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Houston activists (left to right) Steve Shiflett of Citizens for
Human Equality, Ray Hill of Houston Human Rights L<?ague, and George
Barnhart of the newly opened Fred Paez Community Seru1c-es Center, pop
the cork at a press celebration ouer the decision by a Dallas federal
judge to void the state's so--called sodomy statute
Don Baker of Dallas, plaintiff in a success~ul challenge to ouert~~n
section 21.06 of the Texas Penal Ccxk, the 'homosexual conduct section
Federal Jud e ~ rows That Law Out
That's
Your
Mayor In
This
Week's
Voice
interview, page 15
story, page 3
The Newspaper of Montrose
Issue #95, Published Weekly
Friday
August20
1982
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THIS SUNDAY
August 22
AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 3
Judge Says State's 'Homosexual
Conduct' Code Not Constitutional
Texas Human Rights Foundation president and Houston attorney
Robert Schwab, part of the legal team that successfully challenged
the constitutionality of the Texas "homosexual conduct" law
By Johannes Stahl
Section 21.06 of the Texas State Penal
Code, which proscribed consensual sex
between adults of the same sex, was ruled
" unconstitutional" Tuesday, August 17,
by Judge Jerry Buchmeyer of the Northern
DiotricVDallao Federal Court of
Texas.
It was a lengthy 52-page opinion and
was in favor of plaintiff Don Baker on the
grounds of uright to privacy" and "equal
protection under the law."
" ... This statute, 21.06, make criminals
out of more than 700,000 individuals in
Texas who are homosexual , although they
do not choose to be, and who engage in
private sexual conduct with other consenting
adults," said Buchmeyer in his
opimon.
Stating the U.S. Constituional grounds
of right to privacy and equal protection
under the law, the opinion continued:
"because if it were not (protected), the
state would have the same power to
intrude into the private lives and bedrooms
of heterosexuals and regulate the
intimate sexual relationships of married
couples, single males, and females ... "
Texas is the 26th state to decriminalize
homosexual conduct laws-or have them
decriminalized by a court.
"It's the first time a federal judge has
ruled on h~mo_sexual conduct laws, using
U.S. Constituhonal grounds as a basis for
his decision," said Robert Schwab, president
of the Texas Human Rights Founda~:.:;,<
THRF), which assisting Baker on the
"We plan to immediately enforce the ruling
against any state action thatdiscrimi~:
i~&h!b.basis of sexual orientation,"
Steve Shiflett, THRF boardmember,
said at a press conference in Houston that
day, that any state licensing office and
even the police departments in the state
will be affected by the ruling.
Shiflett said the THRF chose this case
and has funded it in hopes of such a ruling.
Will there he an appeal?
"I doubt it," said Shiflett, "We're prepared
for an appeal if there is one."
An appeal to the decision whould have
to come from Texas State Attorney General
Mark White and be filed within 30
days of Judge Buchmeyer's decision.
Mark White was endorsed by several
gay political groups, including Houston
Gay Political Caucus, in his successful
race in the Democratic primary for governor
of Texas.
However, since the ruling, White has
been beseiged with letters and telegrams
from religionists urging him to appeJ the
ruling.
Houston Gay Political Caucus president
Larry Bagnerio Jr. Thursday, Aug. 19,
urged his members to start a letter-writing
campaign to White to counter the mes·
sages that were urging an appeal.
Baker was fired from his position as
teacher for the Dallas Independent School
District on grounds of the state law. He is
current president of the DaJlas Gay
Alliance, serving his third term in that
position
The case of Baker vo. (Henry) Wade
(Dallas County District Attorney), a class
action suit, was argued June 15, 1981, in
federal court and a decision was due last
August but was delayed because of Judge
Buchmeyer's involvement in state
redistricting.
Houston Mayor Kathy Whitmire said in
a press conference Wednesday, August 18,
that the city's legal department is examining
the ramifications of the ruling as they
pertain to the city.
"It's not generally in the best interest of
anyone to have the state trying to regulate
private acts between consenting adults,"
Whitmire said, when pressed for a
statement.
Sgt. T.D. Tippin, Houston police department
recruiting office, said to reporters,
"Even if overturned, a state court would
have to review any changes relating to
hiring practices. It (21.06) was part of the
basis for not hiring openly gay recruits."
He speculated that such court action
would take place if the ruling is not
challenged.
Schwab said though that once the judge
ruled the Jaw unconstitutional, the law is
"off the books, even during an appeal
process,"
In an interview withHouston Police
Chief Lee Brown in June Brown told MONTROSE
VOICE reporter Ed Martinez that
" .. If a peroon io eligible for being hired
and there are no legal prohibitions then no
police agency would be in a position not to
hire them (gay and lesbian applicanta)
because they'd (the police) be breaking the
law."
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Tuesday was
celebration night in
Montrose
What would have otherwise been a average
Tuesday night in Montrose turned into a
party night when word spread that Federal
Judge Jerry Buchmeyer struck down
section 21 .06 of the Texas Penal Code
That's the section that made it a crime for
adult members of the same sex to engage in
sex in private
Judge Buchmeyer didn't just strike it
down-he STRUCK 1t down in a 53-page
court opinion that took over a year to
prepare
Obviously, to anyone with two ounces of
brains, it is unconstitutional for one person
to tell another person how to act sexually
with another consenting adult in private
So obviously, our Texas lawmakers don't
have two ounces of brains
And , likewise , neither do the
homophobes (many who claim to be
Christians and many who wear blue
uniforms) who are now ranting and raving
over this
But let them r- • !nd rave. They've got to
do something to stay occupied.
Houston gay activists Lee Harrington,
Ray Hill, George Barnhart, others, were the
focus of attention by Houston's TV stations
Tuesday and Wednesday. popping
champagne corks at the new Fred Paez
Community Center on Avondale
(I bet you never knew Ray Hill ever wore a
suit. I bet you didn"t even know that George
Barnhart owned a suit. But we all know that
Lee Harnngton has hundreds of suits.)
Well, anyway, the TV coverage isn't over
yet Harrington will appear on the Nancy
Carney interview show at 6:30 a.m. next
Wednesday on channel 11 , and no doubt
appearances on other guest shows will
follow -·- If you'd like to send a letter to our state
atorney general advising him not to waste
taxpapers' money in appealing the Federal
court ruling, you can write to Mark White,
1705 Guadalupe. Second Floor, Austin, TX
78705
Several thousand ''Christians" have
already flooded ~ 1m (as of Thursday) with
letters and telegrams telling him that •·God
will punish" him if he doesn't appeal the
ruling
Larry Bagneris of Houston's GPC says
telegrams and letters weigh heavy on a
politician's mind. So for Attorney General
White to get in the right frame of mind,
readers of the VOICE need to also write,
telegraph and call saying the Federal
judge's ruling was long overdue and that
you will be upset if he waists your taxpayer's
money with a useless appeal.
Additionally, as you know, White is the
Democratic candidate for governor in
November and is "'expecting" the large gay
vote from Houston. You might JUSt remind
him-in a polite way-that his decision on
whether to appeal the ruling could affect
your vote Nov. 2. -·- Everything's on schedule for the first big
edition of Dallas Gay News in three weeks.
says DGN editor Chuck Oberg
Chuck wants to thank the .. Dallas
Welcoming Committee·• last weekend
Michael, Walter, Paulette and the Widow
Bill -·- Two worthwhile garage sales this weekend:
The Brazos River Bottom's softball team
is heading to Tulsa for a tournament and is
having a garage sale to help with the
expenses
It'll be Saturday, 9 00 a.m. to dusk, at 2107
Bisson net
And some GPC members will have a
garage sale Saturday and Sunday at 1004
California, 9:00 a. m. to 6:00 p.m .• to raise a
few dollars for that organization
Come on out. ya hear?
4 MONTROSE VOICE I AUGUST 20, 1982
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1 Year Ago Homemakers
Aug. 15, 1981: Bullish on 7-11
Iranian government
admitted execution of
homosexuals, denied
executing children,
but said it could
The Ira ni an government a nnounced the execution
of 54 more people, most charged with
armed insurrection or drug smuggling but
one charged with being a homosexual.
The man charged with being a homosexual
was reportedly stoned to death by a crowd.
Most of the others were led before firing
squads, news reports said
Aug. 24, 1981
Van Ooteghem won
latest round
Montrose gay activist Gary Van Ooteghem
had his free speech rights violated by former
Harris County treasurer Hartsell Gray in
1975, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ruled.
It was the second time the court ruled in
fovor of Van Ooteghem, who was an assistant
t.-0 Gray but who was fired when he
threatened to address the Harris County
CommisMioners Court of behalf of gay rights.
Aug. 25, 1981
City Attorney
withdrew objections
over gay rights issue
San Francisco City Attorney George Agnost
withdrew his constitutional challenge to the
city '8 gay rights ordinance
The announc-ement came at a heated meet·
ing of the Harvey Milk Gay Democratic Club
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What do men want at the grocery store? It
turns out to be: the same things women
want, speed and convenience.
Market researcher Judith Langer has
been studying the shopping habits of male
homemakers, who make up 11 per cent of
all U.S. households.
Men and women use basically the same
criteria for selecting products, she says,
but there are some notable differences:
male consumers don 't buy in volume and
they don't clip coupons.
They're also more intimidated by super·
markets and prefer shopping in "7-11"
style convenience stores.
Finally, men are sensitive about adver·
tisments that imply they lack homemaking
skills.
"A number of men really care about
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Montrose Clinic
Certified by
Texas Hospital
Association
By Johannes Stahl
The Montrose Clinic has become a
member of the Texas Hospital Association
(THA). The certificate stated that it was
awarded to the clinic on April 28 of this
year but the official presentation was not
until Wednesday, August 18, ata Board of
Director's meeting.
The Montrose Clinic is established as an
independent health care provider in the
Texas health community. They are now
certified as a Type Ill Institutional
Member, a free-standing ambulatory care
clinic. They are one of two such facilities
in Houston, according to THA.
In order to receive this certification, the
Montrose Clinic met the standards of care
AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 5
Montrose Clinic board of directors display certificate from Texas Hospital
Association. Shown (left to right) sitting: Walter Strickler, trustee; and Mike
White, nursing superuisor. Standing: Craig Litton, corporate treasurer; Richard
Adams, acting director; Dr. R. O'Brien, medical dir~ctor~ and Mik~ Steumlwf{er,
accountant.
and professional practices THA requires
of all its member institutions
Montrose Clinic Acting Director
Richard Adams said that the clinic has
already handled medical situations that
demonstrate the clinic's ability to respond
to an emergency situation. He said that
there have been reactions to injections of
antibiotics.
