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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1975
Page
6
The U S Navy grounds 139 F14s after an emergency Oceana landing citing engine issues similar to earlier F4 Phantom problems. Earlier this week 600 F4 Phantoms were also grounded for safety inspections following a control failure crash.
Ashland Oil Inc. disclosed that it made payments to government officials in Libya, Gabon, the Dominican Republic and possibly Nigeria. The Kentucky firm warned some payments may have been illegal and said recipients were not identified. Investigations proceed by the Senate subcommittee on multinational corporations the SEC and the IRS.
A major union representing government workers initiates steps to organize service members amid debate. A Pentagon spokesman vows resistance while AFGE President Clyde Webber asserts no law bars military personnel from joining unions and says lawyers are reviewing statutes to determine scope of representation.
About 10 Mexican American and Black feminists confronted Betty Friedan outside a conference hall at the International Women's Year gathering in Mexico City accusing her of elitism and misrepresenting minority women. A later meeting with 60 protesters urged Friedan not to speak for their views and cited discrimination within the movement.
Boston AP Rep Margaret Heckler urges passing the Equal Rights Amendment as a major 1976 campaign issue. She tells the National Women's Political Caucus that support for the ERA must be pressed before the election. The convention notes 34 of 38 states needed for ratification, with 4 still to ratify by 1979.
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