ERA backers urge extended deadline for ratification
Washington AP report on the Equal Rights Amendment march and rally urging Congress to extend the March deadline. Leaders Bella Abzug Patsy Mink Eleanor Holmes Norton demand firm commitments while Gloria Steinem Wilma Scott Heide and others frame the fight as ongoing. Large turnout cited 55 000 to 100 000 amid counterprotesters and heated rhetoric about pay equality and women's rights.
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Washington
Congress
Wat Tae A For Women
Capitol
Bella Abzug
National Advisory Committee On Women
Americans For Democratic N Etion
Patsy Mink
Onetess
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Constitution Avenue
America
ERA
Wilma Scott Heide
National Park Service
Washington Monument
Washington Sun
Ohio ERA march draws thousands but gains little
Ohio ERA backers returned from Washington frustrated that the 100000 strong march failed to win a deadline extension. About 2000 Ohioans joined 15 buses from Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati and Columbus to press Congress. Activists planned continued lobbying with Reps Oakar Stokes Vanik Mott and Sens Metzenbaum and Glenn as NOW WomenSpace and the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center joined.
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Cleveland
American Socialist Party
Andy Pollack
Pollack
Ginger Martin
Chardon
Constitution Avenue
Washington
Ohio
Arline Dudley
National Organization of Women
Mary Rose Oakar
Louis Stokes
Charles Vanik
Ronald Mott
Howard K. Metzenbaum
John H. Glenn
Toledo
Cincinnati
Columbus Now
WomenSpace
Addition named for fire victim at juvenile center
Hamilton plans an addition to the Butler County Juvenile Detention Center to honor Beverly Hills Supper Club fire victim Sue Duncil. The project, to be built with a $3,400 fundraising total by the Hamilton Fairfield Jaycees and Jayceettes, will create an activities room with volunteer labor and material offers from area tradesmen and suppliers. Duncil served on the center’s citizens advisory board and Jayceettes and taught second grade at Wayne Elementary School in Jacksonburg.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Beverly Hills
Sue Duncil
Citizens Advisory Board
Jayceettes
Wayne
Jacksonburg
John Bookman
James Imfeld
Hamilton Fairfield Jaycees
Bookman
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Home Center
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2Nd Ave
Pioneer Center
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American Optical
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