"We've had three so far, which is not
above average considering the number of
patients receiving penicillin. One out of
three of them would not have had a reaction
if he hadn't medicated himself (with
antibiotics) before coming to the clinic."
He urged anyone who thinks he may
receive medication when he goes to the
clinic to tell the medical personnel if they
have had any medication, prescription or
"street." All patients which did have a
reaction to the injections were quickly
treated and in stable condition before the
fire department paramedics arrived, he
said.
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National Study
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The first national study of the urban gay
male population has been announced by
Avanti Communications, a Californiabased
firm associated with The Advocate.
For the first time detailed and extensive
demographic and consumer information
will be elicited on a nationwide basis, they
said. Eleven cities, including Houston,
were selected to be surveyed during
August.
Other cities selected were Atlanta, Chicago,
Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami,
New York, San Francisco, Seattle and
Washington, D.C.
Peter Frisch, president of Avanti and
publisher of The Advocate, said, "For
years corporate America has been raising
its skeptical eyebrow at the prospect of the
existence of a gay segment of the market.
It is our intention to provide a definitive
body of information describing the gay
male urban population."
"Unfortunately, we have been unable to
devise an adequate methodology to conduct
ref'earch of this nature into the lesbian
community. It is just simply Iese
visible and thus almost impossible to survey,"
he said.
The research is being executed and
supervised for Avanti by the Los Angeles
research firm of Walker & Struman
Research who will also perform the data
processing and analysis. Study results
will be marketed on a syndicated basis
and should be available in September,
they said.
Grin and Bear It
Pacific New1 Service
If a smile is vour umbrella, it oculd also be
a pam in the neck.
Oral Surgeon Dr. Daniel Laskin says
smiling can overload your chin joint, causing
something caJled-ready?-Temporomandibular
joint disorder, a jawbreaking
word that translates into "a pain in the
jaw."
He urges doctors to train patients to
change what he calls "unhealthy facial
habits."
As for those who have to smile a lot, like
night attendants and politicians, they'H
just have to grin and bear it.
Lights Out for
Fireflies?
Remember those little fireflies you used to
catch in a jar on summer nights?. .
Well, scientists at Cornell Umver~1ty
say they may hold the key to treating
heart disease, reports Science Digest.
The insects put out protective chemicals
resembling the heart-stimulating drugs
taken by cardiac patients.
While there's no plan yet for a firefly
heart potion, drug companies are re~rtedly
studying the bugs for future medical
All You Need is
Love
Next time you want to relax, try sitting in
a quiet room and repeating to yourself:
"love, love, love."
The Chicago Sun-Times says
researchers have found certain words
reduce stress, while others can shoot your
blood pressure right through the roof.
The researchers claim meditating 20
minutes a day on positive words like
"love," "sky," or "fly" can help prevent
heart attat'k& and ukers
But some negative words can give you
headaches and nausea . To be avoided:
words like "vomit," "coronary," and "ice
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[,,ucia Valeska, executive director of
the National Gay Task Force, in
Dallas for the leadership conferenu,
suggested holding similiar
conferences euery two years
Bill Nelson, director of communi·
cations of Dallas Gay Alliance
Houston Gay Pulttlcal Cauczu
prpsidf•nt I.arry Bagneris Jr_ in Dallas
AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 9
The Turtle Creek Chorale at opening cerenumies
of the National Gay Leadership Conference
National Gav Task Fo rcl' members in their Dallas hospitality suite
Houston Gay Political Caucus members (left to right) Bob Fisher,
Pam Jones, Gary Grant and Terry Harris at the Dallas conference
At the [)a/las ronferenre were (left to right) Churk Ren•lou·, publt•htr of "Gay
Life" m·wspap<'T in Chicago; Jaf'k Campbell, Miami·based gay busmeasman;
and 1'0111 Chorlton of the National Associatzon of Gay and lA!sb1an Democrats.
Roth Campbell and Renslow art• board TMmbers of the Ga}' Press Association.
Gay activists
from 37 states
meet in Dallas
By Johannes Stahl
Nearly 400 leaders representing an esti·
mated 175 national, state and local gay
organizations met in Dallas August 13 to
15 to provide "a forum to discuss what is
important and what goals to address for
the gay rights movement," said Bill Nelson,
director of communications of Dallas
Gay Alliance (DGA).
DGA had organized the gathering,
called the "National Gay Leadership Conference,"
which was attended by represen·
tatives from 37 states and staged at the
Greenelefe Hotel.
Representatives of Houston's Gay Political
Caucus, Citizens for Human Equality,
and the Texas Human Rights Foundation
were among those who attended.
Lucia Valeska, executive director of the
National Gay Task Force (NGTF), said the
goals of the conference "were set loosely
on purpose. One of the best things was a
chance to talk face-to-face with leaders
from all over the country."
"We were able to cover the basic issues
in the workshops which were of greatest
concern to the gay movement."
NGTF is the largest gay civil rights
organization in tr" co\lntry.
A series of nearly 40 workshops were
conducted at the conference which dealt
with such issues as police relations, public
relations, health, lobbying, networking,
the Family Protection Act. Democratic
party politic• and Gay Pnde Week.
Ricardo Medrano. pro-gay Dallas city
counciJmember, called the effort for the
national conference "monumental" on the
part of the DGA. Medrano'• district
includes Oak Lawn, an area in Dallas
where many of the city's gay people live.
He rode in the lead car of the 1982 Dallas
Gay Pride Week Parade.
Nelson said the DGA planned the event
because "we wanted to send a message to
gay and non-gay people-the gay rights
movement is very much alive in the Heart·
land," He believes that Dallas was the
ideal location for the conference because
"Dallas is neutral. ..
He feels that if this conference had been
held on either the East or West Coast it
would have made people from the other
feel slighted. He also explained that travel
coi:;ts were more equitable since Texas is
centrally located.
Nelson estimated the total cost to the
DGA for the conference at $12,000.
Valeska feels that the cost of any future
conference might be shared by national
organizations. She said that the event
should be every two years because of
expense and planning involved.
"For NGTF, this has been a tremendous
opportunity. We would support any effort
to see it continued," she said.
Concurrent with other workshops, a
forum on Acquired Immune Deficiency
(AlD) was presented. AJD's are a medical
condition affecting mostly homosexually
active men, involving impairment of the
body'~ immune sl'.stem. ~~ major mani·
festations of this condibon are rare
cancers like KapoNi"s sarcoma or rare
infections such as pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia, according to a report made by
the forum
The report also indicated a plan_ned
effort to lobby Congreas for funding mto
research on the disease.
Morris Floyd. AID Forum Hpokesman,
said, "The key concept is to generify the
concern for the disease. It is not just the
gay mah• who develop~ it."
••we need to look into a risk-reduction
statement ... hafll'<i on facts, not specula·
tion and without moral Judgements.''
?'oielson said that response to evaluation
forms from those attending the conference
will be made available at a later date. A
site for the next Cflnference ·was not immediately
decided, nor was a date. !\el&>n
indirated that the conft"rence "has been
grat.f);ng but we"re not going to do ttnext
year''
10 MONTROSE VOICE I AUGUST 20, 1982
Advertising in 1982 in Montrose has
changed from the days of 1979 and
before. The switch is to the Voice
because we don't play games with
your advertisements by limiting the
number of copies we put in circulation.
We saturate Houston's gay community
every week-with news,
entertainment, and the ads of community
businesses that are getting ahead.
Call your Voice advertising representative
(David Petluck, Gene Oliver or.
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Marberry, at 529-8490.
We'll show you a difference!
If your advertisement is in the Montrose
Voice, you can relax. Your
message is appearing in over 7700
copies (guaranteed) being distributed
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shops and stores, and it is
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On the other hand, if your ad is
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fewer people-and paying more
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The Voice brings results for its advertisers
because we saturate the community
every week with more copies
through more distribution points.
In fact, the Voice now circulates about
twice as many copies each week in
Houston as does the other publication.
Surprised? You shouldn't be.
After all, the Voice has better community
news, sports and entertainment
coverage, nationally syndicated writers,
great comics, a professional
attitude-and thousands more copies
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Inhalants: Quick Route to Danger, Says FDA
Editor's note: the following article-in an
expanded version-was originally publi•
hed in the "FDA Conoumer, "May, 1980.
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cial" Food and Drug Administration
thought. Neuertheless, we thought our
readers would be interested.
By Annabel Hecht
Food and Dru• Admini•tration Public
AffainStatr
Inhaling certain substances to get "high"
has been risky all the way back to anbq·
uity, and is no less dangerous in modern
time8. Adding to the problem today are a
couple of substances that have enjoyed a
certain amount of social acceptance: butyl
nitrite, sold as a "room odorizer," and
nitrous oxide, better known as "laughing
gas." They are examined in this article.
The Food and Drug Administration, or
FDA, says it is very much concerned about
the increasing abuse of these two inhaled
substances.
Because the respiratory system provides
a quick route to the bloodstream,
inhaling a volatile substance is like having
it injected into the body. The effect can
be immediate with loss of consciousness,
heart irregularities, or even death. After a
time, those who inhale substances such as
solvents may develop organic brain syn-
~~:~1!rc~=~:na~o8:,a~~~ ~~':b~~
ity, confusion, or disorientation. Inhaling
volatile substances also can lead to peripheral
nerve injury, and liver and kidney
disease.
Long-range effects, which may not
show up for 10 to 30 years, include an
increased risk of developing cancer as well
as genetic changes.
The 70s saw a surge in the abuse of
nitrous oxide-mainly by health professionals
and college-age youth-and of
butyl nitrite, close chemical kin to a drug
used to treat symptoms of angina pectoris
(a heart disorder).
Just who is sniffing this array of substances?
Statistically their numbers are
small. The National Institute of Drug
Abuse (NIDA) e8timat.ea that about 7 million
people over the age of 12 have experi·
mented with or are chronic users of
inhalants. In contrast, 42 million have
tried or used marijuana. However, experts
in the drug abuse field believe that many
inhalers just don't get counted. For
instance, thoRe most likely to abuse industrial
solventa. often school dropouts or truants,
aren't likely to be covered in M:hool
aurveya of drug abuse.
