COMPLAINT FILED ON BEHALF OF WAITRESS

FIRED FOR HAVING HAIRY LEGS

Somers, Conn, (LNS) Judith Quist, a waitress fired for refusing to shave her legs, has filed a sex discrimination suit charging that she has as much right to have hairy legs as men do. Quist was a part time worker at the Plaza Restaurant in Somers, Connecticut.

"I think that women have a right to do with their body hair what they want," said Quist. "I remember a few years ago when men changed to beards and moustaches. I think women should be free to change too."

Quist said she shaved her legs since eighth grade, but five years ago got sick of it. It's silly to remove something from your skin just because men believe you look better for it," she explained "Maybe once it's common, they'll get used to it".

THE WOMEN'S WRITERS' CENTER, Williams Hall, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, New York, offers a one year program of writing workshops and study courses. Students examine women's literary history, feminist esthetics, and individual women writers. Visiting faculty for the 1975-76 school year will include Rita Mae Brown, Elizabeth Fisher, Rhode Lerman, Kate Millet, and Marge Piercy. The program is normally open to college juniors and seniors, or those with equivalent life experience. For further information, write to the above address.

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UFW CHARGES GALLO WITH MISLEADING ADVERTISING'. The United Farm Workers (UFW) has charged that Gallo's advertising for Madria Madria Sangria misleads customers who might want to boycott Gallo products in support of the UFW. In a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the UFW pointed out that commercials for Madria Madria do not identify it as a Gallo product, and imply that the drink is made by a "small Spanish-American" family winery.

The commercials feature a young woman who says in a Spanish accent that her husband and uncle make Madria Madria in the Spanish tradition". The woman is Ofelia Gallo and her husband and uncle are members of the Gallo family. However, the maker of the wine is identified as "Ricardo Madria Madria, Modesta, California". That name corresponds to no existing person or company. The protests have prompted the scheduling of federal hearings on a new bill requiring all food labels to show the maker, packager and distributor. Present law requires that only one of these be on the label.

GODDARD-CAMBRIDGE FEMINIST STUDIES PROGRAM, 5 Upland Road, Cambridge, Mass. 02140, is a graduate program of Goddard College, offering an M.A. degree and involving both collective and individual work. Feminist Studies projects include Corporate Power and the Lives of Women, Contemporary Lesbian-Feminist Culture, Herstory of Feminism in the United States Women and Power, Women and Literature, and others. All students are required to take a core course in general feminist theory, including topics such as women's films and documentaries, presentations by on-going feminist projects in the Boston area, and Herstory of the current women's movement. For information about the program, contact the above address.

FCC CHARGES MINNESOTA TV STATION WITH SEX DISCRIMINATION IN PROGRAMMING

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (LNS) The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under pressure from a coalition of Minnesota women's groups, slapped KSTP.TV, the NBC affiliate, with two citations for discriminating against women in its programming. Though basically mild, the action by the FCC could be a factor when the station's license comes up for renewal.

The FCC decision was prompted by a complaint filed by the Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment Coalition, a group representing about 20 state and local women's organizations. The object of the action was a KSTP special called "Women's Lib, A Fraud?", which included anti-Equal Rights Amendment views.

The coalition demanded equal time to respond plus an added half hour to debate the anti-ERA people who appeared on the show. When KSTP officials refused, the coalition lodged its complaint with the FCC and Minnesota State Human Rights Department.

ASSAULTS AND RITUALS, a book of stories about women by Sandy Boucher, a member of the Mother Lode Collective in San Francisco for three years,

is available from Mama's Press, 2500 Market St., Oakland, California 94607, for $2.50 plus $.25 postage.

MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS a new special issue from LONG TIME COMING, will be published August 1, 1975. Contents will include articles on how lesbians relate to their straight mothers and vice versa how daughters feel about their mothers' lesbianism, what lesbian mothers hope for their daughters' futures, and what a lesbian mother and her lesbian daughter think about each other. Order from: MOTHERS & DAUGHTERS Box 161, Station E, Montreal, P.Q., Canada .

150 DEMONSTRATE IN SAN FRANCISCO TO PROTEST POLICE HARASSMENT OF LESBIANS

SAN FRANCISCO (LNS) A hundred and fifty lesbians and supporters demonstrated in front of San Francisco's City Hall March 3 to protest police harassment.

The demonstration took place about a week after the arrest of five women outside a women's bar -three of whom were arrested only because they asked why the first two were being arrested. Demonstrators came from gay, straight, and mixed groups. Sponsors included the San Fran. cisco and Berkeley-Oakland Women's Union, the Daughters of Bilitis, the San Francisco Socialist Coalition, and Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality.

A WOMAN'S PLACE is a retreat for women, located in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Run by a collective of seven women and seven children, A Woman's Place was conceived of as a place to meet the needs of women.

The retreat is a place for women to go who have to get away from the pressures of daily life. It's a place to go for vacation, whether your needs are to be alone or to spend time with other women.

A minimal fee of $10 to $25 a day (depending on what you can afford) is asked of visiting women. Children are also welcome at a cost of $5 a day. We are currently seeking funding and non-profit status so we can reduce our rates. Call a week in advance to make reservations.

We would appreciate any contribution money or equipment for the retreat for we have no rich benefactors to pay our bills.

For more information on the retreat, write : A Woman's Place, Athol, New York 12810. Or call (518) 623-9541.

"DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES” (Abe Osheroff) is a portrait of Franco's Spain. SATURDAY, MAY 10 at 8p.m., Cleveland State Univ., Euclid Ave. at 22nd St. UNIV CENTER AUDITORIUM, room 6. A question period follows the film. Donation · $3.00 Students $1.50. "'Dreams and Nightmares' is a montage of newsreel footage of Depression America and the Civil War itself, intercut with material shot by Mr. Osheroff in contemporary Spain."

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