Helix Vol. VI No. 2 January 9, 1969 Walt Crowley Utopia Cover; International Committee to to Defend Eldridge Cleaver Editorial/Solicitation with Fleetwood Mac Ad
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Walt Crowley. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 24 including covers. Front and rear covers, and the Crowley cover article, printed in color. Slight edge-wear with top left corner with crease, now mellowed. Very Good+. Item #6661 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. Now 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 in September 1969) that reprints a letter from then-Washington State Governor Daniel Evans and a response to that letter. An article on Eldridge Cleaver has a solicitation for donating funds to his legal defense fund. Featuring ads for Fleetwood Mac at the Eagles Auditorium, Floating Bridge opening along with the Retina Circus light show. Another ad features the Beach Boys and Tommy James and the Shondells at the Seattle Center Arena.
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