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Show ffeeim JPage Hot Rodding Fans Need A Fast Car, Skill, And Lots of Guts It is the car, not the truth, which has sent the American teenager sailing on a river-bo- at of freedom. The greatest liberalization to any teenager comes when he owns his first car. When he slams the excelerator to the floor and decending from the blue cloud of smoke he reaches die goal line at a record-breakispeed. He is a dragster. And he knows that nearly every young adult is living with him vicariously through every breathtaking second. ng Its the competition idea of cue human being against another," snorts Dave Johnson, 24, a bachelor racer who dumped $5,000 into his car. Its not a boring sport. I get about on the average of $100 a week.. ..it helps pay for the sport and keeps you going, he continued. Drag racing is a recreatan outlet. Some ion. people like watching horses to 194 miles per hour. The money we win doesnt cover the expenses. Over the years Ive gotten in debt he aptly asaround $1000, serted. " The magic of the wheels once caught up by the kids on their tricycles has caught fire with greater force among the younger set. Although the average age for Its dragsters is 26 and married, race....some people like drag high schoolers of all ages cars, piped up Harry Allen, prance their pampered cars 25, driver of the AA fuel every Sunday to the Salt Lake the National Hot draester. which has eone uo race trace Rod Association Drag Strip. The track is a quarter of a mile long from standing stop to finish. Each driver is clocked to qualify the cars class and elapsed time. The classes range from the to the AA fuel dragster. Does it take a certain psyto drive chological make-u- p a dragster and compete against danger? It doesnt take a basic personality, just someone who likes speed racing and competition, smiled Mr. JohnA racer has to have son. his own gratification. I dont get a kick out of beatmg a minor sports car. This would make it a thankless only sport. The dragster Mr. Johnson drives is long and sleek. When he was clocking his creation, the dragster squealed and started to veer off the track. 'The group gasped. What was the driver think1 was ing of? wishing I could go straight so I could I told myself 'let go fast. off the gas and try again, Mr. Johnson stated. Nearly every driver and owner of the racing cars has to be able to do some mechanic work successfully. Al op though the sport of racing for three months is fairly heavy for most pocketbooks, the sport would be even greater if the mechanic trade had to be hired. It takes at least $800 to get a car in shape to race in the C modification production states Tom class. aptly Vaughan, 223 Third Avenue. Foi mree months of racing, it takes $500 to $600 to keep a car in shape for racing, states Gary Friehauf, 4th North. West and 4th One of the greatest precau- tions is not to go bankrupt. of Mr. F riehauf is a car with Bob Runyan. Their 64 Dodge racer has been clocked at 121 m.p.h. Its the speed and competition that makes this sport Mr. Friehauf interesting, stated. Everyone has his sport and this is one that I can compete in with speed. Clark Silver, a 22 year old bearded bachelor, believes hot roddmg not to be a single mans sport but a sport for everyone. 1 wanted to test my car, he states as the main reason he began hot rodding. My car is first before anything because I enjoy this more Jits v DAVE JOHNSON. 24, draws on a cigarette, He states: It isnt a boring sport. It doesn't take a basic personality to drive a racing car just someone who likes speed, racing, and competition. tor William Blackwell, 586 than anything else. The hot roddmg sport is not East 138 South, Draper. I am going to build one only a participant sport but a spectator sport for men, and I come here to check tne cars out. I should have women and children. ' 1 like to see these new one ready by the end of cars and what they can do... July,1 stated Tom Vaughn. the competition speed and what Hot roddmg is an organized they can do, states specta- - sport for racing fans who come to watch the either events or who come to meet new people. Usually the sport begins at 9 a.m. on the tracks, 33rd East on 21st South. TEEN PERSONALITY Teen Says: The Switch To Teen Is Tough GARY FRIEHAUF, 4th W.4th North, straps himself in his speed car a 64 Dodge. He says: "I like this sport because I can compete for speed. His car has gone up to 121 raph. Review Starts Club Its new and exciting. The Rocky Mountain Review has ; started a Teen Press club. What are the requirements? J ust that you must be between the ages of 13 and 19 years old. No experience is neces- - v"'53fy; bilfou must have a sensitive "nose for news. If you have had any experience in news reporting or camera press work jot your qualifications cm a piece of paper and send it in. Experience isnt necessary. Fill out the entry blank and become a teenage press club member. Enclose a stamped envelope. To be eligible to the Rocky Mountain Press Teen Club you must be between 13 and 19 years of age. Mail your entries to P. O. Box 6045, Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Mrs. Miss , - ?T Snasofint): Address City Zone Telephone No. State School Teenage Editor, Rita J. Decker Patrick Westover, who has June 6. fads and teen However, just arrived in the malted milk and hamburger set, knows that styles have caused a vicious the shift from childhood to triangle of feudin and fussin teenhood is like jumping into between schod administration a pressure cooker of peer and parents and teens. The school has no power adult opinions. Its hard to believe youre to tell you what to wear, asserts Patrick. a teenager, he ruefully adstrongly "As a 12 year old I mits. They are there to teach and visualized being a teenager you are there to learn. Theyre as lots of fun. However, you not there to do the family job. Can problems arise, if the soon realize that some people dont like teenagers and they parent stands up to the school administration and declares think teenagers are trouble that the style of long hair makers. will be worn by her son? But when you are a teenMy friend wears long hair ager you act like one and you and his mother wants him to think like one. You visualwear long hair. She went to ize yourself in a higher class. Fads seem to evolve with the school administration and the shift from childhood to laid down the law. I dont know what happened, but he is the teen land. This declarstill wearing long hair. ation of identity with the teenHowever this can cause age peer group has been long hair and tight pants. Why problems between the student and teachers, and they begin long hair and tight pants? Youve got to wear what to dislike the student, exyou want. If the style is tight plains Patrick, son of Mrs. Patricia Westover, 4150South pants, you wear tight pants. 