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36-Hawaii Tribune Herald, Sunday, September 6, 1987 Women's wage gap closing By David E. Anderson United Press International WASHINGTON Women are making some progress in closing the wage gap with men, and remaining disparities cannot be solely attributed to women leaving the work force to have children, the Census Bureau said Friday. The bureau said that overall in 1984, women who work without interruption earned $7.44 an hour, compared to an average $10.76 an hour for men, for a woman-man ratio of .69. In 1979, women earned only 62 percent of the average salary of men. Conservatives and other opponents of anti-sex discrimination laws have argued that the wage gap between men and women is based largely on the fact that women's work experience is more frequently interrupted.

But the Census Bureau figures, in a new report, Differences in Work Experience, Occupation and Earnings: 1984," show that is not the case. "Because females were more likely than males to have had a work interruption, it might be Honasan's wife: Aquino is 'inhuman' MANILA, Philippines (UPI) The wife of the army colonel who tried to overthrow President Corazon Aquino says her husband once risked his life for Aquino and called the president's shootto-kill order against him "inhuman." Jean Honasan, the wife of fugitive coup-attempt leader Col. Gregorio "Gringo" Honasan, said in a published statement today that armed forces chief Gen. Fidel Ramos once commended her husband for his "professionalism and outstanding record." She said Ramos praised her husband for his role in the February 1986 revolution that ousted 20-year ruler Ferdinand Marcos. Honasan, 37, and his men in the Reform the Armed Forces Movement backed Ramos and then defense minister Juan Ponce Enrile in ousting Marcos.

Honasan said statements by Ramos that her husband was a ruthless coward and a liar were probably said in anger and "deep within" he knows the colonel is not that kind of a person. "I still believe my husband has no intention of hurting anybody," Jean Honasan said in a statement published in major Manila newspapers. "For his comradesat-arms I know capturing him would mean an added star on their shoulders. A shoot-to-kill order is so inhuman." Honasan said a few months before the snap presidential elections in February her husband told her he had secretly met with then presidential candidate Aquino and offered her security for her campaign. "That's when I started to fear for his life, knowing that for military officer to do this then' was suicide," Honasan said in the statement issued from her home at Camp Aguinaldo, which her husband seized Aug.

28 in the most serious coup bid against Aquino. The colonel led between 800 and 2,000 soldiers in an attack on government buildings and Aquino's Malacanang Palace. Government forces crushed the rebels in two days of fighting, but Honasan escaped Camp Aguinaldo in a private helicopter and was still at large. "During the February Revolution I told him I'd rather see him dead than be jailed and tortured by Marcos and his men," said Honasan, 35, a former medical technician. She said when Aquino took power, her husband decided to stay as Enrile's chief security aide because he did not want people to think he joined the revolution for personal glory.

"And then came the Gringomania," she said, when her husband became the toast of Manila and a popular hero in the armed forces. "I thought I will lose him in some other After Enrile was sacked in November, Honasan was assigned to head a special forces training school in Fort Magsaysay, north of Manila. Since then, he had been the object of suspicion, linked to all four previous coup attempts against Aquino. KHBCFrom Page 31 Sundays include: "Hawaiian Magazine," hosted by the KHBC news anchor team and "Classical Ahamele," hosted by the husband and wife team, George and Margaret Harshbarger. The "Mr.

Ed Show" on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and "Issues Answers" on Thursdays are both hosted by Ed Connaughton. NOTICE TO BIDDERS SEALED TENDERS will be received up to and publicly opened at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 18, 1967, in the Office of the Purchasing Division, Department of Finance, County of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, for the following: BID PROPOSAL NO. 1144: FURNISHING AND DELIVERING A 25' RESCUE BOAT AND FURNISHING AND INSTALLING REPLACEMENT DIESEL ENGINES IN 'A 25' RADON RESCUE BOAT, HAWAII COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY OF HAWAII Upon application, forms of proposal and specifications may be obtained from the above-named office. JOSEPH W. ANDREWS Director of Finance (943 Hawaii Tribune Herald September 1, 3, 6, 1987) NOTICE TO BIDDERS INFORMAL BID SEALED informal bids will be received and ber 17, 1987, a in the Office of the Purchasing publicly opened at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, SeptemDivision, Department of Finance, County of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii, for the following: INFORMAL BID NO.

