some
more romping and stomping. They were
great.
The next act was a personal favorite and
a very popular number with the crowd. Joe
"Lola" Gomez came out swinging, strutting,
prancing and striding in a pink
sequined dress with shoes that unfortunately
were much too large for moi. Joe
was representing the Ripcord. and it was
obvious that much of the audience support
on Monday was from the Ripcord's management
and clientele.
With the crowd worked up for more
excitement, Rich Campbell (an E /J'sregu·
Jar. along with Richard "Maude" Smith)
as Cayte Myth took center stage. Rich did
a stunning performance of miming a med-ley
of Kate Smith's greatest hits, while
dressed in a flowing white glittered gown.
At the finale's "God Bess America,"
Rich spun around, loosening some clasps,
and the gown collapsed into a spectacu)ar
red, white and blue creation. It was an
electrifying moment.
Who could top something like that? The
Patsy Cline lives, along with Loretta
Lynn, at the Zap Clap Review
answer was simple-Danny Villa.
Danny sang "I Am What I Am" from La
Cage aux Foiles, and he was, as always,
superb.
The rest of the cast joined Danny for the
finale of the show, "We Are What We
Are."-
It was an emotional and rousing ending
to a very enjoyable presentation.
o Duncan's Quick Notes
By Billie Duncan
There is a special fascination with seeing
the development of talent. Every now and
then, a club springs up that allows itself to
be a proving ground for new acta.
The Ale House on West Alabama is
that kind of club. Of course, they book
some established bands, but they also give
the developing groups a chance to get
some stage experience.
Gaining much-needed experience last
weekend was a group called the Inanimate
Objects. They are made up of four
young men: J oe Webber on guitar, Ollie
Stevens on baas, Ron Obvious on drums
and Id Pleasure as lead screamer.
Ollie explained how they became a
group. "We were cleaning up a Jady's yard
and the idea just came to us."
Ollie is by far the best member of the
band. He has a good grasp of how to hold
the music together with his ba88 work and
a terrific sense of good ol' knock-kneed
boogie,
Joe plays simplistic guitar, and I was
told that Ron waa having an off-night.
That leaves Id,
Id is better when he sticks to screaming,
gyrating and shouting lyrics, He should
never try to hold a note too long. He can't.
They do have some interesting originals,
I especially liked ''Tent City."
To be fair to the band, they were filling
in for another group that cancelled, and
they didn't have time to get the word out to
their following that they were playing
that night, so the room was lees than
crowded.
Certainly if I hear that they are playing
somewhere, I will try to drop by to listen to
them again.
Another band I look forward to hearing
again is going to be playing at the Ale
House tomorrow (Saturday). They are the
tunefully adept and lyrically intriguing
Noodles.
Some Montroseans will remember lead
singer Chris Kincade as the young man
who played Max in Bent at Stages. A
story on what Chris has been up to since
he starred in Bent wiH appear in the
VOICE in the near future,
One other band of note that graced the
Ale House stage recently was Blue Wave.
Assistant manager Angela Mullan
pointed out, "They're a gay band. I'd like
to see them get a fair chance."
She said that they would be back soon
I suppose now would be a good time to
admit that there was a mistake in this
space last week. Alexandra Haas and
Michael Bailey did not end their stint at
Rascal's last Saturday, They will do that
this Saturday.
I'm sorry I made the error, but I'm
delighted that they are still playing at
Rascal's. They are really sensational.
And talking about sensational, fans of
Maryanne Mahoney will be ecstatic to
hear that she has reformed Mata Hari
and is now back on stage at Bacchus.
Maryanne Mahoney has to be one of the
moat electrifying performers in the Montrose.
She is appearing on Wednesdays at
the club on Lovett.
Another event that's occurring on Wednesdays
is Roxie Starr's Talent Star
Search and the Outlaws. Roxie (Jimmy
Emerson) stressed that this is not an
amateur night. It is a talent contest.
"I'm trying to get dancers, singers,
comedians, duet actors-anything," he
aaid. 0 Now, I'm trying to discourage drag,
but I want to be different from everyone
else in town."
There is no piano at the Outlaws, but
Jimmy said that he can get one over there
if someone needs il
Jimmy then went on to tell a little story
about what had happened at the Copa
Sunday nighL It seems that a lot of people
had seen the The Day After on television
earlier (or at least had heard about it).
Mr. Ti If any Jones apparently thought
that that was a perfect springboard for a
number with more than a twinge of decidedly
black humor.
Jimmy explained that the lights flick-
Montrose Live
ered at the Copa, and a voice came over the
sound system saying that there was a
nuclear attack. The lights then came up on
stage on Mr. Tiffany in a tattered sequin
gown. Mr, Tiffany then launched intocan
you guess?-"There's Got to be a
Morning After."
Jimmy was a bit disappointed. He
explained, "I thought she'd do "I Will Survive."
He also observed that the audience was
split in their reactions to the number.
"Half the audience loved it. The other half
went off."
I guess that some people just don't think
that the destruction of the world is all that
humorous.
But onto the living,
Hickory will be playing this weekend
at Miss Charlotte's. Said Jerry Vann,
''They were here three, four weeks ago.
They're so personable on stage and the
crowd really enjoyed them, so when we got
the chance, we got them back again."
The club is still trying to re-book the
Bunkhouse Band.
Credit should go to Mias Charlotte' a for
their entry in the Zap Clap Review II.
After the show on Monday, the entire cast
and some loyal followers trotted off to
Miss Charlotte'• for drinks, dancing and
an impromptu encore of parts of the show.
Then everyone marched over to the Ripcord
for more merriment. SomeoftheRiir
cord regulars were astounded to see real
women in the bar, including Zap Clap
dancers Jan Branham and Lisa Wilson.
But if anyone minded, he was much too
much of a gentleman to say anything.
The Inanimate Ob1ects stop jumping around long enough for a photo
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conductor Henryk Szeryng. vH)hnist Program
Schubert, Symphony No. 8 ··unfimshed'"; Mahler
Symphony No 10. first movement~ Beethoven, Concerto
for V1ol1n
By Peter Derksen
"Heavenly length," a phrase first used by
Robert Schumann on hearing Schubert'•
Ninth Symphony, applies equally well to
the Eighth, and indeed to Mr. Comissiona's
treatment of this entireprgram. Musical
ideas emerged clearly in each
composer's individual sense of form , supported
by almost flawless orchestral playmg.
Pairing the Schubert Eighth and first
movement of Mahler's Tenth is an idea
with only superficial justification. Most
people think of the two composers as tragically
cut down in their prime; playing
works left "incomplete" heightens the
misconception.
After a false start on a third movement,
Schubert set the manuscript of the Eighth
aside and turned to other works in the few
years which then remained to him. His
Ninth (performed by the HSO earlier this
season) is his only other fully mature symphonic
work. Whether he would have
returned to the Eighth had he lived longer
is unanswerable. What counts is that,
musically speaking, the symphony can
stand on its own as is. Many later composers
wrote symphonies with unorthodox
numbers of movements, and nobody goes
around calling them "unfinished."
