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Wednesday, February 5, 1992 1992 The Dalas Morning News 3 y ~ jH""""" 2How vulgar?
Film group
keeps count
- In a North Dal-
las movie theater,
Pete Zimowski
x+cupped a tiny
flashlight in his
left hand and
scribbled rapidly
in a spiral note-
STEVE book.
BLOW Later, Pete ad-
mitted that it's
sometimes hard to keep count. But, ac-
cording to his calculations, Into The Sun
contained 70 vulgarities.
"That's about normal," he said.
A few days ago, I wrote about a visit to
the city of Dallas' Motion Picture Classifi-
cation Board. But that's not the only group
in town keeping a close eye on the movies.
Several times a week, Movie Morality
Ministries of Richardson sends reviewers
into theaters to count cuss words, bare
breasts, ax murders and assorted other
Hollywood favorites.
I tagged along Monday afternoon as
Pete and his wife, Jackie, went to see Into
The Sun, a fighter-pilot comedy-adventure
mishmash.
Just folks
Before we go on, let me guess your men-
tal image of Mr. and Mrs. Zimowski. Maybe
something like Jesse Helms meets the
Church Lady?
Well, you're wrong. Pete is a rugged 35-
year-old guy, a former fighter pilot himself
and now a pilot for Delta Air Lines. Jackie
is a beautiful 30-year-old actress and aspir-
ing screenwriter. They have two children.
Yes, they are Christians. No, they aren't
humorless zealots. "We're not a bunch of
hysterical people jumping up and down
screaming," Jackie said.
Pete and Jackie are drawn to this work
not because they hate movies but because
they love them. They just wish there were
more good ones.
"SometimesI leave the theater with a
migraine," Jackie said. Case in point: Prob-
lem Child 2. "John Ritter should be
ashamed."
Movie Morality Ministries was founded
10 years ago by John H. Evans, a retired
economist for Mobil Oil Co. About 2,000
subscribers around the world receive Pre-
view, the ministry's twice-a-month movie
review newsletter. ($26/year, 231-9910.)
Preview provides a fairly standard cri-
tique of each movie, followed by a highly
detailed accounting of offensive language,
violence, nudity, sexual conduct and drug
abuse.
Sometimes the summaries seem comi-
cally prudish. It was noted, for example,
that the sexual content of Suburban Com-
mando consisted of "provocative eye con-
tact" and "gratuitous cleavage."
Preview raved about Disney's Beauty
and the Beast but stopped short of grant-
ing its highest acceptability rating. The re-
view notes that "the French candlestick
and the French maid-broom exchange
some slightly suggestive comments." .
I found only one recent release that
received top ratings for both entertain-
ment and moral acceptablity - 101 Dalma-
tions.
It's nasty out there
But the summaries also serve to convey
just how obnoxious movies can be these
days.
Here, for example, is a description of.Freddy's Dead - The Final Nightmare -
"Violence: Continuous, mostly severe.
(Beatings, giant Q-tip driven through the
head, head explodes, body impaled on bed
of nails, hands burned on stove, fingers
cut off, Freddy staked to wall with knives,
Freddy explodes)."
Gee, I hope I didn't ruin the ending of
that movie for anyone.
Pete said Preview is strictly an informa-
tion service, offering details other reviews
don't. The movie JFK is very good, he said.
"But if you're offended by the f-word, you
should know that you're going to hear it 58
times."
(That's still far short of the amazing f-
count in The Commitments. Ninety-eight!)
Of course, the Motion Picture Associa-
tion of America has its rating system. But
Pete said, "If you are a parent and you rely
on the MPAA to protect you, it's like asking
a tobacco company to give you informa-
tion about smoking-related diseases."
The Zimowskis scoff at the idea that
their ratings are tantamount to censor-
ship.
"We put highly detailed labels on the
foods we eat," Pete said. Then, pointing to
his head, he asked, "Why shouldn't we do
that with what we take in here?"Speaking out for Haitians
Proyecto Adelante volunteer Parker
Wilson denounces the forced repa-
triation of Haitians as Vanna Slaugh-The Dallas Morning News:Louis DeLuca
ter of Catholic Charities listens
Tuesday in Dallas. (Story on Page
24A; related story on Page 8A.)By Terry Box
Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
Even with the unusual level of violence
last weekend, Dallas' touted trauma net-
work remains untested six months after it
was formed to deal with a crisis in caring
for severely injured people.
But hospital officials expect the volume
of trauma cases to increase substantially as
the weather warms.
Under the system, when emergencyBlair, Price
clash at forum
in S. Dallas
By Enrique Rangel
Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
Fred Blair threw the first really
good punch.
"We have to take all the guns off
the street," Mr. Blair said. "And I
would make sure that I was not part
of that criminal element myself."
John Wiley Price counter-
punched.
ELECTIONS
Democrats' plans on health. 1A
Other political news. 6-7A
"The way Mr. Blair has been
showing up in the Legislature, we
thought he was homeless," Mr.
Price said, drawing his share of
laughter and applause from the au-
dience.
The race for Dallas County Com-
missioner Precinct 3 got a lively
start Tuesday night as incumbent
Price and challenger Blair engaged
in verbal fisticuffs. Felicia Agent,
another challenger, managed to
stay out of the fight.
