Herland Sister Resources : v.5: no.6(1988) Draft
- Title
- Herland Sister Resources : v.5: no.6(1988) Draft
- Description
- The Herland Sister Resources newsletter is the monthly publication of Herland Sister Resources, a womanist organization with a strong lesbian focus based in Oklahoma City.
- Date Issued
- 1988-06
- Rights
- All rights reserved by Herland Sister Resources. Contact UCO Archives & Special Collections for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of these materials.
- Is Part Of
- Herland Sisters Resources
- Creator
- Herland Sister Resources
- Date
- 2017-09-02T17:02:16Z
- Date Available
- 2017-09-02T17:02:16Z
- Subject
- Oklahoma
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Note:
Because Glenda Gibbons letter to the
Editor printed in the May 9 edition of the
Daily Oklahoman was edited to such an extent that, in this editor's eyes, its informative value was compromised, it is
printed here in its original, unmodified
form.
BECHTEL MOTIONS FOR A NEW TRIAL
The following excerpts were taken from
the Motion For a New Trial for Donna Bechtel.
The refusa i of the tri a 1 court to perrni t
Dr. Lenore Walker ( an expert on the battere~i woman's syn~rome) to testify as an expert
witness to assist the trier of fact concerninq the fact that Donna Bechtel was a battered woman, and explain how she came to be
a battered woman, why she stayed with Kenneth Bechtel, and her state of mind at the
time the acts occurred which give rise to
these charges denied Donna Bechtel a fair
trial.
2. The refusal of the trial court to in struct the jury on the burden of proof concerning self-defense denied the accused a
fair trial.
3. The trial court erred when it prohibited defense counsel from questioning jurors
about the burden of proof in self-defense
and denied Donna Bechtel a fair trial.
4. Denial of the r·ight to cross-examine
witnesses against her denied Donna Bechtel
a fair t ri a1 .
5. Refusal of the trial court to permit
Donna Bechtel to pr~sent evidence in accordance with the Sixth Amendment to the
United States Constitution denied her a
fair trial. (Police procedures concerning
crime scene, conversations with witnesses ·
concerning Kenneth Bechtel).
_ 6. The court repeatedly, during the six
days Donna Bechtel was on the witness stand
testifying, sustained objections to ques~
tions concerning threats and conversations.
7. The trail court on numerous occasions
commented on the evidence in ruling uoon
objections and in admonitions to defe~se
counsel and this denied the accused a fair
trial.
8. Prosecutorial misconduct denied Donna
Bechtel a fair trial.
9. Statements to press before and during
the trial concerning the case.
10. The trial court's refusal to provide
Donn~ Bechtel with a court reporter concerning all communications about this case
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NOTES FROM THE JURY BOX
The Bechtel trial has drawn to a close;
she's now been sentenced and we have all
begun serving our life sentences. By the
"we" I mean Ms. Bechte 1 and each of us
that sat in the jury box.
All week I've heard various accounts
and opinions of the trial. The crucial
accounting of the trial is the one I experienced. It is the one from the "viewpoint"
of that jury box. !:Je were drafted and removed from the mainstream of our normal
lives. We accepted the responsibility and
gave the case our undivided attention. After all, a woman's fate rested in our
hands. This was a serious matter.
I believe everyone is entitled to a viqorous defense and Garvin Issacs certainlvlived up to his reputation in that respe~t :
While his behavior was not above reproach,
the rotten apple must be placed on the prosecution's table.
I will forever remain appalled at the
antics and behavior I observed in that
courtroom from that jury box. I would expect unfalterinq professional behavior from
the District Attorney's office since many
of us hold that office in a light synonymous with the law. At the very least, I
would expect the two prosecutors to maintain composure and stifle giggles while
testimony was being given. Their overall
behavior would be more befittina of a
schoolgirls' slumber party than . a court of
law. Throughout the trial the prosecutors
seemed to be afflicted with some "virus"
causing uncontrollable eyeball rotation and
facial contortions that would suggest each
of them had a mouthful :of green parsimmons.
At times, it would cause them to poke each
other and snicker.
