Word: aspens
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...that have been sprouting on the hills each year. In the West, they were trying out the ski tows and warming huts at such new places as Big Mountain in Montana and Alpine Meadows in California. But the major mecca for college-agers at Christmastime is the town of Aspen, developed by the late industrialist Walter Paepcke high in the Rocky Mountains, 105 miles southwest of Denver...
Bums & Beats. Snow was far from plentiful in Aspen last week, but close to 1,000 young people crowded into town, augmenting the 3,000-odd other visitors. Aspen has 60 lodges, hotels, motels, guest houses and dormitories, and the youngsters mostly put up in the dormitories for about $4 a night, sleeping four or more in a room. Skiing is an expensive addiction ($45 million was spent on equipment alone in the U.S. last year), and one of the chief subjects of discussion was the $6.50 charge for a ticket on the ski lift...
...force at the winter resorts. They fare better in the East, where they get room, board, lift tickets and a little extra money, than in the West, where they get only money, and not much of that. A few are adept enough to work as instructors, but most of Aspen's ski bums work in the bars, restaurants and shops...
This year's record inrush of students, ski bums and ski beats produced a rash of fights, breakage and stolen equipment that led some irate Aspenites to call for a police crackdown on all young people. But the Aspen Times editorialized in favor of moderation: "Not having money is no crime, and the fact that some skiers may be temporarily out of work should not give the police the right to harass them." Bars and restaurants try to maintain a close surveillance of identity cards to avoid selling liquor to those under 21, or beer to those under...
Massachusetts' Democratic Senator Teddy Kennedy moved from a swimming holiday in the Virgin Islands to a skiing junket with Bobby (and families) at Aspen, Colo. But his office in Washington was already grinding out news releases as fast as anyone could say, "He Can Do MORE for Massachusetts." So far, Teddy's office had announced $135 million in new federal contracts, grants and loans for Massachusetts-with promises of more, more, more...