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- <text id=89TT0371>
- <title>
- Feb. 06, 1989: American Notes:California
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Feb. 06, 1989 Armed America
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 36
- American Notes
- CALIFORNIA
- And Next, Rubber Suites
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- <p> If a proposal before the Berkeley city council becomes law,
- hoteliers will be offering more than a bed, bath and Gideon
- Bible. Leland Traiman, a registered nurse who treats AIDS
- patients, has suggested that the city help combat the spread of
- the disease by requiring hotels and motels to equip each guest
- room with safe-sex information kits, including condoms. The kits
- would also be distributed at some local massage parlors and
- saunas. "There could be a sign with each kit saying, THE BIBLE
- MAY SAVE YOUR SOUL, BUT THIS WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE," says Traiman.
- Some innkeepers fear that guests might find the kits offensive.
- Elie Cukierman, owner of the venerable Shattuck Hotel, suggests
- an alternative: a sign in each room stating that condoms are
- available free, on request.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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