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3 MAR 11 1985 er 1 1 nam 8A ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Mar. 11, 1985 Arms Officials expected a "two-months-on, two-months-off" pattern, as at previous talks. In Washington, presidential arms control adviser Paul Nitze said Sunday that the United States should "take with a grain of salt" the Soviet refusal to accept any arms control agreement that frees Reagan to proceed with Star Wars. In an interview on ABC-TV's "This Week With David Brinkley," Nitze said the Soviets "are causing us to try to abandon a research program which is comparable to one they have had for many years They would like to have a monopoly on that." But Sen.

Gary Hart, said on NBC's "Meet the Press" that the Soviets might not necessarily be impressed by a U.S. buildup, not just of defensive weapons, but of new offensive weapons like the MX missile. "The key Is what weapons this administration is willing to trade off for what weapons we want from the other side," he said. "We have to be willing to bargain away something." 4 -J. 1 1 CARPET CLEANING Have 2 or more rooms cleaned: no charge for hall.

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Max M. Kampelman will lead the U.S. team. Karpov said the Soviet leadership had instructed him to conduct talks "in a businesslike and constructive manner." He said the negotiations afforded "an opportunity for productive work and reaching solutions aimed at preventing an arms race in space and terminating it on Earth, at limiting and reducing nuclear arms, and at strengthening strategic stability." "Agreement on and implementation of far-reaching measures in these areas would be an important step toward attaining a truly historic goal that of ultimately eliminating nuclear arms completely and everywhere," he said. Karpov's statement reflected earlier Soviet warnings that Star Wars research must stop before any agreements can be reached.

But Western diplomats in Moscow said a Soviet walkout is improbable given the propaganda setback that the Soviets suffered when they broke off the talks 1 6 months ago. The United States seeks sharp cuts in offensive strategic and intermediate nuclear weapons but refuses to halt research into antimissile defensive systems in space. Reagan has said that although negotiations would precede any deployment, research will continue and Star Wars will not be used as a bargaining chip in the talks in Geneva. The subdelegations on strategic arms are led by former Sen. John G.

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But if that is the rationale for the law, Miller countered, suspects "should be punished for the substantive crime, not cross-dressing." The trial promises to be lively, with testimony possible from fashion experts, Mayor Vincent C. Schoemehl Jr. and other high-ranking city officials. What's more, the movies "VictorVictoria" and "Tootsie" may be used as evidence; both feature characters who cross-dress. information" about his arrest had been given to a newspaper, causing him "extreme harassment, embarrassment and humiliation" and leading his landlord to evict him.

M.S., also of St. Louis, was arrested for "suggestive dancing" at Uncle Marvin's Lounge on Jan. 15, 1984. He was employed as a female impersonator at Uncle Marvin's, now shuttered. M.S.

contends that he had been unfairly charged. "The last thing I want to do is strip off my clothing, because the illusion would be lost, and that's the name of the game," he says. "As soon as the show is over, I get back into my boy clothes. I don't parade around in public dressed as a girl." AT YOUR SERVICE YOUR CHOICE: 16.99 Introducing California Connection blouses with extraordinary fashion flair. From page one ment and 1 1 police officers for $25,000 each in damages, plus attorney's fees and court costs.

They also would like the ordinance rescinded. "The law Is outdated," asserted M.S., who becomes Michelle McCausland in his female impersonator attire. "All girls wear blue jeans. Some businesswomen wear pantsuits and ties. Some of the latest fashion trends show boys wearing skirts.

Who's to say what constitutes boy dress or girl dress howadays?" masquerading ordinance was enacted in 1870 and revised in 1949. It makes a misdemeanor of appearing "in any public place in a state of nudity or in a dress not belonging to hs or her sex or in indecent or lewd dress." The ordinance also provides for punishment of anyone who makes "an indecent exposure of his or her person" or is "guilty of an indecent or lewd act of behavior." Piatt also has been arrested for lewd behavior while performing as a female illusionist. He says his show is entertaining and not illegal. I do, I do purely for entertainment purposes and for the money," he explained. "When you are at a caliber that you win contests as a female illusionist, you can make some money.

"What I do is in fun; it's a theatrical release. There's nothing lewd about my show it's strictly a class act." B. Stephen Miller III, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union who is representing M.S. and D.C., says the ordinance is unconstitutional "on its face." "It's vague and overbroad and Interferes with an individual's right for free expression and privacy," Miller said. It also is sexually discriminatory, he adds, citing that all of the 200 people arrested for cross-dressing since the mid-1970s have been men.

In addition, only 200 of the 2,700 arrested for lewd behavior, indecent exposure or cross-dressing have been women, he says. ordinance is a tool the police can use to harass people if they don't like what a person is wearing or the manner In which they conduct themselves," said Arlene Zarembka, another attorney representing the plantiffs. "Its interpretation is left up to the broad discretion of the police." She notes that the police had not enforced the ordinance at productions such as "Some Like it Hot" at the Fox Theatre or the Boy George concert at Kiel Auditorium. Judith Ronzlo, the attorney defending the city, declined to comment about the case in detail because legal action Is pending, i But City Counselor James J. Wilson said in August that the ordinance was unconstitutional and should no longer be enforced.

that month, Police Chief John F. Berner issued a directive to officers barring further arrests for cross-dressing. The order was to be read at roll call for four consecutive days. But Miller says it was ignored because two more men were arrested for cross-dressing in November. In court documents pertaining to the case, D.C.

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