I would expect in a "fair trial" the accused would be given the opportunity to relate their version to us (the Jury) without
beinq ridiculed or intimidated by gestures
made by the prosecutors. I'm not sure how
much of this was visible to the audience,
but I do know from my chair it was, at
times, so distracting I would have to sit
w"ith my left hand covering part of my face
to block them out and concentrate on the
testimony being given. I wondered at times
how Ms. Bechtel could maintain her train of
thought while giving her testimony. Testimony on which her fate was hinaed.
I would suggest that profes~ional behavior be to listen, and then address any inconsistencies or questions in the "cross-
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Also on hand to lend an air of festival
to the Parade will be the Dallas Gay Marching Band.
The traditional Block Party at parade's
end will hold an array of food and drink
for hungry and thirsty marchers. Also . at
the Block Party, for those who have needed
a 11 book fix 11 , Herland will have its soonto-be-famous 11 Mobile Album and Book Booth 11
(M.A.B.B. for short) set up for business.
A number of gay titles and lesbian maga~
zines have been ordered especially for this
occasion, so plan to drop by M.A.B :B and do
some browsing.
Local bartender John Buettner won the
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Rightfully Proud in 1 88 11 logo contest for
Gay Pride festivities sponsored by Oasis.
His winning design was selected from over
25 entries to become the logo for this
year's celebration which will appear on
posters, t-shirts, and other memorabelia.
Gay Pride will continue beyond Sunday,
June 19th with a variety of activities during the week which will include an evening
with an attorney who will be at Oasis Community Center to answer your questions, an
evening with PWA 1 s who will give a talk and
answer questions, and several movies to be
shown at the Oasis Community Center. These
movies will include 11 Pink Triangle 11 and
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Before Stonewall 11 and are sponsored by the
O.U. Gay and Lesbian Alliance.
The Gay Pride Week celebration will cap
off with 11 Zoom Beach 11 on Sunday, June 26 at
Lake Thunderbird. This is a fun gathering
with free beer, pop, and hot dogs. Bring
your favorite game or sporting equipment
and plan to spend the day in good company.
There are few laws on a national level
and fewer still on the state level to protect or acknowledge lesbian and gay rights.
On June 19th Oklahoma gays will exercise
the right to peacefully gather in public;
It is hoped that all advocates of human
rights and civil rights will come out and
show their support by participating in the
rally and march for gay rights.
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RULES AND REQUESTS FOR PARADE BEHAVIOR
OKLAHOMA CITY - City permits for the
Gay Pride Parade have been secured and a
police escort has been obtained for the
march down N.W. 39th.
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raised an additional $50 for Herland. 11 After expenses, the retreat raised approxi~
mately $1,200 for future programming, . books .
and Newsletter expenses. There will even
be some left to help with the new building
costs, but Herland is still hurting for
building funds. Herland extends a big
thank you to all those who participated in
the Spring Retreat weekend, helping Herland
to stay afloat while at the same time having fun doing it!
This Fall, Herland will be providing
meals throughout the retreat weekend except
for the Saturday night Pot Luck dinner.
Our very own Mary and friends will be cooking vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals for
a nominal price, and all proceeds will again benefit Herland.
Herland will once again offer scholarships and work exchanges. Please contact
Laura at 672-4141 for information. Preregistration is $17-20, based on ability to
pay. On-site registration will be $25.
Herland prefers advance registrations so
activities and food arrangements may be better planned; however, Laura says she
doesn't mind collecting that extra $5 for
on-site registration!
Due to the number of four-legged children attending past retreats, Herland will
require all canine to be leashed and be restricted from the kitchen and main building
from the Fall Retreat foreward. Pets may
be tied outside or in the cabin, or they
may remain in retreater 1 s car (with windows
rolled down an appropriate distance for
ventilation, of course). Cooperation with
these new requests will allow Herland ; retreaters to continue bringing their favorite four-footed friends to share in the
weekend of R & R.
To make each retreat better than the
previous retreat, the Camp Director asks
for your feedback. The registration in
this newsletter, when filled out and returned to Laura will help Herland to improve upon the last retreat. So, please
make plans soon, and return your completed
registration to Laura to secure your spot
at the best Herland Retreat ever!
Registrations are being accepted immediately. For further information call Laura
at 672-4141.
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MISSOURI PLANS WlMMIN 1 S FESTIVAL
Missouri women are planning their 15th
Midwest Wimmins Festival for August 26th to
September 6, 1988.
