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iion 1 i8 Date Ttiffntrrnnjj(i)jjii Line' Helps Teens line no raw NEA Phol By JACK SMITH Angrles limes Sen ire LOS ANGELES To the teenager with a hangup, the whole world may seem cold and alien. Parents are beyond reach. Teachers are the enemy. Even friends can't help: they're teenagers, too. Maybe the hangup is crucial panic over an experience with drugs: pregnancy: a suicidal impulse.

Maybe it's only the blues: a groundless anxiety: a loneliness. Maybe all they need is somebody to talk to. Somebody who isn't emotionally involved. Somebody who isn't an authority. Somebody ho will listen you know? Hot Line will listen.

Hot Line, a listening service for teenagers, is now in the fourth week of a 12-week pilot program at Los Angeles Childrens Hospital. At the moment its facilities consist only of a small room in the hospital's adolescent unit, three telephones, and the 24-hour assistance of a commercial answering service. Hot Line was launched quietly, without public announcement or fanfare. Small cards were handed out to pupils have a serious problem. We don't just shut the door." As anticipated, perhaps the most frequent hangup involves a conflict with parents.

"They have a friend they like a lot." Bissiri said. "But the mother doesn't approve of the association. The kid doesn't see anything wrong. She's not getting into trouble. But the parent feels it's a bad influence.

It's a hangup." Loneliness, friendlessness move some teenagers to call. "We've had lots of calls from kids who just want friends. Maybe they're new in the neighborhood, they don't know how to make friends. We ask how have thev tried? What hasn't worked? We help them explore their 'feelings about themselves. "We get calls from others who say.

'I don't know where 1 am or who I am or where I'm said Bissiri. "They have no idea what field they're going into. Sometimes they think maybe they're crazy. This is what might be called an existential-type anxiety call." One call was from a Negro teenager who wanted help with his thinking about "black power." "He said he believed in black equality, but not the use of force. He said he had.

been approached to join a black power group, but didn't know what to do. How could he find out more about the organization?" Hot Line does not try to give hard advice or to moralize, but to explore the problem and the possibilities, to help the hungup teenager see and appraise his own alternatives. Backing up the telephone listeners are 15 expert counselors physicians, ministers, psychologists, lawyers, public defenders, businessmen. They are "on call" for a week at a time, leaving their phone numbers wherever they may be with the Hot Line answering service for immediate availability. Few calls, however, have required the services ot a counselor.

Mostly, the tension is eased if the caller can talk it out with the listener. The ability of the listeners is obviously the critical lac-tor in Hot Line's success or failure. Most of them are graduate students solicited through the employment agencies of UCLA. University of Southern California and other campuses in the Los Angeles area. YOUNG HAWAII Tlic Look It's the One Look, really.

Hers zeroes in on his a five-button, jjahardine leisure jacket, worn with turtleneck. Hoth Mis and Hers designed bv Hardv Amies of London are big" with teens. The first Date-Line colu inn that drew controversial mail was some years back i would you believe '62? i. and 'had to do with that first kiss. Our critics either scoffed at the need for such guidance or exploded with rage at encouraging adolescent romance.

We thought the slings and arrows were misspent then, and we've had no reason to change our mind since. We still believe that reaching across the space to your first love is an enormously spooky business. The couple's relationship may be on one plateau friendship. To escalate opens a hole new world, with dozens of threats: ''We were good friends, how will it change if I kiss her?" ''She thinks I'm so sharp, what if I fumble this embrace will she cut me down or tell her friends?" If I let him kiss me. can I stop it TIIEK1-; COMES A TIME Yet there comes a time when a couple feels the tension of not moving forward, tfnd this can kill the relationship too.

"Why hasn't he kissed me? Doesn't he feel anything for me?" "I can't stand this on the brink', business any longer. I'm going to out. before she finds out how inexperienced I The old bug-a-too of male pride stands in the way. Somehow, even in our modern society, remnants of yesterday's myths still make trouble. There's no real reason why boys should be more eperienced than girls, but the.

folklore remains, and a tender, loving guy. is afraid to admit: "I want to kiss you because you're special to me. but it will be my first time and I'm not so sure of the action The past restrains the gal, too. How sensible and honest it would be to say. "I like you very much, and I want to kiss you too.

but I don't know what you'll expect after that and I've heard a lot about how hard it is for boys to stop Know what? Tomorrow's here! There's no reason why we have to fake out or fall out. In recent years something very nice has happened to the relationship between the sexes. A lot of the posing has become passe. The "big rugged lover me" and little shy unnwakened you" thing is for the late movies. The idea of an "opposite" sex has been transformed into the more realistic concept of the "other sex." The watchword is still: "vive la difference." but there's a vital postscript: "cheer those similarities too." 'in one week." said Garell.