In the past, surveys frequently did not
include questions about inhalants, or they
lumped everything under "glue sniffing."
In addition, inhalant users seldom seek
medical attention for problems related to
their sniffing habit. so they don't often
show up in emergency room reports.
The picture that emerges of the abuse of
butyl nitrite and nitrous oxide is much different
than that of industrial and commer-cial
solvents.
When amyl nitirite was made an overthe.
counter drug in 1960, it became a
prime candidate for abuse. Called
"poppers" because of the sound made
when the mesh-covered glass vials or
ampules were cru.shed prior to inhalation
of the fumes, these drugs gave the user a
quick "high."
FDA reclassified amyl nitrite as a prescription
drug in 1969 and butyl nitrite
became more readily available. First popular
in homosexual communities, butyl
nitrite is now used both as a sexual stimulant
and euphoriant in heterosexual circles.
Sold as a "room od:orizer" or "liquid
incense" under a variety of names that are
auggestive of its odor-Banapple Gas,
Locker Room, Rush, Jae Aroma, Satan's
Scent, Locker Popper-butyl nitrite is
available in novelty stores, some record
stores, and "head" shops that cater to
drug-oriented youth.
How many people are using butyl nitrite
is difficult to say. It is estimated, on the
basis of sales data published in the pre88,
that 4 to 10 million vials of "the drug are
sold each year. Primary users are older
teenagers and young adults of both sexes.
From what is currently known, there
have been some deaths from butyl nitrite
and several of these resulted from ingestion
of the substance. Users generally
experience headache&, dizziness, perspiration,
and flushing of the face. Lees common
reactions include nausea, vorhiting,
and fainting. There is a risk that over a
time the heart and blood vessels could be
damaged. Inhaling nitrites could be fatal
to people with heart disease.
Nitrous oxide is even older than amyJ
and butyl nitrite. Diacovered accidentally
in 1773 by Joseph Priestly, nitrous oxide
was one of the first volatile substances to
be abused. In the 18th and 19th centuries
"ether frolics" and demonstrations of
"laughing gas'' were common par]or
games among the upper classes. The fact
that the participanta in these events were
feeling no pain eventually led to the reali-zation
that these gases have a legitimate
use in medicine. Ironically, Dr. Horace
Wells, the man who introduced nitrous
oxide to dentistry m 1844, died as a result
of chloroform abuse.
Today, nitrous oxide has a number of
commercial uses including that of general
anesthetic, particularly in dental offices;
propellant to manufacture whipped
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be abused .
Abuse of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic
has a long history. One medical historian
has recounted cases of misuse of the gas
by American medical students in the late
19th centry.
How many people in the health professions
today may be abusing nitrous oxide
is not known, but reports in the medical
literature and other sources suggest that
anesthesiologists, doctors, nurses, dentists,
and inhalation therapists are among
those who do.
When nitrous oxides is a propellant for
making 1'whipped cream,'' it is either in an
aerosolized spray can where it is considered
a legitimate food additive, or in a
small 8-gram metal cylinder, int.ended to
be used with a dispensing machine. These
cylinders are popularly called
"Whippet.a," since that is the brand n~e
of one version of thia product. The cylmders
are being purchased-often at "head"
shops-by young people, particularly college
students, who have no intention ~f
whipping anything edible. Paraphernalia
used with cylinders include ballons from
which the gal!I is inhaled. One man has
come up with a device called a "Buzz
::i:~·~~ :~h ac:f~ifoers s~:~~;.us oxide
Damage to health from abuse of nitrous
oxides is a problem however. Death can
result if the gas is inha led with insufficient
oxygen. Abuse of the gas over long
periods of time can resu]t in nerve dam·
age, including loss of balance, le~ weakness,
tingling, and numbness m the
fingers and toes. Shortness of breath, n_au-io:~
:1:~~~~~nh::~~t~:~~~:ff: '~
of nitrous oxide abuse. Studies of health
professionals who are exposed to the gas
in their work-<lentists, dental technicians,
anesthesiologists-have shown
that these people have increased risk of
kidney and liver disease, s.pontaneous
miscarriages, and other senous health
problems.
Controlling the abused_ products is one
approach in controlhn~ mhal_ant abuse.
Obviously is would be 1mposs1ble to ban
industrial solvents that serve a useful purpoise,
especially since those sniffing th.ese
substances will simply tum to somethmg
else. However, other steps can be taken
such as the addition of oil of mustard to
airplane glue to make it smell bad, a move
made voluntarily by glue manufacturers.
Warnings on labels is another way to
help stop product abuse. FDA took this
step in 1975 to curtail abuse of nonsbck
frying pan sprays. When it was determined
that aerosol cooking sprays were
food additives within the agency's juris-r~~
t~~·s~~h' ;:c!!ie:c~o::~:~~!~;1ng wam-
0Waming-Use only as directed. Intentional
misuse by deliberately concentrating
and inhaling the contents can be
harmful or fatal."
As for butyl nitrite, manufacturers of
the so-called room odorizers follow the
Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) labeling requiremens to the letter.
Despite extensive labeling and wa~ings
such as 0 Avoid prolonged breathing of
vapor" sales and abuse have not diminished.'
It would have to be proved that
injury or illness occurred under recommended
conditions of use-that is, as a
room odorizer-before CPSC could take
additional regulatory action.
FDA has been aware of the recreational
use and abuse of butyl nitrite for several
years and is exploring wha~ course of
action can be taken to halt this abuse. A
key issue is whether butyl nitrite is a drug
within the meaning of the Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act. Determing whetheritqualifies
depends on how it is labeled.
A butyl nitrite product properly labeled
as a room odorizer would not be considered
a drug, even though the person who
bought it did so to get "high." However, if
the manufacturer or distributor suggests
in labeling that the product is an aphrodisiac
or euphoriant, the product could be
regulated as a drug.
In the meantime, many U.S. communities
are seeking to impose legal bans or at
least to limit the sales of this product to
adults. Georgia and Connecticut, for
example, have established controls on
odorizer sales, and Houston has banned
their sale to minors.
Nitrous oxide as a medicinal gas is regulated
as a prescription drug by FDA and
many of the states. Nitrous oxide as a
whipped cream propellant is regulated by
FDA as a food additive. Where the 8-gram
cylinders fit is not so clear. ~sin th~ c~se
of butyl nitrite, the agency 1~ examm1.ng
the options for controlling nitrous oxide
abuse. In 1980, a meeting wa_s held with
manufacturers of the gas to discuss steps
that could be taken on a voluntary basis.
Changes in labeling on r:iitrous oxide containers
were being considered. Materials
al80 were being prepared to alert the medical
community to the danger or inadvertent
or deliberate exposure to this gas.
Whatever regulatory steps eventually
are taken, FDA cautions those who have
access to nitrous oxide to use it only as the
manufacturer intended. Nitrous oxide is a
safe anesthetic in the hands of trained
medical and dental personnel and an
effective aerosol propellant. But experience
now proves that abuse of nitrous
oxidt" ia no laughing matter.
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AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 15
Behind the Big Glasses and Cute Bow
Tie: Kathy Whitmire Speaks to the Voice
Photostory by Ed Martinez
Early in 1982, a petite woman in her 30s
overcame formidable political opposition
in the person of the Sheriff of Harris
County, Jack Heard, to become the Mayor
of Houston.
The first woman to hold that position,
Kathyrn J. Whitmiretooneanall,had two
terms as City Controller under her belt
before tackling the establishment to wrest
the top city job away from the pols and
pros who were convinced they could hang
her out to dry in a contest between Heard,
the good old boy, and Kathy, the nice
young lady.
The good old boys were dead wrong, and
they were the ones left with egg on their
faces as Kathy Whitmire swept to a convincing
win.
This was not accomplished without con·
siderable blood on the precinct floor, however,
as Whitmire's opponents worked
diligently to make political hay over Whit·
mire's endorsement by Houston Gay Political
Caucus. Whitmire sought and
received the support of the gays of Hou&
ton, and Heard's supporters felt he had a
cross on which to crucify Ms. Whitmire
Wrong again.
A last minute attempt by a supporter of
Jack Heard blew up rudely in the faces of
those trying to portray Whitmire as a
future militant gay libber, and the forces
using the smear tactics went down to
thunderous defeat
Ms. Whitmire then proceeded to step
adroitly into the political quagmire of
problems facing Houston by doing the
unthinkable: she appointed a police chief
who was a) black, and b) from Atlanta.
She then had the audacity to get his
appointment approved by the City Council
in an 11 to 3 vote.
Then she wooed the man who had built
Atlanta's subway-transit system away
from that city in an effort at solving Hous·
ton's monumental transit mess.
Then, as if all that were not enough, she
took on the police and fire departments in
an open battle to free top administrative
jobs from the stagnant clutches of civil
service to make those departments more
responsive to wishes of the fire and police
chiefs.
Not only that, she won those battles
handily, by means of sheer political clout
and clever negotiations with the organiza·
tions representing the firemen and policemen
who realized that they had been
outmaneuvered.
Not really Wonder Woman, just a smart
young lady who does her homework thoroughly
and never faiJs to give credit to
those around her, Kathy Whitmire is probably
one of the shrewdest politicians in
Texas, and that puts her in the same
league with John Connally and a host of
other 1Hck politicians.
She met us in her capacious office and
answered questions candidly and
thoughtfully.
Are you enjoying being mayor as much
as you thought you would?
Oh yes, I really am. I feel very good
about it, for three reasons: one, I have a
very good staff, which has been a tremend·
ous help to me. Tw,q, the City Council has
been very cooperative, and three, because
of both those things we've been able to get
some things accomplished.
We've been able to set some goals such
as getting our budget approved on time,
getting the fiscal year changed, bringing
in a new police chief, getting some
changes in civil service ... I'm really enjoying
that.
What do you thinlr. the biggest probkm
facing Houaton ia right now?
It'• hard to pinpoint one thing, but the
Mayor Whitmire
it.em that comes to the top of the list for
most Houstonians is the mobmty prob·
lem, the difficulty that people have in get·
ting where they're going ... as big as this
city is and as much territory as it covers
and as far behind as we've gotten in public
transportation and in our public thor·
oughfare system, I would have to classify
mobility ae our number one problem that
provides that daily irritant to people in
Houston.
This is not to minimize the crime prob·
!em that we're addressing through the
police department.
l• it poBBible that with the cuwff in fed·
era{ funds, theaheersizeofthecityand the
influx of people in spite of the recession,
mobility may be one of those problems
that have become chronic, that Houston
may just sWw down, or do you feel that it is
soluble?