In contrast, Mahler's Tenth as he left it
comprises one full movement and a full
draft of the following four, complete
except for orchestration. Of course, orchestration
is paramount in Mahler, and the
performing versions of the Tenth are only
other people's educated guesses. Still, the
musical resolution of the first movement's
ideas does exist in Mahler's hand, no matter
who's selection of instrumentation conveys
it to us. The realizations of his
sketches all show a symphony, true to
Mahler's aesthetic in his later years: the
passage from tension to resignation. We
heard only half the story.
Thus, it may not be a service to the musical
public to perpetuate the romantic
myths about Schubert and his music, or to
perform single sections of works originally
conceived on a different scale. At the
least, we deserve a performance of some
version of the full Mahler Tenth soon.
Given the audience's warm reception of
the first movement, the entire symphony
should be very well received.
The performances themselves left little
to criticize. The Schubert was stately, last-
'84 Charing Cross Road' is
a Gentle, Lovely Experience
By Joe L. Watts
Chocolate Bayou Theatre Company is currently
presenting the Southwest premiere
of 84, Charing Cross Road and is offering
a quiet lovely piece of fine theater.
Based on the book of the same title by
Helene Han ff and adapted for the stage by
James Roose-Evans, 84, Charing Cross
Road concerns the 20.year relationship
through the mail between writer Helene
Hanff and Frank Doe!, a London bookshop
proprietor
Helene Hanff came to New York from
Philadelphia after winning a playwrightmg_
conte8t .sponsored .by the Theater
Gu1ld . She hved in a tiny apartmentsu~
portin~ herself with typing jobs and
BCnptreadmg for major studios-but her
dre~m was_ to become a great playwright,
wh~ch required an equally great education
which she planned to glean from reading
Th~ books _she required, however, were esotenc
c_lass1cs that were often out of print
and difficult to find in New York but an
advertisement for a British antiQuarian
bookseller solved her problem. She wrote
to Marks & Co. in London, located at 84,
Channg Cross Road, for the books and
th_us began her 2~year correspondence
with Frank Doe!.
Kathryn Hill in "Charing Cross Road"
Although Jiving 3000 miles across the
sea. Doel became her literary mentor,
supplying Helene with the rare volumes
she wanted at reasonable prices. And
although they maintained a beautiful
literary frien<ll;h ip (both being true loven;
of books), the two correspondents never
actually meL
Frank first addresses Helene as
"Madame Hanff," but she quickly writes
back, "I hope Madame doesn't mean over
there (London) what it means here;" the
Madame is dropped and replaced with
"Miss."
It is 1949 and rationing is still sadly
evident in England. Meat and eggs are
hard to come by. Helene sends hams and
fresh eggs from Denmark to Frank and
the employees of Marks & Co. Helene's
letters and care packages become very special
to Frank and the bookstore workers.
They enjoy the letters immensely and are
very appreciative of the food.
A scene where Frank has sent a book of
Elizabethan love poems to Helene in
thanks for a ham is very tender and moving
Helene plans many times to travel to
London to visit Marks & Co. and meet
Frank and the others, but her plans never
seem to materialize-if it's not money for
her teeth, it's cancellation of some writing
assignment (she once wrote Ellery Queen
mystery stories for television) or some
other expense that leaves her too little
money to make the trip.
When she is finally able to make the
journey to England and to Marks & Co.,
it's a somewhat sad experience. Frank,
after 40 years at 84, Charing Cross Road,
has passed away.
Deborah Jasien 's bookstore set was
excellent; looking like a small, cozy public
library.
The incidental background music is
wonderful. capturing all the right moods
and nuances for various scenes. The
sound is well executed by Kurt Grabenstein.
Diane DeMille is bnght and bubbly as
Cecily Farr, a Marks & Co. employee.
Sharon Beck performs a nice bit as Maxine
Stuart, HeJene's actress/ friend who
goes to London with a μlay and visits
Marks & Co .. writing Helene all about it.
Harry Booker's Frank Doe! is a relaxed,
fine old English gentleman with a wholesome
tender touch .
Kathryn Hill's Helene is solid and
strong in a vE>ry even performance. She is
warm and charming with an edge of lone
1ine8s as the woman living in a world of
books.
ing a half-hour without any of the customary
repeats. The orchestra looked very
string-heavy, but the balance of sound
was exceptional. Mr. Comissiona kept a
clear conception of the entire piece, and
each measure fit right into place.
The Mahler was more problematic. The
huge orchestra (without percussion!) is
used as a chamber ensemble of shifting
population. Unusual instrumental combi·
nations and extreme registration, while
making for exotic effects, are fiendishly
difficult. In particular, the violas, accustomed
to wallowing in obscurity, did not
make the best use of the prominence
Mahler J{ivcs them.
Beethoven's Violin Concerto is one of
his most lovely and noble works, and
could not have received better treatment.
Mr. Szeryng, celebrating bis50th anniversary
on the concert stage, subordinated
his ego to the demands of the music and
played straight from the heart. Unlike
most violinists, he has created his own
cadenzas in all three movements, showing
a different facet of his technique in each
one. He and the conductor were on the
save wavelength all the time. Combined
with perfect orchestral accompaniment,
this was Beethoven as I have seldom
heard it.
Mr. Szeryng returned to the stage for a
brief encore, the first movement of Bach's
Partita in D, which he played in gratitude
to Mr. Comissiona and the orchestra. For
once, those to whom being first out of the
garage is more important than paying a
few moment.s's tribute to the artist.a who
they have spent much more time and
money (presumably to enjoy) bad their
comeuppance.
Considering a delightful pre-concert
lobby performance by some very talented
and astonishingly young violinist.a (I
assume they are Suzuki students), we were
treated to over 21h hours of music Saturday
night.
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By Peter Harrison
So far as I can tell, we Americans were the
first people in the world to set aside a
national holiday for giving thanks for the
benefits we have received. Perhaps that's
because we're so amply supplied with
things that no one else has.
I was thinking about that the other day,
when I realized that even the Russians
have re~igerators and indoor plumbing,
two thmgs that would confound the
supremacist ideas of Richard Nixon and
Earl Butz. It only takes a little thought,
though, to come up with a myriad of gifts
that we Americans should give thanks for
in this year of grace.
Here's a list of the people and groups I
want to remember this Thanksgiving
Day. Somehow, sitting down with a turkey
on the table makes recalling them all the
more appropriate. I will fold my hands,
bow my head and pray:
"Dear Lord, thanks for the many gifts
you have bestowed upon us. You have
given us the miraculous gift of Hollywood,
that never-never land where even a lowly
B-grade movie star can rise above all else
to become President of the United States,
thereby giving us a view of the future. In
years to come, we can expect Tab Hunter
in that exalted position of guiding ourdestiny,
to be fol1owed by such luminaries as
the Fonz or perhaps Donny Osmond.
"You have graced our President with a
sense of humor. Not only can he see the
humor of the position of women and their
value in taking us away from our caveman
values, but his wit is also subtle.
"He named a secretary of the interior
whose zany charm included stripping the
country of its iilterior, and a director of
environmental protection who refused to
protect the environment.
