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Drinking
~~;:n:mong Pride in the '90's: Don't drop the 'ball'
~~~~'.~;}:~~,1;~~r•~:.:,0::",;,~ COMMENTARY BY SHERI COHEN DARBONNE, INSIDE
aging of baby bcH•mtre and height
eni'd health tont"trn•, art 1;Utting
bat·kontheNm1umptionofaloohol·
irbt-\'l'rHi(t'll. a ntw 1tudy .ay•
A tiurvty done for Ntw York
ha!lt'd Impact magaiine 1howed a
t1i11nifinantdedine in hard liquor
aalu m tht• L'nited State. during
thepoHtdE'<:8d(·anda1lightdropin
bet>randwinl'1ale1Jduringthepa1t
IM'vt·ralyean.
Thl'rf' h1w1: hem a lot of 10Cial
han11e11:·1aidH11·hard.Spent't,are~>
rt her for tht Texaa Commi11ion
in Aknh<>I and Drua Abuae. "'You
have th1-ajCin51"ofth1: baby boomers
MONTROSE VOICE
FRIDAY Augu'118.1969olSSUE460
MONTROSE WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY P1rt1y
• ..!"=~~;·::.:,:·'~~"-;;;';'.·~-:. Caucus suspends rule·
~~~~·~:;t:f%~r~:;;:~.~;~: • Hill can stay president
hf'l~:l~x~•l::mU...ion on Alc;o. By.SHf;RJ CO.HF.:-; DAHHO:-.C!\E l1 Pat l and.v told h Pm
~;ui:d :~~i: ~:~:·=~~::ht~~~ ~: ?t.~:~::'n\ G"a~y Pohtit·~I Cai ~::"r~~:~'.~;~:~th~y·~•~m
~r~n;:r~~;~~i!~~":id~~~~d';!;! ~~:. ~~~.8l~: ~~~::~~~~~d: "'t'l.:.~~~!=~v:h~r:~:.i~·l'PUOn.11
~~Y ~~~·{'1;~;;8k~n:ll:~~ beer than ;?:~,·~.",,,·::.e.t.:,~,:•:• , 'r,~;,~.·~·'',',:..~• ~ ;,~r~hh:~; /:.!fU,.t~:;~~:':. :.~Y
u."""' • " • .-~ • JU&ttakt>itout (ofthehylaw1l
l>urm11: 197\l, an avt'rage Texu
b.~·r drinker <~>n11uml'd more than
41 ll'llllon• while in l~Xtheamount
de-.:lint"d to , gal](m11. the commia
t<1on11oy11.
lli11tillt"d flpirit11, whith includes
wh1flkey, vodka. buurhon and tequi
In. MW 11 drop from 2.:l gallon11 per
pn11ontol.:lgallon11
\li1n1·('f>n11umptiunro11efrom 1-2
gallon11i><·rper1unin l\l79to11light
lym•.n•th11n211:allon•perper1LOnin
'h"I. But ""'inl' ro1U1umption ha1
druppedtuncePt'1tkinain 19116
Thecatt11oryofalt>andmalthq·
uora hu l!hown 111.t>ady cun11umpliln
in T1·xa1 or about 1.3 aallon11
perpel'll<mperyl'arduringthe 1979-
9NI po•riod
The lmpl\l·t •urvey found that
1hipment. uf hard liquor nationally
dropped fruin lti6 million cu. in
Ray Hill. currentpre11idl'nt, to fin l'ht' byl11w provunon w .a
ish his Lenn. Hill hrui annount'(od adoptt'<i in J~i becuu1M•memb.•r'I"
heint.end1torunforJu11ticE>oftht" ft'lt that it would lw n ronnictol
Peace. Precinct l. inti·rt»<tforotfin·r"''ftht·(aucul.
With 49 voting mt.>mbers pr- whi<·h 11t·rN•n11 <·andid111t·11 ma
l'nt. thl';!9.lavolejustsqu1·nkl'd makt"St·ndnr1wm1•nl>t. torun Jr
by the two third11 majority r._.. oUkt• Thou11:h tht• volt• 1<U1<f>en1
quirl'd to make tht' chan11:e. tht· ruk for the rt•maind1·rof Hill•
Hill argued on hill own bt-half tt•rm. tht' bylaw rt·main11 oi; th
that no black. womt>n'a or othn b.><1k11
minoritygrouphaHl!Ut·harult'. Ill' In Htheradwn W1odnl'IN'11,v, h
all!O noted that thecurrt·nt prt'lli 1·autu11aclopU'd11 Ii.mt ofll'nierat
dent of the Dall811 Le11bian and quei.twn11 to I){· u1wd in •t:ret"ninir
Gay Political Cualilio has run all c11rulidutu for <>ffil't> th .. 1'1(1
forC1tyCouncil therl' uon .war Other qUHlion•. to
Hill also Rllkl'd thl' caw·va to u11ed in •t·mening randidate. fo
con•LdPr that he ia WlkinK fur "on i;l>t'('iflC officm. "" I be preMnted
ly thrtt week11" afi.er his format la11•r. Hill .aid.
annuuncement in thl' ,Jp rac. to \1ember1 of tht> c11uc JI •hared
complete his one year tl'l"IJ'I. Ill' m nuru .. of the toi.e { 'ongre89-
1aid he doea not intf'nd to -a r• man \hdwy l.t>lond, and c'i•
electi<>n811pTI'tl1dl'ntofthl'caucu.a. 1·u1111••d ttllpolBH LO h; lc..a. he
1!:11!7toi09milhonc~m 19M.a ,-------------dedine
!4.2J)el'U'nl
l.~utraalt'SWt're2.1pt'rc.-ntleN
in "\170 th1• finil yeur•urveyed by
Imp t.
'It'• noiM"-'Tt'I thatcon1<umption
JI do ... -11;· .a.id Hl'uben Kogut. 11
ml•mhnofth .. bonrdofdirf'rton1of
ho l't·Xa" Pu1·kag1• Stnrt· Al'llC){·la
tiur •·p,~,l'lt• 11.rt· dt"rimtt'ly u11in11:
uurprodut·tinadifferentwaythan
tht•y u'"..:l to. Tht'Y areplannin11: to
buylt·tl.8,hutal){·ltt>rbrand."
Ko11:ut snid thet't~>nomic elump in
TexQ, tht' nt'l{ati\e 1mage liquor
hftll ll'<>tlen hy being- linked with
drugs, the rai11ingof1heetate'1 legal
drinking age and the liquor
induhtr~"• campaign for rwipon11i
bl1· t~•n11umptiun havt wntributed
I< dt"dininlj'.&alei
Court order
sought for
Metro drivers'
names
Thi· uttornl'y for a handicapprd It'll·
hian who i11 1<u1ng Metropolitan
Trun11it Authority for allegl'd dis
c-nmmation and hara111ment by
dr:iwr11 in itll Ml'lroLift program
w1ll 11l't'k a c-uurt ord1•r today, AUK
Ii\, tu forc-t> Metro to eupply the
namt"Softht•drive111involvl'd It's the Season for Openings
Neil Badders 'Houston Live,' inside
-~e "'O t'fl. :ofocu111ta pTl'v u11-
ly am unc't'd d1.nution drivt· for
:->t~n :->uup on ont· day. S.·pt lh
wa11 IN! tt>d aa the datt' for thl'
po 1ted :lriw, with dt>L1ll11 ~fthe
even tobedi•.illlltd nm(n ~e-l
I tlenex1 n.ei>bnll'.
a1.!~. wh he :illup H(;J.1'( •
lk.1'11 mmittt'll ~t.-d;o
llill'• 1<Uli[l(l"l<ltod politirnl 1<trlllt11'~·
in the1·xpt'f·hod ~11l'rialelt'(·tmn f(,
Leland·.C'nnp1'fiinnall<t'11t 11111
had a11k1..:l the1·11u1·u111<1ron•id•
runnmi.:: an t'Xtra llGl.l'<:-•uppurted
famlidatt> to "hold our
vot~"I! toeeth"r a11 a burgaining
hip. A runolf m tht' electbn is
likl'ly becaulll' of the number CJf
c.ondidatt u t""' t<. run
Gandy t·al. · - tratt'KY '\'t'TY
qu ... 1io1ablt' undermoatcirc-um
i.tan<·ea.
It would ~ly work if thne
""t'rt' so many n:lidatea .. and
Wt' could wind up taking volt'S
awa}· and the best ont' mi11:ht not
win'.' 11h1·a.11id
We bt-tt.t>r nol jump m1<1gt'l
tingbt-hindonycnndicl11tt'9r1ght
nuw ... tht.>11itu11tiun ix going to"'·
m11invt>ryflu1d,"Gnndy11aid.''We
Ol't'Cltokt ... palluurt'l(li[llinone
ba,;kt"tand li[l•t ht'hind!tht·rnndi
~,'.:~~1:'.ho h 111 r1•1m.,;1·ntaourin
Gandy imd Brian Ki .. ·wr ail!()
uri.::t'ficau1·uRnwmh..rlll<>partici
pale in the m1•murial l1f'rVil't>1
1<eht'Cluled fortJ1e('oni.::rt'SHman
The n xt HGIJ'l' m•~·t1nic will
bt-at: 30 ).m Wednetiday.St·pt.6.
at tht> '.1,j, ropol1tan '.l.lo.ihi Snv11"(c
nlt'r.14 ~\\1 tGray Auic. :ll 111
tl ed<'ac li1<' fo joning'hecau('ll!I
tovolt' tthP( Con I m1wo
al en ;loniem 1t eetmg o l S.·pt
"'
r The Legacy of
MickeY.
Leftln(/
News and Commentaries inside by
Sheri Cohen Darbonne and Leon Daniel
Ph,vlli11 Fryt>, attorney for
Mwhl'llt>'folliHOn. 11aid the hearing
a 1::J011.m. i11 p11rtofalongbattle
11\·erdioteol\'l'Ty(thereleasetocuun- '------------------~
M!lufnt'CN!laryandpertint'ntinfor·
mationJ in the caae. Telli,.on has
char11:t'l:I Metro with "blatant di.II·
cnmmat1on"a1l'am11tht>rbeo;-auaeof
her /t'tlbian lifetotyle
!'ryt".aid that Metru'• pleadings.
rejedo_odearlyonbythecuurt.in11•t
that ita contractor for the lift proicram.
Eall'lt' Paratranait. i.m the re-
11pom1ihle entity and ha1 refullt'd to
Tl'lt'aM> the driv,ni' namet. Telli1<1n.
who has l't'Tl'hral pall!}". hudifficul
ty reading infonnati"n off a name
tagandinmanyin11ta· .. ·e1thedriv
t'U du nut l'\'en wear their identifi
cation 111g1, Frye•aid
Computer game teaches adolescents about AIDS
Developers uf a new compule1
gamio about AIDS 88.Y they hoPl'
their work ,.-j]] lll'r•e aa a
"vaccine·· amongimprl'S>lionahle
adolmcenta. Tht> game was ere at
ed by two profl'llllOn in the l:ni
versit}' ofTexftll School of Allied
Health Sciences at Hou.tun'•
Program in Biomedical Commu
nication1 and developed wuh the
help of graduate studentfl in the
program. The team workl'd larKely
on their own time.
l'l•ptlVt', John rin id. 'How
man~· te.. 1ager are a..tuall~· g<~
ingtoreadtht>SU11tl'f>nGt>neral'1
rept>rtonAJUs-...
