A Gay Who Took By Jo1eph B. Boker Anita's 1 Cure' Renfroe had been counseling homosexuals for the past ten years and worked with criminals in Dallas and If Birmingham. Criminals? I fumed. But hbould have "Definitely, you really want to," Renfroe assured Miami guessed. Bryant had said In her Playboy magazine me. "But first of all, I have to tell you that you are not a article that she thought all homosexuals should be sent· homosexual. 'fhere Is no such thing. You are merely II A nlta Would Rather Cure Than Fight," the to prison to be "straightened out." Obviously, neither practicing homosexuality. God created only two sexes." headline blared. Bryant or Renfroe bad ever been inside a prison. Renfroe said God created man and woman to Just when the jokes about Our Lady Renfroe came on the line, and an appointment was complement each other, and that I would never be or Dade County were beginning to fade set up. He said be only asked one thing of prospective complete and fulfilled until I experienced the love of a woman. "That ls_God's plan," he said. , ..Sleeping one night with Anita Is enough to turn cllents - that they agree to a minimum of five apyone gay") Anita Bryant Green was offering up a counseling sessions. I agreed, not mentioning that I was "But even If you don't believe the religious and new challenge: She was going to open counselirig also a journalist. moral reasons against homosexuality, you should still centers to "cure" homosexuals. Entering the offices that housed Anita Bryant be able to see It Is biologically wrong. You don't 11ave But bow was she going to do it? Shock treatment? Ministries, I was immediately aware of her presence. the right parts to 'be' with another man.•· Aversion therapy? Religious brainwashing? The joy of The walls were covered with pictures and posters of Renfroe explained that the phrase "gay lifestyle" guilt? Take three straight pills and call me in the Anita promoting Florida orange Julee, plaques and was one of the world's cruelest hoaxes. "Whoever morning? citations thanking her for fighting homosexuills and coined that term must have had a sick mind and a bad newspaper clippings about ber crusade. A ball-dozen As a professional journalist, I wanted to find out. sense of humor," he said. "What is gay about a life of of{lce workers were busily answering telephones and As a gay man, I had to find out. rejection, depression, loneliness and hostility? .. typing letters. Little did I know then that Anita Bryant and her I argued that a gay lifestyle didn't have to be that counseling center would touch me in ways I thought I The counseling center was sharing facllltlt.. with way; that those emotions were brought on by a society the headquarters of the Anita Bryant empire. It was could no longer be touched, raise issues I thought I bad which wouldn't let a person be who be or she \Vas or let long ago dispelled and confront me with the question from these offices that her husband, Bob Green, them llve their life the way they had to or wanted to. managed her career, where volunteers sent out of questions: If I could, wouldn't I really want to be Renfroe calmly replied that I had been led to straight? thousands of letters warning the world about homosexuals and asking for donations. believe the greatest lle Of the gay movement - that I thought I had answered that question nearly homosexuality Is just as natW111 to some people as eight years ago back in the Midwest. Priests, I stood alone Inside the door of the offices before heterosexuality Is to others. He said people were not counselors, psychologists - the whole bit. When it was anybody noticed me. I felt like a leper.. A friendly born with homosexual tendencies. woman broke lnlo my daydream. It was the beginning of something I never expected. Not once was I ever "Such a drive Is not related to the glands, genes or going td be made to feel uncomfortable by the men and hormones," he said, "but Is learned bellavior that women working In Bryant's offices. usually starta early In Ufe and affecta an Individual'• 'First of all, you ore not total llfe and thinking process." David Renfroe turned out to be equally cordial, and I was ushered Into a small front office. We made My first session lasted nearly three hours. Driving a homosexual,' he said, small talk at first, and then Renfroe explained the home on Interstate 95 at Its lane-cllanglng and born· purpose of Anita Bryant Ministries, its goals and blowing worst, Rentroe's nongay reasons kept going operating methods. through my mind: loneliness, promiscuity, deceit, guilt, 'There's no such thing' alienation from God, strong tendency toward The counseling sessions were to be private, flexible selfishness, rejection, difficulty maintaining lasting I and I could control what we talked about. I would pay relationships, difficulty with self-acceptance, Increased over, I had to accept the fact that I was a homosexual $25 per hour' a figure mutually an1ved at and based social pressure, Increased hostility, vuinerablllty to For some reason, I was physically attracted to males. sadism and masochism, constant threat of aging, poor There were far worse things to be, and I decided I could upon my salary. Renfroe had said earlier there would be no charge If I couldn't afford to pay. health and an early death, and greater vulnerability to and would live with my sexual identity. depression and suicide. Renfroe explained that more than 2000 But things started to change the last year. Maybe It Was that the kind of life I was living? Was tbat my was the pressures of the double Ufe so many homosexuals bad called or written Bryant for help In the past year, and that was the main reason she decided future? How could Renfroe stereotype all gay people homosexuals lead. The fear of losing my job or not Uke that? I knew I wasn't like that, and neither were being promoted because I was gay. The fear of to open the center. Another one would open soon in Hollywood, Fla., and, depending.on contributions and the homosexuals I knew. Sure, we have problems in our rejection if family and friends found out. I bad come Uves, but were they any different than those of straight somewhat out or my doset, but certainly not entirely community support, they hoped to expand into other major cities with large gay populations. men and women1 Still, I needed someone to talk to. A pleasant voice answered the telephone. I As expected, Renfroe asked why I was at the explained I wanted to set up an appointment to see th~ Rev Da,1d Re:ifroe, the 37-year-0ld Baptist minister center. I explained I was a homosexual and I was wno ts the l..rector of Bryant's counseling center 1n beglnnlng to have doubts about the gay Ufe style. I Cont.Page 14 Miami Beach. asked If I could be happier if I shed my homosexual waY!,.- roru1iderln2. of course, It v-as possible.