Well , all those things come in degrees.
You can't eliminate traffic in any big city
but you have to find ways to make it more
workable and more tolerable to keep it
from getting worse. That is our more
immediate goal, to keep traffic from getting
worse that it already is.
We think that a first step in that direction
is to have a substantially increased
bus system and that has been the first goal
of Alan Kiepper since he's been in
Houston.
That'• just one •tep. We're still looking
at more advanced means-rail transpor·
tation that we believe that we can develop
as a feasible a lternative in Houston. At
the same time, the city is presenting a united
effort to the state highway commission
to encourage the development of more free..
ways in the city of Houston.
You're our mayor, and a lot of people
wonder: what's the lady behind the big
glasses and the bow tie really'like? How do
you spend your privat,e time, or do you
have any time leftover foraperaonal life?
I think that's the key to it.
A job like being mayor is a very demanding
job and I do spend a great amount of
time on it; 75 or 80 hours a week are dedi·
cated to my responsibilities as mayor of
the city so that doesn't leave a whole lot of
time for a private life and personal
activities.
But I am a very private person and do
tend to keep my private life to myself.
Has living in Montrose helped you
understand the probkma that gays face?
I would say that that's probably true.
Certainly I know a lot of people who are
gay, and because of that personal associa·
tion, any time you develop personal
aBSociations with people who have differ·
ent lifestyles, different backgrounds, dif·
ferent economic positions, you become
more familiar with their problems, and
more sen•itive to the difficulties they face.
Now or in the future, at any time in your
tenure of office as mayor, would you support
an ordinance that prohibited discrimination
on the basis of sexual preference in
the area of jobs, housing, or credit-a gay
rights ordinance?
I think we've seen some ordinances that
cover some of those areas passed by other
cities, and I certainly believe in that philosophy,
that we should not tolerate discrimination
against people because of
their background or lifestyle or whatever.
I believe that all people should be considered
as individuals in employment and
in all phases of their lives.
The question becomes one of what
should the city's role be, to what extent
does the city have the authority to involve
itself in various transactions that occur,
whether they have to do with housing and
employment or credit and what role
should a city government play.
It's not an i88ue that I am sure about at
this time. It would depend on the attitudes
of the city council and the legal authority
that the city has.
If the issue arose, if an ordinance were
introduced by OM of the city councilmen,
would you support it?
I think it would depend on the specific
way that it was written. I would not want
to tell you in advance that I would support
an ordinance that might be projected by a
council member, because I don'tknow how
that ordinance would be framed, what
kind of enforcement it would have, what it
might cost to enforce it, whether it would
be legally enforceable and all those kinds
of questions
I will tell you that in concept I certainly
support equal opportunity for people without
regard to their lifestyle.
Your opponent nailed you, or tired t.o, in
the last election, over your endorsement
by the Houston Gay Political Caucus.
Would you seek the support of the Gay
Political Caucus in another bid for mayor?
Certainly, I always seek the support of
all the groups in the city.
One thing I was going to teU you is that
you were talking about my opponent nailing
me about the GPC support. I saw a poll
recently that was done after the election,
where they tried to analyze why it turned
out the way it did.
Eighty-seven per cent of the people who
voted in the election were aware of my
support from the Gay Political Caucus,
but the overwhelming majority of them
said that it made no difference one way or
the other.
I think that is very interesting, that it
made no difference one way or the other.
I think it is very interesting, that it did
become a very high profile issue, and
everyone was aware of it, but the majority
of Houstonians did not consider that a significant
factor one way or the other.
ls there anything you would like w say
to the people of Montrose?
I think that we have a lot of potential in
this city, and the thing that I want to say
is that we can make Houston the kind of
place that we want to live from the standpoint
of addreBBing our problems with
mobility and crime and park space and
improvements in the streets and ~of the
iasues that need to be addttssed if we get
citizens involved
I think that the active civic organiza·
tions that have been formed in the inner
city have certainly been making the differ·
ence towards the upgrading of our city and
I believe that'• really the strength of the
city, the people that take the time to get
involved.
The thing that strikes a person listening
to Mayor Whitmire is that she is, for all her
savvy and intensity that is evident in her
manner, not that most damning of adjectives,
strident.
She has the ability, almost unique
among top women executives, to remain
quintessentially feminine.
The office of mayor hao failed to harden
or make coarse 90meone who is, obviously,
very much a lady.
16 MONTROSE VOICE I AUGUST 20, 1982 Letters
Reader Says 21.06
Decision Should
Cause New
Initiatives
From Neil lsbin
The gay community of Texas, and the
entire nation, owes a great debt to the
vision and hard work of individuals like
Robert Schwab and Don Baker. The fed·
eral court ruling declaring the unconstitutionality
of State Penal Code 21.06
validates the argument that major advances
in civil rights are initiated by the federal
courts and not by local politicians.
The universal values of liberty and
equality, inherent in the U.S.Constitution
have provided the basis for continual civil
rights reform. Unfortunately, local politi·
cians, throughout the Civil Rights era,
have either been openly hostile at the
worst, or at the best, well intentioned but
without the courage to lead.
While the GPC has gained influence in
city politics by demonstrating its effectiveness
in turning out the vote, it has
remained ineffective in pressuring local
politicians. When local politicians
expreeRed a fear of voting for various progay
ordinances, the GPC leadership
backed down. When local politicians,
while making promises to the gay community,
he behind 21.06 as an excuse to delay
action, the gay leadership said nothing.
Due to the heroic efforts of the Texas
Human Rights Foundantion, 21.06 has
been removed from the books. Our local
politicians have no more Jaws to hide
behind. Their actions in the next few
months will demonstrate the sincerity of
their past promises.
Police Chief Brown should begin plans
to immediately hire gay community lead·
era as instructors in the Police Academy
and as instructors in post-Academy training.
Plans should also be made to open the
next Academy class to gay applicants and
to screen all future police applicants for
prejudice against gays.
Furthermore, the City Council and the
Mayor should begin work on drafting a
comprehensive Civil Rights ordinance
that would include protection for gay citizens.
among other minorities.
It is no longer enough for local politicians
to say that the prevention of negative
initiative is enough-it is time for
positive initiatives. It is also time for the
GPC to use ita influence, out.side the ballot
box, to pressure for the basic reforms it has
advocated for years
MCC National
Official to Hold
Services in
Houston
From the Reu. Dee Lamb. assistant
pastor, Metropolitan Community
Church of the Res,;urection
Rev . Elder Freda Smith, Vice-Moderator
of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches (UFMCCJ, will
be conducting spiritual renewal serviceti
at Metropolitan Community Church of the
Ressurection (MCCR) Friday, August 20,
and Saturday, August 21. at 7:15 p.m. in
addition to Sunday, August 22, at both
regular worship services (10:45 a .m. and
7:15 p.m.).
Rev. Elder Smith is an Honors Program
graduate from California State University
with a degree in psychology and a
minor degree in woman's studies, a
department she helped found . She is currently
meeting requirements for a mas-ter's
degree in communication studies.
Long active in gay rights, she received
the 1977 Eleanor Roosevelt Democratic
Club Award for "Out.standing Contributions
in the Field of Human Rights."
From the moment she first heard of the
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches, her loyalty and talent
has been focused on the UFMCC vision
of liberating the world through J esus
Christ. Joining UFMCC in 1971, from a
Salvation Army background, she was
licensed as a minister at the 1972 General
Conference. Ordained as the Fellowship's
first woman minister, she spearheaded
the effort to change the by-laws to include
women in all categories, and subsequently
was elected as the first woman elder of
UFMCC.
Repeatedly, re-elected as Elder. Rev.
Smith was active as a member, the Chair
of World Church Evangelism from 1972·
1979, when she was elected as Vice·
Moderator. She has served on the Board of
Campus Ministry on the University of
California, Sacramento Campus and is
listed in the second edition of Who's Who
in American Religion.
Rev. Elder Freda Smith has had an
hour-long debate on prime time TV with
Dade County, Florida's Rev. David Renfrow,
been i;,een nationaHy on the ''Tomorrow
Show;· and nationally(in Canada) on
the "Canada AM ... show, as well as
numerous local appearances in the many
MCC churches she visits around the world .
She lives in Sacramento, California
with her spouse Kathleen, where she has
been pastor of the local MCC continously
since 1973.
Each of you are invited to hear this
dynamic, spirit-filled minister of God.
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AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 17
Warts in
Your Shorts?
By Harvey Thompson, M.D.
1982 Stonewall Featuree Syndicate
There is "gay" cancer, "gay" pneumonia,
"gay" gonorrhea, and the "gay bowel syndrome,"
so why not "gay" warts, too?
Maybe. The viruses of warts from various
body parts may look aJike, but analysis
shows at least five different human papilloma
viruses (HPV1s ), which cause warts.
Genital warts have been found with
nucleic sequences different from the
garden-variety "common" wart. And, for
what it's worth, genital warts may be of
multi-cellular origin, whereas common
skin warts come from a clone (pardon the
expression) of cells that originate in a sin·
gle infected cell.
How warts spread isn't clear. The medical
books usually say they are extremely
contagious. So, why in some couples who
are versatile in sex roles does one of the
guys have them whiJe the other doesn't?
A famous example of this was Tom Sawyer
and Huck Finn. Remember, Tom had
warts, Huck didn't, and they did spend a
lot of time in the woods together!
Dr. Oriel of the University Hospital in
1...-0ndon writes articles on warts every few
years. He must be one of the authorities,
judging by the frequency with which his
name appears in the wart bibliography. In
a recent month, in the $fxually Transmitted
Disease Journal, he wrote that 40COn·
tact tracing studies have shown little
evidence of the sexual infectivity of the
anal warts."
He has written about wart.s since 1970,
so he ought to know. His conclusion was
that "no satisfactory explanation of the
natural history of the anal warts has yet
been given." Just what I thought.
Warts are frustrataing. I would rather
have syphilis or gonorrhea anytime;
either is easier to treat, and the cure rate is
higher. The treatment for warts seems to
depend upon their location and the physician's
enthusiasm. The usual treatment
for anal warts is podophyllin. There is also
salicylic acid, cantharides, liquid nitro·
gen, cautery, radiation (in the old days}, or
surgery.