The tv.o con1idert"d different
approac-hea. and Fetter caml' up
with the ide11 of a variant of tic·
tar-toe
ad\·anre var ·ve eich
withmore uaT1'8lo-. ·ktocom
pletea ""'
Mary Anni' Faye and Olu
Kall'Ollhu. both biomt'<liral cum
munica1ion11 graclua11 ... wen'
brou11ht on board to IUISll!I in thl'
game's developmt•nt. Tht> tt'am of
four met Wl't'kl~-. HJlt'ndinK many
late ni11h1>< dt'!liKnina qut'Mtion•.
graphics and 1·umputt>r 11crl'('n8.
Vfrdidthi11onourownlime.be
cau"e whHher it wa• funded or
not, wewantt'<i tumakl'acontri
bution."John""" 1aid
Telli11on has charged that
Metrol.ift driver11 have harraued
herwithquetotion•abouthl'r&exual
prn{·ticuundhaverefuel'dtohelp
her li[t'l into her houlll'. one of the
11ervire1 rt>quin'CI of the drivers. In
Olll' in><tance. the driver refusl'd to
help whl'n TelliAon fell out of her
wht't'khair. Frye1aid
Dr. Craig Johnson, alllOciate
profeaaor in Biomedical Commu
nieation&whoconceivl'd thel'du
calional tool. aaid he came up
with the idea after reading the
Surgeon General's Report on
AIDS
B1/11'1?ttrr. on .. uf thf' rrf'alo" of th•· BiucJrAl!).'igamr. ~lw4f h• u 1! :.
pla)n:I
'I ,..nntl'd to ust" a familiar
au me fonnat th al would nut intt·r
ft>re with lt>achmg:' Ft"tter •aid
•·My initial thinkinK wato that a
game that wae fairly intuitive
would he much e11.11i1·r for the
learnertoplay. lfwehadcreatt>d
anrntirelynewde11ign,wev.ciuld
l!pend moret1mett.>achin11:thl'm
ho,,..topleythewamethanteach
inK them about AIDS." he 11aid
The final tnuchu wt•rt> addl'd
when Pat Gruwr. anotht'r KT&du
ate.creatl'dthl'l(ame'•"heru"and
\-illain" thatm·cupy the block•
Fryt' 11aid 1he hoPff to get the John11on. who11e hal·kgruund is
courttourderMetrotopruvideaome
mean11ofidt'ntifyinKthedrive111.A•
for tht' cumpany'1 pleading• that
Metro i.m not l't.'llpt•n11ible. f''rye re&
ponded. -thl' IMt'trol.ift) van•
havt' Metro writtt'n on them:· The
companyal90frequentlytouL1"it.'"
\·an prugram in promotional material.
•he &aid
"I realizl'd therewa.sarealab-
11enceofinformation.etoperiallyin
the adole.cent population:· John
aon aaid. Ht> met ""ith Bill Feller.
auiltant profl'llllOr in the proflTam,
and the two decidl'd to tack
le the challenge of cr.,atmK
BlockAIDS. a video arcade 1,vpe
game with colorful graphie9 and
original character8. The game i•
intend1•d to tt>ach adoleettnlll
about the acquired immune dt>fi
Clt'nt·y 1<yndrome, and JohnMJn
and Felt<'f •Ry tht'y mu1<t continu·
ally update the 1nformatiun Ill
Ill'"" reporta on thedi11eftllt' art• releued.
Bl()(·kAIDS .. rurrentl}' on
d111playintheMullf'umof:\atural
Sctt>nre'•HallofHealthS.-ie1~
Ft-ttt'r alls tht' g-ame C••n<'t'pl
an int.,rNting e,·oluti in
!\ether (Juhnto'H o- my!N"lf
art' iKO gamt>playinjt': he1td
mitted
·w,. G·_ 1deo on a (l'ame a11 1ppoaed
[( uther, more traditional
methodii >f te,_hinll', bl't·auM w1•
fe'' adolesce ta would be m< re rt>·
HlodtAIUS playera c"'mplett'
row& uf blocka hy correct]~· an
1<Wt'ring qut'11tiun• ahout AIDS
!\ovi<'l" playt"raCan Ket a '"hmt'
that rl'dun·11 th1• point value of
theirbkx·k \lihenaqul'llt10nisan·
~wt>red mcMrt'ctl)', the ~,·iru•
taketi over the block. preventmll'
completi1•nuftherow
A>< mw• are ci:ompleted. playen
in t'l:lucauonal ptiycholofry. and
Fetter.who11efieldisin~tructional
technoloin. •ay the •ucca1 of the
11aml' ha.a in1<pirl'd the 11'.Tt>Up to
considerCTeatinli(oth .. rhealthed
ucauon games.
Fetter elao hopee the game can
be u!ted in the achoo! dii;trict.a as a
health educati Jn aid
2 MONTRC iE vr ICE FRIOA'( AUGUST 18. 1989
New York gay group eases stand on AIDS testing The Montrose
Voice
~~~ ~~<~.!~11~1E~
:.;EW YORK (l'Pl•-A major 1a~
health or1aniiation relaxed 11a reai.
ltanct to A!Uti ~tmg and
launched an adcampa11n urging
«>nctrnt"d New Yorker11 to •·think
. about"' a blood teet fora11naofthe
di..eaae
Richard))unne.execut.ived1rector
of thl' Gay Ml'n°1 Heahh t'riai1,
pointed out thert a«! lb0,000 to
:16(},000 peop](• in the aty mfected
with the human 1mmunudefki1""ncy
viru1, urH IV, which cau1e1AIDH
Dunn!' nplamed the ntw pohry
onw..tingfolluw1guarantt'HofC(>n
fidentiality and newl)' de'"eluped
dru11
Te11un1 ii • •·ery pr ~n• deci
1um:·heu1d1'ul'tlday ·ourpo.ry
hur-vol\'ed .. 1ththet1me..
"Today we ha•·ea 1trong law m
New York 1tate which prutecu peo
ple'1«>nfident.iahty:· Dunne told a
ne .. ·aconferenceattendedbysc•m ..
critics of the campaign
New1paper ade urging readeni.
~ 1 r you ha•·en't taken the antibody
tt11tfortheAIDSvirue.thmkabout
it:' appeared Tuesda)' in The New
York Timl'!I, 1\ew York New!lday
and The Daily New&
"Therearefumpellingrea11on11to
11et tl'!lted and to km• .. your HIV
11tatu1:·Dunne11aid."Whtntht HI\"
antibody ll'llt wa.e: finit dtveloped,
thl'"rewunnuallynothmgpeople
.. -ho .. -enmfecl.tdroulddotxctpt
wall for the fint aymptom1 of All>i::i
toappffr'"
Today. ho .. ·t'"er. the«! are drug1
which can prolong life by 1lowing
the dt\'tlopml'nt of AIDS and preventmg
1ome 1-ll V-relatt"d illneut1,""
he.a1d
Gay group& and othen have rf"-
1isted rall1 for mandatory letting
for AIDS for fear the information
cuuldbeust"dag1un1tthem
Tht te11t, which mvolvN takmg a
11mall blood Hmple, doet1 not detect
.. hetheraptr11onha1A IDS. ltind1
catet1onlythatll!Vha.1enteredthe
body, and the body ha1 produced an
1ibodiNtofighttheintr\111ion
HI\" ie 11pread by .exual or blood
to-blood contact. 1uch u dr\11" ullttl
1harin,- nttdh .... It can allO be
pa.IH<I on from an infected woman
to her baby
Dunne etreuecl that the call for
te1t.rngwaaooupledwilh1heavaila·
bilityo£ooun1elin1iforthoae1uffer
ingfrom1t~beforethetl'ltand
otherewhofoundtheywereinfected
with the AIDS viru1
Someindividual1atthe newsron
ferencearguedbitterlywithDunnt.
que11tioning the good ofleflting
when manyoould not afford treat·
Hov. many more a«! going to
It's the season for openings
Hou11ton Li"e by N[IL
BAUDER."
Thill wttk"• 'Houston Li•·e' will
jtiveyoualittlthead1<tarton11omt'
of thl'" fomina theatrkal upenings
anound the city
Tht"atre l"nder the Star11 u1 an·
nuuncmg th1·ir11·ru<un "By Popu
lar Uemand The Cumed_,.
Worktlhop1.11op1:nin11am• .. r1""vue
calltd "Houtopia;· and Main
.Stre<·tTh1·alt'r111rt·vivm11iU1b1g
){1."11t hit "Tht· Tru11t."
Befort' launt·hing into thi11 pr1•
view, howl."vtr. let mt' tell you
about two ouUltanding effort.Hin
fundrttiRin11onl1thalfofAIDSor
ganiiauon11
-Briar Patch Follies
l .a~t Sunday. a mu1<11·al t·omt'<i.V
n'\'Ul"wna performed at tht·Hriar
Pauh to bf.ntfit McAdory lloullt'.
Omtga Houllt' and Stone Suup
Tht' two hour 1<huw featured a mix
ofamatturandprofouionalenler
tainen ... ·hohadni"heaniedforthe
one night perfonnan« eince May
Tht'a ... netiofauctions,araffle
and the show. 527.000 had bet'n
rai11ed befott i ltft at mtenniuion
CongTatulat10n1 on the fine work
Muh.L Hall 11e880n. ae< r1rdin1 to
Frank Young, txMuti"t dirMLOr.
The mu11ical theater r(ljjlf-r an
nounced by Young wa1< Rloclfod
vinually by audien« 11un·ey. Ex
panding the Hou11ton 1t·aeon to
•·vt'n show• and addin1 a Satur
daymatine-elLObringLOl4iui11ub.
IK'ription performanct11 of tat·h
ahuwl. TUTS .. i:n also ht takinlt'
four of iU! production11 on tht' rottd
folluwing their local staging
Tht' fiveaubl:lcription mu11ical11
in TUTS' '"By Popular Demand"
llCIL!!on include three Broadway
das11iu-··Mame,"" Sept. 19-0ct. I,
The King and I,"" IJ('(.' 5·17, and
'Camelot."" Jan. 2:.J- 1-'th. -!teamed
with two mu11ical favor
ilff of tht 19MJ"11-"A Choru11
Line: March 6-18 and '"Thi'" ~t
l.ittlt' Whon-hou11tin Tl'"xa11: May
lt">-27.TUTS11ubscrih.-r11al11owil\
Kt'tfinitcrackattickl"Ultolimited
rtturn engagemenu of "Ba\l(•t
1-"olkloriro de Mtxico;· Oct. 14- ;-.
and ''Jeiou11 Chri111 SuJlt'nit.ai'
April :Pl. Both are rli"vivals from
theju11tcompletedl9JY(..l-!l8t'wion.
