Equal Opportunity in the Foreign Service called for more women and minorities
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights urged President Reagan to appoint more women and minority individuals to top foreign policy roles including ambassadorships. The group praised overall increases in representation but said leadership ranks remain overwhelmingly white and male and called for further government action.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Reagan
Foreign Service
United States
Equality push in new administration for women and minorities
The commission urged integrating top levels of the State Department ICA and AID with qualified women and minority men. It noted 1980 figures showing 5.5 percent minority commissioned officers, 9 percent information officers, 1.7 percent reserves, and women at 10 percent officers, 15.6 percent information officers, and over 7 percent reserves, with no minority women among senior officers or ICA information officers and only one black woman in AID reserves.
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International Communication Agency
Agency For International Development
State Department
Commission
Foreign Service
Foreign Service Information
ICA
AID
Budget battle threatens Washington National Aquarium
The budget cuts in the U S Fish and Wildlife Department threaten the National Aquarium in Washington as supporters fight to stop plans for a new Baltimore facility. Critics call Baltimore’s opening a danger, while boosters argue the new aquarium would feature top exhibits and a $4 50 admission.
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Washington
UPI
National Aquarium
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department
National” Aquarium
Baltimore
Washington Aquarium
Wayne Hilburn
Baltimore Waterfront Aquarium
Nudists complain as U S helicopters fly low over German beaches
Stars and Stripes reports nudists in Darmstadt, West Germany protest low level helicopter flights by U S military training missions. Some wives worry about pilots but officials call it seasonal, routine training with police deeming it nonurgent.
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Darmstadt
West Germany
UPI
U.S
Stars and Stripes
Middle East
Washington
Germany
30000 Boy Scouts Prepare for National Jamboree at Fort A P Hill
More than 30,000 Scouts and leaders will gather at Fort A P Hill Virginia from July 29 through August 4 for Boy Scouts America's 10th National Jamboree. They will build crafts, outdoor skills, and friendships while marching through pine groves and hills. Organizers ordered provisions months in advance for a 6.9 million event feeding needs include large quantities of food and charcoal.
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Fort A.P. Hill
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