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The Independent Record, Helena, Wednesday, March 25, 1987 SC Court revives federal sen discrimination case NATOON NOTCH I 1 WASHINGTON (AP) A federal appeals court says it finds evidence that the State Department has discriminated against women in the assignment and promotion of foreign service officers. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, finding numerous legal and factual errors, revived 11-year-old sex discrimination claims rejected by U.S. District Judge John Lewis Smith Jr. in a 1985 ruling.

The district court unreasonably rejected a major portion of appellants evidence that the promotion decisions at issue were infected with a discriminatory motive," the three-judge appellate panel said in a 67-page opinion Tuesday. The unanimous opinion, written by Chief Judge Patricia Wald, found the State Department had discriminated against women in making two types of assignments and in the granting of a coveted performance award. The court, which found "a number of legal errors" and several clearly erroneous errors of fact, also ordered Smith to reconsider several other claims of sex discrimination in the hiring, promotion and assignment of foreign service officers. The State Department said in a statement that officials were not prepared to comment on the ramifications of the decision. The court panel suggested there was sufficient proof of discrimination in the areas it ordered Smith to reconsider.

Specifically, it found that there was ample evidence that a disproportionately low number of eligible women were assigned to senior programirection jobs. Unless the district court can find valid basis supported in the record for rejecting the inference of discrimination, it must rule in favor of the appellants on this claim, the court said. The appellate panel also found strong statistical evidence that women were transferred from political and economic jobs to iess prestigious consular work in disproportionate numbers. jWarplanes run out iof airspace WASHINGTON (AP) The Pentagon may not be able to re-splvejrural residents complaints of Being bombed and strafed by warplanes, but it has decided its got to bring some order to the process of setting aside airspace for military training. The Defense Department, in a Feb.

24 letter to the General Accounting Office, officially concurred with a new audits conclusion that the Navy and Air Force have been approaching airspace management in a haphazard fashion. Because it has not been a high priority in the Department of Defense, the military services have not attempted to forecast or coordinate their requests to restrict airspace, said the GAO, the congressional watchdog agency. The result, the agency added, been the deployment of highspeed fighters to bases that dont have sufficient restricted airspace for training purposes, and have little prospect of obtaining rights to such airspace without touching off bitter fights with residents and the civilian aviation community. While offering a few caveats, the Pentagon agreed it was time to centralize planning and better define its needs for airspace. By July 1987, the Department Defense plans to develop a directive that will require the services to develop and maintain airspace plans, use these plans to help make aircraft basing and mission decisions and share these plans with the Federal Aviation Administration and affected states, the Pentagon wrote the GAO.

"Airspace planning by the DoD, however, can only be effective if complemented by planning from other sectors of aviation. Some of the most disruptive changes to air traffic flows in recent years have been the result jof unilateral airline decisions to centralize the flow of their aircraft through designated regional airports or hubs." The 27-page audit by the GAO, initiated on its own authority last year, was published Monday. It paints in bleak terms a problem that has become only too real to rural residents in recent years, particularly in the West: too little airspace to accommodate the Pentagon's demands for low-flying, fast-moving jets. Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig expounds to voters in Dixville Notch, N.H., in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination. Haig starts at Dixville Notch Candidate visits all 35 voters in nations 1st reporting precinct DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H.

(AP) Newly announced presidential contender Alexander Haig opened his campaign by courting the nation's first voters all 35 of them as if they were a vast constitutency. As Dixville goes, so goes America, the former GOP secretary of state told supporters, voters and reporters Tuesday at a small room at The Balsams resort ringed with photographs of candidates past. The citizens of Dixville Notch, most of them employees of the resort, traditionally cast the first votes in New Hampshire's leadoff primary every four years, although their record for picking winners is poor. On Election Day, Dixville Notchs polls open before dawn earlier than anywhere else in the country and the towns voters go in front of TV cameras to be the first in the nation to cast their ballots for president. Haig, 62, announced his intentions in the morning in New York and opened his New Hampshire headquarters in Manchester in the afternoon, complimenting the states voters as smart people who dont buy packaging, labeling or imagery.

