RICHMOND, Calif. (LNS)—Workers and students here fought together Feb. 3 to repel scab attempts to break picket lines during a strike against Standard Oil Refinery.
FE Author: Liberation News Service
Police Power
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
NEW YORK (LNS)—New York cops are guilty of a regular pattern of arbitrary arrest, physical abuse and courtroom perjury, according to a two-year study recently completed under the auspices of the New York Civil Liberties Union. The study was conducted …
Unsung Hero Dept.
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 73, February 20-March 5, 1969
TOPEKA (LNS)—Pvt. Donald Till wasn’t happy when the MP’s busted him for being AWOL. When they decided to fly him to Fort Riley, Kansas for a court-martial, Till hatched a plan. Feigning fear of flying, he conned a parachute out …
Leary Busted (and other briefs)
by Liberation News Service, Various Authors
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (LNS)—Dr. Timothy Leary, his wife and teen-age son, John, have been arrested here for possession of marijuana. The long time and old time guru said that the arrests were part of a continuing campaign of police harassment. …
J. Edgar After SDS
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 71, January 23-February 5, 1969
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LNS)—J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, said the black radicals and white New Leftists constitute “a potential threat to the internal security of the Nation.”
Miami Pop Festival
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
MIAMI (LNS)—A variety of musicians and singers will get together for the 1969 Miami Pop Festival set for Dec. 29-30 at Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Fla. The following will perform: Saturday, Dec. 28: Jose Feliciano, Country Joe & the Fish, Buffy …
Beatle News
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
LONDON (LNS)—The Beatles are considering doing a series of free concerts in the U.S. next spring or early summer, according to a report in the rock tabloid, Rolling Stone. The concerts would be an expression of the Beatles’ thanks for …
Chicago blows a big one!
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 68, December 12-25, 1968
CHICAGO, LNS—City Hall sources were buzzing this morning as the mayor’s office shamefacedly admitted to what may be one of the greatest blunders in the history of law enforcement. A mud-splattered blue Chevrolet van carrying 14 dangerous political criminals had …
Rudd Faces Army
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 67, November 28-December 11, 1968
NEW YORK (LNS)—Mark Rudd has asked his local draft board to give him an occupational deferment on the grounds that he is a “revolutionary” working for SDS and engaged in fighting against “a small number of people who are bleeding …
High School Independent Press Service
by Liberation News Service
Fifth Estate # 66, November 14-27, 1968
NEW YORK (LNS) — A new press service especially for the growing network of high school underground papers has been established in New York City. The High School Independent Press Service (HIPS) sends out news packets weekly to several hundred …