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WASHINGTON — President Reagan shakes hands with, from left, Nancy Harvey Steorts, chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler during a Rose Garden ceremony. The ceremony, which occurred yesterday, honored women in government.
Reagan cites women in top posts
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Reagan, who spent last week courting Hispanics, switched political geears yesterday, challenging critics to stop 'nationalist' and examine his record of placing women in top government posts.
Reagan marked the 10th anniversary of Executive Women in Government, a group of women in top federal posts, with a Rose Garden foundation for tout his record on appointments and take aim at the "gender gap."
"Women are in top policy and decision-making positions throughout the executive branch, yet they are by and large ignored by those who are claiming our record is not up to par," he said. "We've appointed more
women to significant positions than any other administration."
THE WHITE HOUSE issued a compilation of names and numbers last week to bolster Reagan's contention that he has named a record number of women — more than 1,200 — to executive-level positions. The same report showed women held a majority in the appointments at midpoint in his term than at a comparable time in the Carter administration.
Before the ceremony, Reagan named Nan R. Huh to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. His nomination of women to U.S. judgements has lagged behind President Carter's...
But Reagan urged women to look beyond the numbers. Noting he nominated the first woman to the Supreme Court and three others to
Cabinet-rank posts, Reagan insisted women have greater responsibility for policy than ever before.
Reagan has attributed his political problems with women to “mismunderstanding” of his policies and a feminists with democratic leanings.
Public opinion polls, even those commissioned by the White House, show a 10-point or more difference in Reagan between men and women.
WHILE THE administration has undertaken an all-out effort to narrow this gender gap, Reagan insisted the women in his administration "are in positions of authority not because of some artificial quotas, but because they are capable, committed and responsible individuals."
MIAMI — An unarmed motorist, heading home from a sailing club, spotted a terrified young woman being attacked by a crowd of men and fought his way through the angry mob to rescue her, police said yesterday.
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Motorist rescues woman from mob
John Ayer, 34, who braved a crowd of up to 10 men, lost some teeth in the rescue, sustained a fractured jaw and suffered severe cuts, but police said he had saved 19-year-old Angela Vivier's life Saturday night.
"I didn't do much," said Ayer, who underwent surgery today to have his jaw wired. "I just stopped and walked away. I allure very far short of a hero."
But police and Vivier don't agree.
"IT WAS HEROIC," said Metro-Dade County officer Ray Schuck. "It was a great thing that he did, very admirable. I would not like to think about what would have happened to her had he not come along."
Vivier said she knows what would have happened.
"I probably would have been killed. I know I would have been raped," she said. "One one else I ever knew would have been raped. It was like having a guardian angel."
The incident occurred after Vipper had left her job as a clerk at a shopping center and headed home. She took a shortcut down a dark, unlit stretch of
Suddenly, a car pulled out in front of her and the two autos collided, police said. Viver's car skidded and stalled. As she tried repeatedly to restart it, a crowd of between 50 and 100 men surrounded the car.
"I was so stupid," she said. "I rolled
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road through a low-income neighborhood in south Dade County.
INSTEAD, ONE MAN reached inside the car and tore a bracelet from her wrist. Another man stole her purse. She couldn't roll the window back up.
"It was the most frightening thing that ever happened to me in my life," she said.
As a third man began climbing through the open window, Ayer, a repairman who was heading home from the Coconut Grove Sailing Club, drove by. When he spotted the mob, he set feet 8 and 160 pounds, slowed his van.
Men in the crowd urged him to keep going, police said.
But Ayer decided to see for himself. But Ayer stopped the van, get out and said, "I stopped the van."
Ayer walked toward the car and saw Viver was terrified. "He knew I was in danger."
AYER REACHED the car, forced open the crumpled door and said quietly, "You're coming with me. You're going to be OK."
Vivier slowly got out.
"He started walking me toward his van," said Vivier. "He put his arm around me. I saw the men following, surround us. I knew if I ran, they would jump us."
When they were 100 feet from the van, Vivier said she was hit on the head.
"I curled up, thinking I was going to be raped. I was thinking, 'Oh God, please don't let them rape me.'"