.~. ·------·------~~:-., - -·- Page2 Community News NEWS AT A GLANCE FBI eyes violation Volunteers to inject of gay civil rights Woman squirts killer with drug SAN F RANCISCO (AP) -.The FBI says It is looking Into allegations that BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Board of the police violated the ciVll ~ts of Corrections has decided that t~ volunteers wW patrons at a tavern cater!Dg to inject condemned killer David Osborn with a lethal homosexuals when they charged soap on porno_drug If the state goes through with his scheduled Aug. through the door of the establishment 20 execution. beating occupants following the City In the spirit of carry Nation busting up saloons wtth bet Osborn, 30, of Slatersville, Utah, pleaded guilty to a Hall r!Ots. . trusty ax, Boston bas a modem-day crusader whose morta charge of first-
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) after the escape of of Justice shortly after 9 the Academy Awards a nal.Jonal television - A man facing murd.er Maurice Keenan, about a.m. ceremony in 1974, before audience. charges in the shooting 28, who was arrested with The trio were charged 'death of the 1974 two companions at San in the slaying of gay Academy Awards Francisco International milltant Robert Ope~ 39, streaker escaped from an Airport on Tuesday. during a robbery attempt unlocked holding cell at Opel's erotic art 'Pep Pill' Thursday, police said. Sheriff Eugene Brown gallery-apartment An all-points bulletin said Keenan escaped Sunday. Opel streaked was issued moments from the cell in the Hall across the stage during Ban Proposed WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Food and Drug Administration Mon· day proposed a ban on using am phetamines to lose weight, saying Knight may not the "pep pills" help little in dieting and can cause severe addiction. If the proposal goes into effect, the Justice Department could order amphetamine production slashed by show for trial· 80 to 90 percent - roughly the Lovellq Carver Dirksen, the widow BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - said against me. That's their vers10n o! proportion used in dieting. of Sen. Everett Dirksen, R.-111., died Indiana University basketball Coacb justice. "FDA bas concluded that am of cancer in a Wa1hington hospital Bobby Kni.ltllt says his much-publicized "I really didn't Jut that man at all." phetamines continue to be abused at Monday. fracas witli a Puerto Rican policeman Knijlht said DeSilva kept waving his a rate substantially higher than that at the Pan Am games was "a setup hand 1n his lace and Ius tinr.erttp poked for other drugs used in the treat· pure and simple." ' Kmght m the eye. 'I reacted ln an Interview in Tuesday's inStinctively, put my hand on his cheek, ment or obesity," the FDA said. Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, Knight said, pushed him back and stepped away," he The agency said amphetamines "someone wanted to create an incident, said. "present a severe risk of dependence and they did it. You can't believe what Knight's version of the inrnlent was and harmful effects" even though some of the witnesses swore to in supported by former Oluo State "alternative drugs are available that court." basketball coach Fred Taylor, who have equal effectiveness." Krugllt, who coached tbe United managed the U.S. team. States team to a gold medal in tbe just· completed games, said he may not No punch thrown retW1l to Puerto Rico for his Aug. 22 "No; he really didn't hit anybody .. Piranhas Sold trial for assaulting a Puerto Rican Taylor said. "I remeinber tlunking al policeman the time, 'If you're gomg to touch lum As Pets Jose DeSilva, who was oll-
A survey of s'.>me of the largest basis of sexual orientation. attention drawn by the gay rights corporations in the country seems Among those who have adopted movement in the last two years for singularly unsuccessful, as Pacific to indicate that an increasing num non·discrimination policies are the much of the change in attitudes by Telephone fo und out during its ber of farge businesses are adopting nation's largest corporate employer, corporate employers. lengthy battle with the San Fran policies of non-discrimination American Telephone & Telegraph The passage of legislation in cisco·based Pr!de Foundation. against gay persons in their employ. Company; the world's largest bank, more than forty American cities Jn the Pacific Telephone case Results from a survey by the the Bank of America; the world's banning discrimination in employ lawyers for the giant company National Gay Task Force of the largest corporation, General Motors; ment on the basis of sexual orienta· arg11ed unsuccessfully in court that "Fortune 500" list show that some and many of the world's largest oil tion has also played a part in the thei could not be forced to adopt of the best known and largest companies, including Exxon, Mobil, changing attitudes of the nation's an anti·discrimination policy by firms in the nation have either and Gulf Oil. business titans, O'Leary says. the City of San Francisco because officially adopted non-discrimina The NGTF says that the 121 For example, a large national they were a national rather than tion policies or have indicated a corporations who responded to their firm operating both in San Fran· 1ust simply local employer. The willingness to go on record as not survey employ seven million cisco, which has banned discrimina· court rejected that plea and held discriminating against gays. -~- Glamour, tears Cra...,ford's Estate Split NEW YORK (UPI) Christina Crawford Koontz and Christopher Crawford, ac Singing star le/led tress Joan Crawford's two adoptive children who were cut out of her will, will divide $55,000 from tile estate under a court settlement reached by cancer, di~s Friday. Under the agreement, the majority of Miss Crawford's estate, estimated at more than in husband's arms $1 million, will