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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1970
Page
2
A Women's Liberation group on Park Avenue led a demonstration where about 100 women whistled at unescorted men and teased construction workers with lewd comments. Most men ignored the protest as onlookers watched a bell bottom clad man atop a truck. An older woman refused to join, calling the act disgusting.
A presidential task force urges strict EEOC enforcement of 1965 guidelines against sex discrimination. The plan bans hiring bias against mothers, requires equitable leave, and forbids wage and seniority bias. Labor Secretary Shultz hints at hiring goals for women among federal contractors.
Governing bodies clash over a 1.4 percent general cut to a 6.48 billion spending plan. Reagan accuses Democrats of partisan tactics while Crown Miller defend process as a necessary fiscal response amid a 141 million deficit from welfare, medical, and revenue shortfalls. A free conference awaits a Senate vote with potential delays.
The Public Utilities Commission ruled Belmont cannot enforce a 35 mph limit on Southern Pacific Peninsula commuter trains. It found train speed not a significant factor in crossing safety and tied accidents to grade crossing protection. The decision adds travel time and causes delays between San Francisco and San Jose.
The crew resumed work Sunday night and Monday in response to a continuing oil spill near the shipyard. Navy officials traced the waste to a storm drain connecting to a sewer and planned to reroute the line. Additional spills were reported from Mobile Oil Co and the merchant ship American Forwarder in Berth 17.
A bomb blast struck the lower East Side injuring no one reported at 6 57 p m and drawing quick response from FBI assistant director John F Malone and Mayor John V Lindsay. The blast prompted police cooperation and a vow that such violence will not be tolerated. Store windows shattered as authorities assess the incident and potential links to militant activism.
University of Maryland physicist reports the Milky Way is losing gravitational energy rapidly. The galaxy may free stars near the edges, including our sun, over hundreds of millions of years. Einstein’s gravity waves and Weber’s measurements suggest energy loss about the mass of 1,000 suns annually, with cause still unknown.
Washington reports James J. Gallagher deputy assistant secretary for planning, research and evaluation in HEW has resigned. He criticizes White House education policy, limited participation of the office of education in desegregation and research, and insufficient funding for educational development. He leaves a $35,500 post for a new job at the University of North Carolina. The resignation highlights tensions over federal education strategy and budget priorities.
Chancellor Glenn Dumke told a Los Angeles faculty grievance panel that he overruled the committee and fired Eldred Rutherford at San Jose State College after acting President and faculty groups recommended retention. Rutherford, 39, plans to appeal to the courts and seek reinstatement of employment tenure lost for participating in a faculty strike.
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