"He was on his feet, fighting," said Vivier, who suffered only minor bruises.
Ayer was attacked at the same moment. "Somebody popped me in the jaw," he said. "I went down, but I came right back up."
AS THE TWO were repeatedly struck, an unidentified motorist saw the mob and honked his horn. The attackers pulled back momentarily, giving Ayer and Vivier a chance to flee. A car pursued them, but they escaped to Homestead Air Force Base, where guards alerted police.
"Somehow, he came out of the night and he saved my daughter's life," said Tech Sgt. Gig Victor of Homestead that nurtures fruits and a genuine, selfless courage.
Police searched yesterday for suspects in the case but no arrests were made. Police said it was unlikely that other officers Ayer could identify their attackers.
Study advises against raising minimum wage
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WASHINGTON — The federal minimum wage, now $3.35 an hour, does little to help the poor and should not be raised, a group affiliated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce concluded in a study released yesterday.
Belton Fleiser, the author of the study released by the National Chamber Foundation, said minimum wage actually helped create unemployment.
In 1861, when the federal pay floor was last boosted, 1.25 million jobs were lost because employers could not afford the higher rate, he said.
sometimes reduce fringe benefits and alter working conditions to the detriment of workers.
"All things considered, the minimum wage is not an effective device for raising the income of poor people," said Dr. Charles Giles, professor of economics at Ohio State University.
Besides recommending that Congress leave the minimum wage alone, Fleisher urged legislation be adopted to allow all tip income of restaurant workers and others who get gratuities counted against their minimum wage.
At present, restaurant owners must pay at least 40 percent of the minimum wage to workers, regardless how much tip income the employee gets.
tipped employees should be legally guaranteed higher rate of earnings than other workers," the study said, suggesting the present system reduces job opportunities because it boosts employer costs.
"There is no obvious reason why
Fleisher said he opposed the Reagan administration's proposal for a "subminimum wage" of $2.50 an hour for summer employees under the age of 23.
Marcos' wife urges Reagan not to cancel trip
While the so-called youth opportunity wage would increase job prospects for youths, the study said, "The gain would occur at the cost of an unknown number of lost job opportunities for adult men and women."
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"Moreover, teenagers are reasonably likely to be able to rely on support from other (adult) family members," the study said.
Benigno Aquino.
MANILA, Philippines — First Lady Imela Marcos said yesterday that any cancellation of President Reagan's November visit as demanded by opposition warcies would indicate the state is "not important" to the United States.
Marcos said also that her husband, President Ferdinand Marcos, would ignore demands that he resign over the assassination of opposition leader
The "21" chimes mark the date of Aquino's death Aug. 21 and the day eight years ago on Sept. 21 when President Marcos declared martial
The first lady, 54, told a luncheon for foreign correspondents that she hoped Reagan's scheduled visit to Manila in
Tens of thousands of Filipinos stood still at noon as church bells tolled 21 times in honor of Aquino in the first of a series of attacks by Roman Catholic Cardinal Jaimin Sin.
British spy suspect remanded without bail
early November would go ahead despite opposition calls that it be scrapped.
"If the United States does not think that the Philippines is important or it would be not important to meet President Marcos or come to the United States, we do not base them, then it is an internal decision of the United States," she said.
President Marcos' critics in the Philippines and United States have urged Reagan to bypass Manila for both security and political reasons.
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The officer was identified as Michael John Bettaney, 33. Sources described him as a "middle-ranking officer" in MI1.5 the undercover unit of British intelligence that seeks to expose foreign spy networks in Britain.
He was charged with committing
LONDON — A middle-level British intelligence officer was ordered held without bail yesterday on charges of spying.
certain acts preparatory to communicating to another person for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interest of someone calculated to be useful to an enemy."
The charge covered unspecified activities from the beginning of the activity.
The wording of the charge suggested that Bettany had been apprehended before passing over secrets.
Detective Supt. John Westcott of Scotland Yard's Special Services said there would be further charges of a
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Bettaney was remanded without bail during a three-minute hearing at Horseferry Road Magistrates Court in central London. No date for trial was set.
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