Helix Vol. VII No. 10 May 15, 1969 Walt Crowley-Alan Lande Diptych Cover; MC-5 and SDS Articles
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Walt Crowley, Alan Lande. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 24 including covers. Front and rear covers and centerfold printed two-color. Light age-toning to edges, else Fine. Near Fine. Item #6746 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 copy of the Seattle underground paper with articles on SDS protests, a curfew imposed in Tacoma, and ongoing MC5 legal issues, with Fred "Sonic" Smith being acquitted of charges of assault against a police officer, and John Sinclair being convicted of same. Features an ad for Joe Brazil and Equinox, and the Levels of Consciousness, at Seattle's Black Arts West theater, 34th and Union.
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