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WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1981
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Rallies start ERA countdown
WASHINGTON — With only a year to go for
ratification, supporters of the Equal Rights
Amendment scheduled “ERA countdown ral
lies” today in 161 cities across the United
States.
The National Organization for Women, the
organizer of the events, said in a statement,
“these rallies are expected to be the largest
simultaneous gatherings for women’s rights in
history. ”
The rallies, scheduled in 42 states, are to be
held at 11 a.m. CDT.
“These rallies are to serve notice to our
opponents that we will not quit, ” said Eleanor
Smeal, the NOW president. “To put it bluntly,
we intend to fight like hell.
“One of the problems we’ve been having is
that people think that it will come, ” she said on
NBC’s “Today” show. “Now, people realize
we can go backward unless they do something.
“The backlash to the antiwomen’s rights
proposals is actually creating the momentum
for this last year. ”
“People’s lives are at stake with the Equal
Rights Amendment,” said actor Alan Alda, a
prominent backer who appeared with Ms.
Smeal on NBC.
The amendment has been ratified in 35
states. Only three more states are needed to
make the amendment part of the Constitution.
But the going has been slow.
Indiana was the last state to ratify the ERA
in 1977. Recent efforts have failed in other
states, notably Illinois, Florida, Virginia and
Nevada. Besides those, the states that have not
ratified the ERA are Georgia, South Carolina,
North Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Okla
homa, Utah, Missouri, Alabama, Arkansas and
Arizona.
Congress in 1979 extended the seven-year
deadline for ratification another three years.
The new deadline is June 30, 1982 — one year
away.
The ERA text reads: “Equality of rights
under the law shall not be denied or abridged
by the United States or any state on account of
sex. ”
In announcing today’s rallies, Ms. Smeal
indicated they would he directed in part at
President Reagan’s opposition to ERA.
“The Reagan administration is trying to
drive women’s rights backwards,” she said.
“We won’t let that happen. The ERA count
down campaigns will be the largest in women’s
rights history. It will be tough, costly and hard
hitting.”
Major rallies were scheduled in Washing
ton, New York City, Los Angeles and Spring-
field, Ill.
Kansan s tattoos are works of art
Experimental beauty
StafT photo by Greg Gammon
hey saidb This close-up of a Pink Floradale Rose is but
one of over a thousand varieties of ex-
rhusban perimental plants tested at the Texas A&M
kin't want University Floral Test Gardens each year,
lie local' The gardens, which are located on Houston
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street across from the Moore Communica
tions Center, are a joint effort of the Horti
cultural Sciences and the Ground Maintai-
nance departments.
United Press International
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — All
the world is a canvas to Gill Mon
tie, and he’ll paint on paper, metal
or walls of taverns. But his special
ity is painting on skin.
Montie, 26, says he is an artist
of tattoo, as opposed to a common
tattooer who engraves the word
“Mother” on hundreds of drunken
sailors. He will have none of such
work — he says it is only for mak
ing money — and instead special
izes in “artwork” imbedded in
flesh.
“There are lots of tattooers
around here,” says his wife,
Cathy. “But he’s the only tattoo
artist.”
His friends are all walking testi
monies to his craft with beautifully
intricate scenes painted all over
their arms, backs and chests.
"I don’t do things like tattoo
names,” Montie says. “I’m not
into imbedding pigment into flesh
just for the sake of it. I want to
make pretty pictures. I want to
make a design on skin and make
people say, ‘Wow! ”
Montie is covered with tattoos
of plants and animals and has his
wife’s name emblazoned on his
chest.
A friend, Phil Thomas, has pic
tures of pirates, fish, seashells and
mermaids that cover his entire
arm from his neck down to his
wrist. He and Montie decided on
an ocean theme for his body and
the next step will be painting the
battle of Atlantis on his back.
Thomas is one of six people in
the Hutchinson area who, in
effect, have dedicated almost their
entire bodies to Montie’s art.
“When people buy my art, they
wear it on their bodies the rest of
their lives,” says Montie.
“They’ve made a commitment to
wear my art forever. That’s the
highest form of flattery an artist
can know.
“Even people who don’t like
tattoos can appreciate this. They
can like it just for its value as art.
Montie admits tattooists don’t
generally have reputations com
parable to that of renowned artists
like Monet or Degas, and are gen
erally considered fast-buck oper
ators working out of dingy shops.
He thinks tattooing has been
maligned, however, and is trying
to clean up its image.
“Tattooing used to be only for
royalty 100 years ago,” he says.
“But when it went from the Orient
to the Western world, it became
strictly a moneymaking proposi
tion. It’s starting to clean up its
image, though, and people are
starting to accept it again.”
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luths inf WASHINGTON — The Sup-
10b of If me Court is giving police grea-
ey tossed^ leeway in how they inform sus-
:cts of the famous “Miranda
;h Couiyirnfng” about self-
iway and termination.
Over the protests of three jus-
to grabi;es, the high court Monday
he hinise v\ck down a ruling that had
m on thrown out a California man’s
■ tracks, urder conviction on grounds he
dhishantis not properly advised of his
chedbotbht to have an attorney present
i. Thenkiring police questioning.
A state appeals court had re-
rsed the conviction of Randall
"fties Frysock and cleared the.
P*i^»y for anew trial because of the
filmy police gave him his warnings.
fjpm b ut the high court said Monday
California court “essentially
d down a flat rule requiring that
content of Miranda warnings
a virtual incantation of the pre-
;e language laid down in the
r ..iranda opinion handed down in
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s Tax.' Such a rigid rule was not man-
ted by Miranda or any other de
ion of this court, and is not re-
y OOPJired to serve the purposes of
iranda, the court declared in an
signed opinion.
cnflV ot ^ er action Monday, the
oUAi p reme Court:
JPECIAt — Dealt a direct blow to ex-CIA
snt Philip Agee, ruling 7-2 the
yernment may revoke the pass-
government to impose strict con
trols on exposure to cotton dust.
— In another follow-up action,
cleared the way for three suits
seeking money damages from for
mer President Richard Nixon and
his top aides for illegal wiretaps.
Last week, the court favored
another such suit, and Monday it
gave the green light to cases
brought by the Jewish Defense
League, a New York Times repor
ter and an anti-war group.
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