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Day
23
Month
May
Year
1975
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PAPER RADIO -- explores the bizarre relationship between self-confessed hard drugs dealer Ewe Wagner and his State Police employers, and tells the tale of a Kalamazoo narc busted for heroin sales. Also, United Farm Workers, Sherrif's men rough up blues band, Community Parks Program news, white cops beat up black patrolman in Detroit, budget blues in Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti... by David Goodman, Ellen Hoffman, and David Stoll... page 4

JULIAN BOND AND FRED HARRIS talk about their Democratic presidential populist aspirations, SUN interviews by Michael Castleman, Laura Lederer, and Marty Lee... page 6

THE MAYAGUEZ: RESCUE OR RETALIATION? -- how American marines lost 15 killed while attacking the wrong island in an attempt to free the crew of a captured freighter after Cambodia agreed to return them anyway... page 9

INFORMED SOURCES -- looks at the cozy relationship between the Mafia and the CIA, proposed new marijuana legislation in Congress, anti-American stirrings in Laos, Kent State civil suits, and other news with a viewpoint... page 8

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION -- a new law which allows people to inspect their FBI, CIA, and other files the feds might have put away. The law, and isn't working... page 11

BOOKS: We Are Your Sons -- the story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg's frame-up, trial, and execution on charges of "atomic spying" is told by their sons in a new book. Reviewed by Michael Castleman... page 13

EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE FESTIVAL -- held recently in Ann Arbor, reviewed by Ellen Frank... page 14

MOVIES: Tommy, Ken Rusell's star-studded production of The Who's rock-opera, reviewed by Andrew Kopkind from Boston's The Real Paper... page 16

LYMAN WOODARD AND RON ENGLISH of the Lyman Woodard Organizations are interviewed by John Sinclair and Bill Adler on the occasion of their first album on Strata Records... page 18

THE VISIONS OF JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, jazz/rock guitarist and spiritual seeker, in an interview with David Fenton and Barbara Weinberg... page 18

MUSIC: Reviews of Bonnie Raitt and Mose Allison in concert at MSU, and Frank Zappa's appearance with Captain Beefheart at Cobo Arena in Detroit. Also, Music Notes... page 20

RECORDS: The SUN reviews new releases by Deadly Nightshade, Meg Christian, Ian Hunter, McCoy Tyner, Weather Report, and Wayne Shorter... 21

CLASSIFIEDS... page 26

CALENDAR... page 28