Susanna Says

Hi, everybody! I guess I should start by saying "Merry Christmas"...and this salutation alone sends little chills down

my bare back. The year is over

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I'm a year younger - and a

big question mark waits for us around the corner. Can we say that this has been a good year for TV's? From a legal stand- point it has been a bit easier on many of us. At least in the New York area there's been hardly a ripple in the daily press--I recall the time when the Daily News would run almost a weekly serial with pix and stories of fellows being arrested for wearing feminine attire. Today, the papers seem not to care a hoot. A man in a dress is no longer a newsworthy story. I feel that --regardless of our personal feelings toward hippies-- we should give them a vote of thanks for making life easier for us. After all, their long hair, their un- tidy habits and their defiance of all moral and legal codes has made a huge dent in our social steel frame-- and no matter who the policeman may be, a penchant for LSD and marihuana is a lot more destructive and dangerous to him than a weakness for lipstick and skirts. The hippies' rebellion against all of soc- iety's accepted mores cannot help but strengthen a relatively milder form of rebellion such as ours. Do you want a concrete example?

A clipping from a New Jersey newspaper. Front

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