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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 10 Oct 1973, p. 7

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I mean, there‘s no telling where we‘ll go from hereâ€" the sky‘s the limit. Why some day, women will have the freedom to be whatever they want to be. Newspaper headlines will read: "Prime Mistress of Canada botches economy‘. Or better still, the president of the United States may one day be a woâ€" man. We really will have aâ€" chieved equality when a woman can face impeachâ€" ment and indictment just like messieurs Nixon and Agnew . . . You‘ve come a long way, baby . . . So now Billie Jean has proven it. She has proven beâ€" yond the shadow of a doubt that any normal, healthy, athletic female tennis playâ€" er of championship caliber can trounce a 55â€"yearâ€"old balding hasâ€"been. Right on, Billie Jean! Such progress is the earmark of the Woâ€" men‘s Rights Movement. Seriously, though, it was good to see another victory for equality for our sex. ‘l’ve felt for a long time sually when I‘m faced with such challenging probâ€" lems as cleaning the "bawâ€" throom bow!l‘"‘ or dispensing with that ugly ring around the collar of my husband‘s shirts) that there must be more to life than this. 7 FORD TV has FLEETWOOD 18.â€"inch ?‘\‘\ UYJ corortvs _ J “ with total pictureâ€"lok. Push the 7' \\\ :,:tto: 'and‘:i)t_a:toma‘ticquy sets ,/ ES (eâ€")Ss W\L /A LAURIE‘S BEST Pleased? I was ecstatic, thrilled, overjoyed. I was so happy I promised my husâ€" band I‘d help him with the dishes all week. was pleased to see Billie Jean King run Bobby Riggs off the court. By Laurie Best ‘I‘m sure many Waterâ€" loo‘ns watched the tennis debacle of the sexes on TV a couple of weeks ago. As an advocate of the Women‘s Liberation â€" Movement, 1 When I was watching the MA Kng Street. S. Wants a good deal on a color TV ? Hooâ€"Hoo our deals are the best vdapplianes sales service Billie Jean: Larry, how many times have 1 told you not to use those insipid little endearments? You know I find them degrading! Yuuck â€"honey, sweetie pie, darâ€" ling . . . revolting. My name is Billie. Larry: Sorry, hon . .oops . _ _sir . . uh, Billie. Really Billie, I think you should reâ€" consider the gift. It‘s too obâ€" vious. Besides, I‘m jealousâ€" you never give me anything Larry: But honey, you weren‘t listening to me. I didn‘t say ... Billie Jean: What did you say, Larry? . . Oh, of course. Bobby‘s gift . . . That‘s a great idea‘ Thanks for helpâ€" ing. What could be more perâ€" fect than a fat baby pig?! Perfectâ€"pig meets pig! Larry: I don‘t know, Bilâ€" lie Jean. A gift for Bobby . . . hmm . . . how about a date with Betty Friedan or Gerâ€" maine Greer? I understand they‘re both free now. ture, shall we, on what might have transpired at breakâ€" fast a few days before : Billie Jean: Larry, we‘ve got to come up with someâ€" thing in the way of an apâ€" propriate gift for the disâ€" gusting, mouthy male chauâ€" vinist pig. Oh, Bobby Riggs makes me so furious. How could anyone say all those terrible things about woâ€" men? He just has no tolerâ€" ance at all. Why, he won‘t even listen to an opposing viewpoint‘ The pig! You have the feeling you‘re talkâ€" ing to a brick wallâ€"he just doesn‘t pay any attention at all. help wondering what kind of a home life Billie Jean and her managerâ€"husband Larry have. I‘ll bet things were a little tense before this parâ€" ticular match. Let‘s conjecâ€" A day in the life of a woman‘s libber Billie Jean: No, I like it. A pig it will be. But there is something else I don‘t likeâ€" that announcer. I refuse to play with him there. You will issue a statement that that expensive 101 Sheldon Drive Cambridge (Gailt) ' Phone 623â€"7520 Open Daily 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Axel Schrupp interiors limited warehouse showroom WAREKHOUSE SHOWROOM in contemporary furniture at warehouse savings an opportunity to buy Axel Schrupp quality we have decided that in light _ She continues: And as long of his past chauvinistic as I‘m thinking of things leanings, we cannot have that bother me about the and objective. How about â€" hair dryer manufacturer‘ Rosemary Cassals? Larry: That reminds him participating. We need somebody who will be fair for the sponsor? Really! A Waterioo Chronicie, Wednesday, October 10, 1973 . . . have you been using my dryer again, Billie? Gooed grief, first it‘s the razor blades, then the hair dryer. A man has to have some privacy. Can‘t you get (Continued on page 14)

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