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...issue. "The death was announced by a general court-martial of six men," the editorial said. "Pallbearers will include Senators Fulbright, Kennedy and McGovern. Honorary pallbearers will include Moratorium marchers." The Texas senate called for a presidential pardon. Atlanta Printer Sam Yalanzon had takers for FREE CALLEY bumper stickers as fast as he could turn them out. Two radio stations in North Carolina and one in Roswell, N. Mex., announced that they would suspend broadcasts of Army public-service messages...
Other organizations focus on different kinds of action. In Washington and Atlanta, largely female groups calling themselves "Birthright" operate anti-abortion telephone hot lines, counseling troubled pregnant women and directing them to agencies offering special care. Chance of a Lifetime, also in Washington, distributes a bumper sticker...
...Texas was getting about 100 letters a week about the aircraft, 80% of them opposed. Now he gets 450 letters a week about the SST-and 80% are favorable. A particular target is the plane's most effective opponent, Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire. Backers have passed out bumper stickers intended to punish Proxmire on his home turf. One urges a boycott of Wisconsin cheese. In a lighter vein, another proclaims...
...because Freak Out! is better music. Those who've listened to Safe As Milk know that Captain Beefheart has the best, most ignored record ever made (maybe). Alex St. Claire's guitar on his first two albums is superlative, as is Captain Beefheart's amazing voice and harp. The bumper sticker that comes with Safe As Milk is alone worth the price of that album...
...hear all the old boos, all the dirty sneers. Paste a sticker proclaiming STAMP OUT AGNEWSPEAK On every bumper. Take the ribbons out of the typewriters of all reporters and rewritemen. Force six packs a day on the guy who wrote "Winston tastes good like . . ." Would that the cure for semantic aphasia were that simple...