Juliet Prow11e will takt the titl1
role in - Mame:' TL"Th' &taaon
opener, which will travel to
Seattle"• 5th A•·enue Theatre.
then ha,·e a limited Northwt•11t -Bering's "Beehive"
benefit tour: Prowserepri¥e11 therole11he
The opening night of "Beehive." played in the original London pro.
now at the Alley Theattt, netted duction. "Mame"" will be directed
$16.000 for tht' Bering Founda· and choreoiraphed by Ui11na
tion, another out11andina effon Baffa·Brill, choreographer of the
-TUTS' season 1how"1 moat recent Broadway revival,
who al110 staged many of
Expan1ion will be the keynote of the production't1 national tours a&
Theatre Under the Star1' 1989-90 well Ill TUTS' 1984 mounting
Harold !Su.gg1 play1 W11/u1rn Mar1ch Rice 111 The 7TU8f' at Mam Strttt
TMater
with Marilyn Maye
'The Kmg and i:· Richard Rod
geni and 0..Car Hammeretein"e
aeeund mu11ical clU11ic baaed on
the novel ·:Anna and the King of
Su1m:· wilt lM> TUTS" holiday at
traction at the Mu11ic- Hall. A.
usual. Tt:TS" t:.oliday mu11ic-a\
will 11howcwi.e taltnted studenta
from tht' C(impany'11 official train
ing winl(, tht· Humphrey• School
ofMu11ical Theater .
·camt•lo1:· the third moatpapu
lar mu1ical with TUTS' audienc·
u, will ma kt it.II third appearance
on TUTS' 11tag1• in January. Set in
tht<11plend11rofthemedievaloourt
of England. "'Camelot'"waecreat·
ed for Broadway in 1960 by Alan
Jay 1..enlt'r and Frederick Loewe.
WinneruffourTunyAward11.th1•
uril(inal production 11tarred Richard
Bu.nun aM Kmg Arthur. Julie
Andrtw• WI Gutne .. ere and Rob.
1;>rt Goulet aa Lan«lot. The mid·
wmlf-r prodU<'Uun will be 1hared
with tht SaCTamtnLO("i•·ic Light
Opt>ra m that wl!llt C'Oa!lt 11ummer
company"• prtmiere winter 11ea·
':AC'horutl.int':·ct'lebratmgita
},1th ytar on Hroadway, haa been
IK"heduled by Theatn> Under the
Stare for a 11pe-cial 15th anni,·er
aary production. replacing iU! previously
announced 8outhwet1t
premiere of '"Grover'• Corneni"
1tarring Mary Martin. The longe11t
running musical on Druad
way and the winner of nine Tony
Awards, a New York Drama Crit
ict Circlt Award and a Pulitzer
Priit for drama, ":A Choru• Line"'
Wall conceived, choreoiraphed
and directed by Michael Btnnen.
with book by Jaml'I Kirkwood
and J\'.icholaa Dante, mu1ic by
Marvin Hamliach and lyrie1 by
Edward Kleban
·The bellt Little Whotthouae in
Texaa:· which madeit.1dtbuthere
at the Tower Theatre in 1979 after
openina on Broadway in 1978.
will conclude the "By Popular Demand"
aeaeon. Houtton favorite
June Terry wi111tar aa the mu1i
cal madame, Mona Stangle)·, a
role 1he perfonned at the Tower,
on national tour and for over a
year in the Lai Vegucompany at
the Sahara and Deaert Inn 1how
roome. Director Rogtr Allan
Raby and choreoirapher Angie
Wheeler, OOth veteran1oftheorig·
inal Tower Thtatre and touring
oompanits, will 1tage the all new
production for TUTS
-Th e Co m e d y
Workshop
·ttoutop1a: a Hitchhiker"• Guide
to Hou11ton' opene at The Come-dy
Workshop Aug. 17. Chri1 Be rue
direct.a thi1 original comedy revue
that leui you know how to be a
mover and a 1haker in the Bayou
City on 79 centa a day or lea• (if
you don't get on the freeway1).
Learn how to deal with the new
Houston "pay 200" _ you know,
the with the 1ame old animals.
and walk a mile in the 1hOet1 of a
Houston movie cop <the guy that
ke-eps you from 1neaking into a
second movie in a muhi·cinema).
If you li\"ed through the Hou1ton
'"boom;· then the bust and if
things aren "1 quite •·back·· for you
yet. then you"ll IO\"t thill thow
"Houtopia" plays Thurtday
through Saturday at 8:30 p.m.,
wlth an additional 1how1 at llJXI
p.m. on Saturday1. lmproviaation
&eMion1 follow on 11male 1how
niahta.
- The Trust
Murdetmoneyanda1pecialmi1-
1ion aretheelemenu that come together
in Douglaa Killgore'e '1'he
Trwit:' being 11aged for iu third
run at Main Stre.et Theater in the
Village, Aug. 17 through Sept. 17
We're working to
bring you a real
newspaper.
Jurors recommend death for serial killer Kraft
SA!'O-CA Al"A. Calif il'Pl)-Ju Brown. urging jurore to recom t'ountyn1adway1.invitingyoung
rora Aug. II r('("Ommended the mend tht death 11entence. intro malehiutiikeniintohiecatthen
death penalty for11erial killer Ran duced e\id .. nce linking Kraft to plying thtm with alrohol andeeddy
~tt>vt'n Kraft. ci:onvit·ted of the eight additional murder& ouu1dt• ati\·ea until they "l'tt rendered
11ex and tonu~ 1layings of 16 California helplt'llll
young men during a decade of Jn\'l'lltilt'ators believe Kraft may Kraft then l(lrtured. mutilated
murder. be reapon11ible for Ill man)' Ill 65 and 11exually abu.00 hi1 victims-
In recommtnding that Krah be elayinlt'S in all many of thtm young Marinl'll-put
to death in the California glll Defense lawyers, meanwhile, befon'&trangling them anddumpchamber
at San quenlin prit<0n, a pleaded with juror!! to apare ing their bodit'8 along freeway
Supt•riur Court jury rejt~ted tht' Kraft"• hfl'". ramp1 or m ?\'mote areas
only other puniMhment he faced '"Killing Randy ia not going to af~~a:~a~~~r~:l'!l~~:~yaf)~~r~
~~e0ifn :a~~~tn without the P<••ibili- ~::; ~-f~~~n~o;:,:·~):~=~~a~~ ~~~c:;:g ""u~o t~~~ ~ii=g~a;,r':
da~~~j~;re;~ae~~~r~~~~~;:1ol'~M ;; ~~i~~~;~:t~~:;:~n:;;·:~~~; ~Y ~f~~~i~na~~.. ~. ~. ~~~~:~rt
~~ ~;:f~:>;~~:~~h'7~:ity phase r~~8!~~~~hee:7:~~~)~~,~~~:~·;: ~~~n~~:~t from t:l Toro, in the
.Supt>rior Court Judl(e Donald luved one, another mothl'"r would PrOlleCutora oontended Gambrel
~~d~r:no;~l~ ';tatn·e llt•ntf!nc- bu~eh~::e::~ called Ill! witnl'l!llt'll ~::K:(~r;:';~l~1h~1C::db~na'.:it:~~a~f
Kraft. H, a fonntr oomput.:r duz(·n11ofKraffsrl'"lati\'t'll,lrimd11 gltd with his own belt after hi1
com1ultant fnim Long Bt-al-h. wlll! and ro--worktr11 LO prai11e his char wri11ts wt•ft' bound w1th hi11 11hot
c..mvicted May l:l of 16 C<•unU! of aclt'r and intellMt. In addition. a la('I ..
finit-degrl't' murder and one count neuf'Ol!Cient.i11t lelltified that Kraft ln\'t'tltigaton al"o found in
each ofeodumy and mayhl'"m may suffer from brain damage Kraft"srarahandwnttenh11tof6I
The penalty phBMe began Junl'" Proe.ecuto11111aid that from Hf;'2 l'"ntrit'I that prUl!l'"Cutor11 contend
5. Deputy lh11tnctAttornty Bryan until IW<J, Kraft pruwled Orange was a coded "dl'"eth li11t" ofKraffs
\'1ct1m1
But another defenlf' attornty.
Jaml'll Merwin. contended the li"t
Wlll 1imply Kraft's .. ay of coding
•he name.ofgueata he intended LO
invite to a surprise pony.
The defense 1aid there wlll no
'\·t>ncrli"te e"idence·· linking Kraft
to any killing
But prosecutol'l! said Kraft had
a fetish for ke-eping 11ou•·en1r1 of
his victim.a. Photoeofllt'veral vie·
tima were found in hi1 car and
morephotoa.alongwithitemebeJonging
1(1 sevtral victims, were
foundinthehout1ehes ha redwith
a companion. Hit1 fingerprint.I
were found on piece11ofgla1111 recovered
near one victim
Kraft"s 10-month trial i¥ tht
longeatandC011tlieatcriminaltrial
m Orange County hi11Wry
PrOlleCut.ora e11timated the ca&e
had C08l more than $2 million for
attorneys feea, invet1tigaLOre. tx
perU! and otherC(iunC011tabefort
the actual trial even began. The
judge has smce ordered the CC»lt of
Kraft"11defensekep1eecret
ha,·e to die'~ a•kt"d one
Dunne acknuwlt"dgt"d that many
people 1u.ffering from acquired im
munedeficiency1yndromeorHIV·
relaudLiln-C'Ouldnotafford
treatmentandcalledformorego'"
ernmenthelp
"The ex11tenctofeffecti•·edrug1
is meaninglet11 without acctM to
them.~he1aid.''Accea1mu11tinclude
not only the drug1 them1elvN but
al1otheprimarycarenecenarylo
monitoranindividual"1health
"Wecallonthecity,1tateandfed
era] go .. ernm(·nt.I to work together
to en1ure that hfe-1avinK treat·
ment.landcareareavailabletoall
without rega rd kl ability lo pay;•
Dunne1a1d
Given ita world premiere preeentation
hert in 1987 and revived in
191*1. thi1 fact·bllled drama about
tht mysteriou1 death of William
Marech Rice has become the big·
ge11 OOx office euccel8 in Main
Street Theater"114 yeara ofopera·
tion. Thie 1ucceee hlll led author
Killgore and director Neil 'Sandy'
Haven1 to dtve\op plane for a Ii.Im
ver11on
The 1tory concem1 early Houston
millionaire Rice'• plans to create
a great school. a ··Cooper Union
of the South." and how hill
dream wu ntarly thwarted by an
unacrupuloul l"ew York lawyer
and Rice"1truated valet. The crime
and the 11en1at1onal trial that followed
garntred headlineti both in
New York and Texu for many
monthl at 1he turn of the century
Thetitlealaorefentothemieeion
Rice entru1ted LO hit friend and attorney,
Capt. James A. Baker, to
brin1 Rice Inetitute (now Univereity)
into being. Houtton actor
Harold Sugg1, a member of Ac·
tor'1 Equity, will once again par·
tray Rice.
