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The other day an old friend and FIFTH ESTATE contributor staggered into our office fresh from the local Ft. Wayne induction center. Bruised and bleeding, with chains, jewelry, and iron crosses hanging from his black leathers, he told a gruesome …

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Fifth Estate Issue #27, April 1-15, 1967 WEB CONTENTS ALL FIFTH ESTATE ISSUES FIFTH ESTATE HOME

FILM CINEMA GUILD PRESENTS: a series of films being shown on Thurs., Fri., Sat., and Sun. at 7 and 9:05 p.m. at the Architecture Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Adm. 50 cents. March 16 & 17: Les Quatre Cents Coups (The …

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A determined three-day demonstration against UCLA cooperation with the makers of napalm bombs blossomed out at the university’s Student Placement Center last Monday through Wednesday.

EDITOR Harvey Ovshinsky MANAGING EDITOR Peter Werbe EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Cathy West ART Dave Carlin TRAVEL EDITOR Sheil Salasnek MUSIC & LITERARY EDITOR John Sinclair CALENDAR Rhona Whipple ADVERTISING Leon Brenner FILM EDITORS: Joe Fineman, Shirley Hamburg NEWS EDITOR, Frank Joyce …

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Veterans Against the War (VAW) a local group of armed forces veterans formed to oppose the war in Vietnam have been carrying out a program to convince other veterans and those presently in the service of their views. The group …

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Editor’s note: Detroit poet John Sinclair talked about marijuana at Royal Oak’s Kimball High School, and Royal Oak hasn’t quite gotten over it yet. Below is a story reprinted from that city’s newspaper, the Royal Oak Tribune:

The Fifth Estate’s Pittsburgh correspondent, Frederick I (Hohenstaufen) reports that the narcotics raid that hit that city 10 February [see “Pitt Pot Bust,” FE #25, March 1-15, 1967] has had a happy conclusion. All 55 persons arrested have had the …

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Over 100 members of Detroit’s Negro population have banded together to form an Afro-American Museum.

Early last week the Denver branch of the American Civil Liberties Union won a complete acquittal for the San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Minstrel Show on charges of obscenity and lewd behavior dating from last November [see “Mime Troupe Busted,” FE …

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