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Show rag rr, l THE DAILY HERALD, A 14 ufc. StuMtey, April 2K 1 U.S. will give dozens of helicopters to Mexico thrust in taeloglM w ith sly senses of humor. And both contribute much of their time to By ROBERT W. TROTT Associated Press Writer It was a BOSTON for a homeless shelter, and hundreds of" Boston's most "important" people were mixing it up over cocktails and hors d"oeures at. the fund-rais- er ly state-hous- c. Then there came a stir. All ees followed as a woman and her aide weaved through the crow d, a group of reporters in tow. At the end of the room, she met another woman, and the scribes tWmeJ a semicircle, blocking the from the rest of the crowd. Susan Roosevelt Weld and Tere-- a Heinz hardly flinched. They knew it was coming. So the two made small talk soft enough so no one could hear while the cameras flashed and the rerxMiers caw ked. Why the fuss? Mrs. Weld's husband. Gov. William F. Weld, is challenging Mrs Heins husband. John Kerry, in what is expected to be a tough U.S. Senate race between two popular Massachusetts politicians. The fund-raiswas the first time their wives were together in public and both are the quintessen-lia- l stuff of celebrity magazines. Teresa Heinz is one of the richest women in America. She is a newcomer to the state, having been married to Kerry last year after her huband. Sen. John H. Heinz III of PciMiNyhania. heir to the ketchup and foods fortune, died in an airplane crash. Mrs. Weld is the of Theodore Roosevelt ami a cousin of Eleanor Roosevelt. N el I known around the state, she also is a Chinese law scholar at Han ard. Both, like their husbands, are attractive and poised. As tlx two women stood together Ut that first time a few weeks ago. a veteran of several tough ivlitical campaigns offered a jaded smile to an acquaintance. "I'm so glad I'm not a candidate's wife any more." said Joan Mennctt Kennedy, the former wife of Sen. Ldward Kennedy. Kennedy knows what's in store lor Mrs. Weld and Mrs. Heinz. W hile their husbands label each to er rther "a i charity. Thomas Foerster. an instructor at the University of Pittsburgh's Institute of Politics and Government, has known Heinz for more than 20 v ears. "She's been active in most everything I can talk about in this community." said Foerster. who worked with Heinz on numerous community projects when he was Allegheny County Commissioner. "She's one of the rare persons I've met in my lifetime that really expresses a true love for people." In April IWI. 52 year-ol- d John Heinz was Pennsylvania's senior senator when the Philadelphia-houn- By DAVD LaGSSSS Daflas Morning News O.J The United WASHINGTON States is preparing to give Mexico several dozen more helicopters to help in its war on drugs. Mexican and U.S. officials said last week. Word of the proposed transfer came after a meeting at the Pentagon between Defense Secretary William Perry and Mexican Defense Secretary Enrique Cervantes Aguirre. The two governments have worked out an agreement to cover the future transfers of excess U S. 'f d military equipment, hoping Piper Aerostar he was in collided in the air w ith a helicopter, a crash in which six other people died. He was the largest individual shareholder of II J. Heinz Co.. the international food company founded by his in 1869. Teresa Heinz who still, on occasion, refers to Heinz as "my husband John" was considered a natural choice to finish out her tw husband's fight against drug trafficking. The United States prevksly term. However, she eventually decided against it. The two met at the University of Geneva in 1962. They were married four years later, and Mrs. Heinz horn to Portuguese parents in the east African nation of became a naturalMozambique ized U.S. citizen. She has the grace of a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. In a recent foray into the shabby Statehouse press room, she easily fell into casual conversation with reporters. Topics ranged from her son's job search to the worst toupees in Congress. If Mrs. Heinz compares to Onassis. Mrs. Weld has a bit of Katharine Hepburn's sty le a patrician refinement marked by a sort of common-sens- e grace. " Nothing much seems to per- turb her or persuade her." savs Thomas A ford, director of East Asian studies at Harvard. "She has a firm, sense of herself." Mrs. Weld, who turned 48 on I well-sround- AP Photo Teresa Heinz, left, wife of U.S. Sen. John Kerry, shares a light moment with Susan Weld, wife of Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, during a II. seems unfazed by her husband's political ambitions. She goes quietly about her busines:; at April Harvard. Mrs. Weld spent the first few months of her life in Shanghai. After World War II. her father. Quentin Roosevelt, went to work for the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner to the Central Intelligence Agency. He died in 1948 in a plane crash just off Hong Kong, and she and her mother, the artist Frances Webb Roosevelt. liberal" Weld on Kerry), or "Newt Gin-giich- reception at the statehouse in Boston recently. Kerry and Gov. Weld will be opponents in the upcoming Massachusetts U.S. Senate race. went to live with her grandmother in Ovster Bay. N.Y. Mrs. Weld has devoted many hours to breast cancer research and childhood immunization. She also attended the United Nations conference on women last year in Beijing, and sits on the state's Asian American Commission. While Weld and Kerry both come from wealthy families, their spouses are the main breadwinners. Before he married Mrs. Heinz. Kerry drew no income outside his Senate salary of $133,600. His only asset was listed as a trust fund valued at $50,001 to $100,000. Mrs. Heinz maintains the Heinz estate in Pittsburgh; a Sun Valley. y Idaho, home made from a over English barn, brought brick by brick; a $2 million mansion in Boston's elite Louisburg Square; a Georgetown townhouse that was owned by a Russian ambassador, and a home on Nantucket. Weld recently told reporters that most of the millions in assets listed on his financial disclosure report belong to his wife. 16th-centur- transferred several doen helicopters to Mexico's police forces. But Mexico often resisted the gifts because of conditions placed bv the U.S. government, including confirmation that Mexico used the equipment to battle the drug trade. "We have reached agreement on the methodology, and we have completed the first stages of our plan to provide some helicopters to Mexico," said Jan Lodal. principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy. He told reporters at the Pentagon that the two countries had not yet reached an agreement on numbers. But other government officials say tlie United States could transfer as many as 60 Huey helicopters in the next vear or two. including as many as 20 this summer. The Huey helicopters would help Mexico enhance its drug-fightin- g 2: soulmate" (Kerry on Wcld. the labels don't fit so easily on their srvuses. hile her husband aspires to join the Republican majority on Capitol Hill. Mrs. Weld frets about the growing gap between the rich and poor. She has contributed $200 to Hill and Hillary Clinton's defense fund, and her confession that she oted for Michael Dukakis in 1988 caused a stir in state GOP circles. As Kerry routinely accuses Weld of ignoring the poor and wot king classes, his wife is heir to a S?fiO million fortune and ocr the philanthropic arm of Ivr late husband's empire. Mrs. Heinz, 57. also remains a registered Republican in Heinz's home state of Pennsylvania. She has no plans to switch so she can ote for her husband this November. 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The upcoming helicopter grants also would go to Mexico's military for the first time, an indication of the growing and controversial role of soldiers in the country's 02 o II. |