PERSONALITIES

Sleeping out on the city's heating grates brought the publicity the organizers wanted, but it wasn't much fun for the congressmen and Hollywood celebrities who spent the night in the cold. They were a bedraggled lot when they arose yesterday morning after participating in the "Grate American Sleep-Out," organized by actor Martin Sheen and homeless advocate Mitch Snyder.

Rep. Tony Coelho (D-Calif.), the majority whip, said waking up was the worst part. "God, was it cold, and the wet came through the sleeping bag. It was miserable," he said yesterday from the comfort of his Capitol Hill office. He said he only got about three hours of sleep, having been constantly awakened by the street noises. "The reality of the morning was that we could go home and take a warm shower. We had someplace to go and the tragedy was the homeless have no hope." Having made their point, Coelho said he didn't think that he or any of the other celebrities would ever want to sleep in the street again.

TransAfrica's Ads

TransAfrica is launching a campaign against Sens. Robert Dole (R-Kan.) and Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), with full-page newspaper advertisements in Kansas and in North Carolina as part of the organization's new "Faces Behind Apartheid" campaign. The ad featuring Dole will appear in his home state's Wichita Eagle-Beacon, the one on Helms in The Charlotte Observer.

Randall Robinson, executive director of TransAfrica, the lobby for Africa and the Caribbean, said yesterday that Helms' position in support of the South African government is clear, while Dole's is not so clear. He said Dole is a more influential voice and is "bragging" about his role in supporting the president's veto of sanctions against South Africa. Robinson said Dole is also considering hiring John P. Sears, a longtime registered lobbyist for South Africa, as his 1988 presidential campaign strategist. Robinson said the advertising campaign against Dole and Helms would continue all year and may find its way into national publications.

Out and About

The multitalented Pia Zadora has given birth to her second child, a son named Kristofer Barzie Riklis. She named the baby Barzie as a tribute to her agent, Tino Barzie. The wife of Meshulam Riklis, millionaire businessman and financial angel to her singing and acting projects, gave birth Monday at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. The couple has a 2-year-old daughter, Kady. Zadora will resume her singing career with 10 one-night appearances in Florida beginning March 26 ...

Alexander Godunov, the Bolshoi Ballet dancer whose 1979 defection to the United States created an international incident, became a U.S. citizen yesterday. Godunov left the Bolshoi while on tour in New York City, and the airliner carrying his wife, Soviet ballerina Lyudmila Vlasova, was grounded at Kennedy airport while U.S. officials satisfied themselves she was returning to the Soviet Union of her own free will. Godunov was sworn in yesterday with 189 other new citizens in Manhattan Federal Court. He said he would celebrate by eating a hamburger stuffed with caviar ...

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