Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : March Seeks Export of Topless Rights

Women who won a court battle in New York to bare their breasts in public went topless on a bridge at the U.S.-Canadian border near Ft. Erie, Ontario, in an effort to win similar rights in Canada. About 20 women marched the half-mile from Ft. Erie to Buffalo, N. Y. They took their shirts off when they reached the United States halfway across the Peace Bridge over the Niagara River. Hundreds of spectators followed the march, including men with cameras and video recorders who cheered and hooted when the women took off their shirts. “We’re here to make a point, and I think these people are disgusting, these men with video cameras hoping to get a cheap thrill,” said Poppy Zemlicka, 19, of Welland, Ontario. New York courts have thrown out convictions against women for going topless.