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over the past year, san Francisco's nationally famous Topless, bottomless clubs have spent a good deal of time and money defending themselves against the legal and legislative attacks. But today the Supreme Court of the United States may have dealt him a mortal blow. In a 6 to

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3 decision. The court ruled that under the 21st Amendment which repealed prohibition, the California alcoholic beverage control board has the right to regulate the type of entertainment offered by any establishment which is licensed to sell drinks. Club owners while unhappy. Were philosophical about the decision. But

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Donald Levine, who was part owner in six different nightspots, says there is one abc regulation he simply cannot accept. Well, some of the rules I can live with fine, but some of the rules that they have, I can't live with. I'll have to revise my places.

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The six ft rule that they have that patron can't get within six ft. I can't live with because some of the clubs, I own not six ft from the stage. You know, there's no way in the world that have to break through to a new store.

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What was at issue here was in 1970 board rule prohibiting any sexual acts were the real or simulated the displaying of the genital area, body contact between nude performers and nude performers who were less than six ft from the audience. Quite naturally. The club owners and

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dancers screamed unfair and carol Doda. The most famous of all the new dancers felt her civil rights had been violated. Generally carol. What is your reaction to these rules and regulations if you don't have to follow? Well I think it's very stupid. I mean how could

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they wait? How many years? I mean the barkers have been here for so many years and we've been doing or asked for so many years, why all of a sudden is everybody becoming so puritanical? Are they afraid of the body? Are they afraid of what the

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people don't have minds of their owns? What do they think people are going to do? I think I'll just go on doing my act like they do their act in the Supreme Court. I'll do mine. Do you think the nightclub could get along without alcohol? No,

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it can't. But oh yeah I guess it could if they passed the marijuana initiative you think perform your dance and what you wanna do and wear clothes, any kind of clothes or clothing I could, but I wouldn't belong in this club because this club has been

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established as a topless, bottomless nude uh sensual type of club. And I would have to go someplace else. And my boss pays me a very good salary and I just don't think that I should have to quit my job just because of the Supreme Court. I

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do pay a lot of taxes and I think I'm you know I have my rights too. Obviously the clubs now have to make a decision either keep the sexually suggestive sensual acts and stop serving liquor or put g strings on the girls, modify the performances and

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go back to the early, more conservative days of Topless Davey Rosenberg, a publicist for most of the North Beach Club says they could exist without liquor. We could, we could I would be like making a theater out of these places though. I don't know if the

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people that the average person that comes in here, I don't think they're really coming in because of the liquor. I think they come in to see the shows. It would seem then that if you want to watch naked lady wrestlers, seductive nude stewardesses or college coeds

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or whatever your pleasure in the future, then you're gonna have to do it while either eating candy bars and popcorn or drinking milk, orange juice or soda pop rollin post for eyewitness news san Francisco.