San Francisco Express Times, vol. 1, #39, Oct. 16, 1968: Court Orders Wallace Testicles Removed
San Francisco: The Trystero Company, 1968. Newspaper. 16p., folded tabloid underground newspaper, news, opinion, articles, photos, events, actions, comix, psychedelia, mailing address stamped cover else very good on newsprint.
The Express Times was S.F.'s main political underground paper. Became San Francisco Good Times and later Good Times. Garson was a member of the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley and was jailed in December because of his involvement with the Democratic national Convention protests. Cover story, headlined "Court Orders Wallace Testicles Removed," is report on a George Wallace rally at the Cow Palace. Other pieces include Marvin Garson's "Confessions of a Mescaline Eater," about hanging around UC Berkeley during the "Cleaver Crisis"; the text of a Martin Nicolaus speech at the American Sociological Association berating his fellow academics; report on a GI march and demo at S.F. Civic Center, and a centerspread of poetry of dubious quality by Martha Kearns and Todd Gitlin. Usual news of the day (e.g. founding of the White Panther Party in Detroit, battle over UC Berkeley's decision to not support the UFW's grape boycott, a SNCC organizer's conviction and appeal in Dallas, etc.).
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Price: $35.00