gpu news 30¢ GAY PEOPLES UNION/MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN/ SEPTEMBER 1973 SEX MURDERS SHOCK NATION Houston, Texas--27 bodies of teen age boys have been unear- thed in this area, marking the largest recorded mass murder in modern American history. The murders came to light when Elmer Wayne Henley, 17, ad- mitted that he killed Dean Arnold Corll, 33, during a paint sniffing, sex-torture session involving two other teen agers, a girl and a boy. Williams, 15, and Timothy C. Kerley, 20, to a torture board, but was handcuffing him. Corll threatened to kill him. He talked his way free and then shot Corll and freed the other two. The girl is currently in a detention home and the boy has dropped from sight. Apparently the murders took place over a period of at least three years, with most of the bodies being buried in a boat shed rented by Corll. Little is known about Corll, except that he was an electrician for Houston Lighting and Power. His neighbors describe him as pleasant, quiet, and retiring. Both Henley and Brooks were high school drop outs. (See Editorial, page 2) Henley also implicated David NOW HEAR THIS: DISHONORABLE Owen Brooks, 18, now married with a pregnant wife. According to Henley, he and Brooks, a former room mate of Corll, enticed youths to Corll's home where they were sexually abused, tortured and killed. The three men then disposed of the bodies by burial in remote places. Brooks has denied any part in the killings, claiming that he only helped with the burials. Henley stated that he had passed out after sniffing paint fumes and awoke to find that Corll had not only fastened Rhonda ROYAL HOTEL'S REIGN ENDS The closing of a gay bar, unlike the many grand openings, Usually goes unheralded. However, when Michelle's Bar in the Royal Hotel at Fifth and Michigan closes its doors Sunday, September management plans a celebration. The Royal Hotel has been sold and will be torn down to make way for new Blue Cross Insurance Building. a on 23, The bar in the hotel has been predominately gay as long as anyone can remember. Old timers tell us that 40 years ago the Royal Hotel Bar was a popular meeting place for gay people. The bar has changed hands and names several times over the years, recently being called "The Stud" (CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 ) DISCHARGES MAY BE UPGRADED LES ASPIN, WISCONSIN'S 1ST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN PHOTO BY STEVE WEBER, CROSSROADS U.W.M. Wisconsin Democratic Congressman Les Aspin has joined forces with Manhattan Congressman Edward Koch in attempts to get the Pentagon to reclassify less than honorable discharges given to servicemen and women. The efforts include discharges given because of homosexuality. If you are a former ser- viceperson whose less than honorable discharge carries one of the following codes: 249, 250, 251, 252, 255, 257, 361, 362, 388, 46B, 46D, 511, 514, 552, 586, and 587, you should write to one or both of the congressmen at The House Office Building, Washington, D.C. In addition to attempts to reclassify such discharges ad- ministratively, the congressmen have introduced a bill seeking to force the reclassifications legislatively. MADISON GAY CENTER OPENS Madison, Wis---A new Gay Center has opened in this city at 550 State Street. The sponsors of the center offer counseling, in- formation, rap sessions and speakers. The Center is open from 10 A.M. to noon, and 1 P.M. until 4 P.M. Monday thru Friday, and from 7 to 10 P.M. in the evening Sunday through Thur- sday. A Gay coffeehouse is open from 8 P.M. to 1 on Friday and Saturday nights featuring free food in a quiet and relaxed at- mosphere. A Gay Liberation Workshop meets regularly at the center at 8 P.M. every Wednesday. The center also opened on August 28, a Gay V.D. Clinic for men. V.D. Screening services for gay men is available every Tuesday from 7 to 10 P.M. at the center. The centers telephone number is 257-7575. ---