"He has given us a surgeon general who
disregards the health of 10 percent of our
population, and a secretary of agriculture
who lets starving people see pictures of
mountains of surplus cheese, in the belief
that their hunger pangs will be thus
assuaged without having to eat the real
thing.
14He has mercifully named John Gavin
to be ambassador to Mexico, thereby saving
us the embarrassment of having to
watch that bad actor on television shows.
Allow, oh Lord, our President to see the
merit of sending Bob Hope on an official
mission to Zambia before that wizened
comic can again bring tits and ass to a
Christmas special.
"And Lord, thank you for NBC, which
has brought Freddie Silverman to network
TV in an effort to show us again
what the lowest common denominator of
entertainment is. And thank you for
alJowing that same network to give us Mr.
Smith. We had existed so long without an
ape that talks.
"And thank you, Lord, for the people of
the U.S., a million of whom called that ape
on a toll-charge number to hear him read a
promo for his show. We worried about the
health of Ma Bell, and those calls made
her a half-million dollars richer.
"Lord, we are most pleased with our
First Lady, who, as the secretary of agriculture
works to get rid of food stamps,
joins in to take away the people's sinful
dope and drugs. Help her, we pray, to get
rid of the high-fashion monkey on her
back.
"We are humble in the examples you
have given us of those stricken with great
Salary War
at NY Times?
The big news at the New York Times is
staff salaries, reports Variety.
Some anonymous prankster posted a
list of who-makes-what on the paper's bulletin
board. Management tore it down, but
not before reporters got the real scoop.
The highest paid: drama critic Frank
Rich at $1200 per week. This may not get
rave reviews from film critic Janet
Maslin-she makes nearly $300 a week
less.
infirmities who prevail. Thank you for
Howard Cosell, who has learned to
speak-incessantly-with his foot in his
mouth, and for Elizabeth Taylor, who continues
to look for a husband, even though
she puts on 50 pounds after each marriage.
"Thank you for the gay sense of style
that allows us fags to worry more about
what color hankie to wear in our pockets
than if the bar we're going to visit is going
to be raided and makes our leaders happier
with a Gay Pride celebration attended
by eight people in three-piece suits than
10,000 in drag.
"Thank you for the invaluable example
of all the Semites-Arabs and Jewswhose
fratricidal fighting makes our family
quarrels seem less threatening.
"Thank you for the invention of the term
'advisors,' which allows us to get into
Nov 25, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 15
Commentary
more trouble more places faster than ever.
"Thank you for the Russians, whose
ungodly behavior serves as a great smokescreen
hiding our own injustices.
"Thank you for the institution of Your
Own Son's crucifixion, which gives a
model for born-again Christians to use on
those who don't agree with them.
"And finally, Lord, thank you for Jerry
Falwell. With Anita Bryant busy selling
Your sunglasses, his loud voice is the only
one that seems strong enough to unify the
gay movement.
"For all these many gifts. Lord, we
thank You. And Lord, by the way, you
needn't be quite so generous in 1984."
Harrison lives in New Jersey. His column
appears here and in other gay publica·
tions. ©1983 Stonewall Features Syndicate.
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Commentary
'Gay Eagle Gets AIDS from ERA'
By Deborah Bell
The latest brochure from the Eagle Forum
(Phyllis Schlafly's group) reads like joke
material. Trying to make a connection
betw"".n the Equal Rights Amendment,
Gay Rights and AIDS, you would think all
homosexuals (and/or all ERA supporters)
are. !urking about like crazed vampires
waiting to prey upon "innocent" (read
~ere "heteros~xual") victims, wanting to
mfect them with AIDS. This is homopho·
bia in its most insidious form. It would be
very funny if this was not an organized
attack.
The cover picture in purple is of a closet.
An octagon shape (stop sign) is in the cen·
ter with wording in the form of a cross, the
word "gay" is vertical with the "A" larger
than the other letters, and ERAIDS makes
up the crossbar.
The ERA=GAY=AIDS connection asks:
uwhy do homosexuals and lesbians support
ERA?" Answer: "Because it will prob·
ably put their entire 'gay rights' agenda
into the Constitution."
The word used in ERA is "sex"-not
"women." Of course, it is not pointed out
how stupid the ERA would then read by
replacing the word sex with women:
"Equality of rights under the law shall not
be denied or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of women."
w~~~e p%evi~:l~o~:n l~ ::::i~n!~~r;!;
aJeo uees the word "sex." Does this mean
we have the right to copulate in the voting
booth?
It goes on to cite, as an example of
"proof' of this connection, that NOW tes·
tified against a proposed state ERA in Wisconsin
because of the addition of a clause
that forbid the use of a Wisconsin ERA for
"~ual preference." The brochure says
this proves that the leading pro--ERA
organizations admit the ERA-"gay
~ghts" connection because of the "gay
nght.8" and "abortion funding" connec·
tions.
The interesting thing about this bro·
chu ia not that it speaks out against the
Equal Rights Amendment, but rather
urges readers to write to their Senatore
and Congressman to add a clause of specific
language which would prevent Con·
gress or federal courts to use or construe
"gay rights" within the meaning of "sex."
Misconstruing the facts does not seem to
concern Sch la fly in making her argument.
Does the Eagle Forum actually want
women to be equal under the law? It looks
that way, as long aa they don't love each
other.
One of the big fears seems to be that
ERA would give gays the right to marry. I
don't know why they are BO worried about
that.
The brochure continues with threatening
questions about what would happen if
the ERA puts "Sex Equality" into the Con·
stitution, such as:
-Could we legally protect ourselves
against AJDS and other diseases carried
by gays?
-Would police, paramedics, dentists,
health persorinel and morticians be permitted
to take adequate precautions to
defend themselves against AIDS and
other gay diseases?
-Would cities be forced to rent or give
the use of public facilities to large gather·
And Yet
More Food Lust
For those who'd never dream of dieting,
now there's The Joys of Pigging Out, a
trivia guide for confirmed foodaholics,
reports Pacific News Service.
Among author David Hoffman's find·
ings: Den Rather loves fudgsicles, and
Gloria Steinem has a weakness for Sara
Lee sweets.
As for the rest of us, Hoffman says the
average American puts away 15poundsof
chocolate and 100 scoops of ice cream per
year.
ings of gays, such as "gay pride" demonstrations
and the gay rodeo in Reno
(which attracted 55,000 gays)?
This brochure both confuses the facts
!1nd twists the truth. Time and time again,
m all the hearings and debate over the
years, it has been established that the
ERA would only apply to laws concerning
"opposite sex," not same. Gay rights, like
the laws concerning abortion, mostproba·
bly are already established in the Consti·
tution under the right to privacy.
AIDS is a horrible disease, and gay men
are among the high-risk groups, but no
one wants to either get or give this disease.
For a copy of this brochure, if you don't
mind being on their mailing list, write
directly to Eagle Forum, Alton, Ill. 62002.
The implication of this brochure is more
than insulting. It is "maddening." I hope
it makes you as angry as it makes me. We
must counter this attack. The Eagle
Forum is a right-wing organization which
supports Reagan and his administration.