Experimental treatments include topical
anti-viral agents, topical chemotherapy,
or vaccine injections (using old wart
parts mixed together in a blender). Folk
remedies include rubbing a copper penny
over the wart, or burying a potato under a
stump. Hypnosis or suggestion has been
known to work in ridding children of
warts on their fingers. Back in med school,
we used to give them a quarter for each one
in dermatology clinic; between inflation
and location, anal warts must cost much
more.
Worts frustrate both doctor and patient.
Treatment with podophyllin is disappointing;
only 509& are cured in the first or
second treatment. The applications have
to be done weekly, which can get expensive
at $15 per crack.
Warts often recur, even with those who
have given up anal sex. The incubation
period ranges from one to 20 months, with
four about average, so new warts might
pop up after others have disappeared. The
range of incubation makes epidemiology
difficult; your lover of the past year may
have nothing to do with their popping up
around your rectum recently.
Condylomata lata of secondary syphilis
can look a lot like a wart and is also found
perianally. Experience has taught me to
'ceep this in mind.
Patients often call in to be seen for their
"hemorrhoids," which tum out in examination
to be warts. Why shouldn't rectal
self-examination with a soapy forefinger
be a monthly event in the shower? Warts
will usually feel rough on the surface and
nontender, while hemorrhoids will be
softer and tender.
Rectal cancer is the most common GI
cancer in the American male. So, why
hasn't the American Cancer Society gotten
into pushing rectal self-exmination?
The ACS calls colorectal cancers "the
cancers nobody talks about." One of their
longstanding recommendations is an
annual rectal exam for people over 40.
Why not start doing these exams on yourself
much earlier?
One of the great advances in breast
cancer detection is due to women being
taught to look for lumps in their breasts by
themselves. An additional benefit would
be your ability to check your prostate for
early nodules or cancer there. It's doubtful
that the situation will be "rectified" and
the omiBBion is part of the "rectal taboo"
or even homophobia. After all, can you
imagine the ACS doing TV spots that
advise men to stick their fingers up their
rears?
Why do anything about anal warts at
all? Well, often patients want them treated
for aesthetic reasons. Like those men with
non·pathogenic amoebas, they just don't
want them around. I think, though, that if
the wart is small and doesn't bleed or hurt,
you could just sit on it and apply "tincture
of time." One of the ''wart articles" claims
that they involute spantaneously within
two years any way, and may need little
attention.
Hepatitis-B
Vaccination Has
Added Costs
By J ohannes Stahl
The manufacturer of Heptavax-B, a vaccination
to prevent hepatitis-B, announced
that the cost at which they sell the drug is
around $100. This price reflects what the
Health
direct buyer pays to Merck Sharp &
Dohme, the manufacturer of the drug.
However, by the time the recipient is
injected with the vaccine, this price can
increase significantly.
Bob G. Howell, Houston registered pharmacist,
said the drug is usually sent first
to a "wholesaler and then to the pharmacy,
clinic, or hospital." The price of the
vaccine is increased at every stage of handling
between manufacturer and patient.
Howell said he couldn't commit anyone
to an exact price but estimates that the
pharmacy will charge about $140. This
figure does not include the cost for the
three tripe necessary to receive the injection
series from a doctor. A conservative
estimate of $20 per office visit brings the
total so far to nearly $200.
Medical authorities state that gay males
are in a "high risk" category of contracting
the disease and should be tested before
the vaccination to see if they have already
had hepatitis-B infection. Those who have
had the disease don't always show symptoms
and the vaccine would be ineffective
for those who have a history of the disease,
whether they knew they had the disease or
not. The vaccine is effective only for
hepatitis-Band not for hepatitis-A or nonA,
non-B, say the manufacturers.
The Houston City Health Department
says they conduct free screening for hepatitis
infections in their mobile units, but
not in the actual clinic. The units go to
different locations in the gay community
for four hours about once a week. If the
patient goea to a private doctor, add the
cost for the office visit and the cost for the
required lab work. This could add another
$60 to the total bill.
If a private physician is used exclusively,
the cost could run as high as $260.
Those people using public health facilities
for the screening could pay $200.
18 MONTROSE VOICE I AUGUST 20, 1982
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By Billie Duncan
The Drag Queen AJJ.Stars proved that
they could bat more than eyelashes last
Saturday, August 14, when they trounced
the team made up from the sponsers of the
MSA Softball League by a score of21to13.
The irregularities of the game made it
all the more fun. In the first inning, the
umpriretj were having such a good time
that it took four outs to retire the Drag
Queens and get the Sponsers up to bat
Billie Duncan (moi) oftheSponsers hit a
bouncing single that put a man in scoring
position in the bottom of the first. Other
members of the Sponsers team also hit the
ball with more or less success. Moi was
injured in the second inning and got to sit
out the rest of the game.
For the DQs, Donna Day was clearly an
asset. Although Donna's official position
was catcher, he also doubled as a wall,
strategically blocking passage to home
plate with his formidable girth.
Miss T on first and Nikki on third were
outstading for the DQs. The Sponsers also The case and crew of the Drag Queen All·Stars
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The excellent catches that the DQs made
were generaJly puctuated by squeals of
delight and a dance step or two. The DQ•
wore red tops with white shorts and displayed
a stunning array of footwear.
This is the second year in a row that the
Drag Queen AJJ.Stars have won over the
Sponsers. The DQ• predict that they will
win again next year.
In other action on Saturday, the softball
team from the MSA Tennis League played
a select team made up of players from four
teams of the MSA Women's Softball
League. Surprisingly, the Tennis League
team won 6.J.
Racquetball
League forming
Buzz Smith said that a new raquetball
league is forming. He said that he hoped
that new players as weH as experienced
players would join. Once the league is
formed, instruction can be given to new
players, he said
Ln order to organize a group to start
play, Buzz has planned an organizational
meeting for 9:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Barn,
701 Pacific. He urged anyone who was
interested to please come by for the
meeting Some of the sponsors' team
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A UGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 19
Houston, Dallas Take Top Volleyball Spots
By Billie Duncan
The West End Stars did it. They swept the
Texas volleyball tournaments by winning
all four
The last one was here in Houston on
August 14, but it was not that easy. Sometimes
the Stars have been known to completely
smash their opponents with no
chance of the other team even looking like
they were on the same court, but Dallas'
Pegasus I gave them a run for their
money.
In the final• when the West End Stars
and Pegasus I were playing for all the
marbles, the Sta rs won the first game 15-3
and were leading the second game 14-1
when Pegasus came back. Pegasus
pushed the score up for their team to 13
points and were heading to a possible win
when Mike Gonzalez of the Stars spiked
down off of a block for the winning h it.
So, in the A Division, the winners were
Houaton's West End Stars, first; Dallas'
Pegasus I, second; Austin's Boathouse,
third; and New Orleans (no team name),
fourth .
The B Division teams had a bit of a con·
troversy when Pegasus II of Dallas was
entered as a B team. They had been playing
as an A team previously.
Marcus Watson of the Pegasus II (and MSA 's West End Stars, fi rst place A
also the president of the Dallas Volleyball team
Association) explained that the team was
recently reorganized and he did not feel it
would be fair to play them as an A team.
"We've had two practices as a team," he
explained.
He also said, "The average age of my
team is 36 .. No, 33. They'd kill me if I said
36. There are three over 40 and one is deaf.
For that we should be considered a
miracle."
Well , the miracle came out just fine for
Dallaa with Pegasus II defeating Houston's
Diehards in the finals to win the B
Division. So, the results for the B teams
were Dallas' Pegasus II, first; Houston's
Diehards, second; San Antonio's Blazers,
third; and Dallas' Renegades, fourth .
The Renegades of Da11as are proud of
the fact that they have Mi88 Piggy as a
mascot, and even insisted that she be in
their team picture.
One interesting aspect of the tourna·
ment was the respect that the out of town
team1 expressed for the Montrose Sports
Association. "We have no sports league,
no volleyball league," said Nick Rippon of
the New Orleans team. uwe have eight
guya who play volleyball ."
"When the Raacals (from Montrose)
came to play us, to scrimmage, we didn't
have enough money to buy a new ball It
was so embarassing."
He explained how they started.
"We used to play in a field and the people
from the bars would come out a nd stare a t
us like we were monkies in a zoo."
Nick added, 0 ln New Orleans, we have
very little class and almost no shame."
New Orleans team, fourth place A team
Dalla•'• Pegaaua II ready for action in Rerntgade• from Dalla•, fo urth place B
the {mat. team MSA '• Dieharda, second place B ~am
Sports
MSA Monday Night Bowling
LAST WEEK"S GAMES
HIGH GAMES Monday. Au:::' ~~IES
Rich Corder 234 Bob Akins 620
Bob Akins 230 Steve Stepleton 593
Steve Stepleton 230 Rich Corder 585
FINAL SUMMER SEASON STANDINGS
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Supphments
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3 F1veEasyP1eces
4 Hole E Rollers
D1vis10n C
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2 Citizen Pain
3 Slow Hand
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ROLL OF RESULTS
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Daddy"soverCocit-Ta11ers2-2 (124 pins)
Bushwacke~ °"er Citizen Pain 4-0
Galleon One over E!J"s Protein Supphments 3--1
TOTAL PIN HANDICAP TOURNAMENT RESULTS
1 Cherry Pickers 3027 3 Next-T-Last 2895
2 Untouchables 2949 • Eurotan International
THIS WEEK"S GAMES
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Monday. AUQUSt 23
Second round Rolf-Offs. 9pm
Happy Traits vs Galleon One
Bushwackersvs Daddy's
Second round Total Pin Tournament. 9pm
MSA Eddie Chavez
Mixed Bowling League
PREVIOUS WEEKS' GAMES
Thursday. AUQUSt 19
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Thursday, August 12
HIGH GAMES
2884
Lou•s SChnetder Rachael R1charte 220
296.200 Bob Schulman 213
TerryWOlbef226.200
STANDINGS
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1. JustManon&Lynn·s 7 Chases
Tropical Fruit 8 Hang 10
2 For • Few Dadd1e1 9 Thursday Night
More TnckS
3. The Rockettes io. 4to 1
4. Kindred Sp1r1ts 1 t . Gutter Sluts
Aces High 12 Kindred Spirits
5 Salt & Pepper II Leather & Lace
6 Thursday Knights
NEW SUMMMER SEASON RECORDS
HIGH GAME (SCRA TCHJ HIQM GAME (HANDtCAf't
Men Lows Sehneider Men. Louis Schnetder
296 317
Women. RachMff Women: Rachael
R1charte 220 R1charte 273
HIGH SERIES !SCRATCH) HIGH SER1ES !HANDICAP)
Men: Louts Schn•der Women: Rachael
669 Richarte 658
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LAST WEEK"S MATCHES
Sunday. Augoust 15
Danny Casillas over Eddie Chaves &-0. &-0
RobertAmagaoverPeterlee&-7 (7·5) , 6-2. 6-0
Jim Scott °"er- Larry Coll1n1 6-2. 6-3
TOP TEN STAND!N~!EFI
1 Rich Ryan 1. Donny Kelty
2. Fred Lopez 2 Rich Corder
3. Jim Kitch 3. David Garza
4 Aon Landrum 4 Robert Amaga
5. John Ryan S Peter lee
6. Dr·11d Robicheaux 6 Danny Cast11as
7. Le1terVela 7 Edd1eCh.._.ez
8 JOf'ICOlbert 8 Jim Olsen
9 Michael Homtnn 9 Jim Scott
10 Mike Green 10 Lany CoU1ns
THIS WEEIC 'S MATCHES
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AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 21
Zelda Rose
Appearing First
Time in Houston
By Lyt Harris
Contrary to what one might believe at first
thought, Zelda Rose is not a female
impressionist who Jives deep in the heart
of Montrose and appears on Sundays at
the Copa.
