John Wilcock, columnist

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Fifth Estate # 29, May 1-15, 1967

Web Archive note: John Wilcock’s usual column heading is “Other Scenes”.

RFK or LBJ?

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Fifth Estate # 20, December 15-31, 1966

The Vietnam War has exacerbated what is clearly every generation’s occupational hazard: the desperate dissatisfaction with …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 97, January 22-February 4, 1970

Who says the New York Times favors the status quo? After a recent story listing “narcotic …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

Writing about the Paul McCartney thing, Robert Somma speculates on how willing some people are to …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 5, March 6-20, 1966

David Susskind’s office decided to investigate “Bohemia” in a one- or two-hour “Open End” television show. …

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The Village Square

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Fifth Estate # 4, February 12-March 1, 1966

Here and There and Where Surprising how many people still don’t realize how important and far-reaching …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 6, March 20-April 1, 1966

Skeptics about Happenings—the kind of person who says, “I’ve seen one and I don’t like them”—should …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969

NEW YORK—Strange and very hypocritical how Dwight D. Eisenhower seems to have been loved and revered …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969

NEW YORK—CBS president Frank Stanton (who fired the Smothers Bros.) passed down the word to Columbia …

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Other Scenes

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Fifth Estate # 77, April 17-30, 1969

NEW YORK—The tremendous pace at which the so-called sexual revolution is moving leaves us all a …

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