Nineteen eighty-four is the year to press
for civil rights for gays. We must be
involved in the campaigns and work at
being delegates to the Democratic
National Convention.
The ERA has been passed out of a House
committee, and a vote is expected by the
full House before Thanksgiving. It should
pass there and go to the Republican controlled
Senate. Write today to your representative
and Senators Bentsen and
Tower in support of the ERA.
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Perhaps Tomorrow, While You're at Work
By Jeff Bray
Ange~. I sit and listen as politicians discuss
m cool tones how to avoid destructi<:>
n. Their heavy eye lids reveal dull eyes
with frustrated vision. They try to give
encouragement, but their stooped
shoulders and tired, prematurely aged
faces reveal confusion on a subject that
simply cannot be confused.
Fear. I see on television a view of unimaginable
destruction. Buildings fold in
and explode. Trees are sucked away in
flames. People disappear in a flash.
Think o~ it. It is late morning in Houston.
Tensions have been building for
decades, and over the last few days, the
news has been very disturbing. People discuss
the situation in restaurants and bars.
You even discuss it with your feHow
:--'orkers in a rather ho-hum way, fantasizmg
on what to do should "It" really
happen. It is a subject of excitementsomething
to make the day go faster.
Suddenly, the world turns upside down.
Warnings flash •m the news, and people
become uneasy. Some workers pack away
their desks and go home "for the day." You
hesitate in your office, wondering whether
you should go home or stay. Your parents
are a thou~and miles away. They are prob·
ably womed. The phone lines are tied up
for local calls, and long distance calls are
no longer possible.
As lunch time comes, you make a date
with your usual lunch partner and go out
in~ the streets. The streets have a strange
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walking briskly with purpose. ' have long been outdated. moneously. Glass and st.eel fly through
You feel a deep rooted fear. It is a fear Offices empty; elevators fill with frantic the streets as cars burst into flames and
from your childhood-a concern that has passengers; vehicles collide and crash, are swept away. The elegant marble and
been with you all your life. But the towers turning the streets into destruction derby glasss facades peel off, while furniture
gleam reas~uringly and the big live oak scenes; people are mowed down as cars and people are sucked away in a raging
trees rustle m the cool autumn air around careen off into building and sidewalks. • swirl of destruction.
the stem looking city hall. There have In the panic, people do irrational things. Your nook in the building is gone. You
been crises before, and nothing has ever They claw and grovel to get into base- are gone. The whole inner city disappears
happened. men ts and tunnels. Underground garages in a screaming firestorm that spreads
You go to a downtown restaurant to eat and shopping centers fill with screaming from Galveston to Conroe. Three or four
and find the crowd jittery. People hove; citizens seeking shelter. The sirens wail, new brilliant fireballs form over the area,
over a radio on the counter at the door and and the city moves frantically, but there is assuring the total destruction of what had
others crowd around the TV screens' at a nowhere to go. minutes before been one of the world's
store down the street. Everyone is agi· Then, it no longer matters. most industrious urban areas. The same
tated. ~eir is a feeling of electric excite. There is a blinding flash to the sou· scene is taking place simultaneously in
:~~-hke before a big parade, or a major ~~~s; ~:;:n7:gs~::~:nt!!::!~~ :e:J ~:;~t n::r? ismna~':e~~. in the western
As you bite into your chicken fried steak Texas City go up in a brilliant blue-white The st.eel skeletons of the mighty skys-there
is a sud~en rustling noise. Peopl~ bulb of superheated radioactive plasma. crapers begin to tilt and droop as the
around the radio begin to tum away and Instantly, the ship channel evaporates. atomic heat softens them. They begin to
rush out the door. They are shouting all at Oil tankers and freighters disintegrate at melt like wax figurines in the intense
once, an~ cannot be understood, but even their piers, while refineries and cracking nuclear furnace around them.
~di~flir ~:r~ up and leaves, taking the i~~nw1:rld?~~~=:~~U:~~~i~ ~~~~~i di;::~!;YH~!w:nd ;: :i~t ii:~u~~~.J:~~
People around you begin to move. The generating complex disappears. rooms, eating potato chips and sipping
restaurant becomes chaos as patrons rush AB the fireball grows, every living crea· beer, watching the destruction of the
for the exita. Your friend is lost in the con· ture within a five mile radius is vaporized world? They have shown us Kansas City
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~:~.with looks of panic stricken upon :'!ec~l':!:v'!~~=cl~·~~~~n~~:.::! _
Until now, you have t>een confused, but everything from Galveston to downtown
suddenly there is a deep whining noise. It Houston. The seemingly endless string of
grows into a high-pitched wail that comes frantic honking automobiles on the Gulf
from everywhere, bouncing off the steel Freeway bursts into flame.
and glass towers above, and echoing down Throughout the megalopolis every light,
the canyons of downtown and beyond. every motor, every electronic instrument
You know that it is not the first Friday of ceases to function asawaveofelectromag·
the month, and the sirens are real. netic pulse spreads. Elevators stop, cars
You realize now that the impo88ible has stall, lights go out, radios and televisions
happened. and that there is very little go blank.
time. You find a nitch in a tall building, A blinding hot flash sets fire to trees,
where people brush by, screaming and billboards, roofs and countleBS other flam·
running in total confusion and panic. You mable objects for a radius of20 miles. Clo·
think of your family back home-of the thing bursts into flames, hair singes off,
missle silos nearby to them. You father is skin instantly becomes charred.
probably trying to get home to your People collapse to the pavement in
mother. Your sister is probably trying to agony, or dodge into buildings and under
get home from school. Your mother is cars-anywhere for shelter. The shock
probably running frantically around the wave spreads from the fireball, which
house. rises into the air, sucking millions of tons
Commentary
friends about what we will do when it
happens. It's like The Wizard of Oz on TV.
Maybe they'll show it once a year for 20
years. Then our children will get used to
the fireball as we grew to accept the flying
monkeys.
On Ted Koppel's Viewpoint, the officials
keep saying, "If we make it through the
next ten or fifteen years ... " I don't feel
relieved. The audience bristles with
unanswered questions. Time is up, and a
feminine hygiene commercial comes on.
Our homes are still there, our friends begin
to leave, everything is back to normal. The
moon is full and beautiful. The towers
gleam around us. Tomorrow is another
day.
But the vision of the fireball lingers. In
sleep, the fears from childhood-a lifetime
of anxiety-haunt us. The moon is gone,
the towers are gone, we are gone. The issue
is unanswered, unsolved; but the images
of the awful consequences are there. Gay
or straight, black or white, communist or
capitalist-how ironic that the most unify·
ing force in the world is also our greatest
threat.
Think of it. Tensions are high. You will
be at your office downtown tomonow ..
