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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1974
Page
10
This 1974 Harper and Row excerpt outlines Billie Jean King’s early days in Long Beach. An editor notes this is the second of four parts from the forthcoming memoir detailing her beginnings and rise in tennis.
In candid diary style Billie Jean King recalls a Dallas trip with Larry, a mix of social scenes, tennis triumphs, and reflections on gender in sports. She notes rising girls sports participation, mixed competition ideas, and her own milestones including a 20,000 dollar week and a doubles victory with Chris Evert. She also shares childhood memories of Long Beach and school challenges shaping her drive.
A string of wedding notices from Long Beach and nearby areas lists couples marrying in Saturday ceremonies. Debra Dawe Davis and Jon Bakalar wed at Anaheim Baptist Temple, with Lakewood High School graduate Debra and Long Beach Mr. Bakalar. they honeymoon in Big Bear Lake and plan to reside in San Dimas.
The YWCA plans to close its last three New York City residence halls by August due to mounting deficits and shifting lifestyles. West Side, Upper Manhattan, and Morgan Hall near Lexington Avenue will shut, while the national body will shift to apartment-style housing in other cities with no NY plans yet.
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