The Lesbian Part Three Women Close and Accepting
A Houston suburb slaughter shocks the nation as arson and hate crimes target gay spaces in Los Angeles San Francisco Nashville and New Orleans. MCC leaders note fear while clinicians debate whether homosexuality is a disease or a variation and lesbians describe easier social acceptance and safer public presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Nashville
New Orleans
Troy Perry
Metropolitan Community Church
Edward M. Davis
Senate
Ravenna
Trist
Howard Fradkin
Long Beach State University
Barbara
McC-Los Angeles
Rankin
Fradkin
Navy League Ball honors dignitaries at Beverly Silton Hotel
Navy League Ball attracted over 80 guests with a color guard and full military honors for 24 officers led by Adm. Noel A. M. Gaylor and Mrs. Gaylor. Notables included Rear Adm. Ward S. Miller, Vice Adm. Robert S. Salter, and Rear Adm. James W. Williams, plus local officials and League members. The evening featured a cocktail reception in the Empire Room, a parade of flags, and a formal color troop before dining and music by Joe Moshity’s orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Silton Hotel
Noel A. M. Gaylor
Pacific
Seymour Knee
Naval Station
Long Beach
U.S. Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Naval Base Los Angeles-Long Beach
Miller
Long Beach Friends
San Diego
Robert S. Salter
Amphibious Force Pac Fleet
Salzer
James W. Williams
U.S. Coast Guard
11Th Coast Guard District
Williams
Donald A. Smith
Long Beach Naval Station
Smith
Charles Kee
Naval Regional Medical Center
Anthony Dunesek
Long Beach Naval Shipyard
Dunesek
Hilton
Messrs
Mines
Clive Graham
Long Beach Council of Navy League
Charles Bell
Les Dahl
Julius Brady
Joe Moshity
Drs. and
Jerome Klingbeil
Leonard Cowley
Orville Cole
Fran Heppe
Helen W. Hughes
Douglas Goldie
George
Betsy Gilman
William Guets
Paul Schultz
R. D
Canadys
David Caldwells
Mike Whiteman
USCG
Navy League
Ars
Aes D. Driscoll
Ward 8. Miller
USN
Privacy cracks as a speaker becomes a real woman of mystery
ERMA BOMBECK recalls a high school prophecy that widened her privacy and recounts a lecture audience repeatedly dissecting her traits. She details jokes about zodiac signs, finicky habits, and the constant pressure of being publicly transparent, ending with the ache of personal exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Bombeck
Don Knotts
Pauline
Affairs of heart universal by Larry Green
A 1973 Chicago Daily News piece discusses The Heart Column in South Vietnam's Dan Chu newspaper. Readers seek marriage guidance, with letters from both spouses and lovers about divorce, polygyny, infidelity, and cultural constraints. The column advises secrecy, restraint, and recognizing shared human flaws.
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Larry Green
Chicago Daily News Saigon
TKB
South Vietnam
Jovelorn
Dan Chu
Democracy
Nguyen van Thieu
Muses hear firsthand China trip by Ahmanson member
Carolyn Ahmanson, a Muses member, spoke to more than 200 about her three week China study trip with the American Women for International Understanding. She described crossings from Hong Kong to Canton, visits to museums, Great Wall views, and hopes for future exchanges despite limited hotels and interpreters.
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Dianne
SMITH
People's Republic of China
Carolyn Leonetti Ahmanson
China
The
Muses
Museum of Science and Industry
Exposition Park
Ahmanson
Museum Foundation Board
Proga- Banda
Mao
Hong Kong
Canton
Chou En-lai
Peking
Great Wall
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Linda Zink
Dianna
Carol
Lauria
Sharon Raphael
California State College At
Dominguez Hills
Ms. Raphael
Sayeaching
Maxine Feldman
New England
Ms. Feldman
Ms. Felis
Women’s Movement
Elizabeth Pomeroy
NOW
Ms. Pomeroy
National Now
Women’s Liberation Movement
Church of Lesbians
Robert Rankin
Adm. Ward S. Mill
Lovie
Grace
Affairs of Heart Universal
Heart
Vietnam
HTL
Eheart
Calumn
Lifestyle
Independent
Press-Telegram
Calif
Joyce Christensen
Fdiler
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