Open City #74 (1968) Underground Newspaper Los Angeles

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Rare. Offered is issue No. 74 of the early underground newspaper “ Open City: Weekly Review of the Los Angeles Renaissance ” (October 18-24, 1968) edited by John Bryan (Bob Garcia was the Managing Editor, Robert Igriega was the News Editor, and Charles Bukowski is listed as one of the Contributing Editors) and published by Open City out of Los Angeles, California. A newspaper folded twice (as issued), when unfolded measures 15-3/4" by 22-3/4" and contains ten pages including front and rear covers. Contents include: -cover story " HOW [George] WALLACE CAN WIN " by Andrew Fox; -two short articles under the heading of “ Two Views of [the] Peace March ”: the first by Morris Kight (“San Francisco can now claim that it has been the site of two of the historic turning points in the anti-war movement”), and Bob Tippit (“It’s unusual to find young soldiers marching voluntarily – especially against war”); -article on, and interview of, Nat Adderly ; -article " OLYMPICS, SI!! COPS, NO!! " by Della Rossa; article " Rock: The New Opiate? " by Ramblin' Jim Martin; -column " Making It " by Jerry Hopkins; -column " Outside Agitator " by Ralph Gleason; -stream-of-consciousness article " Sirhan Bishara Sirhan: Part 2 " by Jack Hirschman; article " Race Warfare Part I " by Robert Igriega; -much more. With outstanding, vintage counter-culture read more