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TWO KANSAS CITY SAILORS: JUNE 1960

            Please note the new recruits who had just arrived to begin their basic training. Frozen forever in time in line still in their civilian clothing in the background. 

Smoking, back then, was not an issue, just an accepted joy of being an American. America has changed; it is slowly changing as our freedoms are being robbed by brainless robots who sit in cubicles thinking of new bans and regulations they can force upon us. The sad part of this scenario is that  too many of our elected representatives and officials nod their heads in agreement. 

As long as they get their benefits and are able to get in on the first tier of corporate benefits, they will continue nodding, caring less for the freedoms of the common man and woman. You know, smoking is really a shallow issue, however, it is an issue and that it is disregarded is symbolic of all pursuits of happiness that each of us have, though most are different in that smoking is not necessarily an issue.

I use the smoking issue as a basic symbol of our basic freedoms beng restricted through bureaucratic B.S. rules and regulations. Nevertheless, the tobacco taxes are received with a glad heart and opened palms.

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Taken on: June 1, 1960

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Sets appears in: • ADVERTISEMENTS FOR MYSELF • POSITIVE AND UPBEAT SNAPSHOTS more » • SMOKERS REBELLION BEGINS IN USA • NAS ATSUGI & VQ-1 NAVAL AIR SQUADRON • SEARCHING FOR SERENITY: A NEW DAY • WELCOME TO MY WORLD • FREEDOM OF SPEECH FOREVER • REMEMBERING OLD FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS... • SHORT STORIES AND FEATURE ARTICLES • FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY • FRIENDS FROM THE PAST • KANSAS CITY JAZZ PIANO MAN • JOURNEYS AND TRAVELS BY ALL MODES • NO SHORTAGE OF SUBJECT MATTER • BEATNIK GENERATION • Look and See Cards • WHO ARE THEY? • MOON SHOOTS • ODD, RARE AND UNUSUAL • SMOKING IS A CIVIL RIGHT • TRAVELING BY MYSELF • ROBERT'S GALLERY • SAN DIEGO IN THE 1960S: RETRO AMERICAN BY R. L. HUFFSTUTTER • BOYS OF THE 1950S : the boys of every season... • 50 YEARS AGO IN THE USA • SAILOR'S LIFE: MY NAVY DAYS--USN • OLD SCHOOL PHOTOS: Grade School and High School • BOYHOOD MEMORIES OF AMERICA • LOST IN THE 60S • LIVING IN THE FAST LANE 60S STYLE... • MIRACLES OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY • VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA 1960S BY HUFFSTUTTER • 360 YEN PER U.S. DOLLAR: 1961-1963 • GROWING UP IN THE 1950s... • AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY • SMOKERS UNITE NOW S.U.N. • AMERICANA 1960S SERIES • HELLO, MY NAME IS ROB • DIRECTORY FOR VIDEOS • HOTEL ROOMS REMEMBERED • BOTTLES AND CONTAINERS • ELECTRICAL AND INDUSTRIAL STUFF • TRAINS by Huffstutter • VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA...a brief history • PEOPLE from the 1930s through the 1960s... • WALKING PEOPLE « less

Groups appears in: • Sailors in Uniform • IN UNIFORM more » • Tobacco Pipe Smokers Lounge • AMERICAN AMERICANS • Vintage Photos of Men Smoking Pipes • The Sixties Male (1960-1969) • TEENAGE film • RTC/NTC San Diego US Navy « less

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