In reality, Zelda resembles Mama Cass
Elliot of the original Mamas and Poppas.
Wearing a long, flowing maroon gown
interspersed with patches of glitter, Zelda
was seated at a stageside table for this
pre-show interview.
"It was made by my mother," Zelda
commented proudly about the gown. "Do
you like it?"
Seated with Zelda was Corey Fleming,
her youthful accompanist. She and Corey
have been a team for about a year and she
describes her style as "a combination of
blues, torch and pop."
Born and raised in New Orleans, Zelda
has been singing professionally for five
years, appearing at such well-known
French Quarter spots as Chelsea's on
Bourbon, the Bourbon Pub, and most
recently at the Old Absenthe House Bar.
Zelda was "discovered" by Rascals big·
wig Les Blair on a recent trip to the Cree~
cent City. After hearing her perform at the
Old Absenthe House Bar, he was able to
convince her to bring her act to Houston. ·:r didn't need much convincing at that
pomt," Zelda exclaimed. "I was ready for
something new-a change of pace."
Her only other out-of-town appearance
was two years ago when she performed at
Verelli's in Povincetown and at the Pied
Piper on Cap Cod Bay.
When not on stage, Zelda is employed by
the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans as a
PBX operator. She is also a housewife and
is quic'k to mention that her husband is
most supportive of her career.
Zelda's first _set at Rascals on opening
night began with "Rocket Man" by Elton
John; followed by "Empty Bed Blues,"
recorded by Bette Midler; "Duncan," an
American folk ballad by Paul Simon; and
"Come in from the Rain" by Malissa
Manchester.
Zelda's voice has the power and range of
an opera singer. She has the ability to use
this great 1>0wer when necessary, but can
adapt very easily to soft and mellow selec·
tione. She has a commanding stage presence,
but at times enjoys coming down off
stage to sing and mingle with the
audience.
She has great stamina-her first set
lasted an incredible one hour and 35 minutes!
"I've gone on for over three hours
before," commented Zelda when asked
about the length of her set.
Between songs, she enjoys keeping a
running dialogue going with her audience,
giving her a great rapport with her admirers
and putting everyone at ease. When
someone in the audience yelled, "Take it
off," Zelda quipped, "No, I don't do that
anymor~I'm an artiste!"
Regarding Zelda's style, she perfers to
sing m08t songs more slowly and with
more emphasis on each word and note
than one would normally hear the 80ngs
sung. Sometimes you find yourself trying
to speed up her delivery, but then you realize
that many of those songs that you've
heard rushed through on a three-minute
recording by a popular entertainer now
take on a new and special meaning when
performed at this slower pace.
Unfortunately, people who prefer fastpaced,
active and hvely preformences
might tend to get bored with Zelda, as
most of her selections have the same slow,
meloncholy pace.
In order to broaden her appeal, Zelda
might be wise to mix with her selections
with a few more lively and upbeat
numbers just to keep her sets moving at a
faater pare.
Corey Fleming and Zelda Rose now on stage at Rascals
But whatever your personal taste Zelda the song Rebecca sang lead and looked
Rose is a great discovery and definitely a much like a fashionable amazon blessed
welcome addition to the Montrose cabaret with a voice of slick silk. The group dis-scene.
coed wildly during the instrumental
which delighted the crowd who responded
The Flirts at
Numbers
By Nick Fede
The three gorgeous Manhattanites called
The Flirts sang to a packed and enthusias-
~:::~:r!:r~ August 15 at Numbers, 300
The group, garbed in matching tlourscent
yellow, orange and lime skirts that
were split daringly in back, began with
their newest dance hit "Juke Box"-a tune
that was rousing as an opener and had the
crowd ~lapping along. After that number,
lead singer/ choreographer Andrea DelConte
welcomed the crowd with "Alright
Texas!"
Before starting their next number, the
statesque beauty Rebecca Sullivan dedicated
the 90ng 0 Passion" "to all you sexy
Texans out there." While singing passion·
ately, Andrea slowly stepped down offstage
to coyly croon at some crowd
member& who were seated on the step.s.
Throughout the tune Andrea sang while
making good crowd eye contact but
Rebecca and third member Holly Kerr
cruised the crowd with looks of steel indifference.
Andrea adopted a defiant crosslegged
stance when singing the song's
chorus.
The group stood with their backs to the
crowd and singly, then in unison shimmied
their shoulders before whirling
around to sing "Calling All Boys." During
with whoops and cries.
Singing their newest release, "We Just
Want To Dance," the group offered flattened
palms toward the audience in a
plead to which the crowd responded by
dancing along with them.
The Flirts
Montrose Live
After that song, the group sang the
monster hit "Boy Crazy" while rolling
their eyes in wide delight one minute, followed
by gripping their heads in frustration
the next.
Encores can be boring if they are a
reprise of songs already sung, but the
group managed to get most of the crowd
clapping along at a steady rate as they
sang "Passion." During the encore, the
trio's skirts glowed under the lighting like
a 1968 black.light poster, while lasers
rapidly shot the song's title on the wall
The group was formedeightmonthsago
and their producer Bobby Orlando writes
all of their material in addition to having
written for other entertaniners including
"Native Love" for Divine.
"We initiaUy were a recording (studio)
group that went on to performing," said
Andrea in a post·show interview. She said
that the group's "concept was to perform
originally but indicated that they waited
to see how their record releases were publically
received."
When asked to describe the group's
sound and hits she said, "They're all
dance oriented." When asked if she had
been taken out sight·seeing while here she
said, "I've been in the South three or four
days, and seen lots of airports, motels and
highways."
When it was suggested that the group is
reminiscent of a 60s type singing trio in
both dress and choreography she said, at
one point we were (jokingly) called The
Shangri-La's
Andrea's musical background was
shaped by performing with numerous rock
bands, while Rebecca modeled profesaionally
and Holly was one of the lead dancers
in "Hallelujah Hollywood" at the MGM
Grand in Las Vegas. When asked how it
feels to perform with the group in comparison
to Vegas, Holly replied, "It's different
and a little more intimate."
The group has a new album "10 Cents A
Dance" that has been released on the "0"
label. Andrea said, "I like to see faces, it
stirs something up inside of me. I think
most disco groups are too distant from the
audience, they're afraid."
. When asked if she ever personally expenenced
a fear of the crowd by referring to a
crowd member dressed in leopard and
posed in a cat-like kneel as if ready to
pounce o~ the stage steps she replied, "No,
moat audiences won't."
Rebecca continued saying "they (the
crowd) want to be close but they won'thurt
you."
When the group was aslced if any
member longed to sing lead consistantly
except Andrea, she replied, "What's differ·
ent about our group is that we all aing."
She pondered for a moment then said
"We're not like the Supremes." '
22 MONTROSE VOICE I AUGUST 20, 1982
The Comedy Workshop resident company (left to right) consists of
Fred Greenlee, Ken Polk, Toni Potts, Paul Menzal, Sharon Menzal
slurping old biddy to a tender girlfriend on
the drop of a cue. Vicki Farrell combines
warmth, honesty and a sharp sense of
comic timing.
Steve Farrell has a good sense of concentration
and a developing sense of flair.
The Best of Comedy Workshop, Volume
JI is exciting and refreshing and (most of
all) exceedingly entertaining.
Nightclub Entertainment
This Week In Montrose
(Fnday. Augu1t20. throughThurld1y,August26)
•PIANO
Zelda Rose 9pm Tuesday through Saturday & Mary
Hooper & BUI Hudson 9pm Monday at Reseats, 2702
Kirby, 524-6272
Jim Cater &Jeff Longino 8pm Friday: Tom Williams &
Jeff Longino 8pm Saturday; Greg Davis 8pm Sunday
& Monday; Tom Williams 8pm Tuesday; lee LaForge
8pm Wednesday; Mickey Rankin & Roxie Starr 8pm
Thursday at Keyboard. 3012M1lam, 528-6988
Richard Askin & Dana Rogers 10pm nightly (except
Monday & Tuesday) at the Copa (piano bar), 2631
Richmond. 528-2259
Sheila Ceasar 9pm Tuesday through Saturday &
l1on1hare 9pm Sunday & Monday at Baja's. 402 Lov·
ett.527-9866
Alexandra Haas & Michael Balley Fnday. Saturday,
Wednesday & Thursday at Arno's. 4002 Montrose.
528-2993
'I"' Keok1 Kona 5pm Fnday & Saturday. 3pm Sunday &
5pm Wednesday & Thursday at the Hole. 109 Tuam
528-9066
• COUNTRY I COUNTRY/ROCK
The New Happy Trail Aiders Country-Western Bogg1e
Band 9:30pm Fnday & Saturday at Happy Trails
715 Fairview. 521-2792
Ab & the Rebel Outlaws 9 30pm Friday & Saturday &
830pmThursdayattheEx1te.1011Belt. 659-0453.&
830pm Sunday at Brazos River Bottom. 2400 Brazos
528-9192
Flying Blind Band 9pm Tuesday-Saturday at Miss
Charlotte·s. 911 Drew_ 528-88<1Q
The Best of Comedy Workshop: Insightful Humor
Mustang Band 9 30pm Friday & Saturday & S 30pm
Wednesday & Thursday at Brazos River Bottom. 2400
Brazos. 528-9192
Happy Trial Riders 9pm Wednesday at E/J 's, 1213
By Billie Duncan Aichmond. 527-9071
They exist in a netherworld somewhere
between the Twilight Zone and your funny
bone and they enter each with amazing
frequency.
