Word: bendorf
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...Nevada legislature was voting on the ERA. The California branches of NOW and of the League of Women Voters took out a small ad in the San Francisco Chronicle, urging weekend gamblers to stay away from Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe and other Nevada gambling spots. Recalls Jeane Bendorf, chairman of the chapter's political task force: "Nevada Governor Mike O'Callaghan called and screamed at us to stop any further ads. We realized we had hit a pressure point." At a meeting in February, the NOW national board set up an economic-sanctions committee...