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Throughout the city, people get in their of superheated debris with it. Shaped like
carsandtrytoescape,totallyjammingthe a masaive mushroom, it dominates the
already clogged freeways. Millions run sky, dimming the sun.
through the streets to designated shelters, At incredible speed, the shock wave
or to find loved ones. Housewives grab rushesout,ascaldingblastofwindtravel·
children and run to their cars. Schools are ing over 600 miles per hour. Within
scenes of havoc as teachers abandon stu- seconds, the blast hi ta the mighty towers
dents and leave for home or try to herd the of the downtown aJl!a. The tops Qf the
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Nov. 25. 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 19
'The Right Stuff is a Hunk of a Movie Films
~~ ~!4;v:r!:~:!:tation Wire Service
"Sounds dangerous," says Scott Glenn as
Alan Shepard. "Count me in."
When did you last hear dialogue like
that in a movie?
The Right Stuff wallows in nostalgia for
ouch old-movie heroism, pokes gentle fun
at it and subtly changes our concept of
heroism before it's through.
Test pilot Chuck Yeager (Sam Shepard)
approaches the X-1 on horseback and cir·
cleo it warily. The next day, despite some
broken ribs, he climbs in; his wife (Barbara
Hershey) says "Punch a hole in the
sky!" and he becomes the first person to
break the sound barrier.
Yeager, who never became an astronaut,
io the perfect point of departure from
which to observe the birth of America's
space program. He would also, by the end
of the movie, stand a better chance of
being elected president than anyone else
whose name is being bandied about.
'Testament' Looks
Quietly at
Nuclear Madness
By Steve Warren
You're not likely to see a big-budget film
about nuclear holocaust because the people
who have the money are willing to
blow up the earth to keep it; so in Testa·
ment the world ends with a whimper-a
flash oflightfollowed by a gradual decline
in a northern California community's
standard ofliving.Peopledieoff cameranot
hideoualy di11ngured, just tired: "Larry
left us today-he just curled up in a ball
and died."
Lacking makeup and special effect.a for
vi8ual impact, producer-director Lynne
Littman works on the emotions instead
and uses the power of suggestion to such •n -tent that the story might have
worked better on radio.
Jane Alexander is the eupermadonna
who cares for her own children and
assorted strays after the bombs fall, far
enough away that they do no physical
damage to her town. She never runs out of
food , candles or toilet paper; and even
after the police department collapses, it's
weeka before anyone triea to break in and
take anything.
Maybe Testament will reach some people
for whom the whole truth would have
been too much. It's certainly chilling to
watch the inexorable diminishing of the
local Population and loss of communication
with the outside world, the growing
realization that things won't get better
and the waiting for the end.
You '"" Reading tho
MONTROSE VOICE
Ono of A morica ·s Ma/or
Gay Community Newspapers
In a ecene just for ua romantics. Alexander
anawen the queationa of her teenage
daughter about the fact.a of life ahe11
never need to know: "When you loveeome-one,
you want to be aa close to each other
aa you can get . .. . When you make love, Wa
almoat aa if you were one body. You have a
space, and that person fill• it up." (The
last part will be wa.sted on nongay men.)
Early on, the school play, ''The Pied
Piper,'' ends with a line we know to be
portentious: uYour children are not dead.
They will return. They are just waiting
until the world deserves them." But the
line that got to me came at the end when,
with almost no one, nothing and no hope
left, three of the last survivore have a
party; and a child about to blow out the
candle asks, uWhat'IJ we wish for, mom?"
Honey, just wish that someone who can
prevent it will see Testament and get the
mesaage before nuclear madness takes its
toll!
· Writer-director Philip Kaufroan ha.s a
lot on his mind in The Right Stuff, and he
geta all of it on the llCl'een in a film more
impressive for ita logistics than any other
single aspect. It takes three-and-onefourth
hours to tell the story, and I'd be
lying if! said it seemed shorter; but I can't
think of anything that should be cut.
Working from Tom Wolfe's revisionist
history which took a fresh walk on the old
astro turf, Kaufroan begins in 1947 with
Yeager's historic flight to give perspective
to those who can't remember when space
travel wasn't routine. He follows the U.S.
attempts to close the "space gap" after
RuBBia sent Sputnik up in 1957. His mildly
mocking manner toward the politicians is
balanced by an admiration for the astronaut.
a which does not lose sight of their
humanness. This extends to toilet humor
and a scene in which two of them have a
masturbation race to the anthems of their
respective services.
Notable among the actors are Dennis
Quaid (as Gordon Cooper), who finally
goes beyond the good ol' boy shit to give a
performance with depth, and Scott Glenn,
whose biceps-I'm not into muaclee, but
this man doesn't need a shirt, he needa a
tw<>-car garage! Ed Harris io good as John
Glenn, whose language makes Pat Boone
sound profligate.
The Right Stuff contains the right songs
and the right TV clips (e.g., Bill Dana aa
Jose Jimenez the Astronaut) to keep ua
pinpointed in time through the l~year
span. It takes the right approach to create
heroes for a country that's hungry for
them but doesn't want to take them too
seriously.
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GPC Bloc Vote
Essential for
Community
Accomplishments
From lee Harrington
This race will provide the first perfect
example of the bottom-line benefits
derived from bloc voting. Certainly, people
have the right to vote for whomever
they choose. The concept of bloc voting
calls on us to think one step further and
give up that right for a greater purpose.
It makes no difference whether all the
candidates are equal or not, and here's
why.
Friendship with, and statements of suppo~
from, officeholders are very nice
things. to have, but in the final analysis,
pohticians must be treated like politicians.
The one thing that moves the very best of
them eu~ry time is not emotion, is not
prayer, ts not even money. It's votes.
Every time!
All of us concerned are best served to
make sure we have a say in the process.
Then. once that has taken its course, we
are best served to unite in one bloc vote.
When people give up a preference for a
greater purpose, it is a personal sacrifice,
so tho•e of us involved in the GPC need to
make certain that we, very graciously, ask
others in the community to follow our
recommendations, and that we thank
them time and time again for doing so.
If l do not give up my personal preference
on occasion, and if you do not give up
yours, then the candidates know our
strength is diluted and that we will not be
able to help as much to elect them. They
also know, very well, that we can then not
demand as much either, especially on con·
troversial issues. The bottom line is this:
the candidates whom we do fully support.
They will owe their greatest allegiance to
':~: t~::P~d'~~1t~rma~et~e~0~~~:~~
them.
Even if you lose, the candidates who win
treat you and your issues with more
respect because they want another shot at
that huge vote the next time. Experience
has taught me that it really is that simple.
The only time that the aforementioned
principle does not apply is when the
endorsing group does not have a poten·
tially large bloc vote. Then, an "all are
acceptable" recommendation could be
appropriate.
If we disagree with the process, then we
need to work to change it. In the interim,
there is one thing you can count on. If the
City of Houston knows, without question,
that the enormous gay vote cannot be
split, they'll offer us the moon and then
give us more than we could ever hope for
any other way
GPC's
Endorsement of
Hightower Sparked
Warfare
From Netl lsbin
Participation in the political proce88
involves lobbying as well as electing poli·
ticisns. Unfortunately, the GPC has
emphasized the electoral aspect with tac·
tics that often work to the detriment of the
lobbying aspect.
The race for City Council Position-at·
Large 4 provided an ideal opportunity for
the GPC to both educate the gay community
and expand their political influence.
