European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6the stars and stripes Suhd amp yet tie 23,1991 Law Banning nude dancing upheld by the Baltimore Sun Washington a a deeply divided supreme court ruled Friday that states and cities May make it a strippers to take off All of their costumes in a barroom or an a a adult theater a but probably cannot do the same for dancers or actors in a play or program at a regular theater. \ the constitutional difference drawn by the 5-4 ruling in a South Bend ind., strip tease Case depended on the kinds of audiences and their possible reactions id total nudity in different Public settings. If a dropping the last stitch a As one Justice put it is done at a place where the customers might be enticed into prostitution sexual assault or other crime the Constitution allows state and local government to ban Complete nudity at those establishments. But according to the key opinion issued Friday the same constitutional Rule probably would not permit the Banning of a expressive nudity during programs like the musical /7a/r or Eques if they Are put on a somewhere other than an adult the risk of harmful a secondary effects probably would not exist in that kind of setting the opinion said. The Case came about when Darlene Miller who was a dancer at the Kitty Kat lounge in South Bend wanted to dance totally nude. Gayle Ann Marie Sutro a so wanted to shed All her clothing while dancing behind a Glass panel at the Glen theatre an a a adult theater it South Bend. A. A a they could not Bare themselves legally however because an Indiana Law forbids total nudity in Public places a including barroom and a a adult a Heaters. A Federal appeals court in Chicago concluded that nude dancing of the kind Miller and Sutro wished to perform could not be banned. The Constitution protects such dancers the appeals court said because they Are conveying an emotional message of a eroticism and that ruling was overturned Friday by the supreme court. The new ruling required three separate opinions for the five justices in the majority to make their Legal Points but the most significant among those opinions nude dancing and the four in dissent who favored Les the Souter opinion represented the closest thing there was to judicial common ground that lower courts will be Likely treat As controlling. Souter and All of his colleagues but one Justice Antonin Scalia agreed that the Constitution provides some Protection for Public nudity while dancing As a form of Scalia however argued that a general Law against nudity in All Public places was not aimed at a a expression at All and thus there was no constitutional problem with it. chief Justice William h. Rehnquist and justices Anthony m. Kennedy and Sandra Day of Connor Souter concluded that the state of Indiana had not gone too far in curbing a a expressive nudity by requiring strippers to remain covered at least by pasties and a a string. Rehnquist said that that was a the Bare minimum necessary to meet the states interest in Public a a a a. A Souter however said that he would accept the state. A i. it. Iii. Appeared to be a seven Page document written by the jaw As valid Only because he was convinced that a the court s newest member Justice David h. Souter. Type of adult entertainment at Issue Here might be re because he took a Middle stance Between the four dated to a prostitution sexual assault and other criminal others in the majority who favored More regulation of care bythe new York times Miami a As Kimberly Bergalis lies dying in her bedroom at Home her radiance stolen by aids she has issued a last angry demand for Laws to Stop health care workers like the dentist who infected her from spreading the disease. A i have lived to Sec my hair fall out my body lose Over 40 pounds blisters on my sides a the 23-year-Otd woman from fort fierce Fla wrote in a letter that she addressed a but never sent a to a state health investigator. After consulting with Bergalis and her family her lawyers made the letter Public this past week. V t a a i lived to see White fungus grow All Over the inside of my Mouth the Back of my Throat my Gums and now my tips a she wrote. A. A a a do you know what it looks like cd like to Tell you. It looks like White fur and it gives you atrocious breath. Isnit that Nice Quot a. A a a a. A whom do 1 blame do i blame myself i sure done to. 1 never used in drugs never slept with anyone and never had a blood transfusion. A i blame or. Acer and every single one of you bastards. Anyone who knew or. Acer was infected and had full blown aids and stood by not doing a Damn thing about it. You Are All just As guilty As he four months after Bergalis graduated from the University of Florida in August 1989, she developed pneuma Cystis Carinio pneumonia and was found to have aids. Bergalis is especially bitter about the role played by Florida health officials. She said the state officials did not inform her that her family a former dentist or. David j. Acer had continued to practice after he was found to have Kimberly Bergalis who is dying from aids lies on her bed while a Friend strokes her forehead. Aids. She eventually Learned that from a television news report last july after acer died last september Bergalis emerged As a Symbol for people who advocated stronger Laws to prevent health care workers who carried the his virus from treating patients a at least without informing them in Advance. Four other former patients of acer have now been found to carry the virus. In her letter Bergalis wrote a can you imagine what its like to realize you re losing weight in your fingers and that your body May be using its Muscles to try to survive or do you know what its like to look at yourself in a full length Mirror before you Shower a and you Only see a Skeleton do you know what i did i Slid to the floor and i cried. Quot now i Shower with a Blanket Over the in conclusion she wrote a like i said a All is forgiven by me a there a no hard feelings anymore. But i will never forget.�?�. A and then . If Laws Are not formed to provide Protection then my suffering and death was in vain. In a dying Guys. ment says no More Washington up a the Federal government facing mounting requests from aids patients to legally use marijuana to alleviate symptoms of their disease and Side effects of treatment said Friday it will no longer Grant such a a compassionate requests. Instead said Bill Grigg a spokesman for the Public health service a the government will encourage the doctors who Are applying for marijuana to apply for off Label use. Of the Quot a synthetic version of the Active ingredient in natural marijuana. The change in government policy was denounced As a a outrageous by advocates of the use of marijuana for medical purposes. A what you have Here is a group of Little tin Caesars who Are running a bureaucracy who think they can decide who will live and who will die a said Robert Randall head of the Alliance for cannabis therapeutics. The Alliance has been a major advocate of the medical use of marijuana to treat a variety of illnesses including glaucoma the Side effects of cancer chemotherapy and most recently in aids. Currently the Federal government has granted 34 so called a a compassionate kinds a investigative new drug applications a which allow doctors to prescribe a drug that has not been approved for that use. The government will continue to provide marijuana to the 34 people who currently have a a compassionate Access to the drug but not new applicants Grigg said. But he said that a if a patient does not Benefit from the then the food and drug administration will allow for a review on an individual Case by Case Randall said there Are a hundreds of requests for marijuana in the pipeline and an internal memorandum front the National Institute on drug abuse indicated that As Early As March the Fra a anticipated there might be Many hundreds of such a in addition it was also Clear a the memorandum said., a that pcs the Public health service did not want As a matter of policy to be committed to the massive distribution of an otherwise illegal substance especially since marijuana a Efficacy is not established and its effects on pulmonary lung function in particular Are known to be
