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College students jammed the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1979. By the late 1960s, residents who had concerns about traffic, public drunkenness and risky behavior became even more vexed by an increase in illicit drug use. When MTV began broadcasting antics to the rest of the nation, the party in Fort Lauderdale was over. (Associated Press)
Photo by: KATHY WILLENS
College students jammed the beaches of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1979. By the late 1960s, residents who had concerns about traffic, public drunkenness and risky behavior became even more vexed by an increase in illicit drug use. When MTV began broadcasting antics to the rest of the nation, the party in Fort Lauderdale was over. (Associated Press)

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