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FRIDAY. AUGl OT 18_ 1!189 MONTROSE VOICE J
Jn 1Hrmorl! lOL Report calls for action against gay youth suicide
-Ray Tackelson
December 1958 August 15. 1989
Ray Tacke• died at home m
AreponJ11>1trt'lt-Medhythel S Ile
partment of Health and Human
St"n-l('t'll <l.lHHSJ 1'111k Fon-e 1•n
Youth Suicide ackno,.·led11H that
lt><hian and ga} youth are at m
('rt'lllledriskfur11uicid<'andcal11for
·an t-nd to dil!Criminatlun agam~t
youth" on the ba11i1of11u<·h char&<'•
~i><tiC11a11di>1ability.sexualorwn
tationandfinancial11tatu11'
Thl'rl'port.prl'partodunderforml'r
lllll\S Secretary Oti>1 It H-u.,..t•n.
wa11tompletedinJanuary Hl!-l!lbut
didnotrecei.-epubhcationuntilthiN
1u1111 wetok. The four ~olume docu
ment idenllfil"fl rillk fadoni for
'l<>Ulh >1ui<-1de, ro:vie.,.., pre.-entiun
and mten·enhon 11ctiv1t1ea,11nddtfin.,.,
11trattg11'11 forthO'future
:At-cordmgto"""arc-hdi..ru..ro
inthe Dl-IHSrepurt.1u1odO'iatM
leadmKfllUllf'ofdO'ath11mnnrlNb1
an,KayandotherM'xualminurit}'
youth," .aid Kevm Bemll. direetor
of the f\11tumal Gay and Le11b1an
Ta11k Furcl''• antniolence project
ThO'mneuffiri11kof11u1cidefacinK
th1-..t"youth18linkt>dtogrowmgup
ma 11ocu:ty thatteachN them to
hid('1mdhatethem81'lv1'11. Wewel·
l~lme th1a n·port 11nd hope 1t will
lead to 11cllon that will 1ave h~e.
r he DIUIS rt'p()rt reflectll the
findin11• 11nd re.:ummendallonaof
1hrttl91'6oonferencet111puni redby
theSeetttary'aTwokFol'l't' . Youth
Suicide. At the U!Jl'ing of 1'GITt
andotherorganizet11>n11.repn-nt
at1•·eaofgay and geyaUirm111tno·
groupe. indudinK l'art-nt. and
Fnend• oflet1b1anll and Cill)'I and
San Franci11co'11 l'ommun1ty
Again11t Violence . .,..ere m•·11('d to
the conference.
:Allofua.,.hoparticipatt-dat
theset\·enUl&pOktforcefull'1<>fth1·
necdtodealwiththe11:ayyouth11111
cideia.sueheadun."aaid Berrill
The final rep0rtal110 feuturl'911)l
proximately 50 paper11 commi>1·
11oned by the DHllS Ta11k Forl'I' on
Youth Suicide. indudin11:pap1m1un
lt~b •n and ga)· youth •Ill ide by
1'11111 G1bo1t1n, !.(.~.,.,and Jo,...ph
ll11rry.1'hl>(i1bo1on'•paperde...
nbed •Uindt- u the "leading
uUMo{deathamonggaymale.INbum.
h1M"xual and tram1aexual
youth."andc-..ndud<odthatleoibian
and11ayyuuth"mayC'Ompri~upto
3011oerrentofcomplt·ted11uu:idtflan
nuaJly_·l)rlhlrry'1papttCOnclud
edth11t "homo .. u11ah1ufboth11exe11
are t.,.·u to 111x umH more likely to attt
·m11t ~11ic1de than are hetero .. exu
al11:
In a ll«tmn focu11mg on preven
uon and 1nwrvt·nt1on•. the report
llllllt"d that ··ml'nlal heelth end
youthtt·rv1cea1wnc11'11canprov1de
a<-.ceptam and•upportforyoun1
homoa.exuai.. train their penonnel
ongayi1111ue11.andprov1deappropn
ate gay adult role model•. &hool•
can protect gay youth from abu.e
fromtheirPft'rtlandprovideaccu
rate informauun about homOHxual
ity in health rumnila. t'amilie.
11ho11ld ar:<:t'pl their child and work
wward eduC"atmg themlH'lve11 about
thedevelopmentandnatureofhomu..
exuahty
Copie11ofthefo11rvulumereportof
the DHHS St-cretary'• Tuk Force
onYuuthSuicidecoat$4t111ndcanbe
ubtainedfromthc8uperintendentof
Documenui. l' -8 Go•·ernment Prmling
Office. WHhmgton. D.C. 20402
~~:·::?:~s~::.:~::'.:~''·:, Rothko Chapel's Universal Youth Declaration Aug. 26
Kathy Tackelsoi, o· Brook Park. M•
his 11ster1 Brenda _kelson. K 1e A new hum&n r!4ht.s declaratJon.
Carlson and bro!her David Carlsun Ille 1969Unlversal YouthDeclara
Hew1 bem1ssedbyh1smanylriends uon.WWbepreeentedataepec1al
on Houston by h'I roo-nmate Car· prognun at 6:00 p.m. Saturda,y.
men P)tto;k h11 loi9hme lnend :~~i::.:e=~:=
Skop An :lres&f"l 1nd his buddy. Char· llc::
heP1t•a
A me - al will b8 he!d in eel bra-
11 )n )fh11h'e. attheRotnkoChapel
re!lett1ng PO)I. August 19 1989 at
6"m
!'<) You Plant Yo Jt Own Gardens
And Oecore1ti Your Own ~oul
Ins lead Of W;M•ng F )r Someon
To Bring You F Jwor5
The declanWon wae voted on by
Ille Internatlonal Youth Conven
uon. whlch met. ln the European
Parliament ln St.raabow'g. F'nLnoe
July 16-23. Theoonvenuonwaeor
gan17.led by A.D'89 ( t.ha Assoc:iaUon
tor the Daclarat.lon of Aug. 26.
1969) as a special event to celebrate
the Bloentenn1&1 of the
French RevoluUon
-Legal clln1c
A1D6 !"ound&tlon·Houston and
Ille Houston B&r Aaaoc1Atlon wW
oonch.:t a tree legal cllnlc for
PW.As and PWARCB from lOcOO
am.tolOOp.m on&ept_9att.he
Uont.roee branch. Houston Publlc::
Library at 4100 Uont.roee
can AaaociaUon of Unlveral\f
Women. 'I'exasAbortlonR!gh!BAl>
tlon League and Ille American Clv
11 LibertJeB Union. Repreeent.atlvee
of Ille groups report
oollect.tveJ.y reoeMng thouse.nd8
of phone oana rrom lncliViduala
whoareout.ragf!dbytheWebster
"'"'°a ·1twas llk8an mrplosion o!outr
cry from people who took for
granted their b881c human Mghia
to pr1vacy a.nd. reproducUve 0-.
oom~ 8&1d. Lettie 'fyler of the
HCWPCo!thepost--Webeterphone
calls to women'e groupe. fyler 111
Bt.serln& oorrunltt.ee chair for Ille
In October. 1986. the Rot.hko
The cllnlc w1ll provtde ase:lst-anoe
ln the prept.raUon of wllls.
llvlng WWs. powers of attorney
and dNlgn&Uon of gu&r<1la.ns
There w1ll be a brtel' d18cusslon of
legal lB8ueil epectflc to PWA/
PWARCa, followed by 1ru;llv1clual
oonsult.&Uon with an attorney
The attorney will gather the Wormauon
to prept.re tha neoeee&ry
Name• Projeet lfousion '' prm·1dm11 a Quill ponl'l /11 ~1gn in foctJI nomes for rally
That You Really Can Endure thtna11onald1spla'!<' "(Til.e rally)w1llg1vet.heeepeo-
Thal You Really Are Strong
And You Really 0< Havt Worlh
Handicapped club
PromR.C. BtYANT
My name 18 RC Bryant. and I
have Cer'lltlnt.l Palsy I am llltereeL-ed
ln get..Ung a eo..
al org&.fl.1za.t1on
~ettera :~= people like JT\YB8lf to the Becau8e 1 don't
lclltor ~~rto~.0~
have very rew ao.1&.
loontact.slfan
yoneelti ·Wlth&h&ncttoap18lntel'est.
edlnstarUJlfagroup11Jtethls.
I am lntereet.edlnhea.rt.n(trom
you.Pleaaewrltetomeat939
Cherry BprtngB Dr. HOUBton
7'7036
The Montrose
Voice
Chapel heldaonedayworkshopon legal documents
"'l'he Peroept.10nsofHumanRlghts ·it IS tmportant to note:· saidatr
IB8Ue8 by Young Amartcans" The torney John Paul B&rnlch, APH ;::::eA me~tw~~~~ board ch.alr. ''that even !fa person
the Deoember.1988.conterenoeon =~~tedu!i;:
''HumanR.lgll!BandtheDLsadV&n oodet.hls-1onoftheleg1alature
caged" In Parts. and the HO'IJSt.on mallBt.hoaepoweraofattorooIIUill861on
of A.D'89 was created ney tnvalld, and cllent.a w1ll
The public ls lnv1ted to the grand t.ha CoallUon at 522-6428 or come
ope~toaesthe!ac1lluesandt.he bytheolfloeatl476West0~
group·a new home. Napoli said -Choice Coalition
ple whofeel f'N8t.rateda.nd.lsolr.tr
ed a.n opport.unl\Y to eee that they
are not alone. thateouthBaBt'IUMI
111 indeedforcholoe,a.nd.tochannel
,p.r,o -.c..h.,o_lo !I energy lnto votes fl fyA.
D'89.formedlnF'ranoelnl966, n-s to execute new ones
st&Uld ae lt.s ~ to Mght a whlch oonform to tllo8e
new. updaUld decl&rat.lon of the chan8M'
The ooal!Uon 18 98lk1n4l volun
teera to operate llB oommwucy
drop-ln room tturtng Ille day from
Montrose
Selghborrtgh!
B of man for 1969 The new Por more lnformauon on hood
Oecl&rauon would be adapted to the legal c11n1c. oonta.ct. the
modern 11c1enunc progress and ln foundauon at 623-6796 lvent1
800Lm.to530pm
Volunteers are also
needed for the evenings.
ae eervu.e
are hoped to be ex
pandf!dtolO:OOp.m
Uondayt.hroughP'M.·
d.ay.Napollsaid.The
household goods ~~::_ ~vo~1a1 =-:r -PWA Coalition
ymmg people dlBcu88lng oontem- The People W!t.h AIDS Coal!Uon
porary human rtght.s 1S8'U6B to Hauston w1ll hold an open house
draft. a.ruclee for the decial'aUon at their new offloee from 7:00 to
The members of A.D'69 Houston 9:00 p.m on Monday. Aug 21 The
metregularlytoprept.readraft,of PWA Coal!Uon 111 now locatlld ln
the Issues that. oonoern !Jlem to- the Uetropoltt.an U ultHlervtoe
d.ay0ut.o!th1agroup.Un1vera1t,yof Center at 1476 West Or.y
Houston students MK As.ref, '"When the Coal!Uon wae foroed
Blanca Neve, Amalia Pa.llaree and to move from 600 Rosine. Vlnoe
Barry Reeee, and Leo White of the R,yan'aoffloeaaalllt.ed uslnrenUJJ8
UnlversttyofSt. 'l'homaa. wereU.8 spaoe at the MuJU Servtce Cent.st.'
represent.at.Ives at the youth oon aa.1c1 B1ll Napoli, pree!dent of the
venuon ln Strasbourg ooalLUon. ··a1n0ethatume.wehave
The progre.m at the chapel w1ll Signed a one ye&r lease which In
program, offlce1
computer/lnformat.lon !tne.
t'uru1re.l81ng acuviues and Nauu
lus~erctse programs aleo need
volunteers. and volunteer drtvers
are neecied !orthetransportatkm
program with Amertcan red Croes
and. 8el'ln& Care Cent.et!
The PWA Coa.llUOn's volunteer
train1ngdooesnotrequireextendecl
weekend aesslons. Napoli noted
Tra.ln1ng conslst.s of one evening.
with ln aervtoe updatae as needed.