They are the actors who Populate the
stage of the Comedy Workshop, 2105 San
Felipe, with everyone from the ultimate
commuters to Mexican musicians to ama·
tuer Shakesearean actors
With five woooden chairs, a wonderful
unseen sound effects person and superb
imaginations, the cast of The Best of
Comedy Workshop, Volume II creates a
variety of settings that serve as springboanls
for their particular and pecular
brand of humor.
Some of their characterizations and
ideas work better than others. All of them
have a sense of insight into the way that
poeple feel , think and behave. Although
some of the spots (segments of the show)
border on complete absurdity, they are
anchored by the very human reactions
and manuverings of the characters in the
situations.
The opening number, which was a live
musical feature, was apparently about the
Workshop. The lyrics were almost impos-sible
to understand. It is possible that it
was titled something like "Big Laughs"
and might have explained about the exit
signs in some clever way.
The next spot was a very, very funny
look at what motivates the·average commuter,
played in the absolutely serious
style of such films as Damnation Alley
and Godzilla. The sound effects in this one
added immeasurably to the sense of
absurd reality (or real absurditv).
The next spot also used sound effects,
but with a less satisfying result. This
scene played on the basic irratation that
moat people have when rude and noisy
nurds sit next to them in a movie and proceed
to make it impossible for anyone to
hear or see what is going on.
Even with the super comic talents of
Kenneth Polk, this scene lacked punch.
Pulling the show back on track, the next
scene was a warmly intelligentduetoftwo
old men in Tranquillity Park. The scene
opened with one of the men feeding the
rats. As the dialogue progressed, the characters
commented in a gentle and humorous
way on Social Security, Preparation
H, sports strikes, the PLO, budget cuts,
senior citizens in the army and over-crowded
prisons
The actors managed to portray older
people without being strident or mocking.
A scene in a Mexican resaurant showed
off the group's musical abilities and was a
laugh riot at the same time.
The last spot in the first act concerned a
guy involving his friends in a lie in order
to get out of a marriage proposal. It was
excellent, showing very human and natural
interrelationships that formed the
basis for roll-over laughter.
After a much needed intermission, the
second act opened on a European train
ride that featured Steve Farrell as an overbearing
young novelist who carried most
of the scene in a direct address to the
audience. The sound effects on this one
were superb and probably involved more
than one person.
The next scene featured two actressee in
much the same way as the scene about the
two old men featured two actors in the first
act. Set just after a bridal shower, the two
Houston housewives talked about the
other guests and traded personal secrets.
The only bothersome part about this was
what went into the crock pot.
With everything else on the level of hon·
est humor with the laughs coming from
the sense of the truth about the situation
and the people, the bit of absurdity with
the food just did not fit. It was probably
funny to the cast in rehearsal.
As a change of pace, a slide slot was
next, with music backing the slides of a
cowboy mowing the lawn. The concept
and execution combined to provide a real
rib-tickler.
The closing piece was a presentation of
the Betty Furness Memorial Theater's production
of MacBeth. Enough said.
The cast on opening night was com·
posed of Paul Menzel, Ken Polk, Sharon
Menzel, Vicki Farrell and Steve Farrell.
Alternating on other nights with Steve
will be Fred Greenlee.
Paul Menzel is solid and intelligent in
his approach , while Ken Polk is a total
wacko, adroitly walking the tightrope
between truthful humor and complete
insanity.
Sharon Menzel has a keen sense of char·
acterization and can &Ylritch from a soda-
•GUITAR
'L · 9pm Fnday & Irish Folk 9pm Wednesday at the
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Susan Chr1111an 5.30pm Friday. Reynolds & Rand
5:30pm Monday: Rawslyn Ruffin 5:30pm Tuesday; &
Lyra 5.30pm Wednesday & Thursday at Kindred Sp1tits,
5245 Buffalo Speedway, 665--9756
• SHOW GROUPS
Dixie Kings 9pm Saturday & 8pm Sunday at Happy
Trails. 715Fa1rv1ew, 521-2792
Mata Han 9 30pm Friday & Saturday & Lee LaForge,
Kim Yvette & Dianne Cha1ston 9pm Sunday at Bacchus.
523lovett, 523-3396
John Day & Co 6pm Sunday at E/J's. 1213 Rich·
mond. 527-9071
• JAll.
The ADO Jazz Quartet Spm Sunday at Harrar's. 428
Westheime<.526-2895
Rober1 Ceballos Group 9pm Sunday & w11h Jimmy
Ford 9pm Friday, Saturday, Wednesday & Thursday
atlas8nsas.614W Gray, 528-9959
Wrndrose930pm nightly (except Sunday & Monday) ;
& Horace Crisby 9:30pm Sunday & Monday at 81rdwatcher1.
907Westhe1mer,527-0595
• NU WAVE/PUNK
The Jitters & Random Culture 9:30pm Friday, lhe
Haskells & the Explostves930pm Saturday. theLeap
9:30pm Wednesday, and Us. Vernal Abuse & Doomsday
Massacre 9·30pm Thursday at Omni, 1540 Westheimer.
528-4230
•DISCO
LindaCl1fford 10:30pm Fnday at the Copa, 2631 Richmond.
528-2259
The Best of Comedy Worksh1p Volume 118.30 & 11 pm
Friday & Saturday & 8 30pm Wednes.day & Thursday,
Manuel Labor 1s the Not the President of Mexico
e 30pm Sunday & Monday at Comedy Workshop.
2105 San Fef1pe. 524-7333
Stand-up comica n1ghtty at Comm1xAnnex. 2105San
F~ipe.524-7333
Jeff Allman, Robert Aguayo & Adnenne Tolsch s &
10 30pm Fnday, 7:30, 10 & midnight Saturday, &
8:30pm Sunday; & Gabe Kaplan. Barry Marder &
Adnenne Tolach 8.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday &
Thursday at the Laff Stop, 1952-A W Gray, 524-2333
• IMPRESSIONISTS
Donna Day, Naomi Sims & Hot Chocolate Sunday
evemng at the Copa. 2631 Richmond. 528-2259
Little Bobby. Tracey. & guests Sunday evening at
Exile. 1011 Bell. 659-0453
"' Playgirl Folh91" 10 30pm Saturday at Pink Elephant
1218 Leeland. 659-0040
• MISCELLANEOUS
Talent shows Tueaelay eventng at the Copa. 2631
Richmond. 528-2259. Wednesday evening at M1dnite
Sun. S34 Westhe1mer, 526-7519. & Thursday even mg
atTw1n1, 535Westhe1mer, 520-0244
AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 23 Montrose Art
'In Sequence' at Museum of Fine Arts Shows 'Conquest of Time'
By Steven Cunibertl
The Museum of Fine Arts, at Montrose
and Bieaonnet, offers selection from the
Target Collection of American Photo
graphy in a show entitled "In Sequence"
until September 19.
Informally categorized according to
their treatment of time, panorama, montage
and narrative, the selection of photographs,
lithographs, books, graphics and
sculpture which comprise this show illustrate
artists' concern with the problem of
rendering the moving time frame of life in
the medium of still photography.
In 1887, before cinematic pioneer Sergie
Eisenstein gave us Film Form and Film
Sense, Eadweard Muybridge photo-
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"Horse and Rider, Gall-Oping," from "Animal Locomotion," 1887. PAfitcgraphed
by Eadweard Muybridge.
graphed his still fascinating Animal Locomotion
Project , sequential still
photograph& of animals, including
humans, in chacteristic activity. Muybridge
had found a way to stop time and
let viewers control its passage by the
length of time they allowed themselves to
be absorbed in studying each exposure.
About ten years later the "cinema fantastique"
of the early French filmmakers
(unmentioned in this show) demonstrated
the fledgling medium to be the king of the
time machines by allowing action to be
speeded up, slowed down, or even reversed
at the filmmaker'• direction.
After almost one hundred years, some
artieta are turning, or returning, to noncinematic
methods of considering time.
Athena Tacha used Muybridge's continuous
action sequential display form to
present the discontinuous changes of Gesture
I, A Study of Finger Pooitions (1981).
She further recalls her predecessors in the
use of photographic process resurrected
from Muybridge'a era.
The artiste represented by "In
Sequence" seem to fall into two camps:
those who are primarily developing new
techniques for documenting traditional
notions of time, and those who present
methods of seeing time in a new way.
Ester Parada'• Past Recovery (1979) is a
panorama through time. It is a family
album photograph with personal associa-
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tions and events marking the passage of
time gently exposed over the primary
image.
With his Newsweek (1974), Robert Heinecken
evokes the crush of simultaneously
occurrin& current events by cutting
and interweaving images from the weekly
news magazine without having removed
the pages from their binding. Heinecken is
also responsible for the satiric Socio-DuoHabliment
Studies I, Il, and III (1981).
Muybridge'a studies are not the only
cJose bruahea uln Sequence" has with the
narrative cinematic form. Rober Frank, a
sometime award-winning filmmaker,
offers a proofsheet exposed with footage
from bis film, ''The Sin of Jesus" (1969);
and Duane Miachaele, a muter of narrative,
is represented by hia 1973 work, "5:15
a.m., April 22, 1904," an example that
unfortunately does not illustrate the
artist's ability to develop a plot both horizontally
and vertically. Film plots develop
horizontally while proee can develop in
both directionP.
A film on the relationship between
cinema and still photography is to be
shown aa part of the regular film series at
the museum Friday, August 27 at 8:00
p.m., but the excitement of discovering
new views of the phenomenon of time is
afforded by the show itself, Tuesday
through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.,
and Sunday, 1:~:00 p.m.
