NOLA Express - Contents in Issue June 1972

Contents in Issue June 1972

The contents of a single issue covered investigative reporting about environmental and community issues, essays about current political and social issues, bold cartoons, statements by self-styled fringe leaders, and more created for the large fringe Hippie and artist society of New Orleans and Algiers across the Mississippi River by bridge or ferry.

Issue of NOLA Express #108 from June 9, 1972, with cover art by Hedwig Gorski pictured at right. Contents:

• The Poisoning of Our Water Supply
• Lake Charles Police Sued
• Suit Against Richard Nixon Dismissed
• Kumi Maitreya La-La by John Bennett
• Notes of a Dirty Old Man by Charles Bukowski
• Walter Collins Ani Maitreya Marilyn Austin John Dulude Ericka Huggins Poem/Art Centerfold
• Merit Unified Field Theory III Geophysical Warfare: Vietnam
• The Youth International Party in Miami
• Planet News Small Press Communications Conspiracy
• The North American Book Of The Dead by D.A.
• DA Levy Letters Calendar of Events Community Bulletin Board Classified Ads
• Ads for: Warehouse Concerts (1/4 page ad for gigs by Edgar Winter / Groundhogs, Z.Z. Topps / Wishbone Ash) - ZZ Top

The underground press movement unified those in the anti-establishment service, social, and political movements along with the bohemian circuit of artists, freewheeling travelers and hitchhikers into a force that permanently impacted American policy and culture.