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Monday, September 7,1992
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Adult clubs may race lawsuits
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( 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-
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Production continues
at GM plant following
nine-day walkout
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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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.
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"Pass a jobs program," Clinton
said in listing his first priority if
elected. Controlling health care
costs would be second, he said.
"I don't pretend that it is going
to be easy or quick," the Arkansas
governor said. Still, "We can cut
(the deficit) in half in the next four
years if we have real discipline."
Bush said he believed the ma
jority of Americans were better off
than four years ago, although he
concded, "Certainly anyone who
is out of work cannot say he is
better off."
Still, the president blamed the
Democratic-controlled Congress
for refusing to pass a Bush ad
ministration package he said con
tained the incentives businesses
need to buy new equipment and
hire more workers.
"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.
Holladay said that church
members had asked the police to
keep the demonstrators from dis
rupting church services. He said
both plain clothes and uniformed
officers were at the church Sun
day when they arrested demon
strators. Police said the demon
strators had entered a roped-off
area where they weren't allowed.
Holladay said no violence oc
curred during the incident.
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