Jul 06, 1973, Vol. 02 No. 12
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FREE photo By 1318 polk street/ son frotuisco .Lxmes ARmstRonc, [ j G u m B q u i ^ NEXT ISSUE Friday 7*20 DEADLINE : Monday /«I q VOLUME n MIRACLE ISSUE B12 July 6, 1973 626-0656 MBÈCA PUBLICATTOKS, P. O. BOX 627 S. F. CA. 94101 ORENTATOM News Caps MAP A juw has acquitted a gay activist in Detroit of charges stating he solicitated a sexual act from an undercover policeman. The 22 year old, Robert Holmes argured that the arrest was invalid because the plainclothes officer had lured him into conver sation, then charged him with ac costing & soliciting. A three-man, three-woman Jury acquited him after a half hour's deliberation. Hopefully this will open the doors to stopping all police entrap ment. The Ralph Nader-backed Health Research Group has peti tioned the government to remove aerosol cold and breath sprays from the market, including one popular brand, it said has been linked to 11 deaths. Among the mentioned brand names are the following: "Pertus sin Night-Time medicated vaporizer," "Congestaid, " "Dristan Medicated Room Vaporizer, " "Listerine breath Spray, " "Chloroseptic, " and "Lavoris. " photo QRAphy .K\mes ARmstRonq (USE ALCaiG WITH COMMUNITY MAPS. ) News Caps continued The Unitarian Universalist Association went on Record as the first major North American denomination to create a special "office on gay affairs" at itis- annual meeting in Toronto, Canada, G ro o v y With an assist from their J l s H iu e friend Charles L. (Bebe) Rebozo, the Nixon's have had a bowling alley installed in the White House so they won't have to cross the street to bowl, 'The Nixon's stated that: they foot the bill for the one lane bowling alley but, it is a fact that said alley was a gift from an unknown large corpora tion. J, B. 's house, 1884 M arket, alias "The libra, " alias "The tree Jiouse, " alias "The House" has come alive and doing well. J. B. has decorated his house with plant life, trees and The Gay Liberation Show, silver mylar. a feature program for the gay The hospitality, warmth, community here, will be carried and friendliness of his staff is on radio station KSAN, 95 FM, over whelming. Groovy guys Sunday mornings from 11:30- cruise groovy guys and the noon, it was announced by Tom music sound is gréât. Donahue, the Metromedia sta Although J. B. 's house tion's, general manager. really doesn't need to be men The show produced 0 hosted tioned, I will say a few words by Len Richmond C Gary Noguera— about it just the same. co authors of "The Gay Liberation The back room âre'à ' Book" will include gay news, an looks like the inside of a gin nouncements, gay music and inter gerbread house. Here you Portraits • Composita views. can buy various assorted sand Fastilon> A<J Dsslgn wiches, chile, coffee or the like and just sit down and relax •Commsrolal in comfort. Congrats to J, B, for extending himself for his customers. Kalendar will be Swedish Director Ingmar having its "Midsummer Party" 658-9998 (mornings) Bergman reportly is planning to at J, B. 's in August. Details combine his talents with those will come later. 495-5769 (messages) of American star Barbra Streisand in a spectacular new Movie version of Franz Lehar's operetta 1164 Powsll COaKland) the Merry Widow, 9^^ n e C e m £ y , / A "Why did you get back together?" I wanted to know. KEN & RICH (cont. from page 2) Together: Because we were in love. " What is love? How do they know they are in love? All the old questions no one has ever been able to answer anymore than Rich and "Why did you decide to enter the Mr. Cowboy Contest?" I asked THE Ken are. But when I asked them, they tried. K en. It's more a state of being, they felt, which manifests itself to everyone. Ken: Because it was something unusual. "Ken is not my only lover, " Rich said. "I live with him and 1 Rich: I'd like to take responsibility for that. I wanted him to run ball with him most of the time but ..." because to me he was the perfect image of a cowboy. Also I wanted He paused and I understood in the silence what he meant. him to do it because I had entered a contest earlier and had so much Loving Ken puts him in a state of loving which opens him up to fun I wanted Ken to experience the same thing. It was a swimming loving with others as well. suit contest at The Pendulum. 