24 MONTROSE VOICE I AUGUST 20, 1982
Seven Day Calendar
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
AUG AUG
20 21
AUG AUG AUG AUG AUG
22 23 24 25 26
Selected Events
through 7 Days
•FRIDAY: Interact'• Community
Coffeehouse 7:30pmrrudnight,
3405 Mulberry
mFR/DA Y: Lambda Alanon
meeting at First Unitarian
Church, 5210 Fannin
•MONDAY: Montrose Sports
bowling, 9pm at Stadium Bowl,
8200 Braesmain
•TUESDAY: Montrose Sports
Volleyball League games 7:30
p.m., Gregory-Lincoln School,
1101 Taft
•THURSDAY: Montrose
Sports bowling, 9pm at Stadium
Bowl, 8200 Braesmain
•THURSDAY: Wilde 'n Stein
gay radio show lOpm·midnight
on KPFT Radio, FM-90
Selected Events
in Future Weeks
•IN I WEEK: 1982 Gay
Athletic Games in San Fran·
cisco begin Aug. 28, lasting to
Sept. 5
•IN I WEEK: Gay Softball
World Serie& begins in San
Francisco Aug. 31, lasting to
Sept. 4
•IN I WEEK: Integrity International
Convention opens in
New Orleans Sept. 2, lasting to
Sept. 5
• IN 2 WEEKS: "Tubs for Two
Thousand'' benefit for Montrose
Counseling Center and Kaposi's
Sarcoma Committee at Midtowne
Spa, 3100 Fannin, Sept.
4
•IN 2 WEEKS: TeI&.8 Gay
Conference in Houston, Sept.
3-5
UIV 2 WEEKS: Labor Day,
Sept. 6
•IN 3 WEEKS: Midwest Gay
& Lesbian Convention in Chicago,
Sept. 10-11
UN 4 WEEKS: 3rd Annual
Gay American Arts Festival in
Chicago openB Sept. 17, lasting
to Sept. 30
•IN 7 WEEKS: Gay Academic
Union 8th national conference
Oct. 8-10, Chicago
•IN 7 WEEKS: Columbus
Day, Oct. 11
•IN 8 WEEKS: Gay Atheist
League of America national
convention in Houston, Oct.
15-17, Americana Hotel, 3301
Southwest Fwy.
•IN 8 WEEKS: Westheimer
Colony Art Festival Oct. 16-17
•IN IO WEEKS: Halloween
weekend, Oct. 29-31
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AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 25
Dateline S.F.
Busy Week
1982 by Randy Alfred
Silver Lining: Carol Ruth Silver is a progressive member of San
Francisco's Board of Supervisors, the legislative branch of our consolidated
city-county goemment. She is highly individualistic, some
might say idiosyncratic
She is pro-feminist, anti-gun-control, and pro-gay. For many years,
she shared a household with a gay man prominent in city and state
Democratic politics, Jack Trujillo. Silver is the unmarried mother of
two children.
Last year, Silver had the clerk of the Board send a letter of sympathy
to U-8. &presentative Jon Hinson CR-Miss.), after U_S. Capitol
Police arrested him in a House Office Building men's room and
charged him with attempted oral sodomy. Hinson later resigned.
Silver said she meant the letter to point out the waste of police
staff power involved in patrolling restrooms. However, a public furor
and an outcry by her colleagues on the Board caused her to apologize
for their embarrassment. She then pointed out her own disapproval of
sex in public restrooms, labelling it "disgusting and dirty and
unpleasant."
That was last year. Last month, Silver sent a letter on her own
"Member, Board of Supervisors" stationery to "Her Most Gracious
Majesty Queen Elizabeth IL" (The Hinson letter wao sent on behalf of
the entire Board.)
Silver wrote, "I beg you to reconsider your decision to accept the
resignation of your bodyguard, Commander Michael Trestail." Treotail
had resigned after admitting an affair with a male prostitute.
Silver pointed out that if people couldn't looe their jobs because of
such exposure, then they couldn't be blaclanailed, and thus wouldn't
have to lose their jobs. Silver aoked the queen "to strike a major blow
for freedom and personal liberty, humanity and decency."
Her Majesty has not yet replied. I do not believe, however, she is
either naive or squeamish about such matters.
When the great composer, Benjamin Britten (Baron Britten of Aldegurgb)
died in 1976, Elizabeth II oent a condolence letter to his lover,
operatic tenor Peter Pears.
God save all the queens!
Granted: Lia Belli is another of our non·gay friend&. She io pr<!sident
of the California Democratic Council, the most powerful progressive
force in the state Democratic Party. She also sits on the board of the
Kaposi's Sarcoma Research and Education Foundation.
(Incidentally, she is also the fifth wife of famed S.F- trial attorney
Melvin Belli, the "King ofTorta." Belli celebrated his 75th birthday in
late July with a gargantuan, free-<lrinlring street party open to all
comers. That occurred amidst a controversy that began when Belli
perhaps too candidly told a meeting in Toronto that Asian juroro
voted for skimpy damage awards_ That didn't sit well in this city,
which has the largest Asian population of any city outside Asia.)
In June, Lia Belli visited Washington with a friend who has KSThey
saw Richard Schweiker, &agan'o Secretary of Health and
Human Services, and Bruce Chabner, acting director of the National
Cancer Institute.
Belli oaid they were able to "dynamite a logjam" in the bureaucracy,
and research funds (to study the immune-deficiency diaea.sea
now striking gay and other population•) will start flowing by this
autumn. Belli said funds would go to researchers in New York, Houston,
Loe Angeles and San Francisco
Belli oaid a New Right member of Congress is reported to have
remarked about KS patients, "Let 'em die." Our own sources say it
wao Senator Jeremiah Denton (R-Alabama).
Dealing with Discrimination: The Jewish Gaily Forward, newsletter
of San Francisco's gay and lesbian Jewish Congregation Sha'ar
Zabav (Golden Gate), had two interesting items this month.
Firot, the Seventh International Conference of Gay and Lesbian
Jpws, held in Los Angeles, postponed a vote on whether the World
' f"""lgre&s of Gay and Lesbian Jews should admit men~nly and
~n~nly organizations to membership.
& ond, New York's gay synagogue, Beth Simchat Torah, withdrew
from participation in the Jewish Peoplehood Fair, after the West Side
Jewish Community Council asked the Beth Simchat Torah's banner
not identify itself as a gay and lesbian synagogue. Other participants
in the fair had threatened to withdraw if the gay congregation
participated.
Hi There, Sports Fans: S_F_ Chronick sports columnist Lowell Cohn
reported last month, the Oakland A's are playing well on the road but
poorly at home because their home uniforms are too tight, specifically
in the crotch. Cohn suggested beefcake baseball, in which the uniform
would consist solely of shoes, cap, and jockstrap.
Speaking of which, David Lester suggests the Gay Games (formerly
referred to as the Gay Olympic Games) could raise a lot of cash by
selling used jock straps in The Advocate's pink pages.
26 M ONTROSE VOICE I A UGUST 20, 1982
" Step on it, Arnoldi Step on ill"
" Say . • . Now l'M starting to fHI kinda
warm!"
Gary Larson
" The golden a rches! The golden arches got me!"
"I say fifty, maybe a hundred horses ... What
you say, Red Eagle?"
"You know, we're just not reaching that guy."
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AUGUST 20, 1982 I MONTROSE VOICE 27
By Tycho Fortunes
For Fnday evening. Augu.st 20. through Friday evening. Augu.st 27. 1982.
The Moon is in VIRGO as the weekend opens. enters LIBRA at 6:23 a.m
Saturday morning, enters SCORPIO at 12:22 p.m. Monday afternoon and
enters SAG ITT ARIUS at 10: 12 p.m. Wednesday night. staying there until the
following Saturday morning, Aug. 28
ARIES-The ram's hooves are planted firm on the ground, but his head
ranges high above the clouds to a world of fantasy and dreams. What was
exotic and mystifying last week is more easily understood now.
TAURUS-Your words have that magic touch, so be careful who you're
talking to when you whisper of love and lust. You could tell almoatanyone
anything and they'd believe it. Say thoee sexy things you love to say, but
be sure you mean them!
GEMINI-Self improvement week. You can clear out the cobwebs of the
psst and figure out what's bugging yourpresentif you sit down and talk it
all out. September, coming up, can be a super month if you take care of
business now.
CANCER-All that aupport you got which made you feel like Number
One last week has grown into the confidence you need to go after what you
want. Share your future plans with the one you want to share the future
with.
LEO-In your sign this u.oeek: The Sun (leave& Monday evening} and
Venus. Trying to impress the impreBSionable can give the wrong
impression. AB good as you feel about yourself, don't brag; it's confusing to
the braggees. Be clear. Be specific. Be quietly authoritative.
VIRGO-In your sign this week: The Sun (enters Monday evening) and
Mercury {leaves next Friday, Aug. 27). Coordinate. Combine. Get it all
together. Whether it's a family reunion or an orgy you're thinking of, your
talent-this week is thinking about who or what goes together and seeing
th&tit'sdone.
LIBRA-In your sign this week: Mercury (enters next Friday, Aug. 27),
Saturn and Pluto. You feel like the master of your fate; no matter what the
ill winds blow your way, you know where you are, what you 're doing. Don't
take anything for granted, ~hough. Share your surety with your first mate.
SCORPIO-In your sign this week: Mars and Jupit,er_ Don't let your
mind work overtime at the expense of your body. Take care of it. Be good to
it. You do have a lot to think about, but don't forget to think about you.
SAGITTARIUS-In your sign thia week: Uramu and Neptune. Picky,
picky! Everything has to be jsut right. That's OK, but don't be B;OObaessed
by every little thing that you miss out on the big picture. By the way, a part
of that picture should be a little romance.
CAPRICORN-What a windup! You Capricorns can be so silly. You've
taken all that you discovered laat week and made jokee of it. Trickster,
teaeer, practical joker, your friends will enjoy t.hie lighter aide you show.
AQUARIUS-Moet of the sign.a are working overtime tbia week, but none
more than yours. The advantage iB in your ability to seek out others for
help. Knowing whom you can truat and rely on can make all the
difference.
PISCES-Are all the old wives' tales true? Can sex make you blind? It
might just be that way for you this week if you don'tgetyourheadoutof
~h:1~~:~:N::L~:~u~se:v:i~~alism, Pisces, realism!
Last Word
Let me see if I've got this straight
By Henry McClurg
Bill Elkin, president of the Houston Police Officer's Association,
heard last Tuesday like many of us that a Federal judge struck down
Texas' so-called sodomy statute. Then reporters asked him what he
thought of gay people becoming police officers, and he said, "We think
it would be bad for our image."
Now, wa-a-a-i-t a minute.
04We think it would be bad for our image"?
This man, head of the largest Houston police officer's group, in the
U.S. city probably with the worst national reputation for its police
force, said that.
Well, Mr. Elkin, let me |