Instead, they chose a path that has only
increased community division and
redured both the credibility and influence
oftheGPC.
It was clear from the outset of the cam·
paign that the leaders in the race were
Anthony Hall and Nikki Van
Hightower-both friends of the gay com·
munity, The bottom line was that the gay
community could not lose. Since there are
advantagee and disadvantages to both
candidates, it makes for a difficult deci·
sion for the gay community-but we
should welcome the opportunity to have
such difficult decisions.
In cases like the Position-at-Large 4
race, concepts of unity and the bloc vote
have little meaning. While disagreement
within the gay community is healthy,
internal warfare is not. Instead of the tunnel
vision that divides the community, we
need a new approach that allows us to
work together when we agree (90 percent
of the time) and agree to work separately
when we disagree. Instead of becoming a
political machine, dependent on blind vot·
ing and manipulated by one candidate or
another, the GPC could become a political
force nurturing a responsible gay electorate.
Suppose the GPC has opted for a dual
endorsement, with a majority and minority
recommendation. With a dual en'.dorsement,
the GPC could seek to educate the
gay community, involving everyone in the
decision·malcing by presenting both sides
and encouraging everyone to exercise
their own judgement. Instead of the hick·
ering conflict that turns off gay voters,
encouraging all members of the gay community
to make up their own minds in
difficult political races can only increase
both gay political involvement and community
unity. Furthermore, with a dual
endorsement the GPC would have
increased their political influence.
Instead, the GPC opted for only one
endorsemenl The results of their electoral
zeal have been terribly destructive. By
making this into a "life and death" race,
they have alienated many political friends
and damaged their future ability to lobby
effectively.
In order to raise Nikki, the GPC began to
tear down Anthony. Despite the fact that
Anthony Hall has been a friend for more
than 10 years-voting against 21.06 in
1973 in the state legislature, working to
secure gay participation in the Democratic
Party, and supporting us whenever
we have sought his support-he has been
accueed of being insincere. Because he has
deferred .to the leadership of the gay com·
munity (inatead of proceeding on hle own
without regard to the wishes of the gay
leadership), he has been accused of having
to be coerced into taking his pro-gay rights
stands. Such accusations are unfair,
deceptive and hypocritical.
In addition to making an enemy of Hall,
the GPC has begun to bully and intimidate
both Mayor Whitmire and Council·
member Greanias because of their support
for Hall. Because they support Hall and
because the GPC wants Nikki, the GPC
has "staged" confrontations to paint both
Whitmire and Greanias in a bad light in
order to paint Niklri as the saviour whose
election is needed to counter the WhitmireGreanias-
Hall coalition. Once again, the
GPC has allowed their electoral zeal to
cloud their reasoning and provoke irra·
tional behavior.
In closing, I would like to summarize
why I support Anthony Hall and why I
encourage other gay people to support his
election. First, I would like to say that I
have nothing against Nikki. I think she is
an eloquent advocate of our issues and
would make an excellent addition to the
City Council-but not at the expense of
losing Anthony Hall. Idealism is impor·
tant, but 10 is loyalty. Anthony Hall has
been our friend, he is an experienced and
effective member of the City Council and
he has the support of our other friends like
Kathy Whitmire and George Greaniasas
euch, he deserves our continued support.
Leland Called on
Carpet for Reagan
Impeachment
Suggestion
From D.B. Carter
To: &p. Mickey Leland
Your recent statements and actions about
impeaching the President of L'ie United
States have enraged me so much that only
your resignation as my representative
could properly show me that you have
Letters
truly repented. I am sure a recall petition is
currently being drafted.
I have supported you by contributing
money to organizations that promote you,
attending rallies for you, by voting for
you, and by talking others into backing
you. Naturally, my embarrassment as my
representative trying to impeach Presi·
dent Ronald Reagan after I have lent my
name, effort and money to you is more
than I can express in words.
You must be unaware that the vast
maj~rity of your supporters in the black,
Mexican-American and gay communities
are pro-American and in support of our
President's foreign policy actions in the
recent weeks.
There may be organizations within the
above groups that have officers that do
not believe in the President's foreign pol·
icy, but like trade unions, the officers
neither represent the attitudes of the mem·
bership nor can deliver the votes when a
conflict exists ....
Some of these groups and/or their offic·
ers have very narrow special interestswhich
is fine-but to support an elected
representative that can support their special
interests and yet be totally out of
phase with all other aspects of their
members' beliefs is not correct. . ..
You were supported because of your
knowledge of and work in the Civil Rights
area .• but not for your expertise in foreign
affa1rs, of which you do not obviously
have much to offer ... .
A written and other well-publicized
apology to the President and your supporteTS
may calm the embarrassment you
have caused.
(Editor's note; Leland, the Montrose·area
representatiue, and several other CongreHman,
signed a letter calling for Pres.
Reagan's impeachment ouer the Grenada
inuasion. Leland later said he had a mis·
understanding of the letter and asked to
have his name removed.)
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Selected Events
through 7 Days
• FRIDAY-SUNDAY: Gay
Academic Union 9th National
Conference, "The Challenge of
1984: Together We Can Make a
Difference," San Diego
mFRIDA Y: Committee for Pub·
lie Health Awareness's "Sharing
Group for the Worried
Well," 7·8pm, Montrose Counseling
Center, 900 Lovett
-SUNDAY: Montrose Tennis
Club plays 10:30am-1:30pm,
MacGregor Park
• SUNDAY: 5th Memorial Harvey
Milk/ G<!orge Moscone
March, San Francisco
-.MONDAY: AIDS victim support
group meets 6:30pm, Montrose
Counseling Center, 900
Lovett Blvd., Suite 203
-.MONDAY: MSA Bowling,
9pm at Stadium Bowl, 8200
Braesmain
•TUESDAY: Montrose Symphonic
Band meets at Bering
Church, 1440 Harold, 7:30pm
•WEDNESDAY: Gay Political
Caucus meets 4600 Main #217,
7:30pm Nov. 30
•THURSDAY: Firot day of
Hanukah
•THURSDAY: Wihk 'n Stein
gay radio show 7:30-9pm on
KPFT Radio, FM·90
•THURSDAY: MSA Mixed
Bowling League bowls, 9pm at
Stadium Bowl, 8200 Braesmain
SelecUid Events
in Future Weeks
m!N 1 WEEK: Choice's Les·
bian Mothers' Group meets
6:30pm Dec. 3, 210 Fairview,
apt. 1
•IN 1 WEEK: Lesbians & Gay
People in Medicine meet 7:30pm
Dec.3
•IN 1 WEEK: Lesbian/ Gay
Resource Service, Univ. of
Houston, meets 2:30pm Dec. 6,
Spindletop Room, Univ. Center,
Univ. Park
•IN 2 WEEKS: Citizens for
Human Equality (CHE) meets
Dec.13
•IN 2 WEEKS: Houston Data
Profe08ional• meet 7:30pm
Dec. 13, East Room, Holiday
Inn Central, 4640 South Main
•IN 1 WEEK: Greater MontrO&
e Business Guild meets
7:30pm Dec. 6, Liberty Bank
community room, 1001 Westheimer
•IN 2 WEEKS: Lutherans
Concerned meets Dec. 13, Grace
Lutheran Church, 2515 Waugh
•IN IJ WEEKS: Choices meets
12:30pm Dec.18
U N IJ WEEKS: Unitarian/
Universalist Gay Caucus meets
Dec.18, 1st Unitarian Church,
5210 Fannin
•IN IJ WEEKS: Families &
Friends of Gays meets 2pm
Dec. 18, Presbyterian Center
behind 1st Presbyterian
Church, 5300 Main
•IN IJ WEEKS: Winter begins
at 4:31am, Dec. 22
•IN 4 WEEKS: Chriatmas
Dec. 25 '
UN 4 WEEKS: Houston Area
Gay & Lesbian Engineers &
Scientists meet ?pm Dec. 27
•IN 4 WEEKS: Montrose
Civic Club (Neartown) meets
?pm Dec. 27, Bering Church,
1440 Harold
•IN 4 WEEKS: Interact meeting,
Bering Church, 1440
Harold, 7:30pm Dec. 28
UN 4 WEEKS: Integrity
meets Dec. 29, 4008 Wycliff
•IN 8 WEEKS: NOW'a Lesbian
Rights Conference, Jan.
