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believe it or not, you may be looking at the focal point of one of the pressing legal questions of our age. You're inside the Pink poodle theater lounge just outside the san Jose city limit line in santa Clara County. And time was when the young ladies

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dancing here did so minus the encumbrances of any clothing except shoes. I guess as a matter of fact, that time was up until about 1 30 yesterday afternoon, when a dancer and the manager of the club were arrested on charges of violating the santa Clara County

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ordinance forbidding naked goings on at any place that served food or beverages. The pink poodle serve sandwiches around midday and sells soft drinks, Tuesday. State Supreme Court ruling said such county ordinances were constitutional that local governments can ban the topless bottomless routine wherever food and drink

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are sold, but not in theaters. Pink poodle operator Pete Cousin. It maintains he runs a theater here, not a restaurant. The county disagrees. Obviously it will all go to court, but in the meantime, the topless bottomless signs at the Pink poodle are somewhat misleading.