go to a group of charities. Slnger-so~ter Minnie RIJ)erton, known for the Dowers Ms. Koontz wrote the best she wore In lier hair and her f974 bit "Loving You," died of selling book "Mommie Dear cancer Thursday In Los Angeles at age 31. est" - a chilling account of being a battered child - after Glynis Johns, 55, who won a "She died at 10 a.m. in her husband Tony Award In 1973 for "A Little Dick Rudolph's arms," said Kyo her mother died. leaving a will Night Music," retums to Broad Sharee of Capitol Records. "They that gave her and her brother way next season playing a were listening to a Stevie Wonder nothing "'fo,r reasons which woma·n of 80. Colin Higgins' tape of a song he had written for are known to them." comedy with music, "Harold and her." Maude," is about the relatlona be· Ms. Sharee said Miss Riperton, who tween a youth of 19 and a woman had a breast removed in 1976, entered Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the of 80 and was first produced In beginning of the week because of an FHnce In 1972. The part of the arm Injury at first believed unrelated youth has not been cast. to cancer. But the cancer h:id spread to her lymphatic system, Ms. Sharee said. Miss Riperton was serving as honorary chairman of the American Bianca Hits Cancer Society's 1979 national education crusade, a position she held last year as well. Roadblock "She was a symbol of hope and LONDON (UPI) - A judge courage to many," said Dr. LaSalle Monday ruled English courts D. · Leffall Jr., president of the have jurisdiction in the divorce American Cancer Society. case of Rolling Stones singer He said that In a H76 appearance on the "Tonight" show, she reassured Mick Jagger. putting a legal road millions of women that losl.ng a block in Bianca .Jagger's efforts MINNIE RIPERTON breast need not mean the end ofthe 1 to divorce her husband in the world ". 1ymbol of courage' United States. "The overriding outlook should be Job as a receptionist with Chess The decision, which came happiness about 6eing alive," she told Records in 1963 at age 14. after seven days of private hear viewers. Soon, sln2in2 with a group called ings. caused problems because a A few months later, President the Gems, She -was singing bacl..'Up to Actress Cheryl Ladd has won California judge ruled last May Jimmy Carter presented her the people like Etta James, Johnny Nash, a preliminary injunction prevent• U.S. courts have jurisdiction in cancer society's Courage Award in Ramsey Lewis and the Dells. She left Ing promoters of an X-rated White House ceremonies. the group for another, Rotary movie from advertising that the the case. One of eight children in a musically Connection. and eventually made a Jagger's wife, Blanca. wants minded Chicago family, Miss solo debut album. But commercials star of the fllm is a "Cheryl Ladd Look-Alike." the case heard in Los Angeles be Riperton studied opera before ~ b~up work were still paying cause divorce settlements for turning to pop music wllen she took a women generally are higher in the United States. Jagger has been fighting to keep the case in London. Beatty wins court test "I have come to the conclusion Tearlu/ that on the halance of fairness A superior court judge has 'Tm hap~y and I know Warren wlll and also convenience. the pro overturned a $185,000 iUI)' award to a be happy, said a somber-looldng ceedings should continue in the former manicurist who contended Towne after the judge announced bis Tonto Family Di,·ision of the High that a screenplay she wrote in 1971 decision. "But its tempered by the Court in London," said the Bnt1sh became the basis for "Shampoo," the pain of knowing you'vP. been accused highly successful film made by of something you didn l do." judge who h~ard the case in Lon gets Warren Beatty four years later. don Judge James G. Kolts' ruling In Los The 1udge, however. said Mrs. Angeles Thursday set aside a June 15 ln a 9-3 vote, the jury found the Jagger could take the case to the decision against screenwriter Robert three defendants had breached an his star English Court of Appeal. Towne, Columbia Pictures and implied contract with Bernice Mann of West Los Angeles by not paying Jay Silverhecls, The case in Ca li fornia has Beatty, who co-authored, produced known best for his role been delayed since May pending and starred in the film story of the her for use of ideas in a screenplay as Ole Lone Ranger's the English court's ruling on sexual mores of a Los Angeles hair she wrote based on her experiences scout Tonto, has blared working in a beauty salon. jurisdiction. salon. another trail by becoming the first American Indian to be Actor 'romance' untrue honored with a star on Actor John Gavin, who says he was against Los Angeles publicist Jay Ole Hollywood Waik of hurt financially by a newspaper Bernstein. Gavin blamed Bernstein Fame. for a syndicated newspaper story article linking him to the wife of an Silverhecls. 59. auto Industry_ executive. has been linkinS Gavin romantically with Detroit area socialite Dollie Cole. watch£'d w11h tears awarded $28(1,000 by a judge in streaking his !iigh. "harp Detroit At the time, she was married to General Motors Corp. President· cheekbones ·•bun.day as hJS star, the 1,70. h to be The default ju~ent In the 1975 Edward N. Cole, who later died. In a lawsuit was handed down Wednesday plane crash. dedicated, was unveiled before a crowd of 200. "I am pleased and honored," the actor said A Ir .st 50 persons were lnjureo in a soft voice Ulat Thu._ -d.Y when a crowd of 1,500 faltered " ith emotion and the apparent effects autograph seekers pushed against the of a stroke suffered plate-glass windows in front- of a several years ago. Queens, N,Y., record store sponsoring "Than!< you all." _His wile Mary, actor a signing party by singer Stephanie Iron Eyes Cody and Mills, police said. comedian JonaUlan Pressure from the crowd shattered I he Wllldows Winters were among the apparently after a mounted policeman tried to clear spectators who crowded Ole sidewalk in front of The Wiz Record Store. One along the ~trcc t to eyewitness said the fX>liccman and tus hor~e camC> watch the ccrcmonv through the crowd "like a bulldozer ~nd cwryone that included trad1hon"1 Carol Burnett. 