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' "NJ w Look what they done to my hair, ma by Lisa Whitman Larry Taylor saw his ears the other day for the first time in two years. Taylor is a New York public-relations man and, hence, supersensitive to what's "in." And what's becoming "in" these days is shorter hair for men. After almost a decade of cascading "male manes, a reversal is beginning to set in. Masculine hair lengths are receding a bit-though hardly back to the crewcut style of old. The new look, which first took hold in England and France early last year before crossing to the U.S., "is neater and slightly shorter but not the real short cut of the '50s," according to Chicago barber Paul Guarino. In fact, Jerry Spallina, who charges $50 for a "pinch cut" at his salon in New York's Bergdorf Goodman department store, compares the shorter style to the compromise between the extremes of the maxi and midi in women's hemlines. "It's a blunt cut done in layers," he explains. "You just shake your head and it all falls into place." Taylor says he decided to opt for this kind of shorter cut because "I got sick of having to fuss with my hair and spend 20 minutes under a hand dryer whenever I washed it." Indeed, convenience as well as appearance seems to be spurring the new trend. 'The surfers and the Beatles promoted the long-haired look and everybody wanted to get with it," says New York hair stylist Hugh Harrison. 'Then it got long and greasy and messy, and nobody looked individual anymore. So the trend now is to have shaped, groomed hair. "Hair fashion seems ripe for this brand of conservatism right now. Long hair expressed something in our society. People were doing their own things. Now they're trying to express something else that's more individual." But there are more practical considerations at work, too. As some of the youngsters who helped popularize long hair have moved out into the workaday world, they have had to choose between their locks and their paychecks. 12 MILES EAST of LINCOLN on HIGHWAY 34 13 HILE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Want that one last fling before classes get into full swing? Make Labor Day weekend a memorable occasion. Join thousands of fun-loving, beer-drinking sports fans at Eagle Raceway, a surprisingly fantastic place to spend an evening. The girls aren't topless, but the cars are. They're the fastest of their kind in the country. And thev're from all over. ..Kansas. Missouri, 1970 13 Mile Champioiv-Lonnie Jensen, Lincoln, Nebr. Texas, South Dakota, Iowa, California. ..It's all there in one package, waiting for new 1971 13 Mile Champion-Ray Lee Goodwin, K.C. , Mo. people to go with an already great following. Beer and racing do mix. If you don't believe us, try it. We'll gurantee you'll like it. Copple 1968 13 Mile Champion-Gordon Wooley, Waco, Texai 1969 13 Mile Champion-Dick Sutcliffe, K.C, Mo. LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2 AT CHAMPI rv tiG n n n flUSITQIll? SUNDAY, Sept. 3 SUNDAY EVENING TIME TRIALS 7:00 PM-RACES 8 00 PM TROPHY DASH - Four Htot Rocm SEMI-MAIN EVENT JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT MONDAY, Sept.4 LABOR DAY EVE. SUNDAY NIGHTS QUALIFYING TIMES USED TROPHY DASH - Four Heat Races SEMI-MAIN EVENT NATIONAL 13 MILE CHAMPIONSHIP INVERTED STARTS (Fol Cor Slort To The Rear At All Rocet) TIME TRIALS -GOOD FOR BOTH NIGHTS STRAIGHT UP STARTS (Foil Cars Start In Front Of All Race) WARM UPS 7:00 PM. RACES 8:00 PM DEMOLITION DERBY $200 TO WIN MONDAY NIGHT One afii'inc. H.i.titly, for example, two shaggy-haired field representatives I or ,m insurance company walked into Florencia's men salon m Hollywood and handed the barber a slip of paper which listed the company's specifications for haircuts (heir longer than the shirt collar, sideburns no longer than the eailobe, etc). "It's not tfh'i i want it this way," one of the young men said morosely. "Hut I've (jot no choice if I want to keep my job. That's the way the company wants it." The jobless in California, moreover, now face the loss of unemployment checks it long hair makes them unemployable. The state Uuemploymen' I nstit ar . Appeals Board recently ruled that in ooniuu.nd tes or occupations where employers objected to flowing locks, job applicants would have to meet grooming standaids or be ineligible for unemployment compensation. Some former long hairs have been diiven to the barbers because many establishment types-Wall Street bankers to Philadelphia lawyr i s - h we taken up tin; style and blunted its impact as a -.ymbol oi m oi.es! . Yippi'-; i' dr Abbie Hoffman was one ot the t .tsi mbel , io get ihoi n. "Today," he exclaims, "even the cui pot at:o;r, have long hair. My God, even the barbers do! " At the sain" ii.ee, some of the. oklet men who hoped to get "with it" by adopting lrg youthful locks have concluded that they look moie like I athei 1 iirie instead. Mr. Kenneth, hairdresser to !Uv York's jet set, admits that he was "trying ' to grow it luuu liMr eve.ybody else. One day after a long look in thtrjxiinoi I ! looked even more tired ariddldj -than I rtrtilly vac.o I out ii-" -- The return to mkmci, shoi tot hmcuis is, needless to say, welcomed b w ImhI n. esued baiher industiy. The long style was disastrous 101 bsi:,...-.ss. In Che..!. in, for instance, 1,700 barber shops I old.;.. I dining ihe pas! thiee yeais. But now business is pe np .m-J 'oit: baibeis report they're recaptui ing 'I" per cnl and moi e of the clients they lost to long haii. Gio Heinep a iuiber ai Spalhna's salon in New York, reports almo 1 .ill he; cnstomeis die having their hair shortened. "I '. eg h,ei gets in ihe way when you play golf and tennis, and !' , c night in car and elevaiot doors," he says. "Besides, wh.:' , I v .1 nun who fusses with his hair all the" time?" in i r a a I a jf" Welcome Students! I J Special Student v. M ,-!. I. c iu.m W dicer, out vice Bud-Mill Si;hlii,: 12 Pa!. Cn;i CO i ,! Cio Bicj Red ; :U VODKA Hanluy- ( 'i 2 Puk :: i r r.r,(,"c':. rarm '' . ore - 97 Falstalf Cold Vi r ' wipe All buor 1 2COLD it , i C85 6 M 1 A M 7 a e . A12bbi) 22nd&"0" Special Student Check Service .... ... , - i iWW f II I I. Jill lllllii FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1972 DAILY NEBRASKAN PAGE 11