This year's festival will be held at
Camp Risi~ g Sun in the Lake of the Ozarks
State Park near Osage Be ach , Missouri. The
site includes a large gathering hall, a
wonderful natural amphitheater, and a more
private (well enclosed) lake access than a
campsite they have previously used for the
festival.
For more information on the M.W.F write
to M.W.F.; 8739 Bernadett Ave.; Kansas City,
Kansas 66112
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The Denver Women's Chorus is seeking new
choral works for women by women composers.
The text shall make an affirmative stater·
ment about or for women. ·
If you compose music about or for women
you may want to try your hand at this. The
prize is $1,000 and the premiere performance. Deadline is August 31, 1988, and the
nominal entry fee is $10.
For more information contact the Denver
Women's Chorus,; Choral Music Competition,
P.O. Box 26381 Denver, CO 80202 or call
(303) 331-2543.
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JOPLIN, MO. - There are only 60 women
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to as the 11 Bible Belt 11 , and therefore considered to be more than a tad backward,
may be rightfully proud in their ability to
defer that noteriety.
For we find one of those precious few
women rabbis in Lisa Stern who leads the
United Hebrew Congregation of Joplin, Missouri. Congratulations, Joplin, for the
courage and forsight to move foreward.
SMOKING COSTS WOMEN THEIR LIVES
Did you know? Surpassing breast cancer,
lung cancer is now the #1 cause of cancer
deaths among women in all industrialized
countries, including the United States.
Smoking-related diseases killed over
315,000 Americans in 1984 - more than the
number of American lives lost in all the
wars this country has fought in the 20th
century.
Heart disease, stroke and lung cancer
are now among the top ten causes of death
for American women over the age of 35.
While more and more women die of lung
cancer, tobacco companies reep profits.
In 1983, R.J. Reynolds, the largest tobacco company employing 117,000 people, posted
sales of over $13 billion.
Just think about it.
MARINES INVESTIGATE LESBIANISM
PARRIS ISLAND, SC - Charges have been
filed against several former drill instructors and at least one officer as a result of
on-going investigations of lesbianism in
the Marine Corps.
Various counts including committing indecent acts have been lodged against five wo ~
man Marines Two other women, due to go before administrative hearing boards, are
seeking discharges. ·
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forgotten most of what they were trained
to do, or what they were taught has changed
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is come to an annual screening once a
year. You wouldn't have to go to drill or
summer camp at all. 11 Right, Lady. All I'd
have to do is show up with seabag in hand
for the first flight to Nicaragua, the Persian Gulf or some base in the U.S. when the
government decides it's time to involve its ·
military in someone else's fight.
Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against defending my country. If I did, I
wouldn't have joined the Marine Corps in
the first place. I felt a sense of duty
and pride in 1973 when I enlisted, and to
this day I still feel proud of those 11
years, 8 months, and 3 days. In 1973, I
also felt the need for a secure job.
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secretaries and office clerks holding down
the fort while the men went out in the
field to fire weapons with blank ammunition
at an invisible enemy. In boot camp, while
the men were crawling through underbrush,
digging foxholes, learning hand-to-hand
combat (from an instructor; unlike the wo ~
men who learned it while on dates) and
learning how to fire an M-16, we women were
taught the proper way to apply our make-up,
wear our hair and eat in the presence of a
commanding general. Appearance in uniform
was everything.
While the men's maneuvers consisted of
crawling through mud, under barbed wire,
over walls and through miles of sand with
full packs on their backs and certain death
at the hands of the drill instructor (DI)
if they killed one of 11 his 11 sand fleas in
100 degree South Carolina heat, we women
maneuvered through the high-ranking brass
with our hair in place, our make-up intricately applied and our manners at the ready
while participating in the required afternoon tea.
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was in the classroom where we all had to
learn military customs and courtesies,
first aid, military law and close order
drill. Our Dis were not so evenly matched.
The female Dis were obviously the more intelligent of the two since they made ordinary women into Marines in 8 weeks. For
some reason it took 12 weeks to train the
men.
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of the community, my community. I di dn t
tell that to the high-ranking enlisted woman. Maybe I should have, but is it any of
her business?