43, drops her went through the \11mdow." Indian songs amd eomlc talents again to star id "1t·s a riot A lot of people ha\ • >ie,•n '1w1." said dancl'~. "The Tenth Month,• a 90-mlnuto! Audrey M.lls. si,1.er of tne lormer strr of the SilverhecL~. wcanng a CB& television movie about a Broadway ~it .. ~~e Wiz" \,me were believed fe2•Jierc~ hC"address, SPriOU: lv L.,)Ured also rccc·,ed an awird pregnant, inmarrled, mlddle-a&ed fror t 1e Los Ani;t.: es wo!I'. n who decides to keep and John armcn. Miss "' · · public rc1 ..·1 ~< spoke "1'.lll said" •be star clad n 1 kn-'1 :h hot C.tv ( ounc• lor "!us raise a c~ d. Co-starring In the pink 1ump.>ult, was w Cf.'lJd trr ugh ttic C"O"' on" cont 1b_t.01 t ~t c "1tempor11ry drama witb B • STEPHANIE MILL<; st etc'l"r disgui:;ed 2 1 " •ire specU or abou an \>un rv, t"'• mm:.1llity nett Keith l\1ichell and Dina •• hectic appearance h1 ur aft(, L'lo glass brok m t c tc"'urmcnt Merr fo Id .. Pages Community News r...l'.1".1"...l'...l'...l'"""_,,._,,..l"_,,._,,.""".I"~, San Antonio Texas HUD sexual harassnient ~ Commun;ty News-Aust;n-Son Antonio is published every other ~ Thursday. 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Opinions expressed in articles submitted to s S~ ond pubnshed by Community News ore not necessodly the ~ ~ opinions of the Editors or staff, . ~ WASHINGTON (UPI) - Female workers in the De "Typically the greatest target of pressure for sexual partment of Housing and Urban Development face submission" is lower-paid female workers, he said, -~.l"'.l"...1'.l".l".1".1".l".l".l".1".1".l".1"...... -.A widespread sexual harassment by their superiors, ac "whose Immediate male boss indirectly (but not neces cording to an unofficial survey released Friday. sarily in a subtle manner) promises her quickened ca The survey found in many cases "the approach is reer advancement in exchange for going to bed with bead-on, and threats of reprisal for failure to 'put out' is him." the preferred supervisory technique." Of those women who responded to the survey, he WANT ADS Many of the women submitted to their superior's sex said, three out of 10 "give in or cooperate." ual demands in exchange for job advancement, a report "Of those who cooperate, 80 percent say making Jove HBL? .-IANT.,;D1 on the survey said. with the boss paid off," he said. The poll was conducted by Al Ripskis, a HUD official Of those who resisted the advances of their bosses, he ?art- time clean up etc, flexible hours, and one of Its most persistent internal critics. Ripskis found, 93 percent reported they have been frooen in Phone y;2-4552 John publis hed bis findings in "Impact," bis priva te their job level or have been given sharply reduced per newsletter. formance ratings "as a result of not shacking up with Rep. James Hanley, 0-N.Y., chairman of the House the boss." Qvil Service Committee, announced Friday bis investi "Many - some 50 percent - reported that they Wherever you are in time of need __ . gations subcommittee would conduct an investigation began getting crummy assignments and dirty work to into Ripskis' findings. perform," after they spurned sexual advances. Na.tional Runaway Switchboard Ripskis said he received 63 written responses and 103 "The ·men were persistent," Ripskis said. "In 37 per 14-hour,-Toll Free Hotine for Youth telephoned responses to bis questionnaire into sexual cent of the cases the coercion was of a continuous na harassment at HUD. ture, or was repeated several times in 18 percent of the 11aoo19n16004 Ripskis said bis survey found nearly ll percent of the cases." solicitations came from women seeking lesbian relation He said " bosses farther up the supervisory hierarchy ships with a co-worker. were responsible for some 25 percent of the sexual har The survey, he said, "turned up 63 women respond assment and were generally seen as constituting really ents who have been subjected to coercion or enticement 'heavy' pressure, because or the Impressive power they by their boss or by a fellow employee." bold." Gays mass for Germany rally FRANKFURT, West An organization made Germany (AP) - About up of homosexual groups 1,000 American and throughout West E uropean homosexuals Germany sponsored the conveged on this central international parley. German city Monday to . . . .. seek ways to fight Confidence discrimination against them. The week Jong rally "We want to be together for a week, NEW YORK (AP) - A defense when be reblrDe4 Ill the park that rught will be anxiously watched by City authorities. exchange e>.-periences attorney i;a,id Tbunday tbat bis client with a group of his l:rlends and never and belp gays gain more partlcipate«J in at least four Sl!Vage lntendecl to hurt anyone. "As far as self-confidence," Hens beattngi;- in Cel)l;ral Park one ni,gh1 ~ Tbe jury WljS ~ to begin homosexuality goes, West said. He emphasiz.ed that )'el!!' becljllEoe homosexuals had beaten deliberating COnspir4C)', as,llllult and the mass rally has no set him earlier in the day. Germany is a very liberal ~~against Straw and two In program and no finn "! wouldn't Slij!8esl for a minl!te that ..- youths alter a closing !ilJl!ement country tbe legal sense, but tbere remains the aims. beating up lags II' a legitimate summer from tbe pro&eClltioJI and legal dlscrlmlnaUon by society sport in the city of New York.. " attorney instructions trom JljS(lce Thomas B. Hens said the la!.t such Emesl Rammer true! a jury of nine Galligan. . . of hom0&exuals in many International meeting womeo and t.bree men in Manhatt,an's Alter HamnMlr completed bis walks of life," Gerold was in Edinburgh. Supreme Court. Hens, spokesman for the ScoUand, in 1973. "But all summat;ion, l!ltQrneys for NLcbo~ Organizers, told The Rowever, Hammer ll8lcl bis client, Perri, 18, and David Hyman, 19, tlied to we had planned to do then Kenneth StAw, 19, was •an 1111gry discredit the t.esUmooy of tbe two Associated Press during a fizzled out and Just a few young man" wbo ba4 smoltec! partlcipanljl in tbe attacks who bad telephone conversation. personal relationships marijuana, drank beer ~ sniffed paint appeared for tbe I.ion. "Gays are still being remained," he said. fumes alt.er what be 1;1114 ba4 J1een an. Among l,be attacked in Elizabeth T11ylor leaves the mugged in public places, ~ they sometimes Unfortunately, our att.ack oe ~~ homosexuals in t.be C.eatraJ park was rortnel' Olympic ice airport al London Wednesday for &kating w.mllloo Dick BultDn, who experience difficulties in Invitations for Frankfurt Washington. 