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Member? Monday, September 7,1992 The Battalion Page 11 Adult clubs may race lawsuits f ( THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DALLAS — Adult entertainment clubs that se fax machines and secretaries to lure white- ollar customers may prove ripe grounds for lawsuits, legal experts say. The problem is that many businesswomen feel uncomfortable in places like The Men's Club, one of the city's newest topless clubs. If a company, by reimbursing expenses, upports its people doing business in topless lubs under the guise of that's where their lients like to go, in essence they're saying that ja man must be the one who handles the busi- iess,' said Norman Werback, a principal in the alias workplace-consulting firm Werback- |ose. "And the law says business can't be directed n other directions based on sex,'' Werback aid. The issue hasn't been tested in court. "Whether just going to a topless bar is mough for a sexual harassment suit is debat able," said Southern Methodist University law professor Jane Dolkart. "More likely it would be part of an allegation of a hostile environ ment rather than the sole factor in bringing such a lawsuit." After a Conoco Inc. employee charged $22,600 to the company at a Houston topless "Whether just going to a topless bar is enough for a sexual harassment suit is debatable. More likely it would be part of an allegation of a hostile environment rather than the sole factor in bringing such a lawsuit." -]ane Dolkart, Southern Methodist University law professor club two years ago, the oil company started paying more attention to such expenses. Jim Felder, Conoco's manager of public rela tions, said he turned down some expense ac counts charged in topless clubs. "It's not the type of expense that I felt would reflect well on Conoco," Felder said. But club patrons and owners say the clubs offer a sophisticated, relaxed environment con ducive to business. Female executives should feel comfortable there, they say. And some do. Sarah Powers, a Houston real estate lawyer, ended up at Cabaret Royale in Dallas one night with an out-of-state client. "I was the only woman in the place who wasn't working, but I didn't care," Powers said. "If the guys were going, I was going to go, too." The high prices such clubs charge — $3 for a soft drink — don't turn off patrons. "If you're making a deal for a hundred bucks, go to the Waffle House," said Wesley Miller, the 51-year-old owner of a small Dallas company who on a recent Wednesday sat at a table at The Men's Club with scantily-clad women draped on each arm. "If you're looking for a bigger deal, you come here." Bush, Clinton face off on national TV THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Bush and Bill Clinton »tompeted on national television lv/11 Junday for voters' trust to revive he anemic economy. The Democ- ftat promised a jobs package as his n lirst move while the president jlamed sluggish growth on "the gridlock Congress" blocking his ards to tf iconomic plan. sslowst; Both also were questioned rs untill! iBout past actions that could prove a major force in the cam- larrenPer ?aign. And both said they expect- iO-yardfie|d debates, although Bush again with ell's 20-v< eff Grab n to a 17-1 shied away from a three-debate plan Clinton said he eagerly ac cepted. For Clinton, the nagging episode from his past was his avoidance of the draft during the Vietnam War; for Bush, the sub ject was new questions about his knowledge of the Reagan admin istration's arms-for-hostages deal ings with Iran. But as it does on the campaign trail, the economy dominated the debate as Clinton and Bush ap peared for rare, live 10-minute in terviews on an NBC election spe- ted 14 of i wing net a fakepir rom ?n W ting up fa it receivi 8-yard rd quark 5-yard (id of 45 pas Production continues at GM plant following nine-day walkout THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ies LORDSTOWN, Ohio - Em ployees of a General Motors Cofp. parts plant rejprned to work Sunday for their first full day of production ajfter ending a strike thafidled aTOht 40,000 workers at GM assembly jplants. Nine assembly plants that de pend on the Lordstown factory for parts were forced to stop production or shut down after the strike began Aug. 27. The ‘assembly plants don't stockpile parts. | The 2,400 members of United Auto Workers Local 1714 in this northeastern Ohio town re- tumed to work late Saturday af ter ratifying an agreement to end their nine-day walkout. I GM said it would focus on |esupplying parts to resume production of its popular Sat urn, built in Spring Hill, Tenn. Saturn spokesman Bill Betts said full production of 1993 models would resume Tuesday, f About 700 workers at a plant in Kingston-Warren, Tenn., fwhich makes rubber moldings that go around car windows, could return Thursday or Fri day, said plant manager Doug ■sey. GM plants in Baltimore and ilmington, Del., also won't re- ppen until at least midweek, on officials said. About 98 percent of the 800 al 1714 members who voted approved the new contract Sat urday. The agreement saves 240 tool-and-die jobs that GM want ed to eliminate at the Lord stown plant and ensures that 160 vacancies at the plant will be filled by GM workers laid off elsewhere, said Dave Fascia, who headed the union's negoti ating team. About 140 new positions will be created because of increased production of GM's Saturn and J cars, he,said. J cars include the Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunbird built at the adjacent Lordstown assembly plant, Linda Cook, a spokeswoman for GM, said the agreement doesn't hurt the company's plans for restructuring. GM an nounced last year it will close 21 plants and eliminate about 60,000 hourly positions in the United States and Canada by 1995. She said that while employ ees at the tool and dye plant won't be laid off, their work will be transferred outside the state. She said the workers will be retrained or transferred. Other plants affected by the strike are located in Oklahoma City; Wentzville, Mo.; Flint, Mich.; Orion Township, Mich.; Lansing, Mich.; and the Lord stown assembly plant. CarePlllS>>*tf Presents Roc, The Good Doc "Fell asleep at tailgate party, did you? Make tracks to CarePlus Medical Center for all your minor emergencies. Our on-site x-ray facility allows us to treat your breaks, fractures and sprains quickly. 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"What we're trying to do is turn things around and get peo ple back to work," Bush said from Michigan. "The gridlock Con gress said, 'No.' ... I have been stymied in those incentives and more by the Congress." The Labor Department last week said there were fewer pri vate-sector jobs in August than when Bush took office. But the president said he was "not pre pared to buy into those statistics. I'm not sure there are fewer peo ple at work." Bush also sought to convey the sense that the economy, despite the sour government figures, was on the upswing. When anchorman Tom Brokaw said Clinton's answers about his draft status were "inconsistent," Clinton retorted that he had never changed his story — but acknowl edged, "Maybe I haven't handled it as well as I should." Arkansas reverend arrested protesting Clinton's positions THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - For the second time in two Sundays, po lice arrested demonstrators out side the church regularly attended by Gov. Bill Clinton. Police spokesman Lt. Charles Holladay said Sunday that police arrested 27 demonstrators, includ ing Rev. W.N. Otwell of the God Said Ministries in Nacogdoches, Texas. Holladay said all where charged with criminal trespassing and given citations to appear in court Sept. 14. Otwell had led a group of pro testors outside Immanuel Baptist Church, where Democratic presi dential nominee Clinton is a member. As he was escorted from the church grounds, Otwell told Little Rock television station KARK, "It's a sad day in this country when we've come to the place where churches have to miss their own services on Sunday morning to come to stand up against wickedness at someone else's church because they refuse to stand up." Otwell also was arrested last Sunday after he refused to stay off of church property, police said. The protestors have denounced Clinton's position on abortion and women's and gay rights. They also have criticized the church for allowing the governor to remain a member. 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