HOUSE MEMBERS OPPOSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION
HOUSE MEMBERS OPPOSE GAYS
IN HATE CRIMES BILL
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative George
Gekas (R-PA) leads the fight to remove
sexual orientation from the Hate Crimes
Statistics Act (H.R. 3193). This Act
would mandate the collection of statistics on crimes that are motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation and ethnicity.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
(NGLTF) is working to thwart attempts to
remove sexual orientation from the legislation.
Gekas has filed a minority report which
asserts that 11 It is not a federal obligation to protect citizens in their sexual
orientation''. Despite a recent Department
of Justice study which found gay people to
be the most frequent victims of hate vio- .
lence today, the Gekas report disputes the
prevalance of anti-gay violence. D~spite
documented evidence of hundreds of instances
of organized hate group activity against
qay men and lesbians, the minority report
asserts that gay people are not the targets
of organized hate group activity by groups
like the Ku Klux Klan.
To prevent Gekas from succeeding in removing the sexual orientation clause from
the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, and thereby spreading his bigotry toward gays~ the
NGLTF urges interested persons to write to
their representatives today.
SENATE NEEDS SPONSORS FOR
HATE CRIMES STATISTICS ACT
WASHINGTON, DC - The National Gay and
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like a sane nuclear policy and an end to
militarism," said Executive Director Jeff'rey Levi. 11 We have seen first hand how
our government 1s focus on defense directly
hurts funding for much-needed social programs, such as funding to fight AIDS or to _
develop a national health insurance policy~
Information on gay/lesbian contingents
to the marches and more logistical details
may be obtained from the SSD III National
Coalition; 11 John Street, #803; New York,
NY 10038, (202) 608-8155.
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KOWALSKI TO BE TESTED
HIBBING, MN - St. Louis County Judge
Robert Campbell ruled recently that Sharon
Kowalski should be formally tested for competency, and ordered that her new courtappointed attorney, Gary Pagliacetti, con sult with Duluth-area physicians to select
a test site. Kowalski was severely inj~red
in an automobile accident in November 1983.
Her lover, Karen Thompson, has been fighting Kowalski 1s anti-gay parents in court
for almost four years for the right to see
and participate in Kowalski 1s medical care.
Judge Campbell 1s ruling means that Kowalski will be tested for the first time
since a court order appointed her father
guardian three years ago -- an order that
required him to have her tested annually.
Pagliacetti told the court that he had
visited Kowalski four times, and he be1i eves that she understands what others ·· say
to her and that she can communicate effect'ively when she desires. He said he feels .
· she could use a computer to improve her
communication, and move around in an electric wheelchair. Pagliacetti was appointed
by Judge Campbell to be Kowalski 1s attorney.
In response to requests from Thompson 1s
attorneys, Campbell ordered that no attorneys except Pagliacetti be allowed to cone.
tact Kowalski 1s evaluators until their report is issued. No date has been set for
the testing. He requested that all parties
submit to him recommendations for testing
parameters . . Campbell also requested that
both Thompson and the Kowalskis provide him
with statements detailing how their attorneys1 fees are paid. When the testing is
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BECHTEL MOTIONS FOR A NEW TRIAL
The following excerpts were taken from
the Motion For a New Trial for Donna Bechtel.
The refusa i of the tri a 1 court to perrni t
Dr. Lenore Walker ( an expert on the battere~i woman's syn~rome) to testify as an expert
witness to assist the trier of fact concerninq the fact that Donna Bechtel was a battered woman, and explain how she came to be
a battered woman, why she stayed with Kenneth Bechtel, and her state of mind at the
time the acts occurred which give rise to
these charges denied Donna Bechtel a fair
trial.
2. The refusal of the trial court to in struct the jury on the burden of proof concerning self-defense denied the accused a
fair trial.
3. The trial court erred when it prohibited defense counsel from questioning jurors
about the burden of proof in self-defense
and denied Donna Bechtel a fair trial.
4. Denial of the r·ight to cross-examine
witnesses against her denied Donna Bechtel
a fair t ri a1 .
5. Refusal of the trial court to permit
Donna Bechtel to pr~sent evidence in accordance with the Sixth Amendment to the
United States Constitution denied her a
fair trial. (Police procedures concerning
crime scene, conversations with witnesses ·
concerning Kenneth Bechtel).
