Bound for Boston Ride-sharing: Don't go near a 3x5 card on a bulletin board. Rosie made her appearance. She was accompanied by a suntanned twenty-two-year-old wearing a headband and short pants. His name was Henry. …
January 3, 2021
Articles by R.W. Bell, Jr.
San Diego to Boston hitchhike, drugs in San Carlos, Spring Valley commune
SEALs fight in Vietnam and in Coronado bars
The time is the late ’60s and it is a typically quiet afternoon at the Coronado bar, the Tradewinds. Suddenly the tranquility is disturbed when a group of 20 to 25 young Navy midshipmen enter …
April 2, 1981
San Diego's part in the early days of surf films
There are certain Friday nights at Encinitas's La Paloma Theater when the crowd awaiting the 9:00 p.m. show is a virtual sea of blond heads. Blond heads standing in line, blond heads looking in shop …
November 6, 1980
To share a ride from San Diego to Boston
It certainly sounded innocuous enough. Just one of many requests for riders on the bulletin board at UCSD’s student center. There was no indication that the person who placed this ad was a ghoul or …
July 3, 1980