A slJc month corrunltmen~18 aaked
of volunteers
be followed by a reoepUon at the cl~ three offloee and the oom For more Worma.uon on volun·
Uenll CollectJ.on. mwut;y drop-In room: teertng. or for an appllcaUon. call
\
•'" . '-'r'•·l·~
~I
~
The Choice Coal!Uon.aneJ.llanoeof
sewn HO'IJSt.on org&ntz&Uons. will
.sponsor a pro-chok)e 11•.UY ln Sam
Houston Park from 900 a..m. to
11 00 Lm. on ~- Aug 26
The date 18 the 69th anniversary of
the p&mage of the 19th amend·
ment. gtving women the right to
The ooallUcm was formed in responae
to Ille Supreme Court rul
trigJuJy311lthe'Webetervs.R&
produoUve Health Servtoee" caee
The ·webeter" rultrig overturnl!ld
the rtght to cholo!I by gtving st.ates
-ieg18lat1veauthor1\foverabort.Uln RepreasntatJ.vea or ateerln&
oomm1WJe ~ns are W'(trig
other groups and 1ru;llv1du&la
lllVOlved. with human rtght.s to atr
tend and support. the evenL
TI\e ateertrig orga.niZatlons are
the Natlonal Ol'gan1zat1on for
Woman I NOW), Planned Parent,.
hood of Houston. National c.ounc11
of Jew1ah Women, Harr1s Count;)'
Women's Pol!tJc&l C&ucus, Amert-
Pereonstnt.sl"8flUK1illp&rtlcipa.t..
trig ln or contrfbuUng to the event
may call 522-6673 or wrtte The
Cholo!I Coallt1on. PO. SO. 272304.
Houston 77277-2034
-Quilt panel
Names PrQ)8Ct. Houston ha.a an·
nounoed that a panel, to be ~
pla,yed along with the A.IDS Uerru>
r1alQu1ltlnWa8h1rigt.on,D.C.,w1ll
beavailablefortndlvidual8toalgn
1n n.amee of departed loved ones ln
Houston over the next e1x weeks
Created by Pate Martinez. the
panelw1lll>edlspla.yedlnWa.ahlng
ton the weekend of Oct. &6
Th1s week, the pe.nel can be
signed at the Galleon at 9:00 p.m..
on Aug. 21; Past.Tl.me at6:00 p.m..
on Aug 22; RfMarlts at 6:00 p.m..
on Aug. 23; Mother'a at 600 p.m..
on Aug. 25andtheR1poordat8 -00
p.m. on Aug. 26
In A!.!iyro Babylonian mythology
!SHT AR \1.ilS a very unique lady. goddess
of both the morning and the evening.
Enigmatic ua!i an appropriate de!.cnpt1o n; a
my3ter1ou!i riddle
On Augu>116th The ISHTAR G,llery will
open ll!i door!> to the p1iblic. It promi!ie!i.
like the my!ilenous godde!.s 1ha1 it take!. it!i
name from. to be something very different
and very special.
ISHTAR Gallery i!i a Montrose
Community Bu!i1ne!i!i, !iupport1ng loul
talented art1 '>ts and !.hall do nate a portion of
each !.ale made back to the community
The gallery utll be open:
Tues Thurs llilm to 7pm
Fndav 11am to 9pm
Saturday 1 tam to 6pm
(C!o.,ed Sunday 6 Monday)
4 MONTROSEVr1CE FRIO"V"UGllST18 1989
Governor to set special election date We're working to
bring you a real
newspaper.
State law allow• Gov Bill Cle- day
ment.I to .chedule a •l>t't'"lal elec t_: .S. helicoptel'll found the
tion for the late Mickey Leland'• wreckage 8unday in a remote recon•
tituent.l to pick a •ucct'UOrto gion of Ethiopia, where it had
the Hou1ton Democrat'• oongre11- crashed into the side of a moon
1ional1M'at,ofwhichMontr011ei•a tain and burned. The State Dtpart
The governor could aet the elec·
tion for Nov_ 7, which would coin
cide with the Hou11ton mayoral
election, a conteflt already cen
tered on attempi. by Mayor Kathy
Whitmire and challenger Frrtl
Hofbeinz to garner minority11up.
port
IfClement.adecidea an emergen·
cyexiat.a, hecouldaetadateforan
emergency election, which proba
bly would be •lated on a Tueo;day
t-. or Saturday betv.-~n mid-Septem
btrand early October.
• Leland, 44. t·ha1rman of the
Houff Select CommittE'f' on Hun·
ger, and 15 other11 v.-ereen niute to
a refugee camp to deh\"er food llUJT
., plie. and check the efficiency of
food d11tribuuon wht>n their
charter«!. plane diMappeared Mon
partml'nt said chere wa& no
chance anyone could have sur
vived
Both Democrats and Republi
can& "·ill run in the special ell:'C·
tion.andthewinnerwillservetht
remainder of Leland's term,
which continues through 1990
Political oh!!ervere expect the
race to be crowded with prominent
black politician&.
"Mickey was a pioneer and a
ltader. We could use another lead
er:' political consultant Bill Ram
lt'Y gaid Sunday ... A leader ia
11.>meone like Mickey who took a
bold stand and made people
realize things. A leader i11 not
110meone who 1way11 with politi<'al
v.-ind11·
Ram1ey predicted political
11hake-upe becauM of the vacancy
buthl'refu ~U>Mpec.·ulateonv.-ho
would \·ie for the cungr('ll.lj1<mal
11eat
Dt•moi;craph1ni gi\·e black Dem
ocrnt11 an f'dge m the innt'r·city
di11trict repretiented by Leland
•ince 1971< That di11trict 11 etiti·
mated to be 40 ptrCl'nt to 50 per
r:t>nthlack. Montrollf'ill al90 part
oftht>di>1trict.
Mot1tol>llervtr1believtLeland·a
llUC("(l•flOr will be a bla<'k airtady
lltrving in publiC'offkt although a
race by a hii;ch-vi~ibility Hi1panic
or white cannot he ruled out
If a black already m public of.
fiCt' 11ucre-ed8 Leland. roles could
11hift throui;chout the bla<'k potiti
cal community and new faces
cuuldemergeatlov.-erle\·el•.1Ume
obtwr\"er11•aid
To me, Congren i• tht major
leaguu,andit'•hardforeomeone
to plug in unllWI he·1 worked hi&
way up in the mmuni;' .aid Rich
ard Murray, a pohti<'al &c:ience pmfl'uor
at thr Univen1ity ofHou11
We cover the News of Montrose
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The Montrose
Voice
Political consultant George
Strong predicted no lack of can di
datee.
.. The li11t of people who might
want to run for Congres• i1 end
lee• in that seat;· Strong 1aid
A name often mentioned a11 a
leading candidate i• City Council
man Rodney Ellis, a friend and
former congressional aide to Leland
'"You have to say he'1theodd11
on favorite t.o be the appointed
one;· said Robert Stein, a profea
11or of political science at Rice Uni
ven;1ty
Besides Ellia. those mentioned
most prominently as poMib\e can·
didates are Harris County Com
mi111ioner El Franco Lee. atate
Rep. Ron Wil81m and City Coun
The
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Voice.
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from Alcohol & Chemical Dependency
Labor Oa~ Weekend. Septeimer 1 ·4
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FRIDAY. AUGUST 18. 1989, MONTROSE VOICE 5
THRF wants insurance companies to comply with new law
In anticipauonofnewlea:i11lation
acheduled to talr.e effect on Sept I.
the Texu Human Ri11:ha l'"ounda
tion ia monitoring the insurance
indu•try·a underwriung practief'd
regarding telllmg ofmaurance ap
plicant8 forexpoture lO 1hr viru1
that cauau AIDS. Thete
practice., heretofore governed by
formal rulea under the Stalt'
Board of Jnaurance, will now be
regulatedbyaatate1tatutepa11Med
in the recent legislative IK'tlllion
THRJ<' i1 a non-profit foundation
which hu operated a •latewide.
toll-free telephone line•inceJuly
19ij.8, through which calleu can
receive free legal 0011n11eling and
attorney referrala forAIDS-relat·
edlegalproblem1(1~2*64J7).
cordingtoactual\e\·el1ofri1kptt- mauren to 'do for th(MJe with
aented, rather than an AIDSorHIVinfectionwhatthey
unsublitantialed aasumption of do not do for 1h0Bewhohaveother
where"ri>lkgrou))ll'"werelocated 11eriou1 health risk•'
In iUI written reaponse to the Houston attorney David Bryan,
boa.rd. Midland conceded that ill THRF'1 legal dirtttor. expressed
UM.' of three digit :tip codes may satisfaction with Midland'• deci
rover larger geographical area.& 1ion t.o limit t.Ntmg to high risk ar
than th011e identified by the CDC el\fl identified by the CDC, but not
and ataled that it was "willing t.o ed that under the new legi1lation,
change (iLll underwriting guide- Midland will apparently have to
hnea in an attempt to more pre- drop ill uee of tip codes entirely.
ciHl'ly dl'finl' thOlle arl'8'1 llll desig Aa to Midland's accuaation of
naled by the CDC. A Midland yielding t.o political pres1url', Bry·
official. Jack L. Brigga. howl'vl'r. an rommenled, "THRF followed
went on in that respon11l' to criti proper proceduree in complaining
ci:te the board for yil'lding to "po- to the in1urance board; the rom
li1ical prNllure8 and sympa plamuiexaminerfoundMidland'a
thelic feeling•" and trying to force initial underwriting guideline•
!did not) group im;urance apph
cantaaccon:lingtothelevelofri1k
pfftt'nted: and Midland responded
by modifying iUI guidelinea
sol failtoaeeanyba1i1forclaim
mg improper pressure wl\fl applied:'
anapplicant'1.exualorientation,
the new 1tatutewill prohibit an in-
1urer from u1ing such claii1ifica
lion• to determine who will be required
to take an HIV antibody
"Thift nt'W law cll'arly maket
Bryan said he recently decided teeting byzipcode.upracticedby
to reQpen the Midland matter Midland, illl'gal. Therefott, al·
from THRF's perspective becau11e though an inHurer could make
ofabillpa111edinthe1~9legisla testing determinationa ba11ed on
live aeaaion which appear& to su agl' it cannot, come September, repenede
previoua regulationa gov- quire teating ba11ed on :tip code or
emingwhocan be required to take other territorial d8111ifications"
an HIV antibody test. While the TH RF' a AIDS project coordina
regulations prohibit an insurer t.or; has been in contact with the
from using the marital atatu1, OC" iniurance board to determine the
cupation, gender; benl'ficiary dea· effecUI of the new law on the inaur
ignation or :tip code to determine ance indu1try. She intend1 to play
THRF became involved in the
iuueofinauran~practieftland
AIDS teetmg in A11K\111t of la11t
year when it filed a formal com
plaint with the State Board ofln
111ran~ agaiiat Midland ?.;ation
al Life Insurance Company_ The
complaint alleged that Midland'•
underwriting practicea violated
the board'• anti-di11CTimmat1on
ttgulation1 by using :tip codea to
determine which apphcanLI for in
1urancewouldberequiredt.otake
a bloodtettt.odetectthepresence
of HIV antibodie., the teatthat in
dicate1expo11uret.oAJl)S
~ 1! ~it~A-~~\i1c:*HuR-1:
an active rolem monitoring the in-du1try'
1 compliance. Per8<>iawho
areawareofviolationsatturged
t.o file a cumplaint with the State
Board oflnsuran«'. and toeend a
copy of the complaint to THRF,
1he1a1d
After much promptmg from
THRF, the board procti!ded to in
veatigate the companiea uee oh1p
codee, and determined in Februar·
y thatMidland'111electionofcer
tain cod ea to determine who would
be required t.o take the tell was
overly broad. The boa.rd instruct
ed Midland to re-evaluate Ill!