20-22, Milwaukee
•IN 9 WEEKS: Gay Press
Association Southern Regional
Conference, Jan. 27-29, Houston
m!N 11 WEEKS: Lincoln's
birthday, Feb. 12
•IN 11 WEEKS: Valentine's
Day, Feb.14
•IN 12 WEEKS: Washing·
ton's birthday, Feb. 20
UN 14 WEEKS: Mardi Gras
Fat Tuesday, March 6
9IN 16 WEEKS: St. Patrick's
Day, March 17
UN 18 WEEKS: April Fool'a
Day, April 1
•IN 28 WEEKS: Finlt primary
party elections in Texa1 and
party precinct conventions,
May 5
m!N 24 WEEKS: World's Fair
opens in New Orleallll, May 12,
lasting to Nov. 11
•IN 2/S WEEKS: Tex"" Sena·
torial District Party Conventions,
May 19
•IN 26 WEEKS: Gay Prell8
Association 4th National Convention,
May 25-28, Loe
Angeles
UN 26 WEEKS: Memorial
Day, May 28
•IN 27 WEEKS: Run-off party
elections in Texas, June 2
•IN 29 WEEKS: Texas Democratic
Party Convention, June
15-17, tentatively Houston
•IN 29 WEEKS: 1984 Gay
Pride Week begins, 15th anniversary
of Stonewall uprising,
national sloean "United &
More in 184." June t Fi-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS
~ERS We li1tfrMMChweek
in th l• directory Monlroae community
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DWELLINGS &
ROOMMATES
$200 PER MONTH
One bedroom Ideal for
studenVartist Hardwood floors,
~Pn~~w~~Woodn~r:~/bea~:t/~t~~;:
no pets Congenial, quiet area.
861-9474
FLAT FOR LEASE
One bedroom ; 700 sq . ft .;
dependable, mature adult; only
$335+ utilities; deposit $200.
523-9025, Jerry.
CONDO FOR RENT
~11:.~~~~~a~~~A~d~:~.hne~·d;,rs8
$350 per month 436-1412
-- ROOMMATE
GWM, 27, seeks same to share
2-bedroom, 1-bath apartment
$275+ deposit Includes utilities
840-7153
GALLERIA AREA
Dramatic 1 bedroom, incredible
gourmet kitchen, gorgeous
hardwood floors, brass hardware In
bath. Galleria area. $650. 871-0602.
Lynn. RPAL.
MONTROSE/HEIGHTS
Close-in, 1 bedroom, hardwood
floors, lovely garden area in front.
~i~~ utilities. 871-0602. Lynn
HISTORIC HEIGHTS HOME
Outstanding opportunity for
gracious living In a beautifully
restored Victorian Home. In the
~i~~~~b~s8~.~~rJ:~fe;a'~e"s~~~~t~~~
Award, this 4000square foot, 3-story
Ho1:1ston Heights Home m~y be u~d
res1denh~lly or commercially. Built
in 1905, 1t sits on a corner lot with
over 13,000 square feet of land, an
English rose Q&den, 2nd story deck,
enclosed patio, quarters above a
3-car garage, and room for a pool
The home has 4 unusually large
bedrooms, 2 baths, wrap-around
veranda, leaded glass, an updated
country kitchen, high ceilings,
hardwoods, stenciled walls, roomy
formals, foyer, dramatic staircase,
sleep porch, 10 tons of air
conditioning (zoned), 2 fireplaces
and charm beyond description. For
further information call
713/861-9996. $239,500 sub1ect to
prior sell.
AN INTIMATE WESTHEIMER
Boutique and/or club space; will
divide 1000 to 4000 sq ft. Call
668-6373
GRAND CENTRAL PIPELINE
(A gay roommate service.) The best
business deal you will make this
year. 523-3223.
EMPLOYMENT &
JOBS WANTED
OUTSIDE SALES
Needed for travel agency.
Commission onty. No experience
necessary. Call Bruce. 529-8464.
AGGRESSIVE SALESPERSON
Young company mHtde P«S<>n to
promote new envlronmental
concept to bars and clubs. Simple
operation with superior standards.
Hours 9 to 5:30. Call 864-2223.
FOR SALE, MISC.
FREE CATALOG
E~ skin leather gifts for men and
women. Christmas delivery. The
Buckeye Company, Box 7653,
Houston 77270
EROTIC VIDEO CASETTES
$25-35. Both formats. VHS. Beta
Daniel. 526-9112
HANOVER SHOES
Fine quality men's shoes at
factory/direct prices Call Hank,
864-8393 (answer service).
WILD BILL'S JEANS
New and used-worn and torn!
Coats, sweaters, slacks. shirts. Lots
~~aj~a~:.9 g~~n~wrfd a~im .. ~~
.. Sonny:· 880-8824 or 880-8844
(Across the street from Salvation
Army Thrift Store. 2201-03
Washington.)
GARAGE SA~
Men's clo~hes je_ans,_ belts, size
26-30. Designer shirts, Jackets, 36A
Shoes 8·8 '~. Exerc1s~ equipment
small electronics, linens, more'
Cheap! Sunday, December 4,
10am-5pm 529-4904 , 2615
Commonwealth, No. 7 Cash only
GAY BARS
Nov. 25, 1983 I MONTROSE VOICE 21
Montrose Classified
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• Lo'8'10epot 2327Gr1n1 528-1342
8 M8ry'I 1022W9'th8tm.r 5a-1851
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• Midnite Sun-534 Weslheimer- 526--7511
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• Miss Chariottea-911 w Drew-52&-8840
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• R1cti'• -2.01SanJacint~781d1tc0
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8 Ri.ay Butinnt-2700 Albliny 528-.3811
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H!~='°"· counseling. rele~-rats. TTY. AIDS
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ttvough Montrose V0tee meets 730pm 111
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Luther•n Churctl. 2515 W•ugh- 521-o863
453-1 143meet2nd&4thT...-...-.n•ngs
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522-1000 meet 7pm4thT...-
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"My word! . . . That one came just too close for
comfort, if you ask me."
