"Dance Club Barred From Promoting Event as AIDS Benefit"

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"Dance Club Barred From Promoting Event as AIDS Benefit"

Philadelphia Inquirer (12/24/92), P. B3
Cass, Julia

Abstract: A Philadelphia night club has illegally been promoting a New Year's Eve event as a benefit for AIDS research, and has been asked to stop doing so by the state Attorney General. Bob Gentzel, a spokesman for Attorney General Ernie Preate, said a nonprofit foundation used by the Aztec Club to sponsor the event was not registered as a charity, as required by Pennsylvania law. Among the four AIDS organizations listed as beneficiaries of the event, two have argued that their names were used without permission and the other two are not listed as charities in Pennsylvania, said Gentzel. The event is expected to feature local and national celebrities at a ticket price of $150. Rick Miller, the dance club's marketing director, said the club discontinued ticket sales when it received a letter from Preate on Tuesday. He said that the club's lawyers responded by sending the Attorney General's Office the information it requested and were "waiting to hear from them so we can start selling tickets again." Gentzel said that the club's nonprofit organization for the event, the New Year's AIDS Foundation, and the two groups that now will be beneficiaries, must register as charities with the Department of State. The two groups that did not give authorization to use their names in the club's promotional material were Action AIDS in Philadelphia and the American Foundation for AIDS Research in New York. The only two groups now listed as beneficiaries are Total AIDS Support Service in Glenside and the Search Alliance in Los Angeles.

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