NAKED TRUTH IS FIG LEAVES STAY PENNSYLVANIA WON'T BE TURNING A NEW LEAF DURING RESTORATION OF STATUES AT ITS CAPITOL.(News/National/International)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: March 3, 1996 | Copyright information

Byline: Peter J. Shelly Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Scripps Howard News Service

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- This could be the longest-running cover-up in the history of Pennsylvania state government.

Gov. Tom Ridge's administration is spending $1.1 million to refurbish a set of larger-than-life nude statues that flank the main entrance to the state Capitol.

When the refurbishing of the male and female figures, unveiled in 1911, is finished this fall, the work o...

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