" Blast! This cinches it! ... II we ever find it
again, I'm gonna bolt the sucker on!"
" I've had it, Doc! ... I've come all the way from
Alabama with this danged thing on my knee!"
The Far Side by Gary Larson
last of the Mohicans
Recreahonal Land Fund Comm1ttM-Mu1tang
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MODELS,
ESCORTS,
MASSEURS
BE GOOD
to yourself today. Licensed massage
therapist on duty 10am to 10 pm, 7
days a week. By appointment 528-
3147 Randolph Alan
RELAX & ENJOY
!~~oin~~~~~~~~ls Bt~~~st~:7o.For
FULL BODY MASSAGE
Tension release, relax and en1oy
Very sensual Call for appointment
Tom. 7131524-7163
- BODY MASSAGE
In or out, Bruce, 521-2009
TEXESCORT-524-9511
Models, escorts & masseurs_ ''We do
care enou~h to send the very best"
Major credit cards honored. Monthly
medical certificate. Have a real fun
time with the right guy for you
LICENSED MASTER MASSEUR
t-:tot oil full-body muscle manipula-
~°e~ts.~~yor a;~_ °'~~~~271~~nt-
HAPPINESS 1$ ••.
a handsome, healthy, humorous,
happy hunk as your escort or model
from ... TexEscort. 524-9511. Major
credit cards honored. Security and
discretion assured
PERSONALS
TO FRED LUNA
Just as the sun will burn forever, so
will my love for you_ Don
- NEED A FRIEND
GWM, 20. 130 lbs . athletic.
outgoing_ Seeks same_ Write 161 -8
c/o Voice
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER
~~!~~~:,t~~ri~. hf~~ri~~~~t t~~~:~
portrait sessions and night
photography, etc. Contact Peter.
868-9425, evenings.
MEDICAL CENTER 'VOICE'
Reader wants to make friends at
noon_ Discretion please. Thomas,
792-5717. 630-0966
IWANT~
If 26 and under and want serious
relationship, call. Tired of bars 529-
7576 Lee.
HOUSTON GAY NUDIST
Seeks same_ Send photo. Box
740572 Houston n274
-"LOVERS SEEK "FRIENDS"
One: 25, 5'7'', 145, moustache, dark
hair_ Other 37, 5'9", 180, beard, fair
hair Send confidential photo
(must), information on preferences.
etc. Box 160-A c/o Voice
POLISH GAY MAN
31 , passive, black hair, hairy body,
wants friendship with active gay
Would like to Immigrate to USA. Will
answer all Andrew Hoszowski, UI
Warszawska, 15/6, 44-100 Gliwice.
Poland
CONTACT, FANTASY, FUN
Wrestling & more. 500 members
nationwide lnfop1xpak $3_ NVWC.
59 w 10th. New York, NY 10011
WANT A THIRD?
Attractive GWM, mid-30s, seeks
GWM couple for entertainment on
~~~Z'~nJoi~:sis Send reply Box
HOUSTON MALE NUOISTS
Seeks same Send photo. Mail to
Occupant, Box 740572, Houston, TX
77274
--CARPET CLEANING
GWMSEEK~
Professional, 42, 5'5", 120, browngrey
hair, blue eyes, letter. photo,
phone. Box 161 -A % Voice
RESTAURANTS
Free estimates, Von Schrader
equipment Quality work_ Gene
Scaff or Dave Kellie. Best Carpet
Cleaners 524-9294
--HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK
May this be the start of the forthcoming
good years. Yeah, party!
GWM
22, 5'11", seeks friendships and relationships,
under 35 only, masculine,
versatile. Wayne 266-2285.
OLDER AND GAY?
Why not? The Montrose Counseling
Center 1s conducting a workshop on
Sat., Dec. 3, from 9-4 for gay men
and women over 45 years of age.
Dan Fulme:r will lead the group in
~~~;~~ie~3:~d ·~r~v~~t~;~~~~
ces for growth, not just talk $25 registration
with limited space. Contact
529-0037
PERSONALS OF HOUSTON
Dedicated to the professional man
or woman with special lifestyle
needs_ Only $10 for 25 words or less
will allow you to meet that special
someone for the holidays. Soon to
~~0~a~~~~:~~'. 1~9 ~-7~~~~· ~7~i~)
782-3163.
Randy Alfred's ' Daiei~
S.F.,' twice a month
only in the Voice
BUSINESS CARDS $13.-10-1 -Discount
printing CPC. Why pay
more? (713)667-3600/664-9465.
Now hiring
DENTIST
Ron Peters, DOS. Exam, X-ray,
cleaning $25. Open evenings &
Saturday. 523-2211
---ATTORNEY
Jerry Garrett, 4803 Montrose, Suite
PRIVATE 11, 526-5237
GAY CLUBS SERVICES, ETC. --.>A TRICIA ANNE O'KANE
Attorney at law, 52EH911
MOVEMASTERS ---D-ENNIS BRAS
Hauling, packing supplies, too. 1925
Westheimer. 521-3155
Moving and Hauling_ 528-4453 or
521-2832.
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•TRAVEL
RATE: Up to ~ words in bold, $2.
Additional regular words 30¢ each.
Minimum cnarg" $3.
DEADLINE: 5:30pm Tues<lay for Friday's
newspaper.
LONG TERM ADVERTISING: Run the
same ad 4 weeks or longer, pay the full
run in advance, and make no copy
changes during the full run, and you can
deduct 15%. Run the same ad 13 weeks
or longer under the same conditions and
you can deduct 25%.
CHARGE YOUR AD: All classifieds must
be paid in advance OR you can charge
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PHONE IN YOUR AD: Only those who
will be charging to MasterCard or Visa
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words, FREE. (Additional words beyond 15 are 30¢
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FREE PERSONALS apply only to individuals. No
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HOW LONG? Free Personals can be placed for
one, two or three weeks at a time-but no longer.
To renew requires re-submitting the form.
BLIND BOX NUMBER: If you want secrecy, we'll
assign you a Blind Box Number. The answers to
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for each week the ad runs but replies will be
forwarded as long as they come in.
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your reply to the Blind Box Number, c/o Montrose
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charges must be paid in advance OR you can
charge to MasterCard or Visa. We do not bill for
classifieds.
PHONE IN YOUR AD: Only those who will be
charging to MasterCard or Visa can phone in
Classifieds to (713) 529-8490 Monday or Tuesday,
9am to 5:30pm. The Free offer does not apply to
Personals phoned in. You will be charged the same
rate as other types of Classifieds.
(use additional paper if necessary)
bold headline at $2
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lease property condition prior tO e OownbHI Records 2117 R1chmond- lease. Call (713) 669-9355 for ,,,..,_.
information or write Box 271394, "•'0<"-'..,."'",'-cuk-.•.g.~.- -=~n~.. ~• •_ ,..~--,.,._=5457
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