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No fancy excuses: We changed our name becausc
we want people to know wLere we really are and
what we hope to become. Technological Americen
Party is rapidly becoming a people Is warehouse
of technologrical informatlon, and a name li}ce Youth
Internation~ Party Line strnply didn't ring a bell,
even if you were trying to find out how to contact
the phone phreaks, except of course for ~e Party
Line. We've been recelv~g so much information
lately about gas and electric meters, locks, e~ren
chemistry, tbat a name change is definitely in order.
We seriously doubt that phones will cease to be our
main interest, but it really ian't fair to ignore the
rest of what science has to offer us.
Because so much varied inform~tion wlll begin to
De co~rered and researched, the newsletter will try
to mainly eover items of the most general interest,
as it always has. In addition, we will start prepar-
ing more reprints of the ''fact sheet" t~rpe, so ~at
those of you who destre certain areas of hfo can
getit.
W8at we need ls for YOU to contribute ideas. We
want to h~ow what you know, and what you want to
know. An~ fLeld, and we mean anvthino . tbat would
be d~ficult or impossible to learn about is a likely
candidate. Ihis means tbat, as usual, we will be
covering information about subJects that happen to
be illega1 as well as legal activities. Na~rally, we
don't advocate performing illegal activities, though
our readers sometimes do. There ls a question as
to whether a ~ee societ;' cen even ban advocacy of
illegal acti~ties, but our policy of disclairning ~e
stuff comes flom a bellef that telllng poo~le what
to do is lüce teLling them what they Can~t do.
All of our information comes from readers.
yo~ don't help your fellow readers, we'll have to
put out blan}c issues. So start opening up other
flelds, such as the ones mentioned above and any-
thing else tbat you thir~ needs research~g and dis-
tributing. Remember- TAP is an equal oppor~T~i~
destroyer.
no.~'
Jury indic~s presiden'ofphone firm
SEA1~ (AP) ─ Da`4d
': Haary, preddent of tbe
Whl~ey Telepl~ Co., ha'
~een h~ct~ by the federal
~rand iwy on cherges d
raud.
The panel returned an in.
hctment Tuenday charg~ng
{emy, U, ~Kh eiBht counts
Jt w" f~ud "d t~ coUT"
~f ~te~ phano c~b
rom cu~en.
It ~ Hemy of devi~
h~ "em« to dd~ud ~n.
enl Td~hone Co., Pac~t~c
Nor~west Ball "d the o - -
ent nrm Americu~ Teie~
Dhone ani TelogrepA Co., o(
rn~re ~ tlOO,000-
Convietim on ~I chrrge.
uouid rmutt in a m~x~mum
~ente~ce ot 50 year' in pr.
~n and S2l,000 n fhes.
A report ~n the c~e wu'
: - ~ied h ~ a~bted ani-
cle We~day by d~e Secttde
Post l~l~er.
lbo d~ «ac~ l~o
b~ ~em ~t by ~da
Dmdent telepb~ eoD~p~
for calls plmet thmuch tho
1~ d 1erger t~s. ~Jnder
the nrrangeTnent, d~o Inde.
p~dent f~ psy' the ler~e
a~mpany the revenue mr
"ch ca! ol ks' than tirso
mhote, but geu a lerger
unount baclc from d~e larger
compeny.
~a isdic~ment claun' thC
HaDny h~hted thc ~umber
ot ~ al~ o~ - ~ ob~b
l~y inut" a htEher sharc oL
rECHl~JOLOGICAL
L1~
AMERIC
PAR7Y
1
─ ~ '─ ─ 1 _~: ~ ~ __
august~sepiember 1973
Dear YIPL;
You may be interested to know that, according to the little
booklets 'Pa Bell' sends out to its stockholders, a phone
call from a pay-phone costs them 7 1/2$. This includes
buying thetr equipmer~t from Western Electric (whorn they
own switch, hook and dial). That means they get 2 1/2╜ as
free money. Also, at the end of '72, Bell owned over 105
million of the world's 300 million and the U. S. 's 128 mil-
lion. Ihere are also 1800 independent Telcos to divlde
what's left.
-P. A., Tucson-
DE'ENSE FUND
As you probably have heard, Abbie's been husted
for allegedly selling cocaine to some agents, and
the D. A. has made it pretty clear tbet this isn't
just another bust. It's to put Abbie away for life and
make a spectacle of him. He and the other defendants
intend to challenge the laws classtf~ing cocsine with
heroin and they're going to need money to do it. We
know most paaple think Abb~e has a lot of money, but
hets almost broke. [t took 4 weeks {o raise bai~
TAP readers hsve a lot to be srateful to Abbie
for. Without him this newsletter wouldn't exist.
~Aside f~om giving away over $100, 000 from book
sales to political groups, Abbie has donated time
and money to this newsietter, with no intention of
it bei:'g a~ ego booster or the source of a fu~re de-
fense fund. We should return the favor and help him
out. Let's let him know tbat TAP readers support
him. Send whatever you a«1 your friend!s can af~ord
to Abbie Hoffman & Friends Legal Defense, cJo
Gerald LefcourttAbbie's lawyer}, 640 Broadway,
N. Y., N. Y. 10012. If you c~n, try to l et others know
about the legal fund so they ca~ help,too. TharÜcs. ~f
all you can afford to send is a buck, please do it.
"ve~ ~ ~r"
to ~ ~.
ll~e pvem~ al~o « -
t~ tl~t I}~ sat up ~
~ ~h ~e
Wh1~ey tel~ e:xch~ge
~ pensiUed h. ~
pioya ~b n~ake td~s~ea 1~4
~c. c - .
BEGINNERS ONLY!
You can now learn abou'. Electronics eas~y and
quic~cly with our new Correspondence Course. The
flrst one is on na~ic Electrica} Concepts and includes
a few TAP-t~rpe projects and easy-toaread explana-
tions of electricity. 13y reading t~n and others com-
ing out each month you'11 learn how to bnild anv of
the projects tbst have been printed by us in the past.
You'l1 learn how to read schemaUcs, buy parts and
materials chesp, safety, etc, You can no longer say
tbat what we publish Us above your head because a~
beginner can learn from these courses. Wo»n are
espec~lty urged to ~ke the course as they usnally
hsve a fear of electronic conc~epts and this ca~rse
will be understood by all. Let's hear from youl It'n
like a hack Issue and is 509, and free if you can't
afford it(let us know).
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