European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday. June 10,19b6 vets past residence irrelevant for jobs preferences con t foe based on Home state justices Rule Washington a the supreme court ruled tuesday that Stales in granting military veterans Spe Cial preferences for civil service jobs May not delude those men and women who did not live there when icy entered the armed forces. By a 6-3 vote the court overturned a new Yolk Law that limited the special preference to veterans who lived in the state when icy enlisted or were drafted. Members of the armed forces serve the nation As a whole said Justice William j. Brennan in the court s main opinion. He noted Ali ii the nation has a Long standing policy for compensating veterans for their past sacrifices. While a service person s Home state doubtlessly derives indirect Benefit front his or her service the stale benefits equally from the contributions 10 our National Security made by other service Brennan said new York s restrictions violate the constitutional right to travel and the right to equal Protection under the Law of i Host veterans living in new York who were not residents when they joined the armed forces. Because new York could accomplish its purpose without penalizing the right 10 Migrate the Siale is no tree to promote its interests in rough a preference system that incorporates a prior residence require ment he said. Tuesday s ease involves two natives of puerto Rico Eduardo Solo Lopez and Eliezer Baez Herandez who supreme court Roundup lived Here when icy joined the army and later moved to new York. New York officials said at least 15 other Stales have similar preferential Laws for Home slate veterans. They arc Alabama Alaska Connecticut Delaware Florida Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maine Michi Gan Mississippi Oregon Rhode Island South Dakota and Wisconsin. , who left the army in i960 and moved to new York City in 1968, initially was Given 10 Bonus Points on his civil service lest because he was a disabled Veteran. He was hired As a human resources specialist on june i. 1981. But he Bonus was subtracted two Days later when it was discovered he did not live in new York when he joined he army. Bacz Hernandez later was hired for a civil service Job but said the delay in his appointment meant los wages and seniority stemming from the preferential treatment Tor in state residents. Solo Lopez was discharged from the army in 1963 and moved to new York City in 1965. His Bonu Points on a civil service test far housing caretaker were eliminated costing him a Chance at a Job in 19b2. In other cases tuesday the court ruling 8-1, gave the food and drug administration wide authority to decide the level of poisonous substances allowed in the nation s food Supply. Ruled that the Federal government and not stale regulatory agencies is empowered to decide disputes Over Coleci Sicily rates involving More Luin one state. Reunited by a kidney Alicia Sferrino of Framingham mass Shires a laugh monday with her biological Mother Ruth Foisy Al Massachusetts general Hospital in Boston after Wotsy donated a lifesaving kidney to her daughter. The Mother who now lives in Sunrise Ful gave Alicia up for adoption 10 years ago. When the daughter s life was threatened by kid Ney failure doctors listed her Mother who Gate a kidney for transplant. The surgery took place last thursday. 11 protesters arrested at Beauty pageant finals san Diego a Proie Siers denouncing the miss California pageant As dehumanizing to women paraded out Sidi the finals chanting and currying signs like Mold jul of not women and 11 people were arrested police said. The Page can which ended monday was moved to san Diego after 62 years in Santa Cruz in part because of protest there that began in 1980 and have attracted up to 1,000 people. But demonstrators showed up two hours before the contest despite the 500 mile move. The myth California pageant As protest Leader Ann Simontan clubbed the demonstration included several men dressed in High heels and Skirls. The group Sang and chanted and displayed such signs As Beauty comes in All shapes and charges against the 10 women Andone Man Amsid ranged from littering to Battery on a police officer said police spokesman Rick Carlson. Simon Lon a former Model was charged with littering after Slie dropped a Rose. Inside the auditorium Lisa Karen Kahre 19, was selected to represent Cali fornia in september at the miss America pageant. Forty one women competed in the contest which organizers Call a scholarship pageant but which the protesters criticized As dehumanizing and danger Ous to women. We started out in i9so with Only four protesters in Santa Cruz and what we be got Here tonight is an overwhelm ing response loan Issue that touches a lot of women s lives Simon Lon said we believe this scholarship foundation should be giving scholarships to women of All shapes and Sis and we believe there s a correlation Between violence against women and Beauty again pageant 86 . Auto prices up less than Japan a study finds Detroit a the average base found an average Price inc Price of q japanese car has risen si.331 since the 1986 Model year began oct. I compared with a j726 increase in the average Price of a Domestic car a Trade journal reports. A study of cars sold by Japan s four largest car makers Toyota motorcorp., Nissan motor co. Ltd., Honda motor co. Lid. And Mazda motor corp. Increase of 13.9 percent monday s editions of Auto motive news reported. Japanese companies have raised prices As Many As five limes since last fall when the japanese yen began strengthening against the . Dollar. A Dollar bought about 240 yen last summer and was listed at 166.10 yen monday in new York difference of More than 30 percent. Gold card plan to ease Export rules for allies Washington a the Reagan admin Sara Tion in a major casing of controls on sensitive High technology exports tues i. Announced a plan to extend special lines of Export approval to trusted Compa Nies in nato nations and in Japan. The move announced jointly by the defense and Commerce departments will Cut approval time on such exports from an average of 11 Days to two Days or fewer officials said. It will remove thousands of transactions a year from close government scrutiny the officials said. Under the plan to take effect in the fall foreign companies seeking High tech . Products can get the shipments approved in Advance by applying for a credit card like . Gold card officials from both agencies said. The plan will help make . Companies who Manu facture High technology products More competitive by reducing paper work the officials said. We be talked to foreign companies and they like the idea said assistant Commerce Secretary Paul Fri Udenberg. Freedenberg saif1 " Al at first the special treatment will be made available Only to businesses in Japan and among nato allies. However he said the administration plans to extend the privileges to companies in other we Stern nations in the near future. Once a company s credentials Are checked it will get a number like a credit card number. Further shipments of All but the most sensitive High Lech equipment will then be approved with no More than a phone Call Freedenberg said. As examples officials cited orders from foreign Auto companies for . Computers or from Banks overseas for .-made Bank transaction machines. Now hundreds of items Are considered sensitive on a list developed by the Pentagon and their Export requires special licenses. The agreement announced tuesday was the first breakthrough in often difficult negotiations Between the Commerce department and the Pentagon on easing the controls. It is the first significant Reform of the Export Licens ing system in Many Many Yean decades said Stephen d. Erven Deputy undersea Clary of defense for Imda Security policy. Bryan said the Gold card system can handle 10,000 to 20,000 License applications a year. He said the Pentagon favors the approach Over a More Radical proposal contained in Houst passed Trade legislation that would chop by nearly half the list of products that require Export licenses