The retired Army general then boarded a helicopter for Dixville Notch with his wife, Patricia. There he told voters that the GOP has faced tough times for the past several months, including the failed Iceland summit and "this Iranian brouhaha. The 1988 election will let voters decide whether the "renaissance of spirit brought about under President Reagan will "carry us successfully through the turn of the 21st century or be a brief although very happy footnote in U.S. history. Haig said.

The Seattle Hilton Plaza Hotel has selected Hillsteads to liquidate nearly 400 rooms of furnishings to make room for new. Thousands of items. Some slightly worn or soiled. Unbelievable prices and you know Hiltons quality! Wrinkle Cream Great Success YOUR SKIN WILL LOOK YOUNGER, says Pharmacist Robert Heldfond about his wrinkle cream, EB5, to an interested JCPenney customer. They are shown above in the JCPenney cosmetic department.

Below are some of the items in this liquidation sale. Item King Size Mattress Box Spring Full Size Mattress Box Spring wrinkle cream, a day and night cream, a moisturizer, an eye cream, and a make-up base. all in one. Pharmacist Heldfonds EB5 Cream is greaseless and leaves the skin soft, velvety and younger looking. It contains Liprogen and other effective ingredients.

If you are concerned about your skin appearing to be aging too quickly, hurry and find some EB5 Cream. One 4 OZ. jar lasts for months and is sold with a money-back guarantee. Note 65 Cream is available in most JCPenney Stores with cosmetic departments Its an exciting story of a pharmacist who developed a wrinkle cream for which women all over the country are clamoring for. Robert Heldfond is making cosmetic history with his EB5 Cream.

His dream since Pharmacy School has resulted in a wrinkle cream which is enjoying record sales in department stores and is praised very highly among cosmeticians and customers. Research lab tests show that by daily use of LBS Cream, morning and night, facial lines around the eyes, on the forehead, and around the mouth are smoothed. Thousands across the country are so pleased to find that EB5 is 5 creams in one jar EBS is a JCFtenney Glass Framed Numbered Pictures Plate Glass Mirrors Security Table Lamps Window Drapes 120x64 wbackings Comercial Carpeting 14x15 Average Size 20 yd $59 Room $25 Occassional Chairs $125 HE WALKS WITH ME 1987 marks the introduction of a very special, very unique PRECIOUS MOMENTS figurine to commemorate The National Easter Seal Society. "He Walks With Me" is limited in production to the year 1987, and bears an additional, one-of-a-kind understamp: The Easter Seal Lily. Collectors new and old will not want to miss ENESCO IMPORTS and Sam Butcher's poignant tribute to an organization that improves the lives of millions each year: The National Easter Seal Society.

It's not too late to gain freedom from alcohol or 4 other drugs If alcohol or other drugs are changing your life or the life of a loved one, call the Montana Deaconess Chemical Dependency Program in Great Falls. Our professionals will answer your questions and provide initial consultations at no charge. Were dedicated to helping families and individuals understand chemical dependency and rediscover the joy of living without depending on drugs or alcohol. Montana Deaconess Chemical Dependency Program 1101 1 wenty Sixth Street South Great Falls, Montana 59405 1-800-548-9970, ext. 5571 Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation ot Hospitals and approved by the Montana Department of Institutions.

The above is only a partial list of items and represents special price groups. Other items include floor lamps, hide-a-beds, bed frames, and tables that are also priced to liquidate. Interested? We hope so. The Sale begins Thursday, March 26 at 10 A.M. The Helena Flea Market Building at 1310 Boulder Ave.

will be the location for this outstanding sale. Be sure to bring your truck or trailer as we cannot deliver free at these prices. Leslies Capital Hill Mall 442-3933 Jm'm.