_ 6. The court repeatedly, during the six
days Donna Bechtel was on the witness stand
testifying, sustained objections to ques~
tions concerning threats and conversations.
7. The trail court on numerous occasions
commented on the evidence in ruling uoon
objections and in admonitions to defe~se
counsel and this denied the accused a fair
trial.
8. Prosecutorial misconduct denied Donna
Bechtel a fair trial.
9. Statements to press before and during
the trial concerning the case.
10. The trial court's refusal to provide
Donn~ Bechtel with a court reporter concerning all communications about this case
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The Bechtel trial has drawn to a close;
she's now been sentenced and we have all
begun serving our life sentences. By the
"we" I mean Ms. Bechte 1 and each of us
that sat in the jury box.
All week I've heard various accounts
and opinions of the trial. The crucial
accounting of the trial is the one I experienced. It is the one from the "viewpoint"
of that jury box. !:Je were drafted and removed from the mainstream of our normal
lives. We accepted the responsibility and
gave the case our undivided attention. After all, a woman's fate rested in our
hands. This was a serious matter.
I believe everyone is entitled to a viqorous defense and Garvin Issacs certainlvlived up to his reputation in that respe~t :
While his behavior was not above reproach,
the rotten apple must be placed on the prosecution's table.
I will forever remain appalled at the
antics and behavior I observed in that
courtroom from that jury box. I would expect unfalterinq professional behavior from
the District Attorney's office since many
of us hold that office in a light synonymous with the law. At the very least, I
would expect the two prosecutors to maintain composure and stifle giggles while
testimony was being given. Their overall
behavior would be more befittina of a
schoolgirls' slumber party than . a court of
law. Throughout the trial the prosecutors
seemed to be afflicted with some "virus"
causing uncontrollable eyeball rotation and
facial contortions that would suggest each
of them had a mouthful :of green parsimmons.
At times, it would cause them to poke each
other and snicker.
I would expect in a "fair trial" the accused would be given the opportunity to relate their version to us (the Jury) without
beinq ridiculed or intimidated by gestures
made by the prosecutors. I'm not sure how
much of this was visible to the audience,
but I do know from my chair it was, at
times, so distracting I would have to sit
w"ith my left hand covering part of my face
to block them out and concentrate on the
testimony being given. I wondered at times
how Ms. Bechtel could maintain her train of
thought while giving her testimony. Testimony on which her fate was hinaed.
I would suggest that profes~ional behavior be to listen, and then address any inconsistencies or questions in the "cross-
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Also on hand to lend an air of festival
to the Parade will be the Dallas Gay Marching Band.
The traditional Block Party at parade's
end will hold an array of food and drink
for hungry and thirsty marchers. Also . at
the Block Party, for those who have needed
a 11 book fix 11 , Herland will have its soonto-be-famous 11 Mobile Album and Book Booth 11
(M.A.B.B. for short) set up for business.
A number of gay titles and lesbian maga~
zines have been ordered especially for this
occasion, so plan to drop by M.A.B :B and do
some browsing.
Local bartender John Buettner won the
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Gay Pride festivities sponsored by Oasis.
His winning design was selected from over
25 entries to become the logo for this
year's celebration which will appear on
posters, t-shirts, and other memorabelia.
Gay Pride will continue beyond Sunday,
June 19th with a variety of activities during the week which will include an evening
with an attorney who will be at Oasis Community Center to answer your questions, an
evening with PWA 1 s who will give a talk and
answer questions, and several movies to be
shown at the Oasis Community Center. These
movies will include 11 Pink Triangle 11 and
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Before Stonewall 11 and are sponsored by the
O.U. Gay and Lesbian Alliance.
The Gay Pride Week celebration will cap
off with 11 Zoom Beach 11 on Sunday, June 26 at
Lake Thunderbird. This is a fun gathering
with free beer, pop, and hot dogs. Bring
your favorite game or sporting equipment
and plan to spend the day in good company.
There are few laws on a national level
and fewer still on the state level to protect or acknowledge lesbian and gay rights.
On June 19th Oklahoma gays will exercise
the right to peacefully gather in public;
It is hoped that all advocates of human
rights and civil rights will come out and
show their support by participating in the
rally and march for gay rights.
