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Press coverage of the ABA formation. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

When The Pittsburgh Press published a story about the newly formed \u201cAnti-Beatle Association,\u201d the newspaper declined to reveal the addresses of the group\u2019s officers.<\/p>\n

The move was a precaution against \u201cpossible mayhem,\u201d the article read.<\/p>\n

Editors imagined rampaging throngs of angry teenage girls in knee socks, plaid skirts and sensible blouses.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Beatles Assoc. was organized by three young men \u2014 a \u201ccadre of copy boys for the Pittsburgh Press,\u201d recalled one, Tom Buschek. Their slogan: \u201cDon\u2019t let the Beatles bug you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Buschek was 19 at the time, and conservative. \u201cWe were raised to be that way,\u201d he recalled. He was president of the group.<\/p>\n

The organization was formed soon after the Beatles stormed New York and appeared on \u201cThe Ed Sullivan Show\u201d in early February 1964. A picture of Buschek trimming his crew cut with a large pair of scissors accompanied the Press article about the group\u2019s formation.<\/p>\n

ABA membership cost 50 cents, which was donated to charity. After six months, the group attracted members as distant as Iceland and Salt Lake City. A Press article in July 1964 reported an ABA donation of $72.45 to Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n

At the time, Buschek was preparing to attend Slippery Rock University. (He\u2019d go on to graduate school at University of Pittsburgh and become a teacher).<\/p>\n

Being a president of the ABA came with certain benefits, he recently recalled.<\/p>\n

“It was a great way to meet babes,\u201d he said. \u201cIf anything arose their ire, it was being an Anti-Beatle. They\u2019d want to debate. After the debates, the romance would begin.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Beatles spent six hours in Pittsburgh in 1964. Read about the events of that day in a special PG online presentation.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not everyone loved The Beatles when they came to town in 1964.<\/p>\n

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