Writer

John D. Reed

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Desire Is the Fire

T HE first scene sets itself and a few characters take place. Before we tap the truth, I want you


Judge Convicts Two in Avatar Trial: 'What Justifies Words Like These?'

Avatar, the beleaguered underground newspaper, suffered another legal defeat yesterday in Boston Municipal Court. Robert Roman, 21, employee of a


Judge Bans Newest Avatar Issue; Appeal to Be Made to State Court

The most recent issue of Avatar, the Cambridge-based "hippie" newspaper was declared obscene yesterday by Boston Municipal Court Judge Elijah


Bob Dylan

I don't like t be stuck in print starin out at cavity minds who gobble chocolate candy bars quite content


War on Hippies

Parallel To Massachusetts Avenue, away from the noise and neon of Harvard and Central Squares, Kinnaird St. aspires to gentility.


The Agony and the Ecstasy of the Sox

The city had risen to the occasion. The Knot-Hole Gang clustered about the 200-foot high struts of the Old Grand-Dad


'67--The Year the Sox Won the Pennant

All week the newspapers had gushed of "the gonfalon" and "a new era" but when one joined the fans moving


Robert Vaughn

When the master of ceremonies suggested that Robert Vaughn's speech on Vietnam would move them to "out-rage and indignation," the


THE NORTH END

Three generations of North End Italians have hung out in Mazza's Pool Room. Friday nights after the Hub Lanes down