Portland women plead
no contest to hand sex
PORTLAND (AP) — Two
elderly Portland woman claim
their massage parlor had sur
vived nearly half of a century
without any problem until an
undercover police detective
asked for a little something
extra.
"Why would we have lx«m in
business for 40 years if we were
involved in prostitution?" asked
Willie C. Underwood "You can
call it prostitution if you want
to. hut I don't."
Underwood, 73. and her
friend. Marjorie l. Thompson,
70. both pleaded no contest
Monday to single misdemeanor
counts of prostitution after they
were in t used of providing sex
by hand during massages at A t
Massage.
Jennifer Pakula, a deputy dis
trict attorney, said a detective
wont to A-1 and negotiated a
massage with hand sex shortly
before the police raid.
But both women denied they
had done anything wrong.
“They put us through torture,
disgrace and dishonor, just to
get us out of business," Under
wood said.
"All they had to do was take
Our license," Thompson said
"They didn't have to do all
this."
Multnomah County District
Judge William J. Keys placed
both women on probation for
two years and ordered them not
to work in the massage or adult
entertainment business
They also agreed to pay
$10,000 to settle lawsuits filed
by state and Multnomah County
officials after a police raid
closed the massage business
May 13
Committee against tax
PORTLAND {API —Hie exec
uliv'd committee of the Oregon
Republican Parly bus voted to
oppose tin! sales tax proposal
thnl will appear on Ihe state bal
lot next month.
The committee took the
action by voice vote Friday
night. Members of the state
Republican Central Committee
will now vote on the resolution
by mail ballot.
The measure states that the
party recognizes the need to c tit
government spending before
seeking new revenues. It also
accuses Gov. Barbara Roberts, a
Democrat, of failing to under
take a program of meaningful
cuts in government spending.
State GOP Chairman Randy
Miller said the vote reflects a
belief by Republicans that the
problem with government is
that it spends too much.
He predicted that voters will
overwhelmingly defeat thu sales
tax proposal
"Oregonians know govern
ment tins avoided making the
tough choices," he said.
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Court rules for apartment owners
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An appeals court rul
ing in favor of apartment owners who refused to
rent to an unmarried couple for religious reasons
will stand after the state Supreme Court dismissed
review of the cast*
The state's high court had agreed in February
1992 to hear the <.ase, but after 19 months of inac
tion, voted 5-2 to dismiss the review No explana
tion was given.
State Jaw prohibits housing discrimination
based on marital status. But a state appeals court
in Los Angeles ruled in November 1991 that the
state had no compelling interest in enforcing that
law at the expense of a landlord's religious free
dom.
However, the ruling can no longer lie i ited .is a
legal precedent by other courts.
Chief Justice Malcolm Lucas and Justices Stan
ley Mosk. Edward Panolli. Armand Arabian and
Marvin Baxter voted Friday to drop the case. Jus
tices Joyce Kennard and Ronald George dissented
"I'm surprised because I think it was an impor
tant issue." said attorney Thomas Donahue, who
represented his parents, apartment owners John
and Agnes Donahue, in the case. Deputy Attorney
(ieneral Kathleen Mikkelson said she could not
explain the court's action.
The case had attracted attention from civil-rights
and religious groups around the country. The slate
hud argued in court papers that the claimed reli
gious exemption would let other landlords
exclude homosexuals, women who had had abor
tions. or those who used birth control. Attorney
Donahue said those fears were wildly exaggerated.
Another case raising the same issue is pending
in the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramen
to. It involves a Chico woman. Evelyn Smith, who
refused to rent a duplex unit to an unmarried cou
ple in l‘)87 because of her religious beliefs.
The Donahues, who described themselves as
devout Roman Catholics, refused in February lt)H7
to rent a unit in their five-apartment building to
Verna Torn and Robert Wilder. Mrs. Donahue told
Terry she would not rent to an unmarried couple.
The state Fair Employment and Housing Com
mission awarded Terry and Wilder $8,200 in dam
ages, saying the Donahues had violated the state
anti-discrimination law. The commission said it
had no authority to rule on the landlords' claim of
a religious exemption.
Tito 2nd District Court of Appeal overturned the
damage award in a 2-1 ruling, the first decision on
the issue by an appellate court in the state. The
court said the Iran on discrimination based on mar
ital status "ranks relatively low in the hierarchy of
the state's governmental interests.”
In trying to defend the law, the state "has failed
to explain what exactly is so ... unfairly offensive
in not treating unmarried cohabiting couples as if
they were married." said the opinion by Justice
Roger Boren, joined by Presiding Justice Paul
Turner.
Boren noted that the state Supreme Court has
refused to let one member of an unmarried cou
ple sue for injuries to the other partner, and that
the state allows its colleges to provide separate
housing for married students.
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