UNWASHED UNWANTED
France Rejects Beatniks (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter —Copyright) PARIS, April 5. French border police will maintain a sharp lookout for shaggy hair and grubbiness this summer in an effort to keep the country free from beatniks. Like migratory birds, these dishevelled characters of both sexes and many nationalities —mainly German and British —descended on France in past summers, headed mainly for the Paris Latin Quarter, sleeping out on back-street kerbstones, along the river banks and under the famous bridges. Some of them were penniless and sometimes the French had to pay to repatriate them. But in advance of the annual Easter tourist invasion this week-end, the order went out yesterday to turn away all unkempt foreigners without adequate resources. Airport and border police were told to refuse admission to people of both sexes who cannot show sufficient means of support and “whose untidy appearance, shaggy hair, and general grubbiness present an undesirable spectacle.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19660406.2.21.8
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume CV, Issue 31028, 6 April 1966, Page 2
Word Count
152UNWASHED UNWANTED Press, Volume CV, Issue 31028, 6 April 1966, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.