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Omaha Kaleidoscope was a brief-lived countercultural, antiwar underground newspaper published in Omaha, Nebraska in 1971. Edited by Tim Andrews and published monthly (later biweekly) in a tabloid format, it was part of the small Kaleidoscope chain of underground newspapers based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The first issue was dated Feb. 10, 1971. [1]

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  1. About this Newspaper: Omaha Kaleidoscope Chronicling America, Library of Congress, retrieved September 15, 2010.


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