1-247: FURNISHING LABOR, MATERIAL AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS MENT TO TRIM ELEPHANT EARPOD TREES AT KOHALA CIVIC CENTER a AND RECREATION, COUNTY OF HAWAII The proposal and specification forms may be obtained from the office anytime prior to bid opening. JOSEPH W. ANDREWS Director of Finance (941-Hawaii Tribune September 1, 3, 6, 1987) pations," the report said, citing such jobs as accountants and auditors, computer programmers, managers and administrators. For example, in 1984, 15 percent of all lawyers were women, compared with 10 percent in 1979, and 82 percent of all elementary schools teachers were women, compared with 61 percent in 1979. But despite recent progress, the report said, "There is ample evidence that females 'are more likely to be in occupations that pay relatively low wages." The new report presented an experimental economic model i in an effort to isolate various causes for the wage gap between men and women: Dfferences in job experience and education account for 14 percent to 35 percent of the earnings gap; differences in occupational patterns account for for 17.

percent to 30 percent, and approximately 35 percent to 41 percent of the gap cannot be accounted for by standard measures. The study also found that about 36 percent of male workers had been at their job 10 years or longer compared with 23 percent of females. homel value days On Friday, "Weekly Highlights," hosted by Lyman Mederios and produced by Ackerman Black, premieres with a late night talk show. "Downtown," hosted by Michael Siiamon, produced by New Generations Productions, will take you through the streets of Hilo and into the studio for a "fun filled" evening. Tueday evenings bring a show entitled, "Inspiration Hawaii," produced and hosted by Juni Mederios and "Hawaiian NOTICE OF COMPLETION Pursuant to Sec.

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Sunset" to begin airing on Sept. 22, becase of a late production schedule. The managment of KHBC-TV supposed that male-female wage comparisons that are based only on persons who have had no work interruptions might show relatively close levels of earnings," the report said. "The data show that large differences exist even within the group with no interruptions." Feminists maintain that much of the gap still is due to sex discrimination in the workplace. The 1984 figures the most recent available also show the gap.

is lowest for workers in their 20s, where men make an average $7.98 an hour compared with $6.64 for women. The report said some of the overall wage gap can be attributed to work interruptions, noting, "Male workers had spent about 2 percent and female workers had spent about 15 percent of their potential work years away from work." One reason for the lessening gap, the report suggested, is that young women are entering jobs once exclsuively reserved for men. "The number of females as a percent of full-time workers rose in a number of professional, managerial and technical occu- Marsalt Call says, "It's merely a beginning of bringing the much needed local programming to the Island of Hawaii. We sincerely hope that our viewers will enjoy our efforts." DEPARTMENT OF PARKS RECREATION COUNTY OF HAWAII NOTICE Pursuant to APA Rule 3-Rules Center, a lottery fangewing for the Relating to the Equestrian annual rental of horse stalls will be held by the Department of Parks Recreation on Thursday, September 24, 1987, at 7:00 p.m. at the County Councilroom, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaii.

Application forms and rules for the lottery drawing may be picked up starting September 8 at the Parks Recreation office in the County Building from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on regular working days. The annual rental rate is $150, payable when the contract is executed. Applications as well as proof of the horse to be stabled, must be hand delivered or mailed to the Department of Parks Recreation during the application period, September 8 through September 22, weekends and holidays excepted.

Applications will not be accepted other than during this period. In the event there are fewer applications than are stalls, the lottery drawing will be cancelled. For information, call the Parks Recreation office, 961-8311, or the Zoo office, 959-7224. (703-Hawaii Tribune-Herald: Sept. 6, 8, 1987).