European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday december 28, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 strange bedfellows in feminist lawsuit White House now against special Bene ifs for pregnant workers Washington a the Reagan administration and leading feminist organizations usually at Odds Over women s rights have joined forces in opposing special fringe benefits for pregnant workers. While not in total agreement the administration and the feminists arc urging the supreme court to bar states from requiring such special benefits. The Issue a key one for american business centers on a Montana Law requiring employers to Grant leaves of absence to pregnant workers who request them even if leaves arc not granted for any other cause. The administration and the feminists say the Montana Law discriminates illegally against men and non pregnant women. The High court May say sometime in january whether it will tackle the Issue. The Montana controversy arose in 1979 when the Miller Wohl co., which operates 290 women s apparel stores throughout the country fired Tamara Buley from her Job As a retail clerk at its three Sisters store in great Falls. Mont. Bully had discovered she was pregnant 12 Days after she was hired. She missed a considerable amount of work due to morning she was fired less than a month after being hired. The Montana supreme court ruled the firing violated a 1975 state Law aimed at protecting pregnant employees and ordered Miller Wohl to give bully Back pay. The Law says employers May not fire any worker be cause of pregnancy refuse to Grant a reasonable leave of absence for a pregnancy or refuse to reinstate the employee following the leave. When bully was fired. Miller Wohl offered no sick leave or leaves of absence to any worker not employed with the company for at least one year. The company s lawyers say the Siatt Law. Rather than requiring Equality mandates the kind of preferential treatment barred by title Vii of the civil rights act of 1964. Congress amended the Federal Law in 1978 to make Clear hat discrimination in employment based on preg Nancy is illegal. The National organization for women the women s Legal defense fund and the league of women voters arc supporting Miller Wohl s Effort to overturn the Montana Law. Legislating on the basis of pregnancy As Montana has done might appear superficially to be beneficial to women but in fact it has Many harmful the groups Friend of the court Brief contends. At least some employers respond to such incentives by not hiring women the groups say. Their Brief argued that the 1978 Federal Law. Called the pregnancy disability amendment is sufficient to make bully a Winner in her fight against Miller Wohl. The Brief says the Federal Law bars employers from reducing benefits that pregnant employees enjoyed before the Law took effect. The women s groups contend he Federal Law requires Miller Wohl and Montana to extend unpaid disability leave to All workers. Reagan administration lawyers agree that the Montana Law conflicts with Federal Law and should be struck Down. However they told the High court in a recently submitted Brief that requiring leaves for All employees might Well be inconsistent with the clearly expressed intent of Congress in enacting the i97s Law Congress repeatedly emphasized that it intended that employers be free to provide any level of benefits they wished or none at All so Long As they did not use pregnancy As a criterion for allocating those the government s Brief says the administration s lawyers who took More than six months to answer the High court s request last May for their views on the Issue also say the court should review a similar pregnancy benefits Law from California. A supreme court Challenge to thai 1978 stale Law was filed in september by the California Federal savings and loan association the merchants and manufacturers association and the California chamber of Commerce. Late hoi Day Rush kept Cash registers jingling by he associated press the nation s major retailers rang up widely mixed sales during the crucial Christmas season which was six Days Shorter this year but sales on the last three shopping Days were exceptionally Strong analysis nationwide reported. Many americans who did not have to work thursday were out taking advantage of Post Christmas sales and exchanging merchandise. But in some places business was not As frenetic As usual because the Holiday fell at mid week for the first time in 11 years and severe weather gripped several regions. We had a very Strong s is to id arc feeling very positive Abo i said Charles self a vice president of Wal Mart stores inc., the fast growing discount Chain based in Bentonville Ark. December sales at Wal Mart the nation s seventh largest retailer will be up More than 30 percent Over a year ago self said. Sales at stores open More than a year will be up about a third of that he said. Scars the country s largest retailer was t sure it would report any kind of gain Over last Christmas. We re encouraged by inc Strong Fin ish said spokesman Ernie arms la s still touch and go whether our sales for the total period will be slightly higher or slightly lower than last the last Lime Sears december sales fell from the previous year was in 197s. The Christmas period is the must important for retailers accounting for More than half of their revenues for the year. For