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METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO WELCOMES YOU WORSHIP IN SONG 2:15 PM WORSHIP 2:30 PM 227-7164 Meeting in but not 3113H associated with the dlWlS Unitarian Church Xl:l,jy c ! ·:_ _ ·x.t ·+uv ~ 807 Beryl l'1lZ1 xoa ·o "d o+ u.rn+aH MCC Events Sunday Afternnon Worship Services •••• 2:15 PM at the First Unitarian Church located at 807 .Beryl. For more inf'o call our church office •••• 227-7164 Tuesday Evenings Rap Group ••••••••••• 7:00 PM at the Horizon House, located at 8610 Jones-Maltsburger (Parkridge Shopping Center) Last Friday of every month •••••••••• 7:00 PM POT LUCK DINNER, no charge, bring a food dish of your choice, located at the Horizon House. METROPOLITAN COMMJNITY CHURCH OF SAN ANTONIO, INC. Counseling Services available •••••• anytime BI-MJN'll!LY NEll!LETTFl!-SUPPLF.MalT TO SOUTH TEXAS call I;!CCSA church office at 227-7164 COMMUNITY NE\o.5. This newsletter is made possible through the time and effort of members of K:CSA and other interested persons. Articles and other assistance is always welco111e. Clur sincere thanks to those who help produce this newsletter. I I_• _I I • I I • = = ABOUT AB.5ENTEES! I became very concerned about the chur<:h 's absentee• and decided to check up o~ sonic or them. This is what I found out! How Can I Say THANKS The 0 . Kuional Family said they would probably be back llOmetime next month. -Once a month ia 1¥erage for them. · Mr. and M111. Faint Hearted have given up again. They can not r The Greek letters Chi and Rho (say: kai-rowJ are CHURCH ETIQUETTE the first two letters of the name of Christ as it is written in the Greek language, XPllTOl. When the two letters are put together to form a monogram, they become a x symbol which reminds us of Christ. It is an abbreviated What would you think of a church where way of writing the name of Christ. It is something like people whisper~d and giggled throughout the w riting our own initials instead of writing out our full CHt service? Would you think that the people were name. Christians all through the ages have used this ser ious about worshipping God? I doubt that monogram to show that they believe in Chris t. It is you would. Yet every Sunda~ I see and hei:i-r found as early as the second century in inscriptions in, things disturbing the s ervice. Not everymne i s the ca tacombs, and it has been in use ever since that i;ruil ty of beinf. a distraction. Mos~ people . time. Pl know how to conduct thems elves during a s ervict There are several ways that the monogram of the For tho ~ e who are simply not aware of good name of Christ can be written. Only the two most popu church etiquette, I h G.VC' lis ted ~ome guide lar ways are shown here. linPs to follow in or der to pr ovi de for con The Chi nho symbol is often used on the wall s in par RHO centration on God . ish churches. WhctlH'r it is on the wall, a vestment, or The prelude i E not a soci al hour ~ It is a anything d se, it means that this place or this thing is time of auiet meo.i t a ti on and preparati on for marked with the name o f Christ and belongs to Him. worship . ·rr ayerf are a time s et a::::.i de f or you The Alpha Omega to t clk • • •• with God • ••• and no one else. The s ermon i ~ a timP s et aside for the Pas tor to The first letter of thP Greek alphabet is called Alpha, t alk t o you e.bout God • • • r ather than a time and the last IPtter. Ornegn. ThesP two letters used singly for you to find out about your neighbor' s or put together to form a monogram remind us of Gnd cocial a ctivities the night before. The of who is First lwcduse there is no Cod before I Jim, and f PrinR i s a t i me of giving • •• • and t hio in Lust because tbere is no Cod aft:'r !111n. God ll11nsdf cludes your attf'ntion. :.:edi t a ticn i s a t i me said: " I r1m thr Alpha iJnc.I the Omego. the lwginning and for you to t hink wi th God . Communion i s a the encl, \.Vho i!; and \vhn wHs an· OOOOOOJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCXKlOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ~ ------Think It- - Ove- ----,.r God made lhe- aun-i.t c\ves. God made t he moon-it givtt. God made t hf' sta rs-thf'y sivt. God m11.dt the air- it 1h.·e5. God made t he clouds- they rive. God made the earth- it 1i.vea. li•·d·. Ft>r year!-', :1t: c,~1 il v•. .- t •· t·J· ·:t\ t!:~ I'· God made t he trees-they cive. de· It JS ~oo n as l gc~ ...! •• ·li!l•; 1;,1;t. .·n0 ·1hovt God made the- nowen-the-y give. 1:-; ..: .. round tult . C\.u 11 ou: .J ~ \d kt.'CP 1 r hand~; God m•de the fowls-they 1ive. 11 God made man - He . ., a nd \ i>u w1H haw: ·1t1 •1.on.~ troaiJle gcrti?1g .. tho :; ~ extr a s dotu~. tor :. ou' vt> fm<.il1y got .~ ~------· " ' round tu it". 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If we can even be o~ ser vi ce to you, please do not hesitate to call on us , "od "less YOU , Yours in Chri st, Rev , Jim r ewey i'iCC San ;,ntonio PAGE 11 Commanhy Newa Alamo Country; To REPEAT a bit of advice, SOME day some people we know hAY learn the difference between 'wrecking' the straights, and just plain making an Vanessa Redgrave, whose controversial support of the ASS of themselves! Palestine Liberation Organization has drawn criticism from members Promised NOT to mention any thing about 'helium heels', ~onder Hull he of the American Jewish community, will make her American television knows if it is peppermint hot lube, STRANGE place for taste buds! debut as a Jewish musician and concentration camp victim in a CBS drama this fall. Welcome back to S.A.to ~.r E,,,,,,,, FuIU"._y 1 the old town dont sound quite so 'backward' which brings up a point, AGAIN! Sounding down on San Antonio doesnt make any body appear more 'worldly' etc, Just stupid. Again l say s imply that rather than run your mouth and PRuVi your ignorance, $1J9.00 Raquel will i and an hour and fourty minutes air time will get you to fairy-land and as far as I'm concerned, dont let the door hit you in t he ass on the way out! get serious At 38, Raquel Welch is finally L,G, DONT worry about it, his mouth has never worked right. getting serious - dramatically that is. »Ir J . ALSO returned to our fair city this >1eek, Told you Houston -.as After dallying tn such httllatlons as a third rate L.A. "Mother, Jugs and Speed," the actress is taking on her first heavyweight role in NBC's "The Our hat's off to Betty Naylor, our very AllLE voice in Austin, She has Legend of Wall ~.ufLer patch, next tliing yo1.4 know, it'll be to the bod;; shcp to get Heavens! yc.ur t.eeth re-set after a family 'discussion' ••• ,.,.,.,, SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Tbe comptroller or Spokane'!; Roman Killings Jamr,r• i.. is easy to find these d.ay::, just 10.,;ate !.he: neare:.