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. ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER The Albuquerque Chapter originated the recommendation recently adopted by the NOW Bozrd of Directors to form- ally demand the U.S. Weather Bureau to stop naming hurri- canes after women. "The come parison of females ‘to dese tructive storms is odious,” stated Mrs, Therese Conant, chapter president. Mrs. Conant was recently elected secretary of the Citizen's Committee on Human Rights in Albuquerque. BOSTOR CHAPTER Jan Moveaber, Betty Friedan flew in to epesk to sore than 100 wosen want— dng to kaow about BOW, By Decesber, 200 wones bad joined and signed up to werk on task forces on Day Care, Abe ortion Lae Repeal, Isage of Goxen, Legul 444, Equal Professional and so~ adenic opportunity and Wosen and Ore genined Religion. Phe Equal Opportunity tusk force is fe coaplling inforastion on discrim- dnation at Harvard, including gradue ate school snrolinent, advancesent: and salaries to present to the Unie wersity, The Chapter ad- dress is P.O, Box HE (e_—» Caabridge, Mase, 02132, CRaTATOR RAGITATOR SYRACUSE CHAPTER - A technique worth Sa noting: in her bid in the mayorality race, Karen De Crow, chapter president, took her campaign to the public _ schools, Telling her prim- arily feminist platform to a high school assembly was a great educational device. ORANGE COUNTY (CALIFORNIA) CBAPTER Tho Grange County Chapter of BO’ held o “Picket In Appreciation” of the Bow integrated classified ade policy ef the Costa Nese Daily Pilet. A grest way to say “thank you” and pub= -gnist bookstore. DAI COTY, FLORION.COAPTER Roxcy Bolton, chapter president, announced full equality for women has been - won at the heretofore “Men's Grilli" at Burdine's Flagler Street store. The room has been renamed "The Executive Grill.” Jordan Marsh Flori- ds also recently agreed to desexregate the store*s “Captain's Table” at the Chapter's request. CRICACO CHAPTER In addition to all the work that goes ia- to hosting the March Bationsl Conference, the Chicago Chap- ter sponsored as Esaploysent Confere euce in January, The these: "Froz Bera To Equality.” The actioneorient- e@ conference vas designed to bring together representatives froz vosea's groaps concarned with esployzent prod- leas, Addie Wyatt, ef the Aazlges ated Neat Cutters Union, and Sr. Joel kead, president of Alverzo College, representing the scadeaic cosmnity, talked on “Wosen Bower = Fact & Mio- tion," SOW neaber Coagressvonen Shirley Chishole of New York, spoke on "The 516 Minority," Mary Jean Collins-Robson, president of Chicago NOW, has started a mall order fem- She will also handle papers, buttons and anything else that fits the feminist theme. To get a list of what's avallable, write: New Feminist Book- Store, 1525 E, 53rd Street, Room 503, Chicago, Illinois 60615. The chapter haa also iutegrated & auaber of Chicago restaurants, which has been & great source of publicity and nev senders, CONNECTICUT CHAPTER The chapter picketed the Hartford Times to protest its elassified ad policy and ree Adeise an event that aight otherwise bave gone unn_ticed, pter Pryefie Gent in Virginis Brat piach Topas Lane, Apt. 4, Willerton, Ce én. chi ee et me ae en Re PO eee ee } great success for this chapter was ita leadership in bringing about passage of asendsents to. the Susan Reletions Laws of Pennsylvanie and Pittsburgh. The aaendseats, passed in duly, 1969, specificelly forbid Giscrininstion based on sex in euploy- sent, housing, end public accosodations. Chapter mesbers sre aleo in the pidst of an on-going bettle with the Pittebergh Press for desexregetion of ite classified eds. On daa, 15th, the charges of sex discrisination, which were brought against the news- © paper last October by HOV, were heard in eity council chaaters by the Pitts- burgh Comsiesion on Busan Relations. The first witness at this public heer- ing ves HOW senber, Dr. Gerald Gardner, & Cossittee for Wonen's Rights, dnitjated by NOW meaber Jo-Ann Gardner, has been forued at the University of Pitteborch. Pittsburgh NOW has also started its own printing ‘business called KNOW, Inc. They ere reproducing arti- eles and papers about women, If you've published some- thing on the subject of woe men, send it along with per- mission to reprint it. If ‘you have a printing job to do, give the job to KNOW, Inc. For information write KNOW, Inc., 726 St. James Pennsylvania, 15232, SOW CHAPTER NEWSLETTER EDITORS: If. you want a national audience for you nevaletter, senc sample copies and conplete sutserip-" tion deformation, to Cindy Cisler, 102 ¥, B0th St., B.Y.,8.%. 10024, It will be listed in the next edt- “¢fon of "Wosen: a Bibliography." O@ Editors mote... The Cine type so ceived excellent coverage in all the media, but the paper ennounced {t would continue its “convenient policy. Lo deftly inserted within this Fevs= Jetter is not to see whether you read fine print, but just to try end “Pie 0 Little ef everything in. 0