The three candidates are run-
Please see PRICE on Page 24A.Box denies he
changed stance
on gay hiringBy Todd Copilevitz
Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
City Council member Glenn Box,
who's championed the fight to keep
gays and lesbians off the Dallas po-
lice force, three years ago' told a
gay-rights group that sexual orien-
tation should not be a consideration
in police hiring and that the state's
sodomy law should be repealed.
Mr. Box made the statements in a
1989 campaign questionnaire he
filled out for the Lesbian/Gay Politi-
cal Coalition of Dallas. He answered
five questions relating to city policy
and the state sodomy law.
"I do not believe sexual orienta-
tion should be a consideration" in
the hiring of gay or lesbian officers,
Mr. Box wrote. When asked about
the state's sodomy law, Mr. Box said
he favored its repeal.
"Even though I have personal
beliefs to the contrary, I do not
think such behavior should be
criminalized," he wrote. "In other
words, I do not think my personalGlenn Box
view should be public law."
Mr. Box said Tuesday that he has
not changed his position on either
hiring policy or state law, that he
has consistently opposed allowing
gays and lesbians to be police offi-
Please see BOX on Page 26A.Woman resubmits
police applicationBy Al Brumley
Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
Mica England, calling herself a
symbol for Dallas' gay community,
wasted no time Tuesday in resub-
mitting her application to become a
Dallas police officer.
Ms. England, a lesbian, took ad-
vantage of a day-old court ruling
that Dallas cannot prohibit gays
and lesbians from joining the force.
State District Judge Lawrence
Fuller ruled that the city cannothave a policy based on the state's so-
domy law, which was ruled uncon-
stitutional by a state district judge
in 1990 but is underappeal.
Ms. England, 27, said she acted so
quickly after the ruling "because I
want them to know I'm serious. I
want this job."
"When you get that angry about
something or someone tells you
you're not good enough because of
who you are," she said, "you just
Please see WOMAN on Page 26A.Tougher days seen for trauma system
rooms are filled at one of the city's three
main trauma hospitals, patients will be di-
verted to backup hospitals.
"Like all the other hospitals, we have
some anxiety about the approach of June,"
said Dr. Compton Broders, chief of emer-
gency medicine at Presbyterian Hospital of
Dallas.Last year, the number of trauma cases
began dropping almost as soon as the new
system was in place. Most of the decrease
was thought to be an aberration - though
unusually cool, wet weather in August had
some effect.
In addition, some victims of violence
who had been shot with sophisticated,high-powered weapons died before they
could be transported to a hospital, officials
said.
But there are signs that 1992 could be
far more difficult than last year for the
eight Dallas hospitals in the trauma system.
Seven people in the Dallas area died
from violence last weekend, and four more
died in car accidents - a number that po-
lice said was unusually high for a two-day
Please see HOSPITALS' on Page 23A.Tape played in nurse's slaying
Court hears suspect's statement in murder"for"hire trialGeorge Hopper
By Pete Slover
Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
Five years after it began, the investigation
into Rozanne Gailiunas' death took a fateful
turn one afternoon when a prisoner named
"Andy" confided in policeman named "Mo."
"Mo, I did it," Richardson police Lt. Morris
"Mo" McGowan testified Tuesday, recalling
the barely audible words that the man he
called "Andy" spoke during a February 1989 in-
terview.
"I said, 'What did you say?' " Lt. McGowan
continued. "He said, 'I killed her.' "Grand Prix, city near deal
to move '93 race downtownBy Mark Zeske
Special contributor to The Dallas Morning News
City officials and Grand Prix 'of
Dallas organizers say they are close
to a four-year agreement to move
the auto race from Addison Airport
to downtown Dallas in September
1993.
The contract, which proposes a
course around City Hall and the
Convention Center, requires City
Council approval.
Assistant City Manager Cliff
Keheley, representing the city innegotiations with Race Promotions
& Management Inc., is scheduled to
brief the council Wednesday dur-
ing its weekly work session.
"It is not a done deal because we
haven't signed any contracts," he
said. "But I would say that since we
are not going to have a race until
1993, we are as close as we can get at
this point in time."
Dallas has not had a major auto
race since 1988. The Fair Park area
was the site for a 1984 Formula One
Please see GRAND on Page 24A.Thus began George Anderson Hopper's
graphic recounting of the Richardson nurse's
death, repeated and videotaped at police head-
quarters later that day. The tape was played
Tuesday for the jury in Mr. Hopper's capital
murder trial.
Mr. Hopper, a 36-year-old car appraiser,
could face the death penalty if convicted in the
October 1983 strangulation and shooting. Po-
lice maintain that he was the final link - and
trigger man - in a chain of people hired by
Please see SUSPECT'S on Page 23A.INSIDE
Rehnquist speech
Changes in the federal court sys-
tem over the past 10 years
threaten the quality of the judici-
ary, U.S. Chief Justice William
Rehnquist says in Dallas.
Page 22A.
Driving restricted
Two weeks after a student was
killed in an accident, the Plano
school district bars 10th-graders
from car-pooling to athletic
workouts. Page 22A.
William Rehnquist Columnist Larry Powell
speaks at bar con- is on vacation.AWAITING ITS BIG TEST
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