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Vote Tuesday French Claim AIDS Treatment p3 The Montrose Voice recommends ... Mayor: Kathy Whitmire, highly recommended City Controller: Lance Lalor City Council District C: George Greanias, highly recommended City Council District C: Carl Den ton, special mention City Council at Large Position 1: MontroseVoice Dick Slemmer "The Newspaper of Montrose" November 1, 1985 Issue 262 Published Every Friday (713) 529-8490______ City Council at Large Position 2: Eleanor Tinsley, highly recom mended City Council at Large Position 3: ■h ■Vi- . Jim Greenwood GEE, IDDIE- OF COUFSE M PfiUfiKW MOK City Council at Large Position 4: LOUli Anthony Hall, highly recommended TC UPSURGE IN CDNTmmONS, EUT' KNOW City Council at Large Position 5: xi) MJ6F EE a urnt AfiWMEP Judson Robinson Jr. WT THESE PEOPLE APE RESPONUNGTO HISD School Board District 5: W6Wl Denise Beck or Brad Raffle The Voice Recommends ... The Montrose Voice recommends to our readers the candidates listed above for wr ^rrin the Nov. 5 general election. The candi dates we are recommending are, we believe, persons of both high integrity and persons who have the professional ability to carry out the responsibilities of their elected office. There are, unfortunately, candidates in this election whose personal integrity can be questioned. Those are the candi dates in this election conducting cam paigns of hate and fear. Homosexuals have been picked as their target. On the fortunate side, polls show the candidates conducting the hate and fear campaigns badly trailing, except in the mayoral race where Kathy Whit mire is only slightly ahead of Louie Welch. Although we expect all the City Coun cil incumbant candidates we are endors ing will win, and although we expect Silence, Denials Prevail Whitmire will win, the bigger the mar Computing gin of victory, the stronger the message in Food Service Issue we send to Houston and the rest of the in Montrose country. That message is that Houston is not 3 Clubs are ‘On Line’ Are Gay Men Being Fired the bigoted city—about to run by homo- Feature, p.10 phobic zealots—that one might have in Houston Restaurants'? concluded after the Jan. 19 referendum. By Linda Wyche gia's restaurants. Lile responded to an Montrose Voice Managing Editor accusation by a former employee at Geor The current hysteria over the spread of gia’s, Jeff Ray. AIDS is stirring up more clamor in “There is absolutely no discrimination Houston-area restaurants than in a kit here. We do not ask questions on sexual chen at the height of the dinner rush. How ity,” responded Lile, adding, “I do believe, ever, an investigation into employment though, that one-third to one-half of our policy changes at food service establish waiting staff is gay.” ments and the effect on restaurant Eventhough Lile stresses that he “is not workers reveals mainly a mixture of anti-gay or wishing to have battle with the silence and denial. gay community,” he does concede that he Although the Houston Restaurant Asso has had requests from the general public ciation has come out against the proposed for heterosexual employees and that he is reinstatement of health cards, there is a not in direct control of hiring and firing in noticeable decrease in the number of male his restaurants. waiters in the local prepared food busi In direct response to the dimsissal of ness. Yet, no restaurant questioned by the Ray, Lile says the problem with Ray Montrose Voice would admit to any offi stemmed from a misunderstanding cial changes in hiring policy. between Ray and manager/chef Kurt “We hire anyone—any hard workers,” Sedlmeir about the temporary status of said Sylvia Rincon, of the personnel Ray’s employment. department at the administrative offices However, Ray claims he was told by of Ninfa’s, a chain of Mexican restaurants Sedlmeir that he was being fired because rumored to be altering its policy towards “he looked gay.” Lile, who insisted upon male waiters. being the sole spokesman for the restau Personnel officials in the offices of both rant, said the comment was part of a “per the Black-Eyed Pea and Bennigan’s sonal conversation—nothing out of the chains would not comment on reports that ordinary.” J they no longer employed suspected homo Shortly after speaking with the Mont Cathy Lenahan (right), president of the Gay Pride Week Committee, and sexuals and were greatly reducing their rose Voice, it seems Lile’s pro-gay attitude Gilbert Sanchez, member of the committee’s board of directors, present Linda male waiting staffs. changed sharply. An employee of the Wyche of the Montrose Voice, with last weekend’s most popular wardrobe One restaurateur who would comment Bayou City restaurant, who requested his addition. on the issue was Tom Lile, co-owner of the Bayou City Oyster Company and Geor continued page 6 2 MONTROSE VOICE / NOVEMBER 1, 1985 O'-e '}S^.s«tSsSV ^vAeS ^Sf'c c°^'>89 " hmU*A1 t Co*1** ■ K\\ O“’lo"ts l.f’»"’-'' ykO' N°v* Fri^^^co^0 CO*V’*\r‘V*6’’ MU* • »**' u A'-®* Id A’°vV f . «AS VXo0* v A) XvC0 n4 A •VO?