Billie Jean King and Co Push Tennis Toward Equality
The piece highlights Billie Jean King’s rise to prominence and her role in challenging gender discrimination in tennis. It details the Virginia Slims circuit, the Battle of the Sexes context, and the pay gap between men and women, including King’s earnings in 1971 and 1972. It notes King’s influence on widening opportunities and changing perceptions of women in sport.
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Billie Jean King
Billie Jean
Virginia Slims
International Tennis Federation
United States Lawn Tennis Association
International Lawn Tennis Federation
Larry King
Ms. King
Rod Laver
Forest Hills
America
Billie Jean King and Co
Library Teases New Year with Maps Books Films and Help
The Bennington Library invites students to use the card catalog and Reader's Guide as the new year begins. A fall film program starts Sept 14 at 10 15 in the social room with travel and cultural shorts plus coffee. New fiction and author notes mark a season of reading with titles by Wicker Sherbourne Cashman Durham and Bradford among others.
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Alaska
Skiing
Antartica
First Church
North Bennington McCullough
Bennington Free Library
Tom Wicker
South
Washington
Wicker
Bennington Briefs Highlights Local Events and Notices
The Southern Vermont Snow- Goers plan an annual picnic at Willow Park Saturday 1 to 5 with elections held then. A Senior Citizens card game is set for tonight at 8 in the club rooms. George W. Pendlebury has graduated from Southern Evangelist Associates in Killeen Texas on August 27 and is now a licensed ordained minister. The Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 1332 meets Tuesday September 11 at 8 p.m. with a crazy auction to follow. Contractors are reminded to secure certificates of insurance from subcontractors for workmen's compensation once audited. Registration opens for junior bowlers through high school Friday and Saturday September 7 and 8 at Mid Town Bowl after 6 p.m. and for Greater Bennington Junior Bowling Association at Bennington Lanes Saturday September 8 from 4 to 7 p.m.
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George W. Pendlebury
Southern Evangelist Associates
Killeen
Texas
Mr. Pendleburg
Fillmore St
Bennington
VFW Post 1332
Lectures on alcoholism set Sept. 21 in Rutland
A four day conference on community alcohol problems will be hosted by the Rutland Regional Alcohol Council at the College of St. Joseph the Provider. Morning sessions Sept. 21 cover alcoholism physiology led by Dr. James Todd and community education programs led by Ronald L. Lester. Don McGee invites interested persons to contact Box 207 Wallingford 05773.
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Rutland
College of St. Joseph
James Todd
Vermont Medical Society
Ronald L. Lester
Rutgers University Summer School of Alcohol Studies
New York City School System
State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
Rutgers Center
Rutland Regional Alcohol Council Inc
Don McGee
Box
Wallingford
Pavilion museum resumes full hours in Montpelier
The Vermont Museum, operated by the Vermont Historical Society in the Pavilion, Montpelier, announces a rescheduling of its hours to resume full operation.
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Pavilion
Montpelier
Vermont Museum
The
Vermont Historical Society
Tour of Montpelier Homes By AAUW To Benefit Scholarships
The Montpelier AAUW will hold its fourth annual fall foliage home tour on Saturday Sept 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nine sites will be open. tickets priced at $2 are on sale at the Tavern Motor Inn and Capital Stationers and at the Chamber of Commerce information booth in front of the Statehouse. The tour includes the Statehouse, the Pavilion and the governor's new office, with hostesses at each site. Tickets with brochures and maps are available from each hostess.
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Montpelier
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Chamber of Commerce
Statehouse
Tavern Motor Inn
Capital Stationers
Governor’s Office
Okin cites need to tighten boarding home controls
Montpelier Vermont UPI State Mental Health Commissioner Dr Robert Okin told the Senate Health and Welfare Committee that controls at about 100 boarding homes housing former Vermont State Hospital patients are generally good but require tightening. He warned stricter regulation could risk driving many homes out of business.
School lunch menus and price changes for the week
A two week schedule lists daily meals from Monday to Friday with items like orange juice and hot dogs, chicken salad, toasted cheese, and macaroni dishes. It notes a price rise to 40 cents for student lunches, 60 cents for adult lunches, and 8 cents for milk, due to freight shortages.
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Frankfurt
High court to rule on birth record search order
Indiana attorney general asks the state Supreme Court to overturn a circuit court ruling and direct the state Board of Health to open birth records. The Fort Wayne News Sentinel seeks records to verify a Washington Post report alleging Sen. George McGovern fathered an illegitimate child.
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Indianapolis, Ind
UPI
State Supreme Court
Fort Wayne
George McGovern
Theodore L. Sendak
Hermann F. Busse
State Board of Health
Sendak
Busse
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Washington Post
Senior Citizens to Meet Sept 10 for Auction and Sale
The Senior Citizens group will gather Monday September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Members should bring gifts for the crazy auction and donate foodless foods for the sale. A nominee was listed as the father of an illegitimate child born at Fort Wayne in the 1940s. The Indiana Supreme Court set September 17 for a hearing on Sendak's suit.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana Supreme Court
Sendak
Kennedy calls for openness in public service in New Jersey
Senator Edward M. Kennedy urged higher standards and more openness from candidates and aides after the Watergate scandal. Speaking at a $1,000-per-person cocktail party for New Jersey gubernatorial hopeful Brendan Byrne at a beachfront house in Sea Girt, Kennedy praised Byrne's integrity.
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Sea Girt
N.J
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
New Jersey
Brendan T. Byrne
Byrne
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