Helix Vol. III No. 3. March 14, 1968. WITH ad for ACLU Pot-Test Case Benefit Featuring Magic Fern and the Time Machine
Seattle: Helix, 1968. "Skip" (cover montage). First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.25 x 17.5 inches. Pp. 20. Front and rear covers printed in two-color. Light age-toning, lower fore-edge corner a bit crimped, rear cover fore-edge with a 1.5 inch closed tear. Withal, a bright copy. Item #6111 In late spring 1967, Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship. A pebble in the shoe of Seattle establishment, the "hip rag" brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. [FOR VOLS. I - III:] Early issues are increasingly scarce. This issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.
An early issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly that transitioned to a weekly beginning September 1969). With articles on drafting cops for the Vietnam War and featuring ads for the ACLU Pot-Test Case Benefit at Eagles Auditorium -- attendance of heads being mandatory.
Price: $50.00