* M^ osV?O^'*'Sri Qfd 1i»y.N<”’j4w4V gUl'^tfoo''** -^do* mA^00!^ ^c u»*etV «/. t NOVEMBER 1, 1985 / MONTROSE VOICE 3 1 Week Test Period Said Not to be Enough French Doctors Announce AIDS Treatment Usually the results of scientific research sity, Dr. Norman Letvin, was critical of research at San Francisco General Hospi A team of three French researchers tal, said that the cyclosporine project was announced on Monday that cyclosporine, are announced via medical journals, the research methods employed by the French team. He said that if any six AIDS one considered by him and his colleagues a drug currently used to prevent the body’s where they are reviewed and analyzed by patients were observed over a two-week and that he found the French researchers rejection of transplanted organs, can stop other medical professionals. Public period, there was an even chance that two announcement “interesting and novel.” the growth of the AIDS virus. announcements usually follow the profes would improve, two weaken, and two But, he added, he does question the hasti The doctors, all affiliated with the Laen sional reports. Dr. Andrieu said he felt it maintain the same condition ness of the announcement. nec Hospital in Paris, are Phillippe Even, “ethnically necessary” to announce the Fellow Frenchman, Simon Wain- Dr. Even conceded that there the Jean-Marie Andrieu and Alain Venet. findings as soon as possible. Hobson, of the Pasteur Institute near research project was not complete. “We’re They announced in a press conference Many American experts expressed skep Paris, a facility noted for its extensive talking only about a biological response that two patients, given cyclosporine for ticism, and even anger, at the announce work in AIDS research, was most critical and that does not necessarily imply thera five days, improved considerably. Four ment by the Frenchmen. Many feel that of his countrymen. Wain-Hobson called peutic success. We will need weeks, maybe other patients are currently being treated the two-week period used in the French the announcement “one great big joke.” months, to be sure this method is really with the drug at Laennec, but the researchers’ testing is not long enough to He added that an experiment on two peo viable.” researchers said results of their cases are produce any conclusive results and their hasty report creates false hopes among ple for one week does not warrant a press Cyclosporine is readily available in hos not known. pital pharmacies in most major American In both cases, there was an increase in AIDS victims. conference. Dr. Paul Voldeberding, director of AIDS medical centers. the levels of T-4 lymphocyte white blood An AIDS researcher at Harvard Univer cells, the cells destroyed by the AIDS virus causing depression of the immune system. The researchers believe that the anti rejection drug will deactivate the immune PAT PQBLRTSOH. system and inhibit the reproduction of the 700 CLUB. AIDS virus. The doctors emphasize that cyclospo rine is not an AIDS cure, but a treatment to help victims maintain a healthier condi tion until a cure can be found. The method used by the French doctors to announce their findings varies greatly from conventional research standards. Montrose Voice AND TEXAS*STAR MONTROSE, TEXAS Population (eat 1985) 32,000 Census tracts 401.01, 401.02, 402.01. r R-O-B-LR-T-S-O-N. 1 402.02, 405.02. 403 and 404 01 Zip codes (roughly) 70006, 77019 (portion), 77098 DON'T W HAVE ATLLLVISION? Bounded (roughly) Shepherd Dr (west), Allen Parkway (north). Main St. (east). U.S. 59 (south) Latitude (Montrose Blvd, at Westheimer Rd.) 29°44’13"N, Longitude 95o22'50"W. Altitude 40' ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR MONTROSE George Greanias, Houston City Council (dist. C) 901 Bagby. (713) 222-5933 El Franco Lee. Harris County Commissioner (pct. 1) 1001 Preston, (713) 221-6111 Walter Rankin, Constable (pct. 1) 301 San Jacinto. (713) 221-5200 Debra Danburg. Texas House of Representatives (dist. 137) 1911 S.W. Fwy . (713) 520-8068 Craig Washington. Texas Senate (dist. 13) 2323 Caroline. (713) 659-4343 Mickey Leland. U.S. House of Representatives (dist. 18) 1919 Smith »820. (713) 739-7339 The Newspaper of Montrose Established 1980 OUR 262nd ISSUE, NOV. 1, 1985 Published every Friday r NOTHING rANCV. A FALLING Montrose Voice Publishing Company LEAF... AN UNTIED SHOE... 408 Avondale Houston, TX 77006-3028 I’M GOOD AT INTERPRETING. Phone (713) 529-8490 AND A GENEROUS CONTRiBU... CIRCULATION 9,000 copies weekly NO.