>t 1-.uT TU.:tce they mer.tioned being of scur.d mast pay for matemlty benefits ror g~:y r11m mu111t .\' predh.'1- au employees, the same coverage as l'd Thursday that mlnd( I never said ~ AGR.iwW witl". any of thix) but that Crisco insists ror any other IDness. hornosrxua:s would be he IS TIRBD, D, C, got in trouble wl.th yo1.4-!mow-i.ho,,,,,, (told hiir1 not tc kilk leather goods' magazines rubber goods books peeps Maaashi Sada, wn- of a hit song (also visit Galleria News at 513 E. Houston that pral... and our Head Shop at 6726 San Pedro) femlni- obedlonco and subsorvionco, Is being angrily attackocl by GOLD women'• llbbors in SILVER Japan. Tho rocord, "Your Lord and Master Proclaims,'' ®®m~i~ C2i cllm~~~mw Is ratM thrid on tho MEXICAN U.S. CANADIAN Japa,_o top ten dnpit. feminist San Antonio Flea Market complaints tho song 1428 Austin Hiway Space 57 Is a throwback to distant clays when a BUY Japanese woman SELL TRADE w- •xpoctocl to ... aslcwotomon. Brion Faulkner, left, ond Roy Boll ore !wo members of on experimental unit of the Dellos police force who ore potroling problem oreos on their bik.,s. They hove o hord lime concealing their handguns ond wolkie-lolkies under their shorts ond polo shirts but 1959: The Way there is usuolly o police squod cor neorby for oid. They Were Russell Wolden. candidate for organization of homosexuals in Millions Don't File U.S. Tax Returns Mayor. last-minute Democrat this country- the Mattachine and longtime County Assessor. Society- had fled its original but United Prus International probably conservative and that the fired off his smear campaign less friendly Los Angeles home to The government is losing billions of number of nonfilers has grown consid· October 7th in the San Francisco Christopher's "open city"'. and dolla"rs each year because many Amer erably since then to about 6 million icans neglect to file income tax re or 8 percent of all persons required to Proves.1·. a neighborhood throw San Francisco was consequently turns and then avoid detection by tax file returns. away paper. Under the headline: overrun by pervert hordes preying collectors, a congressional study re The GAO. which acts as the watch· leased yesterday showed. ··sex Del'io1es .Hoke S.F. Heod on defenseless normal boys and In 1972, the latest year for which dog branch of Congress. was critical quor/ers ", Wolden sounded a men. Under Christopher's "bene of IRS enforcement policies, saying detailed statistics were available, several actions were required to rallying call for sexual vigilantes. ficial climate". Wolden said. the about 5 million wage-earners-many Aquiver with McCarthyish moral in lower-income brackets-avoided strengthen methods for detecting this number of bars, steambaths. "subtCrranean" ircome and closin~ indignation, he charged incum nightclubs. theatres and hotels payments of $2 billion in income taxes the "delinquency gap." because they failed to send returns to bent Mayor George Christopher catering to homosexuals had Otherwise, GAO officials said, the the Internal Revenue Service and with providing so hospitable an climbed to a shocking 27! never were caught, according to the entire structure of the U.S. voluntary study by the General Accounting Of· tax system may be endangered. atmosphere in San Francisco for - One !ice. "\\"e are very C'Oncerned," said GAO ·homosexuals that "the national GAO officials said that figure is e)\e<.~utive Richard Foi.:el. WILD BILLS BOOKSHOPPE ''See the best in the West'' (at Our Reasearch Store) All New Theatre in Sound and Color The Best in adult magazines, films, with double features changed weekly video-cassettes and toys. 25c peep shows with clean and spacious booths New Movies Weekly All this and more at Our Two Locations 8552 Reasearch Blvd. 613 W. 29th St. (on Rt. 183) Austin OPEN Austin 477-0534 24 HRS. 453-9335 Page 13 Community News ANITA SAYS, Fonda 'MY WORLD IS CRUMBLING' .branded The Gay Teachers initiative the public's rejection of her as a 'traitor' in California has further frus person. Who is responsible? - ...YOllK TIMB-YICI trated Bryant's campaign "the militant homosexual." She / against the "militant The California Senate has rejected says that homosexuals have so Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s homosexual" who she says is abused her that she is now nomination of actress Jane Fonda to destroying America and her physically ill and unable to face the State Arts Council. personal life. the world. A sad and isolated After a debate in which the former woman. 'she now often antiwar activist was branded a All of this, Bryant contends, repeats, "I am not capable of ''traitor" and a "collaborator'' with has damaged her health, taking that kind of rejection, the North Vietnamese, the senators caused her children to be physically. verbally - the boy voted 28 to 5 not to pennit Miss harassed. reduce her family in cotting and the threats and all Fonda to serve on the council, which come drastically and is prob that." dispenses gran~ to promote the arts. ably going to cost her the Sen. Ruben Ayala, a Democrat Florida Citrus Commission Bob Kunst, the Miami activist from Chino who led the fight against orange juice account in 1979. who again placed Gay rights the nomination, declared: "She before the electorate in another 1 waived her right to serve on The national publicity initiative on November 7, be appointed commissions when she JANE FONDA went to North Vietnam and did her afforded Bryant has caused lieves "she is getting everything .•. denied post "my world to crumble" as she she deserves. She is a confused little thing." can no longer "go out and play woman who is a major danger some tennis or water ski - do to the country because of her a lot of things. I haven't been fanaticism. However. she has able to lead anything like a , also helped the movement be normal life for any sustained cause she gives us solidarity, period for two years." something for us to focus on." 