AIDS testing policy to make sure
it wu grouping applicant.I ac·
/
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HA HA HP.!
Y£•H YQU!
HA HAIW
CPdtTOON Cl·H~.Rfl.CTER'~ WEAK. l\T1"E:.!1Pl AT ROLC~REV£RSl\L
Tucker al.o noted that ~ the new
in1urance law calla for the board
toll'.atherdataandinformationrelating
to the effect of HI\' expo.
1ure<ontheavailabihty,adequacy,
and affordability of health insurance
coveragl' in thi1 1tate:' The
data program i• to be in place no
later than Jan. 1, 1990, and the
board ii directed to prepare report.
Iii on thi1 i111ue to be made
availahll'tothepubhc
Tucker urKed per.on uperiencing
1kyrocketmg pr('!TliUlJIJI, deni
alorlimitatinnofcoverage.oroth
er barriel'I to im1urancecoverage
to contact the board to make their
concerns knol'in, and to inform
THRF aa well
Memorials emphasize continuing Mickey Leland's work
By SHERI COHEN DARBQt.;t.;E
The Munt._ Vo1~
White Mickey Leland'• WHhing
t.on preet IM'Cl'etary gave her final
1tatementinthatrole,urginKJ)f'Ople
to continue working for the
causea the late Congrea11man embraced,
the Houst.on Gay and Les·
bian Political Cnucua and other
groupainhi1districtputtogethl'r
respon1ea reflecung the .umt• 111'n
timent.I
Alma Newti0me on Tuet1day,
Aug. 15. urged Leland 1upporter11
t.ocontributeto hungerreliefpr1>JIYam1
or food bank1 inatead of
sending flowel'I to the Conlfl't'H·
man's family. HGLPC had released
a atateml'nt the day before
asking the Montr°"e rommunity
t.o remember Leland by giving do
nat1on1 to Stone Soup, a food pan·
try for people with Al l)S
Wl"o.•k. ~ew,,ome, in heratateme.1t.
had specifically mentioned the
Hou>1ton Food Rank nnd the fam
ine relil-f fund for Sudan and
Ethiop111.
HGl.P(' board member Cicely
Wynnl-.chargedwithorganiiing
thl' board' a re"ponse. ~aid thecau
cu11 will 11t·nd a ~ympathy ,·ard to
Leland's family and Houston
8taft in addition to coordin11.t1ng
theSton1·Soupdrive
Thl- Jlou11ton Food Bonk alS-O
honort'd !~land with a l!H-19 Part
nl-111hip Award for Leland's help
1nthtpa1<ttol·vtralyearsinobtam
ing S:tf.0.000 and other oontribu
tion11. The award was aC"<."t·pted by
Lida Gn•+:n. the head of Lt-land'1
Jlou1<ton oftke, on Tueflday
rhe remains oftht· 16 \·ict1m1 of
tht Aull'. 7 cratoh were recovered
by military penKJnnel at th1·
•·M1ckeyded1cated hi1lifetoend m••untain1<ide cra~h rite Tuellday,
world hunger; and hu fought for ending the wait for Leland'1fami
compa.seion (for) and to end di1<· ly and l<taff Howe\·er. the bodiu
crimination against Jl('Ople with of Leland and the other Ameri
AIDS;' HGLPC Prl'Hident Uay can>1 aboard the plane w-ill proba
Hill 11tated in the releai;e. '"Tht• hi~· not be returned to the t..:nited
loaa will be greatly felt in the 11'.aY StaU>11 until next week, ll8 identifiand
lesbian community m HouH· cation of the victim11 by forenHic
ton' 11pedali11U1isexpectedtotakethat
Other Houston hunger organi long. This week. the focus shifted
iationt including the Hou11ton frc1m recovery of the bodiea to an
Food Bank and Interfaith Hunger invet1tigation to dNermme what
Coalition were targeted for food cau><ed the plane, carrying Leland
drive11 in Leland'• honor this and l!lother11onahungermi1111ion
in Ethiopia.tocrl\flh intoamoun·
tainnotforfromtheplane'1de1ti
l.A'land'11w1feAlli11on,atapruis
conferenct>atEllingtonAirForce
Ra11e on Tuesday. announced fu.
nero.l arrangeml'ntll fur her husband
A community memorial celebra
tion will be held at 7:;W p.m. ti>'
nil(ht. !Aug. H4)at llannah Hall
Auditorium on the campua ofTex
Ill Southern University. !~land
wo11 a TSU graduate
impreued with the records of the
candidatefl m08l likely toteek the
"None have either the ble111ing
ofJordan'1oratorical abilitie11or
the,.trenKt-hofMickey'scouragl".'
he said
Hillsaidheisconsideringosk
ing HGLPC to support a strategy
of running a caucus·aupported
candidate"ifthe field iHcrowded
enOUKh" for such a candidah' to
makea11howing
BillieCarr,executivedirectorof
A Mllff.ll of Christian Interment Barris County DemocraUI, aaid
will be11a1d at IO:OOa m. Saturday that though the liberal Jkmocrat
at ~t. Anne'• Catholic Church. ic district was "certainly not in
:.!140 Wetitheimtr. the Leland fami any danger of being taken over
ly paru1h by c1.m1ervative Republican1:· she
Private intl-rment will be held com1idered the 1068 of Leland 1r1"e"
later.
Meanwhile. althoughcommuni
ty leadel'I were still OVl'r<.·omewith
11hock and gnef, the fate of the
now \'·acant U S. Conlfl'l'fl>lional
D111t. lM11eatw8'1alreadyatop1cof
hu1hed concern. I.eland i.ii de-
1<cribedbymo.ta1''irreplaceable''
You muat reml'mber, however,
thatwearetalkingaboutBarbara
Jordan'111eat;· Hill noted. "When
she retirOO jthl' 1eat) we aaid
thotwewould nl'verbeablet.ofill
hershoee ... alotofusatthattime
didn'ttruatfl..elandJtobeacham
pionofourcausemCongre111."
Nl'verthell'll. Hill1aidhl'isnot
versib\e
It is my opinion. like many oth
eni_ that Mickey cannot be replaced-
·· there will not be another
Mickey Leland:' Carr 1aid. How
evl'r. she noted, ~only a liberal
Democrat (can) win in that diH·
trict"
Carr said she could notape<:u
lateontheraceforhislft'al1011oon
after the tragic news. "Right now,
it's really hard to concentrate on
anything like that:'
Amonll'. those possibly expected
to announce as contendel'I are
Houston City Council member1
Rodney Ellis, Anthony Hall and
Ben Reyes and State Repreaenta
tives Larry Evan. and Harold
Dutton. State Senator Craig
Washington, taglfed by Wynne
andothel'linMontt08epolitiallll
poll8ibly the 1.-t choice, hllll
1tatt'd flatly that he will not run
l..ee Harrington, a past presidl'nt
of th<' Gay Political Caucus,
said ht• waa di8turbed that no
main11trl'ammediacov1•rnll'.eofl...eland's
ba,·klflound rt>ferrOO to his
long time flUpport of the gay com
mumty
.. I haven"t e\·tn 11een the word
gay in any of the (non·ll'.ay) publi
cation11:· 11arrington1aid
"Thi' qut·1<llun ga~·1111hould a11k
m Howiton 1• which politician
would 11tand up e\·l-n for Uhe
righta oO people with AIDS;
Harrington 11aid. "Mickey stood
up. and e\·en cunductt'd aCunlfle8
1ionalmvet1tigationonHou11ton·11
Tt't<pOnHl'll to the AIUS cri11i11 to
find out why more were not
8tandmgup. Wewillneverforget
him·
F(Mld or mom•tary donations
may be made in Leland's honor to
Stone Soup. localed at 1004 Cali
fornia, anytime the pantry i1
open, Hill 11aid. The hounofoper
ahon are HXJ p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on
Monday, 6:00 p.m to i!:OO p.m
Tue .. day and Thursday; noon to
4:00 p.m. Wedne1day and 10:00
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Pride in the '90's: Don't drop the 'ball'
Editorial by SHERI COHEt.;
DARBONNE
Thil Wednelday, Aug. 2J. offict>rl
will be elected fqr HoUltM Gay
and Leebian Pride Week J9!K).
What this mean1 ii that gay pride
ii entering a new decade in this
city_ How we react to that1ignal
will reflect whl'ther we are indeed
entering anewcycle,orrecycling
the 1ameold arguml'nUlthatdestroy,
notC1'lebrate,ourprid1·
The meeting 1tarts at 7:00 p.m
Wedneeday at Dignity Center. Thl'
e<rchaira who are elected then. if
hi1t.ory repeat8 it.eelf, will direct
not only the organization of
evenUI butthet.oneand 1tructure
of the entire celebration. Who
1how1 up at thil meeting. what
they believe and how 1trongly
they 1tick by what they believe
will determine quite a bit. aincewe
are not only planning for one week
but opening the dool'I to the next
tenyean
HouHton· annual pridecelebra
tion ml"ans a 101to me. In 19i.'>.I
helpedoril'.ani:tethefil'ltll'.aypride
·march" through the it reel.IL of
downtown Hou1:1ton. Thi11citywu
10clotetedthenthato,·erhalfthe
participants were here for a Texa.1
Gay Ta11k Force convention. We
borrowed a ··Grand Marshal' -
Vito Ru11so-from ~ew York. The
idea of a full.fledged puradedown
Westheimer, yet, and with
floa1.1L-wa11 like an activist'•
dream. It just couldn't happen
hm
The TGTF conference at the
Univeraity of Houst.on. and the
march.wereputtogetherhaatily
and alm08t single-handedly by a
\then) radical activist even
though tor perhapa beeau1e) he
wl\fl told it couldn't be done. ~
cawieheandothel'ldaredtochallenge
their re1>triction1. our celebration
evolved into 10mething
we can, and ahould. all be proud
But I'm ~nning lO wonder now
if 1ome of theee regulated guy1
dun'tconsidl'rtheprideparadeit·
1elfanunnece111ary1pectac\eand
anembarra&11ment
Something I once felt made our
city'• pride planning proceu •pecial
wu the attention given to in
clu1iveneet. The committOOI alway1
seemed to bedi&euHmg how
t.o keep gay and lesbian pride week
open to everyone in thecommuni
ty, how t.o be reaponaive to the
need1ofevery group. Now,itappeal'I
that like young authora
Mar1hall Kirk and Hunter
Madsen. many right here in Houst.
on think the 20year111inceSt.onewall
have been a failure,a"party"
that effected. no real progres1. It
se.em• to me they are taking a lot
for granted. Jt'1 frightening
Pleaae under1tand that I am cer
ta inly not criticlling the p~ou1
committee, nor their effort.IL t.o
bring tome 1tructure and organi
:tation lO the gay pride week celebration.