"we had 110 applications. Of these we selected 30. Most were in their 20s. We tested 15 people at a time, taking the part of teenagers and listeneri. Then we selected 26 of the 30." Besides graduate students, there are also a few professionals among the listeners resident physicians, a computer analyst and a county probation officer.

Bookish Students Pitch In around the campuses of four high schools selected for the pilot program. There was no other publicity. On one side, the cards had this message: you a teen with a hangup? Call 666-1015. We're here to listen. 6 p.m.

to 12 p.m. daily. 6 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday and Saturday." On the other side, in large letters: "HOT LINE TRIPLE 6-1015." In the first two weeks alter the cards were given out.

Hot Line received more than 60 calls. The low-pressure beginning of Hot Line was deliberate. "We didn't want it to have the stamp of the Establishment," said Dr. Dale Garell. 32, director of the hospital's adolescent unit and one ot the group of professionals and private citizens who thought up Hot Line and got it going.

"We didn't want the kids to think. 01. this is a school or 'This is just another Establishment That might kill call-ins. "We wanted to make direct contact with the kids. They have to trust somebody.

We wanted them to know there were no strings. We stress anonymity. "When we get a call-in our listener answers. 'Hello, this is Hot Line. I'm so and so.

i We give only a first name.) Can I help you?" One of the first things Garell and his colleagues learned was the reality of the "underground network" over which information travels in the teenage world. Two days after the cards were passed out students at a filth high school knew all about Hot Line. As Hot Line's founders expected, calls have come from teenagers with hangups raneing from drugs and the draft to pregnancy, venereal disease and even racial dilemmas. But also as expected, most have simply been in the category of "I've got a problem can we talk about it?" Working with Garell on Hot Line at the adolescent unit is Gerald Bissiri. staff psychologist, who is evaluating the calls for a report on the 12-week pilot program.

Both Garell and the psychologist are gratified by the number of calls and the obvious sincerity of most. "They're not all legitimate." Bissiri conceded. "We've had a handful of put-ons. But the people on the phones are prettv sharp. Thev pick up the put-on.

but they go along with it. "If nothing else, even these people want to talk to someone. In some cases, underneath the put-on, it turns out they fprcinl to the Atii rrlisrr Here's one for the books: A 30-member student staff runs the library at St. Louis High School, and there's always a waiting list to get into the act. "It would be an impossible situation if we weren't there." said Kendall Lee, 17.

i of what is called the Bertram Student Library Staff. Lee and his fellow clubbers maintain the books in the campus library 30.000 volumes and magazines in all under the supervision of Brother Richard Roesch, S.M.. librarian. "Basically we keep the library in order," Lee said. "Not just physically neat, but maintain discipline, too." until 1 get there at 8.

and are responsible for maintaining discipline. "So far. no discipline has been necessary, however." The St. Louis library-users have confidence in the youth staff. Roesch said.

"They'll occasionally ignore me. and ask the students for help. They have that much confidence in them. So do Kendall, a student, is associate editor of the campus paper, a council representative, and a member of the National Honor Society. Rocket Club, and Inter-School Relations Committee.

He's been on the library staff for three years. "The job is an invaluable preparation for college." he said. "No doubt about it." Said Roesch: "I'd have to lock the door without them." The club dates back seven years. It assists the student body of 950 in usual library services. The reputation of the student staff is such that prospective members literally "wait in line" for inter-v i s.

according to one campus spokesman. "We're pretty fussy, -though." 'Kendall said. "Personality and general attitude account for 75 per cent of the qualifications. We want to be sure the member is willing to sene, to contribute himself to the library." Each staffer puts in about two hours weekly. Officers such as Kendall work longer three or four times as much, plus occasionally giving up some time on weekends." The students shelve and file books and magazines, mend them, handle overdue notices, create displays and maintain a bulletin board and also have been instrumental in the early opening of the facility.

