Encounters: A Senator Tries to Explain

Leisure Spa offered "nude modeling, nude encounters and nude rap sessions" to men who would pay a $10 membership fee—tipping extra, naturally. So what was Roger Jepsen, staunch promoter of traditional family values, doing there on March 15, 1977? Jepsen, now a Republican Senator from Iowa, had many explanations last week. It was, he said, "a moment of weakness." He dropped in thinking the spa was a legitimate health club, he contended, and left in a few minutes after discovering what was really being offered for sale—though he did sign an application. Anyway, the...

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