I'm merely Hying that
e\·en nece1111ary atructun' ha1 iUI
parametel'I
In 191:19, w·e adopted a ·'dreu
and behavior code" for participa·
tion in the parade. What comes
next? Will we prohibit drag altogether
because aome entertainer1
may get disproportionate play in
the non-gay media~ Will we ex·
elude PWA1 becau11e their 1itua
tion focuses "nl'gative" attention
on gays or hill! been "over
played?" (These are things I've
actually heard!) Or. in the spirit of
Kirk and MadJ;en·s recommended
public relations bliu:, maybe we
1hould re-route the parade to benefit
businessee which are in the
belt fi1Cal poeition t.o help ad
vance our new campaign. Never
mind the onetJ that have given IO
much for so many yeal'I that we
aren'teven1urewhat'1left.
Ir we are celebrating pride in
our community, then we must celebrate-
not disoourage--di,·el'lity
In Houston, that diver1ity 18 in·
herent. And if we want participa
ti on, Wt' mu11t not only tolerate but
promote inclusi\·ent'tJl!I_ This aim
ply will not happen if the group
that makee the key deciaion11 i.ii
not incluftive
Come to the meeting. Whether
you a!'I' a 25-year·old 11'.aY white
mate, a bh1ck tran1veatite who
\ivee in Pearland. or even a bisexu
al Filipino woman. you nti!d to be
there. Peo"lple like you were reapon
sible forthe"'20yearsofpride"on
allthOMt>lligM
lfroorganiting':AftertheBall"
mean• we 1hould throw divel'lity
out the window, and attempt t.o Ill·
aimilate into a tociety that oon1id
el'lall ofu11omehow leet than acceptable.
we can't afford at this
point to drop the "ball:' lfwe do,
there may never be another.
What'I even 1adder i1. if this
happen.. e\·eryone we deal with
will le(' u1 at a community that
dOMn't have any.
Okla. activists
form direct
action group
OKLAHOMA CITY-A new JIY&ll
root.I direct action group has
formed here called "STAT!" The
name i.s taken from the Latin word
meaning "immediately:' ST AT! con
cernsincludegayrightaiuueaand
the AIDScrisia, nationally and lo.
cally. Membel'I feel theae isauH require
urgent attention, and that on
ly through direct action will prog
re111 be made
Inspired by the AIDS Coalition to
Unleash Power of New York City
CACT UP.'N.Y.J and the Gay Urban
Truth Squad (GUTS) of Dallllll,
STAT! currendy consiaUI or approx
imately 40 members and ii growina
rapidly. Anger in the community
over slow moving government
agencies and corpora1ion1 involved
in AIDS 11111ues is alto lfl'Owing
"STAT!" feels the time for non·Vl·
olent direct action is now:· 1aid
ml'mber Matthew Sharp
The group is planning 1eminll!'I
on AIDS issues, including the bu
ttaucracyoftheFDAandNIH. Let
ter writing campaigna. marches,
and other forms of non·violent protest
will atresa ST A1"'1commitment
lO strengthen gay right.I and pu1h
formoreactionontheAllJScri1i1.
The group's first activity was par
ticipating in Oklahoma City'1 Gay
Pride Week parade.
For more information, contact
Clay Shear1, PO. Box 60886, Okla·
homa City, OK 73146-0886 or call
(405) 528-6915
Call out the
Badawyer
Holy libel suit. Robin ii trying to
clear his name after being called a
smut king. Burt Ward, who played
Batman·, 1idekick in the l960e television
eeriea. want8 SIO million
each from two tabloid•. the Globe
and Ne ... a of The World, for wntina
llories that claimed he waa a "porn
hoes'" who threw parties featuring
orgiea and sex shows
It all started in Dec. 191:17 when
the New1 of the World ran a head·
line that said "Holy Weirdo1
Batman's pal ie porn bollil!" and a
storyde8Cl'ibingWard'1privatelife
u"sordid"and"auretoahockmil
lions of fans.·•
Thl' tabloid added that Ward used
the promiee of "introductions to
film bo11ses" t.o penuade people to
pay $50 each for tick eta to parties at
a rented manaion and theGlobefol
lowed by saying he wa11 a
'Tinseltown porn kinll'."
Ward claima hl' suffered lOflll of
reputation. shame. mortification
and hurt feelings and a trial is1et
for May
Mayors
Conference
seek AIDS
grant proposals
The Lnited 8tates Conferen~ of
Mayon announced Monday, Aug
14.that1tha11relelll!edit.11ei11hth
Requt'llt for Propo.als 1RFP) for
fonding of community based pro.
l(ra.msforAIDSriakreductmnand
educpl\on. The targetl of the
Round I! RFP include racial ind
ethnicminorities:1ubltan~abu1
e!'I; HIV antibody po1it1vr people
and people with AIDS; and people
who re1ide in area. with fewer
AIDS casee. Approx1m1tely 20
granllilwillbePwardedforprojecll
up to 12 month. in duration, u1
amountl ranging from $20.000 to
$50.000each. AS totalofSl million
11avail.sbleforthitfundmground
Thepnm11rygoalofthisfundm1
round 18 to provide education
1hroughcommumtyb.ased1ervice
organizations, with an emphui1
onth~th.sthaveNtablithedt1N
to lhe prl"·mu1ly menlionedpopu
lauons, accurdinJ to the mayo!'I'
6tatement In announan11 the
availab1hty of the funds. Confer
enceofMayol'IExecutiveD1rect.or
J. Thomas Cochran 111id that the
organi:tation was fully committed
toprovidingfundingandtechnical
lll!flLstan~ toth011egroupawhich
havethebeataCf.'ffltopeoplewho
need HIV AIDS information the
m~•
"Community hued orgsniza
tion& ... workingwithloc1lgovem
ment and the local healthdtpartmen11,
haveproventheireffectivenea1inproviding1ccurateandappropnate
mformalion ... m w1ys
thatareacceptedbytheiraudi
rnce;· Cochran uid. "Thi.I must
continue. and we .re committed to
888iatingthem··
Fundmr for the AIDS rrant1
wasmadeavailablebythefederal
Centen for Di11e&1e Control. With
th18 lste11t round. the Confenn~ of
Mayo!'I will have awarded $3.64
milliontofundlJ3proJecll•cro&1
the nation
6 MONTA( >EV( :E HllOAY_ AUGUST 18. 1989
Human Rights Foundation gets grant share
The Texu Human Ri1ht11 Fuun
dauon will rffi-"1ve $.">:t,'100 of the
$:.!milhunfMeralgrantbt-iniiad
mininered b)· the HouMton
Standard Metropolitan StaUMtical
Area (SMSA1 JllV Advi•ury
Council. Thl' HarriM County i!OJ;
pita! Distritt ha11 acted OJJ ll'ad
aKency for the c1nindl m working
to obtain tht• lil'alth R1'8<.lurce11
ServiceMAdmini11tration l(rant
Thi' fundM an part of a total
$11(),000 in new Krant funding the
TllRF will KH to continu1· il.8
11tatewidl' AIDS h·Ral Rt nUrtl'
Proi~t
THRE a non profit foundauun
invoh·M in civil right11 liti1ation
andMucationsince19i6.haspru.
vided legal service9 t0Texan11al
fected by AIDS since 19Mi. THRF
operates a toll-free telephone lint•
throughwhichcallerscanreceiH•
frtt legal coun8t'lling and Allor
ney referrals for AIDS-related 11'gal
problems(l-800-l:!:.!.'1·6417).
The 5:.!.500 will fund the poMi
tion of an AIDS legal coordinator
for the next two years to in11ur1•
thatlegal11ervicesareavailabll'm
tht' Ho111<t"n SMSA who ha,·e
beentxpoeedtuAlllS S1m-el9h6.
AIDS haii bet>n thl' leadinlf caule
of dl'ath fur ml'n bt'twttn the age.
uf2!;andH mthl'llou1<tonarea
Gt·nt•llRrrinKl<>n.\·icepn'tlident
nl TllRF·, board of trust"" and
nnt-ot l!l mt"mbt-r11oftheTexas
L1·gi1<lut1vt' Ta11k Force on AIDS.
und1·n1cort·d tht· nt'l:d to protect
t~w twil riKht>; of pt'Ople with
,\JllS. A><ktod to 1•xplRin how the
1·pid1·mi1· ha. alk<·tt'<l the uate
and indi\'1dual11 rtonomically, he
n·ft·rrt'd tu thl· Ta11k 1-'orCl··a find
inga on legal iuue. mt'nt rl'latwna for the Harrill
Harrington 11tr('ll1ed. howtvt'r. County ll0t<p1tal lh11trict and
that the more critical qut'lltion chairman of the advi11ory cuunc1I
presented by the AIDS cri>11• 1• The term• of the funded PfOKl'llffi
one of basic human dignity will bt- finalized at that meeting
"How our state and we 8'I indi In Rddition to the foderal fund
vidualsrespondtotheAIDl:>cri11i1 ing, TllRF WOJJ awarded KTantll
will ea measure of how ju111 and fromtwoprivatefoundationa.The
compassionate our society 111 Texa11 Equal Acce111 to Ju11tice
judged to be," he said Foundation awarded $17,500 to
David Bryan. THRF'11 legRI di thelt·j1:alicroupfromit11lnterf'llton
rector and grant writer, will mt•ct Lawy1·n1 'l'ru11t A('counl-8 (IOTA!
in Houston on Aug_ :l9 with R prugram. and the Chicago Re-King
Hailer. director of govern· 11ourceC'1·nterjt'aveTHRFSIO.OOO
New Orleans 'Southern Decadence' is Labor Day weekend
The Jl;e,,.· Orlean• Gay L•f'11b1an
Hu11inf'M and Profe1111iunal A.1>1oc1
ahon ha. announct'd that thi"
yt-aT11 celt'hratiun of the cit}''•
well kt·ptllt'l:ret holiday:· South
t'rll Uecadenn· Uay, i11 •rhedull'd
forSunday,St·pt :.!
In 197:.!. !N'veral lnt"nd>ishanng
a hou11t' they had nicknamed
Belle Reve" dedded to ho11t a
th,.me pRrty on Labor Uay week
end. Ke<:au ...... ofthenamethl'yhad
j(iventheirlargt>homt•inr\ewUr
lean11' Faubourj{St. John. they decided
thl' th1•me11hould be ··South
em i){'(·11denn·:· and evt"ryone
11hould ro11tum1• 111Tordin11:ly Tht'
11arty wa1111ut·h II >IU('('(·~11 thl\t the
originalgroupdecidedWrt-pt'atit
the next year; but with a chanKt'
They thought it w·ould be fun to
meet 111 a bar friendly to both gay11
and non-gay11 in the Ftl"nch (iuar
ter and m11rch back to the hou!IE'
A11 things go, the marchen1 kept
goin1 into other bani lQ eseape the
heat as theparadetriedtort>turn
to Belle Re\·e_ Suddenly somwnt'
realizedthattheentiregroupwaa
goini{ the wrong way. Thi')' then
decided.itwastimetoretumtotht·
party that was already in proj(
r('llsat Belle Reve
In 1974 it was decided thRt 11
GrandMarshalshouldbell(']f'<_·tt'<l
to\eadtheparadeonit-ewayhack
tuli It' Ht•\'t' It waMal Jdttided
th11\ .914 w. ~Id he tht' Jut year
tht' party would rttum to the
houte. an<{ thf' t1ubwquent
purtymil would ht' hl'ld on the
11trl'O-Uofthl' t'rt'nt·hOuarterand
tht' Fitub .. ur11 Menl(ny That tra·
dition ha. nut httn broken
Grand Manihal• haH been cho'"
n t'at·h yl'ar, each tryingtotur
pilHtht•irprt'<h'(·t•norsinrnaking
tht• p11r11d1• routt'9 ll>I bizarre and
unupt'deda111101111iblt".Whenthe
nowdoft'(111tumt'<irt'\'t'lersbegin1
togath1·raround noon for the pa·
rudt•. trnfrk on Hoyal Street beeumu
.. tullt'tl1111 driHrsand p11s
M'OJ.WU ulikt· ruhht'rnet:k at the
strangely amred. tor unattired.J
parade pan1cipants. COtltuma.
fromthesimpletothe\'tf)'t•laborate,
t)·pically mock famou1 hi11
torical and fictional 1"har11ctt·ni.
as well as local celebritiN.