'Sex-slave' beauty She believes that history "will (because of the almost total abomination of the entertain ment industry and the media) picture me as some kind of won't witch who was out to do away with the homosexuals. But if it were to come from almighty Anita & God. if that were possible, I Miss Lillian Split think it would be a totallv .be extradited io:iM:ii;~· different thing." Over Gay Issue British authorities will not Bryant is convinced that she Lillian Carter, the President's extradite fugitive beauty queen is a maligned martyr. She is outspoken mother, now has Joyce McKinney on kidnapping-for 1. alternately angry, confused, "absolute disgust" for singer/ sex charges, but a U.S. magistrate m and stunned by the treatment activist Anita Bryant. Miss Ashville, N.C., has ordered her to ~he has received. She urges, Lillian recently told the Los undergo psychiatnc tests. The reaction has been a real Miss McKinney, 28, of Minneapolis, rude awakening for me and I Angeles Times she was once N.C .. was arrested Wednesday on a guess it affected me very "crazy about her - the sweet charge of giving false information to deeply. There hasn't been any est little singer - and thought obtain a passport. That charge, area of our individual lives or she should have won Miss according to the FBI, stemmed !rom our family's life that hasn't been America that year she didn't." a British investigation of Miss Anita Bryant touched." McKinney for the alleged 1977 kidnapping of a Mormon missionary, What caused the change in Miss McKinney's former boyfriend. The singer is currently send attitude? ... "Now I feel abso Prosecutors said Kirk Anderson, MIAMI - Singer/activist ing out pleas to "fight the mili lute disgust for her because of then 21, of Provo, Utah, was taken to Anita Bryant still lives with her tant homosexuals" through her her position against homosexu a remote cottage and s)lackled to a family here in a 23-room man new "Protect America's Child als," Miss Lillian responded. bed where he was forced to have sex sion at Miami Beach, but out ren" organization. Her appear She said she has told Bryant with Miss McKinney. side of fundamentalist religious ances before religious rallies are that she is wrong and that she The former Miss Wyoming-USA circles. her popularity has been continuing but infrequent. should "shut up and mind her jumped bail in England and fled to waning for some time. Some own business.·· Canada under an assumed name m have compared her isolation Bryant does not take any April 1971l, less than a month before a with that of Richard Nixon at blame for her present state, nor In an aside. the controversial scheduled court appearance on the San Clemente. does she place the blame on kidnapping charges. She lived mostly woman said that she was at in the United States until her re Studio 54, New York's famous arrest Wednesday, ~'BI agents saicl disco, where she met many During her court appearance "really nice looking men." Thursday, Judge J . Paul Teal Later s!'ie discovered "they reduced bond on the passport charge were all Gav." from $10,000 to $5,000. FRIEN DLY ~!t~Is~ · ~"6m "Fiddler On s The Roof' Dinner and Broadway Show! Tony Award Winning Family Musical (GJ With a Cast of'26 5UN MAT Sll SUN. EVE S12 TUE. 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Gud·~ v.;ll, li".'l.rr "'r~l reverse the homosexuai process was to undergo a and al! that other stuff - or you don't. ·!'oL c .1:-::·~ •:1~t bf'ttt"'r I.banks to Jira, a slr.:m~ht ifl('!JJ wh'l h'.id ~orae change of nature. He said I would net>d outside hdp, say jt may not be thf' Jifestyle for ynu. Jr yo•t rto "0\; ~rf: a very important perso'l 1n ~;;v h~e d1:ring tht"' past year. which is exactly what Jesus came to give me. HP ccppin~ out and not faring up to 1he if=::.ue µi-:a1 i_'- tlw Hii dMe triendship and :ic1.:ep!a~1ce 'f tr!~ wt-r t?' explained the BibJP ff'ar!w~ th:it whe11 l! pe:-"'on bottom linf·" invaluable. But he had ask•n tee q>u',tion. tuG. "Did I rrceives Christ. be l)e< '~:-:-:.·.._·a partner of the di 11jn<.· "ant to be s1raight?" l st1!I rc~'cffi't: .1s"cr k nature, h~vmg PSC'opert tht- rorru;,~ion that b JP thi; Session uurnl'er four arrived much too soon. Jinl·s quEStion.~ w1•re stiii pla~uir..e ~ · 1..>. M) Hlir~d v.;,,;") g.•uin~ A \\tl.:-·k later I wa:.; bar~, in P.eYl_frO<''s oHi<'"' fC'r world through lust. .. men-. boggled as !ht: days '41lJrc· ou session nurnber two. Ae '>aitl 1• s:i.id•· 1~! l};~ ff':' ti~:u: kei:froc empha:,ize "As a person's thought~ and acth~ties become more Besides. I felt I was alread~· learllng a Christian life. 1 cringed. That was Br~ anfs ia\•onte pasSJ.ge. znd more same-sex oriented. be tends to think I be!irre0j h God and h:i1 :i.cccptc>d J<'sus C'l!rist as mv negatively about the opposite sex. He progresses until Toward the e'ld of !t.t· nour Ri·'.'!frfl" ;:o51\Pd ....,_E Savloc. I treated my fellow man with .-eope<'t ~nd Jove 1 1 whP:\.: 1 ~toOO -;nw. \ , e hat COr--!f"ie1 '""l1 .:hr fl'~ ~-.e~\ions. bis mind is obsess.!'e w .. ~,:t ..,:;1 all permitted bis thoughts to drift into homosexual we bad taJkPIJ aP.out. ! wo:.!IC ~ave to deride°'"' b~t '1°r fantasies and experiences:· Renfroe said. But Jim was thPre wff.h t-J.5 qu~st:on aP,Qin. ·'Dh~ I bom05ex11aJ!ty w ·}· th ~eeaid. A lot of it seemed to make empha ~izf'd rcpP.:itedly durin~ the ~'a~~ ·.a.•eek-:, he sald friend because Anita Bryant; 18 •tcrs say; y:;u in he hoped l knew that he hate~ my "sin'· rut lo•:t..:1 :·;c sense. Several of the predi I I I 1 J knov. n~u... that! w:P never Vt: o;tra.!P'h'"~ •· othr,L' tlurme: my f~··~w('(•k P '{;:e:·wn r>~ CCn~ !:it.::~ ffi': st-1at •T fa r;c.·• : ... ~t :o hec-om" h.!'tf'rtY'..f::'X4nl JUS1... ;1·: cond~;:-!'"'••~4 'Minglings' still shock i:c.:,.~. J En'D il I were to b-;.... <'OnY'r:('od b\• such r~ 1.;i. ;o,..:s hr-Ht.- ~~ . r:oy des Ir,_"" \\OtidP'' <. 'J:1'.•i ..:e-. ; ~Aou!:'. ~·,:;1'"'.".": t:"•J CBS diplomatic correspondent 'X-rated grandmother' Marvin Kalb reportedly is toytng er),l;-1\·Pd b\· yui.Jt. But'! ·1:~ :!"•• r1..-. ~x1·:~ E-·-\"·~r.1· with L'1e td('a of running for the U.S. (:'f'"IJ)ie WJOt ;1n11"J5•~\'~• .i;~ •1 _ ~c.. •: ;.- 1:-ii"~· .... r 1- ..... 1 Just when Mary Senate. ,11.J h:.:vt' r.e'.·e: v. •• :h!""' ;: .· .. i ·-·:1:.'"' A~ ..• ..: .l1 ." ' 1 Avara thinks she's seen A Baltimore t(>levision st.at100 . 