European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes june 1985 Reagan defends nominee As a fighter for civil rights Washington a president Reagan came to the defense of his embattled nominee for associate attorney general extolling William Bradford Rey nolds As a tireless fighter against discrimination opposed by those who have turned our civil rights Laws on their Reynolds nomination is bogged Down in the Senate judiciary where most democrats oppose him because of what they say is a poor record in four years As assistant attorney general for civil a Republican Charles Mathias of has also said that testimony before the committee raised significant questions about Reynolds As associate attorney Reynolds would be the third ranking official of the Justice he deserves that Reagan said in his weekly radio address from Camp i am confident the Senate will confirm has requested additional which arc tentatively scheduled to begin Mathias made the request after three civil rights Law yers contradicted Reynolds testimony that he had met with opponents or opposing lawyers in two voting rights act cases in Louisiana and Mississippi before deciding not to Challenge election redistricting plans in the two the plans were later thrown out in separate court actions As the three Frank Lani Guinier and William who were involved in the said Reynolds did not meet with and they knew of no meetings he held with others involved in attacking the two Reagan said Reynolds has played a key role in his administrations Effort to return the civil rights Laws to their original meaning to prevent discrimination against any and All but there Are some today in the name of would have us practice he they have turned our civil rights Laws on their claiming they mean exactly the opposite of what they these people Tell us that the government should enforce discrimination in favor of some groups through hiring quotas under which people get or lose particular jobs or promotions solely because of their race or Brad Reynolds is not Only a tireless fighter against he is a Brilliant and dedicated Reagan but his nomination is being opposed by some who dont agree with us about civil rights by some who favor the discrimination of Reagan said while discrimination is not yet a thing of the his administration has worked energetically to end discrimination in hous ing in All the areas covered by the our record on enforcing minority voting rights is at the top of the he teachers Bay swim is a of Josf san Francisco up a 26yearold special education teacher who Hopes to swim the English Channel became the first person to swim the length of the san Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge and a distance of 22 Suzanne Heim of san Rafael jumped into Calm Waters at pier 28 saturday and climbed out of the Bay at nearly the same according to a boat operator who supervised the this was just supposed to be a training said but i made it Over to Oakland in Good so i just went for everything was favourable i thought it was a message to keep who works with severely handicapped Chil Dren in Marin tried to swim from san Francis co to Oakland and Back in november but she said her latest achievement was in preparation to swim the English Channel in Heim holds numerous local records in she is the Only person to swim the 10 Miles from the san Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge to Ocean Beach on the Pacific Shore of san panel supports to limit business lunch deductions Alaska a president reagans proposal to limit the tax deductibility of business lunch expenses got a boost saturday when a conference of mayors committee rejected a Resolution opposing the the 26member Urban economic policy committee overwhelmingly opposed two Reagan pro it urged Congress not to Stop general Revenue sharing to state and local governments and opposed a halt to deductions for state and local taxes on Federal personal income tax the committee is part of the 53rd annual con Ference of which opened the committees resolutions will be voted on by the entire Gath ering of about 180 mayors near the end of the on mayors of several Large cities have opposed the limit on business lunch expense claiming it could shut Down some restaurants and other businesses that depend on entertaining businessmen for part of their but a majority of the committee followed the Lead of mayor Dianne Feinstein of san Francisco in opposing a Resolution opposing limits on the she said mayors have to show they Are willing to support at least some Effort to reduce the huge Federal new Orleans mayor Ernest president of the conference and sponsor of the Resolution opposing the lunch and entertainment presented a study made in december for the National restaurant it predicted that a 50 percent limit on tax deductibility in 1986 would cause a nationwide employment decline of about mostly in the restaurant Indus but fort mayor Winfield Moses countered if were indeed serious about being any help in the Effort to keep this deficit i dont see How we could be in favor of keeping deductibility is for these types of it sends the wrong signal to the nation that we mayors Arent going to give up anything at a big Issue for cities is reagans proposal to halt deductions for state and local that could raise an estimated billion for the but could make voters less Likely to approve increases in local mayors arriving for the annual meeting didst even wait for saturdays first sessions to Start criticizing reagans budget and tax overhaul a task Force on tax made up of mayors and other City met Friday to map opposition to reagans task Force members discussed a Resolution introduced by Moses and mayor Joseph Sensenbrenner of among other the Resolution attacks reagans proposal to end the tax deductible status of Industrial development which cities Issue to raise Money for construction without tax deductible stat the Bonds would be much less attractive to invest and the mayors said cities would have a difficult time finding other ways to borrow Sensenbrenner also suggested that the mayors urge Congress not to set limits on deductions for charitable which help charities provide social serv ices that cities no longer can provide because of budget cities also oppose reagans proposed end to general Revenue which annually distributes Bil lion in Federal funds to county and City govern this years conference is not As Well attended As it was last when a politically charged meeting in Philadelphia attracted about 225 notable absences include the mayors of new los Miami and stateside distinguished flying Cross Given to Navy reservist for heroism Washington a Navy Secretary John leh Man has presented the distinguished flying Cross to David Strong of the naval Reserve for heroism Dur ing a mishap March 11 near the Miramar Nas in the who works for the Westinghouse electric in had a Complete engine failure and fire in his rf8 crusader shortly after aware that the area around the base was densely pop he chose to stay with his plane and managed to guide it to the least populated Section of a nearby ejecting at an Altitude of Only 100 he successfully steered his Parachute Clear of the fireball and landed without injury in a the Navy said in a Strong then aided firefighters to extinguish the von Bulow says divorcing wife would be act of abandonment new York up Claus von Bulow said in a to interview that he will never divorce his comatose wife because that would be an act of in an interview on Abc news 2020 von Bulow also said his work As a financier and not a love Triangle was the reason he originally wanted to leave Martha sunny von von who was acquitted of trying to murder his said he could not leave her now because i think that is an act of von in a coma since has left von Bulow million in her which prosecutors cited As his motive in trying to prove that he twice tried to murder von Bulow said the rest of the million estate would go to her Colorado City reaps a Bonanza with its sign amnesty Day a thirty traffic 12 traffic Cones and one broken signal were turned in during Lakewood sign amnesty the Only trouble none of them belonged to we didst say anything to said Jim City traffic operations we just happily took their the amnesty was organized so people could return City with no questions Lakewood spends about a year to replace stolen Richey 17yearold Honor student killed in fall from Balcony during party a a 17yearold girl fell off a second Story Balcony and died of a Skull fracture during a party to celebrate a friends scheduled court appearance on Drunken driving Shelly an Honor student and was attending a party at an apartment in this Eastern Kansas town when the Accident said Oren head of the cites police Mike attempted to carry Ward into the apartment when she appeared to be close to falling asleep on the Skiles he said Fitzgerald apparently lost his balance and both fell Over the Ward fell on her head on a Concrete pad about 14 feet below the Balcony and Fitzgerald fell on a gravel drive Fitzgerald was taken to a Hospital for possible Back and head injuries but later was san Jose jury indicts four men for illegally exporting computer Washington up government searching Silicon Valley for High technology have charged four men with diverting a computer with military applications to the soviet the International Trade administration a Federal grand jury in san returned indictments against Marino president of pin of West and three other men for illegally exporting a digital the Vax the Agency the computer is especially valuable As a favor Ite of defense it can run sophisticated software developed for the officials the computer was shipped to to Switzerland and then to the government also indicted were Raymond president of Coles of Haiti Richard of san and Lawney a former resident of san Jose whose whereabouts Are presently