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RULES AND REQUESTS FOR PARADE BEHAVIOR
OKLAHOMA CITY - City permits for the
Gay Pride Parade have been secured and a
police escort has been obtained for the
march down N.W. 39th.
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raised an additional $50 for Herland. 11 After expenses, the retreat raised approxi~
mately $1,200 for future programming, . books .
and Newsletter expenses. There will even
be some left to help with the new building
costs, but Herland is still hurting for
building funds. Herland extends a big
thank you to all those who participated in
the Spring Retreat weekend, helping Herland
to stay afloat while at the same time having fun doing it!
This Fall, Herland will be providing
meals throughout the retreat weekend except
for the Saturday night Pot Luck dinner.
Our very own Mary and friends will be cooking vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals for
a nominal price, and all proceeds will again benefit Herland.
Herland will once again offer scholarships and work exchanges. Please contact
Laura at 672-4141 for information. Preregistration is $17-20, based on ability to
pay. On-site registration will be $25.
Herland prefers advance registrations so
activities and food arrangements may be better planned; however, Laura says she
doesn't mind collecting that extra $5 for
on-site registration!
Due to the number of four-legged children attending past retreats, Herland will
require all canine to be leashed and be restricted from the kitchen and main building
from the Fall Retreat foreward. Pets may
be tied outside or in the cabin, or they
may remain in retreater 1 s car (with windows
rolled down an appropriate distance for
ventilation, of course). Cooperation with
these new requests will allow Herland ; retreaters to continue bringing their favorite four-footed friends to share in the
weekend of R & R.
To make each retreat better than the
previous retreat, the Camp Director asks
for your feedback. The registration in
this newsletter, when filled out and returned to Laura will help Herland to improve upon the last retreat. So, please
make plans soon, and return your completed
registration to Laura to secure your spot
at the best Herland Retreat ever!
Registrations are being accepted immediately. For further information call Laura
at 672-4141.
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Missouri women are planning their 15th
Midwest Wimmins Festival for August 26th to
September 6, 1988.
This year's festival will be held at
Camp Risi~ g Sun in the Lake of the Ozarks
State Park near Osage Be ach , Missouri. The
site includes a large gathering hall, a
wonderful natural amphitheater, and a more
private (well enclosed) lake access than a
campsite they have previously used for the
festival.
For more information on the M.W.F write
to M.W.F.; 8739 Bernadett Ave.; Kansas City,
Kansas 66112
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you may want to try your hand at this. The
prize is $1,000 and the premiere performance. Deadline is August 31, 1988, and the
nominal entry fee is $10.
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(303) 331-2543.
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to as the 11 Bible Belt 11 , and therefore considered to be more than a tad backward,
may be rightfully proud in their ability to
defer that noteriety.
For we find one of those precious few
women rabbis in Lisa Stern who leads the
United Hebrew Congregation of Joplin, Missouri. Congratulations, Joplin, for the
courage and forsight to move foreward.
SMOKING COSTS WOMEN THEIR LIVES
Did you know? Surpassing breast cancer,
lung cancer is now the #1 cause of cancer
deaths among women in all industrialized
countries, including the United States.
Smoking-related diseases killed over
315,000 Americans in 1984 - more than the
number of American lives lost in all the
wars this country has fought in the 20th
century.
Heart disease, stroke and lung cancer
are now among the top ten causes of death
for American women over the age of 35.
While more and more women die of lung
cancer, tobacco companies reep profits.
In 1983, R.J. Reynolds, the largest tobacco company employing 117,000 people, posted
sales of over $13 billion.
Just think about it.
MARINES INVESTIGATE LESBIANISM
PARRIS ISLAND, SC - Charges have been
filed against several former drill instructors and at least one officer as a result of
on-going investigations of lesbianism in
the Marine Corps.
Various counts including committing indecent acts have been lodged against five wo ~
man Marines Two other women, due to go before administrative hearing boards, are
seeking discharges. ·
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forgotten most of what they were trained
to do, or what they were taught has changed
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is come to an annual screening once a
year. You wouldn't have to go to drill or
summer camp at all. 11 Right, Lady. All I'd
have to do is show up with seabag in hand
for the first flight to Nicaragua, the Persian Gulf or some base in the U.S. when the
government decides it's time to involve its ·
military in someone else's fight.
Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against defending my country. If I did, I
wouldn't have joined the Marine Corps in
the first place. I felt a sense of duty
and pride in 1973 when I enlisted, and to
this day I still feel proud of those 11
years, 8 months, and 3 days. In 1973, I
also felt the need for a secure job.
When I enlisted, service women were doing the usual 11 women 11 thinqs. We were the
secretaries and office clerks holding down
the fort while the men went out in the
field to fire weapons with blank ammunition
at an invisible enemy. In boot camp, while
the men were crawling through underbrush,
digging foxholes, learning hand-to-hand
combat (from an instructor; unlike the wo ~
men who learned it while on dates) and
learning how to fire an M-16, we women were
taught the proper way to apply our make-up,
wear our hair and eat in the presence of a
commanding general. Appearance in uniform
was everything.
While the men's maneuvers consisted of
crawling through mud, under barbed wire,
over walls and through miles of sand with
full packs on their backs and certain death
at the hands of the drill instructor (DI)
if they killed one of 11 his 11 sand fleas in
100 degree South Carolina heat, we women
maneuvered through the high-ranking brass
with our hair in place, our make-up intricately applied and our manners at the ready
while participating in the required afternoon tea.
The only "equal 11 training we received
was in the classroom where we all had to
learn military customs and courtesies,
first aid, military law and close order
drill. Our Dis were not so evenly matched.
The female Dis were obviously the more intelligent of the two since they made ordinary women into Marines in 8 weeks. For
some reason it took 12 weeks to train the
men.
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her business?
HOUSE MEMBERS OPPOSE SEXUAL ORIENTATION
HOUSE MEMBERS OPPOSE GAYS
IN HATE CRIMES BILL
WASHINGTON, DC - Representative George
Gekas (R-PA) leads the fight to remove
sexual orientation from the Hate Crimes
Statistics Act (H.R. 3193). This Act
would mandate the collection of statistics on crimes that are motivated by prejudice based on race, religion, sexual orientation and ethnicity.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
(NGLTF) is working to thwart attempts to
remove sexual orientation from the legislation.
Gekas has filed a minority report which
asserts that 11 It is not a federal obligation to protect citizens in their sexual
orientation''. Despite a recent Department
of Justice study which found gay people to
be the most frequent victims of hate vio- .
lence today, the Gekas report disputes the
prevalance of anti-gay violence. D~spite
documented evidence of hundreds of instances
of organized hate group activity against
qay men and lesbians, the minority report
asserts that gay people are not the targets
of organized hate group activity by groups
like the Ku Klux Klan.
To prevent Gekas from succeeding in removing the sexual orientation clause from
the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, and thereby spreading his bigotry toward gays~ the
NGLTF urges interested persons to write to
their representatives today.
SENATE NEEDS SPONSORS FOR
HATE CRIMES STATISTICS ACT
WASHINGTON, DC - The National Gay and
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HIBBING, MN - St. Louis County Judge
Robert Campbell ruled recently that Sharon
Kowalski should be formally tested for competency, and ordered that her new courtappointed attorney, Gary Pagliacetti, con sult with Duluth-area physicians to select
a test site. Kowalski was severely inj~red
in an automobile accident in November 1983.
Her lover, Karen Thompson, has been fighting Kowalski 1s anti-gay parents in court
for almost four years for the right to see
and participate in Kowalski 1s medical care.
Judge Campbell 1s ruling means that Kowalski will be tested for the first time
since a court order appointed her father
guardian three years ago -- an order that
required him to have her tested annually.
Pagliacetti told the court that he had
visited Kowalski four times, and he be1i eves that she understands what others ·· say
to her and that she can communicate effect'ively when she desires. He said he feels .
· she could use a computer to improve her
communication, and move around in an electric wheelchair. Pagliacetti was appointed
by Judge Campbell to be Kowalski 1s attorney.
In response to requests from Thompson 1s
attorneys, Campbell ordered that no attorneys except Pagliacetti be allowed to cone.
tact Kowalski 1s evaluators until their report is issued. No date has been set for
the testing. He requested that all parties
submit to him recommendations for testing
parameters . . Campbell also requested that
both Thompson and the Kowalskis provide him
with statements detailing how their attorneys1 fees are paid. When the testing is
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