AFTER A BUSY DAY . to 0 0 \ 0 THE PERFECT MEETING PLACE \ 0 0 FOR FRIENDS o 0 o 0 0 000 fREE CO'lER ",ben yOU use Ibis .~:I:J/•• }:" Jieycard~~ ~~ •. NEJ'T TfltJ}lSPJ\\' AUGUS1 \3 ~----;.; ~;;~;!~p", ~~#g:~ ~f:~~-"'" starring 'BULL. 1:\OUS10}\ 8t 1J\.}I}\£R CQt:lI~~r~~t7-'"~t13"" '. I 15 TWT NEWS Dallas Postal Workers Fear Getting AIDS at PWA House" 28 COMMENT Letters to the Editor 33 SPECIAL REPORT Thank God, They're Gone: Legislature Adjourns by Glen Maxey 36 HIGHLIGHT Houston Mayor Goes for 4th Term by Chuck Patrick 39 CLASSIC TWT 11 Years Ago This Week in Texas by Don Maines 43 BOOKS The Closet Hanging by Tony Fennelly Reviewed by David Fields 47 THEATRE Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Reviewed by Donalevan Maines 48 MOVIES Nadine With Jeff Bridges & Kim Basinger Reviewed by Donalevan Maines The Lost Boys With Dianne Wiest Reviewed by 0. Flores Alvarez Back to the Beach With Annette & Frankie Reviewed by Donalevan Maines 52 INTERVIEW Annette Funicello & Frankie Avalon by Donalevan Maines 54 SHOWBIZ Timothy Dalton, Diana Rigg, Virginia Mayo."by Jack Varsi 56 BACKSTAGE Cabaret, La Cage aux Folies,Mikhail Baryshnikov".by Donalevan Maines 60 ART John James Audubon by Mitchell M Barflow 63 HOT TEA Mr. Texas All-American Contest in Ft. Worth" 75 SPORTS Montrose Mine Beats Galleon Twice-Goes to World Series."by Bobby Miller 76 PHOTO ESSAY Former Mr. Texas, Steve Dugas Photographs by Carl Davis 81 STARSCOPE August's Full Moon by Millon van Stern 84 CLASSIFIED Want Ads and Notices 97 CALENDAR Special One-Time Only & Non-Profit Community Events 99 THE GUIDE Texas Business/Club Directory TWT (This Week in Texas) Is published by Texas Weekly Publishing Co .. at 2205 Montrose, Houston, Texas 77006, phone: (713) 527-9111 Opinions expressed by columnists are not necessarily those of TWT or of its staft. Publication of the nome or photograph of any person or organization in articles or advertising in TWT is not to be construed as any indication of the sexual orientation of said person or organization. Subscription rates: $66 per year, $44 per half year. Bock Issues available at $2 each. Payment must accompany all orders. Copyright © 1987 by Texas Weekly Publishing Co, All rights reserved. Partial or complete reproduc- tion of any advertisement, news, article or feature, copy or photograph from TWT is specifically prohibited by federal statute. TWT A'UGUST 7 - AUGUST 13 1987 PAGE 11 THIS WEEK IN TEXAS THE ~Q;\,\l 651 CLUB Weekly Circulation: 20.,0.00 -----1NEWS HOUSTON OFFICE (713) 527-9111 Hours: 9 orn-s p.rn, weekdays FT. WORTH 220.5 Montrose day. Then come [back] to station for Houston, Texas 770.0.6 disinfectant. " DALLAS OFFICE (214) 521-0622 Hours: Fri.-Tues, 11 o.m-S prn, As a point of clarification, the Ewing 390.0. Lemmon Ave" Suite 220. address is the location for the residence Dallas, Texas 75219 house and the Lancaster address is PUBLISHER/EDITo.RChuck Patrick where the administrators of the Dallas FEATURESEDITOR/ARTDIRECTo.R Blase DiStefano PWA Coalition receive their mail. ASSISTANTART DIRECTo.RJay Verdon ASSISTANTSTO.THEART DIRECTo.R Our informant, Jack Borden, said he Fred Hinton, Charles Clinton had observed a letter carrier wearing SHo.WBIZ EDlTo.R Jack Varsi rubber gloves when delivering the mail BACKSTAGE EDITo.RDonalevan Maines NEWS EDITo.RChuck Patrick about three weeks ago to these two ART EDlTo.R Mitch Bartlow Actual picture of Hazard Alert memo issued to Dallas postal addresses. SPo.RTSEDITo.R Bobby Miller workers that was obtained by TWTNEWSinformant. "I first became aware of this in early Po.ETRYEDITo.Ro. Flores Alvarez July," said Borden, As a congressional Co.NTRIBUTING WRITERS 0. Flores Alvarez, Carl Davis, DALLAS POSTAL courtesy, he immediately contacted David Fields. Weldon Grahame, Congressman Martin Frost, whose Brian Keever, Donalevan Maines, Bobbie Mona, Milton van Stern WORKERS WARNED district is in Oak Cliff. ADVERTISING ART DIRECTo.R Mitch Bartlow Frost's office looked into the matter GRAPHIC ARTISTS and got the post office to stop its AI DS Fred Hinton, Jay Verdon, TO FEAR AIDS Kent Edson Smith, Richard Bong, tactics, but only temporarily as mail car- Charles Clinton Postmen Told to Obtain riers are once again using rubber gloves_ TYPo.GRAPHERS Disinfectant Treatment Richard Hebert, Bobby Miller "Obviously this is AIDS-phobia at its STAFFPHo.To.GRAPHERS After Delivering Mail to worst," said our monitor. But it's not the Scott Taylor, Scot Roberts, Doran Robertson GW. King, Laren Laureano, Blase DiStefano PWAResidence House. first, as the coalition has told TWT NEWS STATEWIDEDISTRIBUTlo.NSteve Miles it has also experienced difficulties with RECEPTlo.NISTS Exclusive TWT NEWS Probe. utility hookups and trash collection. Dollas-Steve Miles Houston-Arby Burnett DALLAS - Postal workers in Oak At one time, earlier this summer, Cliff have been issued a "Hazard Alert" neighbors