the nation s major retailers Overall Holiday sales will be up 4 percent to 5 percent Over 19h4, or an average performance for Christmas said Tom Tashjian a retail analyst with the investment firm Prudential Bache securities inc. An average Christmas is very accept he said. Monroe Greenstein. An analyst with Bear Stearns and co., made a similar assessment of sales satisfactory not a Strong season. That s k Mart corp., the no. 2 retail Chain in the United states has seen a drop in sales at stores open More than a year while no. 3 . Penney co May report a slight increase Irce Stein said. The analysis said Consumers did most of their buying just after thanksgiving and just before Christmas Day. Unseasonably warm weather discouraged shopping Early in december Tashjian said sales were stronger on the coasts than in the rest of the country where manufacturing and farming have failed on hard economic times he said. The Christmas shopping season formally begins the Day after thanksgiving which fell on nov. 2k this year compared with nov. 22 in 1984. Newspaper publisher quits lied about War record attorney Tom Collins made Public govern ment documents that said Tully never served in any Branch of the . Military. I bring this Issue to your attention be cause if True the person who has been Lead ing these attacks against me docs nol de serve his position As a Community Leader Collins told a news conference. Collins launched his attack against Tully and the two newspapers because he said they have been out to smear him. He said they had published lies about him and that the time to fight Back in Public had arrived. Phoenix Ariz. Dpi the publisher of Arizona s two largest newspapers re signed thursday following inc disclosure he had lied about an illustrious military career As a combat fighter Pilot in two wars. Darrow Duke Tully 53, publisher of the Arizona Republic Phoenix Gazette apologized for lying about flying missions in both Korea and Vietnam winning numerous decorations including the purple heart and being shot Down once. Tully s delicious military career Story unravelled thursday after Maricopa county Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 28, 1945 establishment of a commission for control of atomic Energy to the extent necessary to ensure its use for peaceful purposes was proposed by the big three foreign ministers conference in Moscow the official communique announced. 30 years ago today. Dec 28 1955 Ernest Borgnine for his role in Marty and Jennifer Jones for is a Many Splon Dorod thing were named the outstanding actor and actress of 1955 by the nation s film critics. 20 years ago today. Dec 28, 1965 Clayton Fritchy. Special assistant to the late in. Ambassador Adlai e Stevenson charged that the Johnson administration has concealed South Viet Nam s Flat refusal to participate in unconditional negotiations to end the Vietnam War. Collins problems with the newspapers stemmed from articles written last summer about his travel expenses and his investigation into a Mesa Ariz., Charity. Shortly after the news conference a spokes Man for Tully confirmed that his Boss had never been in the military. Within two Houre. Tully issued another statement in the interests of preserving the integ Rity of the Arizona Republic Phoenix Gazette Tully said "1 have tendered my res ignation effective tally had said he was a former air Force fighter Pilot who was shot Down in Korea in 1952. And received such prestigious medals As the distinguished flying Cross and the purple heart. He admitted lying about his record. I have never been in the air Force or any Branch of the armed service Tulk said i regret this deception deeply. Sever Al months ago 1 disclosed this matter to several close friends and associates including my minister. I apologize to All veterans and members of the military and to my friends and when if comes of neckwear bows Aren f if of be tied 10 years ago today a Vail of dec 28 1975 the greek government clamped a Complete ban on news about the assassination of Richard Welch chief of Cia operations in Greece who was gunned Down in Athens. New York up men who Wear Bow ties arc not trusted by their fellow employees or by juries an image consultant said thursday in Success Magazine. If you have a Bow tie 1 recommend you leave it at Home John Molloy wrote in the january february Issue of the Magazine. Although some people have the authority or flair to make them work the average person who wears a Bow tic is distrusted by almost everyone tvs said. He said most lawyers avoid putting a Man who wears a Bow lie on a jury because the attorneys believe the Man is not Likely to be moved by a sound Many people react to Bow tic wearers the same Way. Whether the bad reputation is deserved or not it s still if you must Don a Bow tie however Mol Loy suggested getting the right accessories for it a red nose and a Beanie Cap with a Molloy said lies carry an important and for a business executive or would be executive wearing inc the wrong lie May be the bar sinister of our in the Middle Ages the bar sinister Mark on a heraldic shield indicated that the bearer was illegitimate and lacked the background to get to the he said that the most useful lie is the rep or diagonally striped i -.1. It always sends the right message he said. To the most sophisticated executive it announces that you arc a member of his club. That s whal you want to
