Dallas Notes
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Dallas Notes was a biweekly underground newspaper
published in Dallas, Texas
from 1967 to 1970, and edited by Stoney Burns (penname of Brent Lasalle Stein), whose father owned a printing company in Dallas. Initially founded by students at Southern Methodist University
in March 1967, under the title Notes from the Underground, the first issues were run off after hours on a copy machine at Texas Instruments
. With a blend of New Left political activism, hippie/drug counterculture, and underground comix and graphics, the paper developed a growing citywide and regional readership, and starting with vol. 1, no. 26 (Feb. 16-29, 1968) the paper changed its name to Dallas Notes. Eventually circulation peaked at 12,000 copies.
The paper's 85 issue run came to an end with the issue of Sept. 16-30, 1970. It was subsequently revived and carried forward under the name Hooka by J.R. Compton from late 1970 to 1972. During its existence Dallas Notes was subjected to repeated police raids and harassment, and in a widely publicized case former editor Burns was sentenced to prison in 1972 for 10 years and a day for possession of marijuana.
Underground press
The underground press were the independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the counterculture of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other western nations....
published in Dallas, Texas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
from 1967 to 1970, and edited by Stoney Burns (penname of Brent Lasalle Stein), whose father owned a printing company in Dallas. Initially founded by students at Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
in March 1967, under the title Notes from the Underground, the first issues were run off after hours on a copy machine at Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
. With a blend of New Left political activism, hippie/drug counterculture, and underground comix and graphics, the paper developed a growing citywide and regional readership, and starting with vol. 1, no. 26 (Feb. 16-29, 1968) the paper changed its name to Dallas Notes. Eventually circulation peaked at 12,000 copies.
The paper's 85 issue run came to an end with the issue of Sept. 16-30, 1970. It was subsequently revived and carried forward under the name Hooka by J.R. Compton from late 1970 to 1972. During its existence Dallas Notes was subjected to repeated police raids and harassment, and in a widely publicized case former editor Burns was sentenced to prison in 1972 for 10 years and a day for possession of marijuana.