Youth look to thirties echo amid seventies fashion mood
A reflection on how youths in the late 1960s and early 1970s seek echoes of the Depression era. The piece notes revived thirties aesthetics, anti heroes like Bonnie and Clyde, and cultural touchpoints from Dior to Twiggy, with harsh unemployment and price parallels. It contrasts era hardship with modern youth attitudes and family dynamics.
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California
Jane Fonda
John Dillinger
Bonnie Parker
Clyde Barrow
Warren Beatty
Faye Dunaway
Arthur Penn
Bonnie and Clyde
Thompson
Twiggy
Jean Harlow
Turbulent decades of the 30s and 60s in American life
A discussion of the 1930s and 1960s notes cultural shifts from rebellious youth and marijuana to big name bands and cinema. It highlights Prohibition repeal, social mood, and the Great Depression era films, while noting violence and discrimination, including lynchings and Black workers' unequal treatment, and 1960s urban unrest from Watts to Chicago.
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Charles Lindbergh
Joe Lewis
Sally Rand
Wayne King
Lawrence Welk
Renny Goodman
Fay Whiteman
Gu Lombardo
Louis Armstrong
Tommy Dorsey
Levies
Hollywood
Columbus
Chicago
New York
Watts
Newark
Detroit
Weathermen
Ee P
Pill Safety Debate At Senate Hearings And Drug Effects Cited
Remarks by Dr. Hugh Davis warn birth control pills may be more hazardous than told suggesting brochures minimize risks. Grosse Pointe schools superintendent Theas Anderson cites drugs among high schoolers amid concerns over youth substance use. Georgetown neurologist Dr William E O Malley discusses L dopa and a controversial drug claim for female frigidity and male impotence.
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Hugh Davis
John Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mibcommittee
Senate
Small Business Committee
Theas Anderson
Grosse Pointe , Mich
Dermiot
Georgetown University
William E. O*malley
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