Helix Vol. VII No. 3 March 26, 1969: Prison Issue; Victor Steinbrueck on Saving Pike Place Market
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Victor Steinbrueck. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 28 including covers. Very slight age-toning to edges, else a well preserved copy. Very Good. Item #6715 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. This issue is housed in a removable, clear sleeve with an acid-free backing.
A solid issue of the Seattle underground bi-weekly (that transitioned to a weekly in September 1969) with articles on Seattle's Central Area School Council, the Oakland 7, another piece by Victor Steinbrueck on saving the Pike Place Market and several pieces on prisons, each with a unique focus: Seattle city jail, King County Jail, the prison in Ellensburg and the Big House in Walla Walla. The latter includes an interview with a Seattle cop who was just released from the state prison. Includes ads for El Roach in Ballard, John Cassavetes in "Faces" and blue movies at the Rivoli Cinema.
Price: $30.00