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This is a suit brought under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-15 by plaintiff, a woman in the market for employment in the San Francisco Bay Area, against defendant newspaper printer and publisher of the daily San Francisco Chronicle, the daily San Francisco Examiner and the Sunday Chronicle-Examiner, seeking a declaratory judgment and an injunction enjoining defendant from listing employment advertisements in its classified advertising sections under separate “Men” and “Women” headings when sex is not a bona fide occupational qualification and requiring defendant to provide listings without “Men” and “Women” headings where sex is not a bona fide occupational qualification.

THE RECORD

The case is now before the court on plaintiff’s application for a preliminary injunction based upon the complaint and an evidentiary record consisting of plaintiff’s affidavit of March 30, 1970, and an affidavit of Wright filed April 2, 1970. Defendant’s evidentiary record in opposition consists of an affidavit of McLain filed May 21,1970.

The complaint alleges (Par. VI) that defendant publishes “Help Wanted” listings under separate “Men” and “Women” headings without…