Fifth Estate Issue #22, January 15-30, 1967 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME
FE Author: Fifth Estate Collective
Briefs
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
CONTESTANT QUITS AUCTION Behind the surface appearance of every beauty contest, from Home Coming Queen to “Miss World,” exists an entire framework that represses and objectifies women. That framework had produced the idea that exposing one’s flesh, with proper …
News Continued
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
BAHAMA HONK The government of the Bahamas has recently instituted a so-called courtesy campaign aimed at making the natives more respectful to the American and European tourists who frequent the islands. The program is, in effect, one of the most …
Just Motor City News
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
BOUNTY FOR COSTA Charles Costa, an Inner City slumlord that lives in Southfield, has a habit of always trying to grab the media limelight. Through his hustling, Costa has gained a favorable reputation with Detroit’s straight papers. Among the people …
Save The Priest
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
Washington, D.C.—After nine months of pre-trial hearings, a date was set today for the trial of anti-war sailor Roger Priest. Priest, the first serviceman to face court-martial for statements made in an anti-war newsletter, will stand trial in Washington on …
GIs Riot in Germany
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
MANNHEIM, West Germany—In a violent clash with military police, imprisoned G.I.s staged a massive riot at the Army stockade in Mannheim, West Germany. On March 19th, the U.S. Command there fought with imprisoned soldiers for 5 hours and the reported …
GIs Petition to End the War
by Fifth Estate Collective, GI Press Service
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
On November 9, 1969, the GI Press Service placed in the New York Times an advertisement signed by 1,365 active duty servicemen. The ad announced the GIs’ support for the November 15 demonstrations in Washington and San Francisco, and called …
Deee-Troit
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
WABX DJs Larry Miller and Dave Dixon both emphatically deny the report of last issue that they came to blows over station policy. “The real miracle of the station is how well we work together,” Miller said. Sorry fellas, we …
News Shorts
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
Argentine Ransom Buenos Aires, Argentina—Members of the Argentine National Liberation Front (ALF) bargained on March 25 over the exchange of two government-held political prisoners for their own political hostage, the Paraguayan Consul to Argentina. If the release was not made, …
Gay Meeting Causes Church Dispute
by Fifth Estate Collective
Fifth Estate # 102, April 2-15, 1970
In a virtually unprecedented move, Reverend Robert Morrison, rector of St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, has called for the resignation of Richard Emrich as diocesan Bishop of Michigan, calling him “unchristian, inhuman and irresponsible.”