European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 21, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 what appeals to women Nof Regan Washington a feminists Are demanding an apology from while House chief of staff Donald Regan for saying that most women Don t understand human rights arms control or other weighty issues being discussed at the Summit in Geneva. Regan s gender Gaffe came As he told a Washington Post reporter that he expects the activities of first ladies Nancy Reagan and Raisa Gorbachev at Geneva to hold High Appeal especially among women. They re not. Going to understand missile throw weights or what is Hap pening in Afghanistan or what is happen ing in human rights Regan said of female Summit watchers. Some women will but most women believe me your readers for the most part if you took a poll would rather read the human in Terest stuff of what rep. Patricia Schmo Cdr a Colo. Said tuesday that she found it absolutely unbelievable that Regan would intimate that women would be interested in Little More than what mrs. Cugan and mrs. Gorbachev were wearing or saying at Tea. I think it s a real insult and women deserve an apology said Schmo Cdr a 13-year Veteran of the House armed services committee. I bet i know More about those things than or. Regan she added. Ellie Simcal the president of the National organization for women said she was glad to learn the president took Bonzo to Geneva with it s hard not to laugh said Irene Natividad who chairs the National women s political caucus. All the gender Gap polls in 84 showed that peace was the no. I women s Issue. We re the ones bearing the sons who would go to she said Regan s comment is typical of an administration which believes that Only White men arc entitled to having an opinion about the key issues of our Ardon Cummings the executive director of peace links an anti nuclear group said if the 40,000-plus members of her organization Are any example of the rest of the women in the United states or. Regan certainly is not educated about american _ Tongue in Cheek the Post editorialized tuesday that Regan s statement probably explains Why British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was t invited to the Summit. How could the prime minister even follow the de Bate the Post wrote. She d probably be sneaking away to listen to an Alpen Horn concert just when the going got rough on ski strategic defense initiative Schroeder noted that there arc women s anti nuclear groups from All Over the world in Geneva for the Summit and she said women legislators from five continents asked for and were de Nied a meeting with president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Eye rolling stereotype later criticized 30s Star Stepin fetch it Dies at 83 los Angeles a Stepin fetch it the actor whose comedic roles in 5�30s movies As a shuffling head scratching servant came to be viewed As a negative stereo Type of Blacks died tuesday at the age of 83. The actor whose real name was Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry died at the motion picture and television Hospital in Woodland Hills a Lac he had been treated for pneumonia and congestive heart failure since March said Hospital spokeswoman Jean Ferris. The actor had lived at the motion picture and television country House since 1977, she said. A native of key West Fla., fetch it appeared in films like Steamboat round the the special character depicted by the actor was later criticized and fetch it said he resented the criticism. I became the first negro entertainer to become a millionaire he said in a 1968 interview. All the things that Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier have done would t be Possi ble if i had t broken that Law the race Barrier. I set up thrones for them to come and sit he took his adopted name from a race horse he won some Money on in Oklahoma before heading for Holly Wood in the 1920s. He was the first Black to be Given featured Billing in movies with will Rogers and Shirley Temple. When i came into motion pictures it was As an individual he said. "1 had no manager and no one had the idea of making a negro a said a 1960s lbs to documentary titled Black he sued lbs for $3 million for allegedly holding him up to hatred contempt and the series was narrated by Cosby. The suit was dismissed in 1974 by a Federal judge who held that the actor was a Public figure and that the remarks were directed Only at his role not at the actor personally. In his later years fetch it received Many honors for his work. In 1976, he received a special image award from the Hollywood chapter of the National association for the advancement of coloured people. He was elected to the Black filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1978. Performances in films like showboat stand up and cheer and dimples gave Way to a dearth of roles in the decades following the 1930s. .,., he estimated that he made $2 million in his heyday and lived like a Star owning 16 can including a Pink Rolls vile photo Slepin fetch it in 1968set up thrones for other Blacks Royce. But in 1947, he declared bankruptcy and later made his living performing in nightclubs and making infrequent film appearances. In 1969, his son Donald killed three people and committed suicide on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The actor is survived by a sister Marie Carter and another son identified Only As Remajo Ferris said. His wife died in january at the Hospital she said. Funeral plans were pending. Officer indicted on charges of tiling false claims Alexandria a. A an army intelligence officer was indicted tuesday by a Federal grand jury on charges of defrauding the government and also faces court martial proceedings on allegations of financial irregularities. The grand jury charged that it. Col. Dale c. Duncan 39, filed false claims involving More than $66,000. He faces arraignment on Friday. The indictment was part of a sweeping financial investigation of army intelligence that began in Decem Ber 1983, the Washington Post reported in its wednes Day editions. Pentagon press duty officer maj. Greg Mcguckin said he had no comment on the report. The newspaper quoted sources As saying the army is trying to account for More than $150 million spent on Covert missions from 1981 to 1983. Delta Force included the investigation has included a probe of the elite hostage Rescue team known As Delta Force the report said. More than 80 of the estimated 300 members of Delta Force have been investigated the newspaper quoted sources As saying. One source said several members of the team face courts martial for alleged double Billing while on classified assignments for the Cia and the slate department. So far investigators have ordered collections of at least s50.000 in allegedly misspent funds sources told the Post. The indictment charged Duncan with filing a false claim for an airline ticket he had received free under an airline Bonus program with falsely claiming to have spent $8,400 to charter an air plane in april 1983, and with submitting a voucher for More than $56,000 Worth of electronic equipment which had been paid for earlier by another army department. Duncan and his wife filed suit in Federal court in Alexandria earlier this year charging the army with violating their constitutional rights by illegally obtaining credit card records. 6 persons killed As car swerves out of control Madeira Beach Fla. A a car swerved out of control on a Bridge and slowed onto a catwalk hurling six people including a pregnant woman 30 feet into the Bay to their deaths police said tuesday. Police said three men and three women were walking along the catwalk usually used for fishing on the Bridge s North Side when the car swerved out of control Mon Day night and knocked them into Boca Ciega do giant woman identified As Ben Edem Malro 38. In her fifth month was cored from the water alive but died Early tuesday at a Hospital authorities said. A baby boy was taken from her womb about two hours before her death Bayfront medical Center spokesman Jim Carnahan said. The infant was taken from surgery to All childrens Hospital next door but died there Early tuesday a spokesman said. The Driver was attempting to pass an other vehicle where he should t have where three lanes merge into two when he swerved and lost control said police sgt. Matthew Mcshane. He said the dead were All from the bos ton suburb of Medford. The Bridge part of the Tom Stuart causeway connects Madeira Beach with the Southern tip of the town of Seminole. Boca Ciega Bay separates St. Petersburg from a string of Beach resort towns along the Gulf of Mexico. Mcshane said no charges had been filed pending results of an investigation. The Driver of the car Richard Hayes 37, suffered a broken leg and his passenger Fred Leno 30, was treated and released Mcshane said. Both Are from St. Peters Burg. Leno reached at Home tuesday said he could t remember details of the Acci Dent. He said he and Hayes were headed to nearby Johns pass to fish. They were not wearing scat belts he said and were thrown from the Volkswagen As it rolled Over. Four bodies were recovered from the Bay monday night and another was re covered tuesday said detective Terry Heath. In addition to mrs. Magro and her Hus band Frank 39, the victims were identified As James Melon and his wife Evelyn their son Richard and his wife Linda. Mcshane said the six were wintering at Seminov in Pinellas county