1 didn't even place, but 1 got so high off of just doing it and confronting the public like that that C&MP AWARDS Ken: We got together and chose to have a relationship . with Ken saw how high I got off of competition in the public. The contest the understanding that at any given moment we could not have the is just having fun. Never in the history of our city Ugliest Drag Award: CHUCK relationship without loosing our love for each other. have so many people pulled together SNEIDEROF S.LR. Rich: If Ken moved out tomorrow 1 wouldn't love him any the less. "Is there any singer with a philosophy similar to your own? and come off with such a great Ken: What we do is create aliveness for one another. Show Room of the Yean CABARET show. Good Fairy Award: HECTOR OF Rich: What makes me alive is letting Ken do what he wants to do Rich: Neilson. A ll I can say is it was SUPERB, letting him be what he is. ’ S. I. R. K en; Yes. SUPE^ GREAT . but the Outstanding Citizen Award: DON Ken: By being totaUy open, totally free, we don't tie up our enemies Rich: We share our love for Neilson. highlight had to be when Jess Mo trying to hold things down or back. SCOTT OF S. L R. Ken: He's stimulating as hell. lina (Mr. Cowboy 73/74) came Waiter of the Year: CRAIG DAILEY Rich: We don't suppress our experiences. out in a Carmen Maranda outfit OF SUTTERS MILL Ken: When you have that kind of freedom, you also have everything "What about books?" that literally brought the house down. Bar Pianist: GARY SNEIDER OF HAVOC HOUSE Ken: JOHNATHAN LIVINGSTON SEAGULL. That'a about where It goes to show you folks that Baths of the Yean RITCH STREET Both Ken and Rich admit they haven't always been this free, how our heads are. all South of Market ain't leather. Marin/Sonoma Bar of the Yean ever, which is why they broke up the first time. During the presentation of the VI'S CLUB DRAKE awards Michelle presented her South of M aihet Bar: BOOT CAMP Rich: I was and probably could be again the most Jealous person in "What's your daily life like?" Michelle Award to none other than Waitress of the Year: HELEN OF the world. the GREAT LUCIAN. THE 527 CLUB Ken: Me too. Rich: He wakes me up every morning with a cup of coffee before he When the award was accepted East Bay Ban GRANDMA'S HOUSE Rich: Getting through that was such a high. Jealousy is totally self goes to work. It's one of the most enjoyable things about this man. by his widow, a standing ovation After Hours Spot: COVERED WAGON created. Ken: I wake up at 7:30 to go to work and picture in my head what was given that literally rocked Fraternal Organization of the Year: m ^e Beatties said it. "The love you take is equal to the love you • 1 want to do and what time I want to have it all finished by. Then I California Hall. What a way to TAVERN GUILD Cff S, F. get up, wash and dry dishes, empty the ash trays, clean the living honor a great man. Thank you, Best Event of the Year: THE GREAT Michelle . room, take a shower, shave and am totally dressed for work and have TRYCICLE RACE When they disagree about something, they talk it out until they the dogs taken out by 8:00 That was the time I had set. Chef of the Year: RALPH OF THE understand one another. I will be unable to list all win COUNTRY CLUB ners, but will give you the high Restaurant of the Year: COUNTRY We talked of minor things for a while, but soon the subject became lights: Ken: We never try to make each other right or wrong. It's all okay. highly philosophicaL CLUB We're very here. Now is what we deal with—not last night or ten Downtown Bar of the Year: KOKPIT minutes ago. rr The Madam Mouth Award: NAOMI Upper Market Ban MINT Bar Decorator Award: DOROTHY C astro-V alencia Ban TWIN PEAKS One part of their relationship they feel is ditferent from that of % t& ta C C y ^ iUsycOtod^ fta m »tak Cff H .H . Polk-Larkin Ban WILD GOOSE many other lovers they know is how they handle their money. Tool Awards RAY, MR. GAY S.F. Personality of th e yean SWEETLIPS Never Say Die Award: PERRY Bartender of the Year: DICK OF Rich: Since the very day our relationship began, including when we Rich: Essentially, what I wat to get at is that we are not our bodies. Golden Glove Award: HIM MAX BOOT CAMP were broke up, there's always been one checking account.