had threatened to organize a warning when delivering mail to the protest against having persons with SALES AIDS being allowed to live in the EXECUTIVESALESMANAGER neighborhood PWACoalition residence Jim Veteto house, an undercover investigation has neighborhood. Advertising rates are available on request by tele- revealed, RI~:c.;c!YTIv£fm~D phoning the salesperson in your nearest city .. An inside source told TWT NEWS that HAZARD PRECAUTION DEADLINE Fo.R ALL ADS: Friday, one week prior to publication. postmen were advised to make certain that when going out on their delivery AUSTIN Scott Taylor. (512) 926-0.253 route in the Oak Cliff neighborhood to DALLAS make sure they delivered mail to these Alan Gellman. (214) 521-0.622 FORT WORTH addresses last and then returned to the Steve Miles . (214) 521-0.622 post office to receive disinfectant HOUSTON/GALVESTON Scot Roberts. (713) 527-9111 treatment. SAN ANTONIO/CORPUS CHRISTI A photocopy of the memo, obtained Tim Ramm. (512) 822-9213 by TWT NEWS from an insider, stated "Hazard: AIDS center. Carry mail for both 800 North Lancaster and 731 North CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Dallas Bureau-Steve Miles Ewing to this address. lAW [In Accord- Houston Bureau-Scot Roberts ance With] instructions in route book." TWT MAGAZINE The inter-office memo also said, Texas Weekly Publishing Co, "Recommended Precaution-Sugges- Copy of memo from Oak Cliff post office, warning postal tion: Make this [the] last delivery of the workers about delivery of maif to PWA house, PAGE 14 TWT AUGUST 7 - AUGUST 13 1987 PAGElS for 20 other J.P.'S BIKE ROBBER robberies, all TOWNE SQUARE in the past two CONSIGNMENT ARRESTED months," said Stoppleberg. SHOPPE Lester Dorazio Charged Dorazio, 25, With String of Robberies resident of the Consignments Being Accepted At Montrose Adult Bookstores. 2300 block of "We sell what you can't" Waugh Drive, Pick up & delivery available Exclusive TWT NEWS Update. was out on Excellent Location, 7,000 sq. ft. HOUSTON - Ron Phillips, an em- parole for a previous for- Behind TGI Fridays, ployee at the Ballpark adult bookstore, gery convic- next to Gold's Gym positively identified Lester Willard Dorazio, in aJuly 14 police lineup, as the Bicyclist Lester Dorazio arrested. tion when he Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. suspect who robbed several Montrose was arrested Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. area adult bookstores on six occasions. on July 16, just two days after Phillips positively identified him in a police • SWIMMING POOL' CLUBHOUSE' EXERCISE ROOM' Jewelry Repair & Cleaning Dorazio used a bicycle as his mode of RESERVED COVERED PARKING. PATIOS/BALCONIES' lineup. An unknown source from Crime Quality work at getaway transportation in a string of SPACIOUS WALK·IN CLOSETS. SECURITY SERVICE' INSIDE Stoppers had led police onto the trail of MONITORED ALARMS' 24·HOUR MAINTENANCE' FREE low prices by Mr. Le thefts. He would ride up to a business, SATELLITE TV' SOME WASHER/DRYER CONNECTIONS' the suspect. VALET LAUNDRY SERVICE. PLUS MUCH MORE hop off his bike and come in a store, rob- As of this week, Dorazio was still in 11360 Westheimer Q ~ bing at gunpoint, brandishing a silver- or 1 BDRM/1 BATH from $500 Q Q 'u" chrome-plated derringer. the Harris County Jail being held on six 2 BDRM/2 BATH from $800 Houston, Tx. ~ -' counts ($40,000each) for a total bond of 2 BDRM/1V, BATH GARDEN TOWNHOME $650 '" ~I~ He held up ':";; WESTHEIMER $240,000. 5225 FLEETWOOD OAKS DRIVE' DALLAS. TX • 75235 496-1022 clerk Phillips RENTAL OFFICE: (214) 559·3550 * Stoppleberg told TWT NEWS that twice while he was working several owners of convenience stores in at Richmond the neighborhood of Bell and Waugh Newsstand. had also identified Dorazio from photos ------------------------ Dorazio also as being the man who held them up. held up clerk Since the robbery division is still Fred Knight building its case, it was not certain if once at Rich- there was going to be a trial. It all mond News. depends on evidence, he said. And clerk John Reed was held up GAY FATHERS three times, NAME OFFICERS ------------------------ once at Rich- mond News _ Pate, Powell, Billman and twice at Employee Ron Phillips identified & Conn Elected to Head * Dancing * Cocktails Studz News. .:,;h.:.;,is,;..:ro.:.;,bb,;..:e.:.;,r. _ Houston Fathers' Group. And Much Much More All six bookstore robberies occurred * in the short time span of only two weeks. Exclusive TWT NEWS Coverage. In each burglary, Dorazio stole around HOUSTON - The Gay Fathers of ------------------------ $100. Houston group elected new officers at OPENING MID AUGUST In one robbery at Richmond News, its July 20 meeting. Jim Pate will be the Doraziodid not steal only the money out new president, election results ------------------------ of the cash register. "He also took my determined.