At 3:00 p.m. on Southern lleca
dence Day. the Grand Manihal
and personal entourage arri\'I'
With the shrill of a poliet>wh111tle.
the procession bl-gins. There are
always surpri11l'll in the paradl'
route and few, if any, downt11wn
gay bars 11re excluded along the
w11y. The pande has Rl110 lx'(·n
known to villit pre11t1Kiou11 down
town shopping compll'Xt'tl. Tht'
Riverwalk, Canal Place and the
Jax Brewery havebet'n\·181tedin
the p111<t. along with maior hotel
lobhiN. JadtMm Square. tht'
Moon Walk anctthe fo'rl'nch Mar
ket arenl'n•rsparl'<t Kickoff par
tiet1. cont°t'rl.8 and 11Pf'('ial C\'enlll
art' featured. in allofthecity'sga~and
ll'flbian ban1 throu11:hout tht'
w·ttkend
Thi• )'t'Ur. the New Orlean11
AJJ)S Ta11k Force ia participating
for tht• first time. The organiza
tiun will sponsor "Summer Sii:de'
on Saturday. Sept. I, The event.
which will be ht-Id m the French
M11rkt•t. will ft·atureliveNt·wOrle·
an11><tyle t•nu•rtainment and un
limited food and drink
Free Zsa Zsa
You wu .-1 think that P111
Spreadbur~-. thl' maL ... -ho Ml&rtt'<l
the Sont't)' for tht' l'rt'\'t•ntwn uf
Anythmir A11:11.m~t z,.11 Z11.11.. 111 a
lungt1m<"fanofZ.aZ>111.Guburand
be<-ameoutr1tgedwht'1>ht'ltoarnl'd
1hl'hadbft.naTT.,..tt'l!lorhar11•
in11:apoliCt"man
!'.;eh.I ni:n·Tt'Hn1.11udh1·rany
mind until th111 happent'd
tipreadhury1111y•. llt·M\artt'(ltht·cor
ganii11t1on-Sl'AZZ for Mhort
juMtfor!un "Th1·pointolthiMi1<n·1
to mak~ mont'y W1•r1• lo11m11 rnon
ey:· 1<11id Sprt'ndbury May.ii
'TheJ><untill,myGud,Amn11·11
yuudon'thantulaht'\'t'T)'thmg
80llt'Tl<>U><l.•·."lh•'al1<ohaanotin-d11
great int"quit)' m th~Z8aZ1<111·111w
We'•·e11utpto<•plewhomurdt"rand
rapeandwallta ... a)·fromtht'<'t•Urt
room and ht"revrr 1.trt' making 11
ca..elikt'thLB1111am .. 1Z .. 11Z1t1''
Spreadhur~- 1uya. ·s .. rnl'lhing·1
notqu1tt'ngh1
it('(l9toi$1!1.9:'>loJOmSl'AZZand
rnembt"r1llt'I"1'·1<hirt with pull)
pinkJt>ttt-r1<,CUftumpl11rnrdand11
bumptor ati<·lte. all prot-.a1mm11
Frt-eZllll Z
Aa or about,.,.,, .,.,.,.g 1111:•
Spreailbur~ < lh had 41 ord .. r1.
"'"
The
Montrose
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The
Montrose
Voice.
FRIDAY. AUGUST lS. 1989' MONTROSE VOICE
Activists say crackdown in Argentina intensifies Our classifieds
ore growing. To
advertise your
seNice, garage
sole, house for
b\' R!'.:X WOC'K!l."ER
• M•·~Tll••~I: \·r
Harll!W!ment of gay men and le.·
biam1 in the South Ameril'an na·
uonofArgrntinah11J1worsenedto
11uch an t>Xtt'nt in r~nt month•
thetthelti()ddt11au.etoJuly'aln
ternational Le8bian and Gay A•
sociation 11th World Confertnce
in\"ienna"tagedarolorful,noi1y
and muhi lingual demonstration
ouLHidetheArgentmeembll8ayin
downtown Vil'nna
pie's revolutions
The protest then moved to \"i
enna's central square 11urround
ing St. Stephen'• Cathedral. Activilta
linked hanmih and
formed a large cirdl' eoml' 35 metelll
in circumference. PB11,.eI11-by
were perplexed by the multi-lin
11:ual proteet 11igna. but realiied
that gay a were upset about something.
since "homoaexual"' looQ
the same in mOBt Roman-alpha
bet languages
AAndar''
l"HA made an t'lllertrency plea
m\"iennaforintemationalftllllilt
a nee and 11upport financial dona·
tion11 11hould ~ in the form of
Americnn Exprt111 international
m"ney ordt•r madto out to CHA
pret<ident Alejandro Zalazar. Tht
addrt•1>1:('a11itlade<..:om.~.'045,
Sucur11al ;J7, C.P 1437. ButnOll
A1ru, Ar1wntma. CHA:s name
mu11tnot beontheaddrt'llllOrthe
envt·lopt•
rent, or j ust
about
anything, coll
529-8490.
According to nttivi11t11withthe
Comunidad tlomosrxual Ar11en
tlna (('HA) police now routintly
back paddy wagons up to the
frontmdounofgay baraanddis
co11 and haul away the patrona,
holding them for up to72 houra
Gay men face additional ha
ra.&1<mt·nt in the 'tree~. whrre au·
thoritieti charge that they are
·publicly 1ohritin1t for the pur
Jl(Nlt'OfN>X"
Parl•C•pa.111• 111 th<' JLGA u·orld ronff'rf'ntt pTOlf'•lf'd ludna.pp111/l of /lO.Y
mf'n by po/1rt in Ar/lenlma. a.I the Arl(f'nt1ne emba...l•y 111 Vienna.
The police harassment of 11:ayR
and lesbians in Ar11:entine cities
has haaonly oomplicated tht•l!lt'
vere ewnomic and eocial prolcm11
facing CHA and the country's homQIK'xual
movement. CHA in
$600 lU.S.J behind on its rent,
electricity and taxes: and a dra
maticelly soaring inflation rate
has placed oondom11 uut of rea"h
for more than 99 percent of the
country"scitixena
U IAnltu1rt>tlUl'11tt'<iprotutlet
terM to Arg1•t1tint• Prf'>lidentCarlOll
Snul Ment•m at Hnkarr1• 50. C.P.
!Oli·I. Bueno• A1rt>e; and to local
Arg1·ntint-1•mbn1'11i1•e.withphotocupiuto("
HA. Writen1ahoulddemand
thtabiolitionofthtfifthar
tide. finit pnragraph of Law :l:l.:l
,'>I\, tht·'"law onat-c.'f'eltopef">l(onal
data:· and it>i aml'ndml'nt con
ceming"'puhliclyaolicitingforthe
purpo1N•of1WX 0
The
Montrose
Voice
your ear; 1hey 11-ay itw88asignal
toano1herman
chanted pro-gay •lo1ans in En1·
lllih. Spanish and German
'All it takes:· .aid CHAt Em
manuel Valido, 'ill to~ ltandina
on 1ht corner with your hand• in
your pocketti. The police will •ay
~·ou were play1n11: with yourM"I(
and1nvLllnl(&••x.Or.i(youaCTatch
The Vitnna prol.ellt began on a
small eidl' etreet one half block
from the central plaza. AclivJJ>t8
carried aigna in 1heir uwn Ian
guage11 denouncing thl' Argentine
laws u..ed to haraM gays and
·Gays y leebianu. unidoe.
jamaa M"ran \·encidoe:· (Gays and
lHbians united will nevtr be
beaten:') thty yelled. The chant
was a aliaht alteration of the 11lo-
11:1n of the Latin American peo.
We would like to keep our corrl'"spondence
up."' eaid \"alido. ··but
the financial crisis can make us
unable to answer becau>1t• of the
high price of po11tage. we·w di
continued our magazme. \"am<
Our •1tu11tion i11 dt11pt'rate'.'
\"ahdo 1a1d. ··we·re fntrhumed to
trointhe•lrl't'l.>i, thebaI11anddis
cos 11n· ~LOK permanently doaed
andit"tocn<>t114ft-forwitoprotf'flton
our own hf.half"
George Leland: They called him Mickey
Gary gives himself over to the entertainment
aspects ol his local news
Commentary by I.EON DANll-.:L
l1PISeniorEd1tor
WASHINGTON-A name like
Georgl' can take a man all thl' way
to the White Houst', but it never
reallyfittheDemocraticcongresa·
man from Houston
GoorJCe T U-land was a Mickey
if there e\ll'r waa onl' Nobody
called him George. although it
waa hi• real name
The Mickty• of the world are
fun-loving. hell·raunntc.hoat-rock
intr typM. They"re \·ital. !'motion
al. likeable
All M1ckty• aren"t Irish. They
can be Jewi1h or. like this onl'
black Amencan1. They often are
men with mi111ion1.
Such a man waa M1cke)· U-land.
a charismatic man whooncede-
11eribed himself aa "an acuvist for
humamty ...
If that aeem1 gTandio1e, it also
ia precisely what he wu
Mickey mattered.
He1pent his life improving the
lives of 01her1. And even hi1 tragic
death served a1 a needed remind·
er-at a time when the ethic1 of
ourleader1areunderattack-that
there etill are in CongTeM men
and women of honor.
In death. a man i1 judged one
Ian time on Earth by the quality
of thoe.e who mourn him
Mickey wu a firhter and a
fritnd ohhOH who"\le been left out
and left behind;' said Rep. John
Lewlli, the Geor,-ia Democrat and
authentic American hero.
Lewlli, a man of ainaular couraa:
e who often 1hed his blood in
the stru11Je for civil riahte,1aid,
"Mickey?f'pre&entedtheverytie.t
in all ofu•"
That was high praii;e ind('('(!
from a man who was brutally
beaten in placealike8elm11.Al11
a• he led marches for the right to
Born in Lubbock in l!l44. Le
land grew up poor, abandoned hy
his father and raiaed by hi11 moth
er. a 11hort·ordercook. Htbt-c11mea
teacher and then a pharmacil!lt.
Elected in l!l72a11oneofthe ft .. .\
black11 in the Texas l~i11lature.
he appeared on the floor in a
dhhiki robe. shocking h~ cu
leagul'll and firmly e.;tabh11h1ng
hi• political identit}·- But. aa he
matured politically. Leland
worked 11uCCf'll.l!lfully within 1he
ay9lem for a ~tter world
When he died ins plantcra11h m
Ethi<1pia two Wt>t·kR fll[O, he wa11 Fidel C.lll:ltro among hi11 friend:
ont of tht• mo11t influt•ntial mem· But he had the political cuura