Time was when the library opened at 8 am. Now. because of the group, the doors swing open at And about 200 students traditionally use the facility in the extra 30 minutes before class. "Kendall is usually there bv 6:45 a.m.." Roesch said. "By 7:30.

at least 10 staff members are in the library. They supervise the facility Man on Campus Spiderman 9s a Big TI.MK FOR SHAKING If we accept the truth that boys and girls feel many of the same fears and doubts the channel is open to sharing. A couple moving toward a romantic Rubicon may now talk frankly and come to a mutual solution. The girl needn't demand a conquering movie-type hero, nor the boy a totally un-awakened violet They can admit their innocence and their warm feelings without excess embarrassment and proceed from there. I'nromantic, this chit-chat about "what You've got it wrong! What could be more tender, trusting and vulnerable than to dare to be real with each other and to share what's really going through vour mind? crowd for former President Eisenhower.

New York University and Columbia also provided speaking engagements. "More college students are finding that comics are interesting and not just trash." says Dave Kaler. 31, of New York, president of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors. The Academy was founded in 1961 by Dr. Jarry Bails.

33. associate profesior at Detroit's Wayne State University, and circulates a monthly bulletin to members. An annual convention is held in New York. Readers are fond of pointing out that comics can be read on two levels, at least the super-hero magazines they have in mind. Very young readers can read for the good versus evil content and 'the spectacular fights.

Mature readers discover fairly complex plots, personality relationships, plus topical references. Marshall McLuhan (who is mentioned and it's not unusual for Spider-man to remark anti-social tendencies in his antagonist villain. Other companies than Marvel have dabbled in the field. National Comics outsells everyone with Superman and Batman, but these are aimed primarily at kiddie readers. Green Lantern and Flash, however, are making inroads in the college market.

Carlton Comics had some potentially big hits when it discontinued all but one. The Blue Beetle. Another potential big seller among students is King Comics' Flash Gordon, but generally it is distributed in packets with kiddie comics like The Phantom. Mandrake and Popeye. So far Marvel is tops.

A southern college had a Marvel Beaux Arts Ball at which students dressed like comic book characters. Posters at the University of California at Riverside used a picture of the Hulk to attract swingers. In 1966. Marvel sold 50.000 T-shirts and 30.000 sweatshirts displaying super-heroes, running completely out of adult sizes. Last vear a teaching fellow at the State By JACKIE HARPER The Fantastic Four? An immodest rock music group? The backfield of a winning co.iege tootoall team? Not exactly.

They're college campus heroes all right. But they step from between purple pages of comic books. The big men on campus are Spider-man. Daredevil, the Hulk and Captain America. More than 50.000 students on hundreds of campuses belong to the Merry Marvel Marching Society, a club sponsored by fhe Marvel Comics Group, creator of the most popular super-heroes.

Marvel editor Stan Lee. who is behind the idea for sophisticated comic books, was invited by the Princeton Debating Society to speak in a series which included Vice President Hubert Humphrey, former Governor of Pennsylvania William Scranton and Sen. Wayne Morse. At Bard College. Lee outdrew a record University ot York ol Butlalo.

illiam D. Sherman, tantalized English classes v. itli Marvel comics. Letters to Marvel arrive 0 students, housewives, servicemen, teachers, professional men. even Peace Corps volunteers.

"We don't cater to any special age group." says Lee. "But we do cater to a special intellectual level. Our readers, no matter what their ages, have proved to be bright, imaginative, informal and sophisticated." Marvel entered the super-hero field in 1963. when Lee and artist Jack Kirby introduced "The Fantastic Four." Circulation rose from 33 million in 15 to around 50 million early this year. Almost at once readers began noticing that Fantastic Four comics were different from regular comic books.

Characterization, intricate plots and highly professional art were emphasised. We'll be happy to send you a reprint of that original First Kiss column, if you" big brother has lost his. J'lst send a stamped, self-addressed long envelope with your fPTENj YOII WIND THEM IIP WEAR A PIN An exact replica of ones or by agents' the Central Intel-igeiiee. Agency as they their highly secretive 1HEV ML Bored by the same old vacations? Ljo "Honey" is still sticking to the No. 1 spot on the nation's Top Ten.

based on Billboard Magazine's surveys of air play and sales: 1. "Honey" Bobby Goldsboro. 2. "Cry Like a Baby" The Box Tops. 3.

"Young Girl" The Union Gap. 4. "Lady Madonna" The Beatles. 5. "Tighten L'p" Archie Bell and the Orclls.

6. "I Got the Feelin' "James Brown. 7. ''Cowboys to Girls" The Intruders. 8.

"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Hugo Montenegro. 9. "Beautiful Morning" The Rascals. 10. "Unicorn" Irish Kovcrs.

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