Kaleidoscope (newspaper)

In the first anniversary issue of Kaleidoscope a brief history of the paper's origins appeared: '"The need for a Milwaukee-based underground newspaper was apparent early in 1967.

It was talked about, tentative plans made and loose alliances formed, throughout the spring and summer, but nothing definite was done until July, when George Richard, a happy man of business, offered to underwrite the first issue.

From its first issue, Kaleidoscope was subject to censorship attempts, including arrest of vendors in some suburbs and a drive to put its printer out of business; one case went to the U.S. Supreme Court (after the newspaper had folded), which ruled in Kois v. Wisconsin that the newspaper's publication of two photos and a poem entitled "Sex Poem" in an article about censorship did not constitute obscenity.

[3] "One of the requirements to get on this paper," John Kois told a reporter for Rolling Stone, "is that you have to dig fucking and doping.

"[4] Kaleidoscope was an affiliate of the Liberation News Service (LNS) and Underground Press Syndicate (UPS).