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In this shot “Smokey” Buchanan, a member of the West Palm Beach police force got the call to measure the swimsuit of Palm Beach resident Betty Fringle. His task was to ensure that the bathing suit conformed to the regulations of the “beach censors.”
Apparently, back then, society would become depraved and unhinged if women’s swimsuits were too short.”
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