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Ue Spgs ae eet gh bt a oe - A OW) ode dealt SE ad eB ae ae be ane at Jl de ead nt ee ee, 1s wus ' whet a * we . Maye -4% . cae ™ i) e c , . . Ww YIPPIE! f t ee ied ta Abbie Hoffman's appearance at a the University of Hartford last er Wednesday nirht was, if nothing else, * one of the most excitinre public per- © : sonality appearances that has ever 3 happened in Hartford, Whether or not - 3 one happens to arnree with Yivpie(!) ; - politics, (and I hannen not to acree} oY . one can still attest to Hoffman's mas~ tery of his Self as “iedia and his un- ==» derstanding of what an audience ia, a oe ey a And whet en-sudierce! I hed been dismayed at previous appearances of speakers and concerts in Hartford at the coolness and unrecenptiveness of many Hartfordites, But Wednesday'~- nieht, something else happened... . 4 ; ee eADbie cracked jokes and,., wow,,,peoosle laurhed {unless they were put off by his frequent use of obscenity...)...In his film of : Chicago:1968, there was a mock ad~ : vertisement for Yivpie(!) helmets... + to illustrate the need for head . coverings, there were graphic deLon-— strations of: 1) nirhtatick hitting -. i tomato,..2) nizhtstick hitting ere- plant...3) nightstick hitting pump- ¢ kin...howls of leushter.,.4) night=- stick approaching human head..,., ; Svitch to Chicago '68 street scene... “young boy with head wound... blood § covering face and eyes,,,,one more ot ‘ . eee 4 shot of Mayor valey,.."the poilce are ew | ALL INFORMATIO‘ CONTAINED | 7 HERE IS UCLASS'FIED - : _ oo nakwosMnys, 420-92 sb 2. hit wpe ” ee, . TE Ie, BE PRM ee stati cr nin tc