610 East Tight pants and long hair attract girls because this is the Offering a word of advice to style and girls like it, aptly the confused parent Patrick states 13 year old Patrick speaks out The Beatle haircut isnt going out of style who will turn 14 years old on and the parent should realize this. However, if the haircut causes the family never to be at rest, the parent should give the child a style that he can grow out of. The parent should let the child go with the fads, but discipline them as usual. The long-hair- ed teenager isnt different from the clean-c- ut teenager. And the only way the teenager is going to change his outlook on fads is to let him change it himself. Patrick who wants to become a dentist because he is good at doing things with his hands, likes the profession 1 cant find anybecause, thing harder, the moneys good and theres lots of free time. Speaking out on toe strict parent and the more lenient 'firThe parent Patrick-says- , strict family they think the teenager is still a baby. But in the family who isnt quite things and to become sneaky. The parent should take it as it If I like a girl I tell Mom and she just says that I have comes and let it go as it a girl friend and I may have comes. But if it really gets-ou- t a crush on her. of hand they should cut Patrick has a determined it out. he continued. tousled casualness. Although When are you old enough to he is only 5 ft, 1 12 inches have a girl friend? And how he is still growing. And this do parents feel? black - hai red, brown - eyed Parents surely do think teen is growing through a you are too young for a girl painful stage that we all went ' friend, points out Patrick. through. iTHISlWEEKSlTORlTEN THIS.Wf EKSALMJM dor Me Bait 1 SKO 1 i as strict they understand their children realize more because they what they were like when they were 13 years old. If toe parent is too strict this causes the teen to hide You Can Count on Us ... Fashion. Costs No More at Sears Teen Music Combines Rock N Roll And Lyrics With A Message upbeat addict became hooked on toe transisorized rock n roll, it was hard for the adult to take the same sensitive feeding. The music of toe teen is fast and loud that looms over a culture of freeways and Jets. But toe teenager wants to live every moment of his youth and peace and quiet is found in the midst of sound. It is the adult parent whose destinv is to dwarf the teen Why all the noise and twanging at home. They ask: When the teenage guitars? . I cant wait forever Even though you want me to Time wont let me The big JieaL caught up by the soft drink promoters, now is having popular recording stars change toe lyrics to fit their product but keeping the beat so teens can still swing to it. With a teen style of music combining toe elements of teens keep rock n roll and the lyrics with a message their 10 million record players turning with their favorite And, of course, there was a variation of dances which originated out of rock n roll: toe Watusi, toe Locomotion, the Hitchhike, the Monkey, toe Pony, the Swim, the Hully Gully, and the Jerk. The names of the dances mean very1 little because toe dancing is done basically to a set of individualized dance steps. The dance gyrations of toe pelvis and torso and a hprk of a lot of imagination. But what ever the dance toe adult cant escape the music nor can they escape toe dances. tunes. The teenager can reply that toe swirling mopped haired When the Beach Boys came out with the surf style toe fad musicians with their electric guitars are their s. That the music their idols sing is provocative, thoughtful and spread like a fire soaking up oil. Despite toe fact that some teens didnt have a surf board, they combed their hair like Teenage lyrics are not too different from their adult imaginative. It Is Bomb. Atomic There are still toe themes of romance, life the and music companions. is like explosive surf surfboards music with brought surfers, played Teenage fulfillment, imperfection and disillusionment. so is toe teens music. The bomb is a symbol of the fast wheels. moving teenager who realizes that all it takes is someone to trigger the bomb off. ' This is why jukeboxes are filled with songs approaching thoughtful questions of the future existance and of todays world, explained Assistant Professor of Sociology, Charles E. Gregg, University of Utah. alone with toe croaching war in Viet Within 1965-6- 6 Nam Protest songs and protest songs protesting "Protest songs have been picked up by millions of teenage transistors all across the nation. Experts trace the ruffled feathers of the teenager to toe teens basic motive of: Someday we will Vv to live in this world that adults have created for us. We are old enough to fight their wars, but we are not old enough to make the policies governing world diplomacy And because of toe strong wave of young adult protest songs aimed at buggin adults or projecting some type of teenage emotion are selling like hotcakes, professor Gregg explained. As Buffy Sainte-Mar- ie sings: Yes, hes toe Universal Soldier, and he really is to blame. His orders come from far away no more, They come from him and you and me And brother cant you see. This is not the way we put an end to war. The teen hit "Ballad of Green Berets" is another example sentiment has swept the teenage buyer of how the peace-w- ar off his feet. This tune marks a melding of emotions of a soldier leaving a sweetheart and home behind. The teenager is stretching his hand outward for recognition, new experiences and love which he isnt gaining from the adult world, states Professor Gregg. The lyrics of toe songs are about things that happen to us, states a 16 year old youth. A look at the teen tunes would show that the Cheater, "Kicks, and "Soul and Inspiration" are all at the top for teai discussion. With the Big Hurt the listener is swallowed up with the gasping breath of an organ. It goes: Now it begins, Now that you are gone, 3 Needles and Pins Twilight til dawn Watching the clock until you return. The Outsiders are backed up with a twangy guitar and VARIOUS DANCES have gotten their origin from rock n roll. The names of the dances mean very little sharp gypsy beat in Time Wont Let Me. Some of lyrics because the dancing is done basically to a set of individualized dance steps. 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