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There was Manson's passion for violent death, his anti-establishment hatred -and Helter Skelter, the Beatles' song whose lyrics appear to suggest sex, if anything, to the normal eye; helter-skelter is simply a British term for a carnival slide. A representative sample...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Other End of Society | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

...Helter skelter helter skelter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Other End of Society | 8/3/1970 | See Source »

Those are the front-line supplicants, but many others constantly seek to infiltrate the presidential stronghold. They include state governors and city mayors, and the senior national and state political leaders of the President's party. After them comes a helter-skelter militia of citizens, often sniping at one another, enemies of the President as well as friends: banker, lawyer, merchant, chief, cleric, doctor, scholar, journalist, student, housewife. Some advance to plead a cause, others to extol, still others to criticize and fix blame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How Nixon's White House Works | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

...midfielders and attack have been working on plays together, particularly on setting up specific men to take shots. "Instead of just running around helter skelter, we have some plays." Regan beamed...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Offense is Strong Point Stickmen Head for South Hoping to Avoid Disaster | 3/26/1970 | See Source »

...lived with in L. A. were not the only ones who knew about these holes. Donovan knew; in one of his songs he sings, "Take me down through a hole in the ocean." The Beatles knew, and they knew Charlie knew. Charlie and his friends had listened to "Helter Skelter" with headphones for months until they could hear, quite distinctly below the sounds of the instruments and the singing, the Beatles in speaking voices saying, "Charlie, can you hear us? Charlie can you hear us? Call us in London. Call us in London." Charlie had called London and the Beatles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Road from Gallup to Albuquerque: | 12/18/1969 | See Source »

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