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Article: Fort Lauderdale still has the buoys, but no college boys
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 23, 1992
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. After a half-dozen years of trying, this
resort city finally has cast off the shackles of youth.
Ever since 1960, when George Hamilton, Connie Francis and
friends hit the silver screen in "Where the Boys Are," the silver
sands of this south Florida resort town have been alive to the sounds
of hundreds of thousands of high school and college students. They'd
arrive every year during spring vacation - all intent on having the
times of their young lives.
As spring-break capital, Fort Lauderdale wore its mantle happily
at first. The student shenanigans caused cash registers to ring and
it wasn't long before the event became a mainstay of the town's
economy.
But ...