110 :::t;'t!t~h·. It all. some porno king report.c- THE ALADDIN HOTEL LOST ITS GAMING UCENSE ••• ordered to 1Nk new owners Major hotel loses license Black book it has much broader The board also I>espite the publicity LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) teast one top Nevaoa powers to use electronic recommended that Bunker and Gov. Bob Lisi - FBI documents official Harry Reid, eavesdrop{ling than do Agosto be placed in the both said they felt alleging that mobsters chairman of the Nevada state garrung authortties. Black Book, along with ' Nevada's gaming image are l>ebind the scene In Gaming Commission, has "That's the only way they Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal, was untarrushed by the some of Nevada's famous said federal authorities were able to get that kind former entertainment director at Argent Corp.'s alle~atlons. casinos are reverberating felt be was the "Mr of. information," Bunker List said be believed through this town, making Clean" referred to · · said. Stardust Hotel; Carl Thomas, a long-time Las the public would wait and gambling figures as wiretapped U1 Earlier !!liS 1rumth. the see what action the state nervous as a blackjack conversations. But Reid Vegas casino operator· Gaming Comrrusmon and Carl DeLuna, who takes taken before S~J:. down to his last has denied any revoked the gaming making judgments. He licenses of the Aladdiii according to the FBI coMection to organlred affidavit is the No. 2 man said tiie state "has the Since the documents Hotel and its two top ability to deal with these were made public, state crone. in the Kansas City Hotel executives here officers follo1Ning the challenges. n officials have revoked the conviction In Detroit of organized : crtme and state officials long hier!ll'chy. -· Bunker said he felt that gaming license of a major have feared that federal the hotel corporation on "any time you move to Strip resort hotel and intervention would result charges that the hotel scheduled license was illegally controlled The FBI affidavit clean up your hOuse, your unless they showed they included a transcrtpt of a business, your state I revocation hearings for could adequately police by reputed mob figures two other hotels. They there. bugged conversation think it helps. ' are expected to act the Industry. And they've between Thomas and "It shows we're big claimed the industry has The casino operation others in which he enough to reallie that against at least one other been relatively free of has remained open under hotel-casino. allegedly explains how probfems do exist, and at mob control since the a state administrator who cash can be "skimmed" In addition, officials took over in an ' the same time shows have recommended 1940s and 1950s when from a casino before it is we're big enough to do Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel agreement worked out reported for tax purposes. placing the names of four between gaming officials somethin~ about them, men In the state's and other mobsters ran Thomas alleged which we re doing.• major casinos. and the club's owners. scheme involved key Infamous "Black Book," a The state has ordered the list of persons prohibited Smet controls, persons In the counting . Incl~ more stringent hotel be sold. room, the falsification or from entering any A ~posed buyer for gaming establishment accoun~ were records, and blocldnJ( Instituted Ut the late 1950s the ddln, HMA Inc., television cameras useil All the actions stem withdrew a $135 million from the alleged ties of and 1960s, a move that to watch internal casino helped reduce offer Thursday, saying its operations by standing in the hotels - or the directors had decided not persons who them - underworld Influence. A front of them. . run policy change, allowing to branch out into the Ao;(ent, controlled by with persons purported to gaming business. HMA be organized crime publicly traded San f>lego financier Allen corporations to take over operates several R. Glick, operates the figures In Detroit, Insurance companies Clilcago and Kansas City. hotel-casinos, also helped. stardust and the Fremont The allegations came from its Jlenver Hotel The Gaming The allegations are headquarters. contained In a 1,088-page as a SUl'llriSe to many Commission has set Julv here, bu{ not to all. The Kansas City 20 for a hearing on a FBI affidavit . that was Richard · Bunker affidavit alleges that Joe Control Board unsealed June 15 In appointed In January a5 Agosto, the former recommendation that Kansas City. It has one of the three members producer of the "Foiles gaming licenses for Glick Information collected by of the Gaming Control Bergere" show at the and his corporation be federal Investigators - Board, the Gaming Tropicana Hote~ was the revoked. using wiretaps, other Commission's purported overseer at the Another FBI affidavit elecfronlc eavesdropping investigative and club for reputed Kansas alleges that Glick is just a eqwpment, and enforcement arm, said it City organl7.ed crime figurehead controlled by Informants - as part of a was no shock to him. figures. Agosto bas reputed orgarll2.l!d crime 111ide-ranglng "rve lived here all my denied this accusation. figures in Chicago and Investigation by the lHe," he ·said. "I'm not .Gaming officials have that Anthony "Tony the Justice Department's naive. It's not a question hinted they will act Ant" Spilotro oversees Organized Crime Strike of being aware. it's a against the Tropicana in Force into alleged mob operation of the club for question of the lingering July after a law takes the mob. S~:Iotro, whom Infiltration of the suspicion all the tune." effect allowing a state the federal government gambling Industry. appointed supervisor to The affidaVJt also Bunker and other has named as an gaming control officials run a hotel until organiu.'11 crime figure. revealed that some of the allegations against It ar~ reputed mobsters felt claim fhe FBI was able tn recently was put in the they had control over at get the evidence because clear~up. Black Book rk and she did it well. She in turn won the respect of the Texas Legislature Playing a tough Indian woman. Welch is due to go before the and from here on the task will become easier with each step, HV~ , let's cameras this week. NBC will ab· the get behind her an:i give her m1r suppor·;, she's already prov<:d what Sttl!. RAQUEi. WELCH flick during November, a serious can dol - heavyweight role penod for ratings.