From the Sun vaults, Aug. 3-9, 1966
Time, not on their side ‘Pacific Sun’ debuts history-making, semi-legible all-teen newspaper by Jason Wals h
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by Howard Rachelson
1. Pictured, right: The name “Mendonoma” refers to what geographical region? 2. What game includes such terms as easyway, hardway, crazy kite and large “X”? 3. What animal name translates to Terrible Lizard in Greek? 4. What three independent nations are known as the Baltic countries? 5. Identify these music acts: 5a. Pictured, right: Popular since the 1970s—group named after flying objects 5b. Since the 1980s—named after the deepest part of human sleep 5c. Since the late 1990s, a singer whose name sounds like instruments of primitive warfare
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8 6 What is the most powerful and effective word in advertising? 7. What nation is home to the world’s largest democracy? 8. Pictured, left : Name these two structures: when completed in New York in 1929, this one (shown) became the world’s tallest, exceeding what (not shown) in height? 9. Licorice is most closely related in flavor to what herbs? 10. What amazing accomplishments did Mr. Novak Djokovic from Serbia and Ms. Petra Kvitova from the Czech Republic achieve in July 2011? BONUS QUESTION: This 1883 explosion in Indonesia could be heard 2,000 miles away, and debris was scattered for 4,000 miles. What volcano? Send your best trivia question (with your name and hometown) to howard1@triviacafe. com; if your question is used in the ‘Pacific Sun,’ we’ll give you credit!
▲ A coalition of campers captured an alleged child molester last weekend at Dillon Beach and restrained him with zip ties until the Marin County Sheriff’s deputies reached the scene. The suspect, John Robert Reno, a 25-year-old Napa resident, entered the tent of a family camping at Lawson’s Landing in West Marin. The parents were alerted to the intruder’s presence when their 8-yearold daughter awakened them and pointed out the man asleep in her sleeping bag. Nearby campers were also alerted and grabbed Reno as he tried to leave. Sheriff’s deputies arrested him on suspicion of lewd acts with a child younger than 14. Although we don’t have the names of the Heroes who apprehended Reno, these are the folks we want living next door. Good work, citizens.
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▼ It seems coastal Marin was a busy place this week, because our Zero incident took place there too. Seeing a local mother let her young daughter poop on the beach, Ambre offered the woman a bag to pick up the waste. “No, it’s OK. I’ll just hide it under this rock,” said the inconsiderate mom. Ambre explained that people could step in it. Not to be deterred, our Zero replied, “The tide is coming in. It’ll be gone soon.” As Ambre notes, she cleans up her dog’s poop and that mother should clean up her child’s poop. We’re behind you on this movement. Mom, you’re definitely a Zero, not to mention unsanitary. Try respecting Marin’s beaches and the other living beings that share them with you.—Nikki Silverstein
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Marin youth were brainwashing in Korea. Further brainwashing turning on, tuning in and was on the schedule at the following meeting, dropping caps 45 years ago when young Republicans were invited to enthis week. joy of a pair of taped speeches by gubernatoIt was the debut edition rial contender Ronald Reagan. Not everyone years ago of the Pacific Sun’s newest was captivated by the star of Tugboat Annie special publication—High Times, Marin’s Sails Again, however. An editorial that week only newspaper “by, for, and about highby Terra Linda High student Cindy Royce school-age youth,” according to some old made a daring prediction about Reagan’s fogy’s stiff introduction. The concept of High chances of defeating Pat Brown in the race to Times was to give voice to the concerns and Sacramento: “[He] will either lose California’s issues important to teenagers throughout gubernatorial election, or he will win by a the county—no matter how misinformed slim margin” she gambled. The political ingeand ill-conceived they may be. All teens were nue had based her assessment of the situation welcome to contribute stories and opinion by weighing Reagan’s 15 percent lead in polls pieces on any topic, promised Sun publisher against his waning “zenith of popularity.” Merril D. Grohman, “as long as it’s legible.” Incredibly, Cindy’s true talents lay in Legibility be damned! High Times was al- predicting every possible outcome but the ready garnering rave reviews—even before eventual one—the Gipper spanked Brown anyone had seen it. “All-School Paper Lauded,” with 58 percent of the vote. But declaring an boasted a front-page story about how High early exit from politics for the former B-movTimes was a “unique experiment in the his- ie star wasn’t even the paper’s biggest slip that tory of Marin County.” And an “experiment” week; worse was High Times’ scoop about the it would prove to be indeed—the Sun would impending demise of the Rolling Stones. pull the plug on High Times a few months latDuring the band’s final stop on their er after the San Rafael North American school board deemed tour, Marin Cathoit a “hotbed of student lic’s Bruce Dreier dissent,” charging managed to land the that is was “fanning Pacific Sun’s only-ever the flames of rabbleinterview with Mick rousing.” (The Sun Jagger. was also losing $200 a Dreier asked Jagger week on the pub.) about rumors that And true to form, this would be the High Times was fanStones’ final tour. ning flames from the “There is a remote get-go—unfortunatechance that the group ly, it was the flames may be breaking up,” of racial stereotyping responded Jagger. that were getting the “The reason for this biggest gusts of wind is that we are quite from High Times, spetired from the tour in cifically with its pageAmerica. We want to one editorial cartoon spend some time with about the Vietnam our families at home. War that depicted a But I stress that this is caricature of a short ‘Pacific Sun’ reports of the breakup of the Stones were a remote chance.” Vietnamese peasant about 46 years premature. Still, the cub replete with rice-field reporter went with attire, questionably shaped eyes and verb- the break-up angle. “‘Rolling stones gather deficient Asian accent. no moss’ goes an old saying,” Dreier wrote Still, one mildly racist gaffe wasn’t enough forlornly in conclusion. “But these Stones do. to sour these kids on politics. High Times’ top Even the flashy mod look of their clothing story that week, “Conservatives Form Group could not hide the faint hint of home-sickat Redwood,” was about a new club called the ness felt by this crowd of weary Britainers.” Individual Freedom’s Organization, launched It was High Times, however, that would with an exciting mission to “provide leadernot be getting any further satisfaction—it’s ship through which constitutional and final issue was Feb. 3, 1967. conservative principles may be presented.” The Stones, meanwhile, are planning a The group’s first order of business, however, series of concerts in 2012 to celebrate their was to present a public broadcast of a tape 50th anniversary. ✹ recording about the evils of communist Get off Jason’s cloud at jwalsh@pacificsun.com.
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