Liberal Detroiters were recently mildly surprised and, perhaps, even a little bit shocked, by a recent …
FE Author: Sol Plafkin
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967
Let’s have a few more words about Mel Ravitz (then, I hope to close this subject …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967
Probably one of the dirtiest jobs in the world is being a police commissioner in a …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 32, June 15-30, 1967
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. cast, as he promised, the only dissenting vote in a House judiciary …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967
Let me predict this: Jerry Cavanagh is definitely on the way out! It may not come …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968
Publisher Anthony Wierzbicki of the Detroit American is constantly explaining his extensive “crime” coverage. In a …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 58, July 18-31, 1968
An interesting entry to the TV “talk show” circuit locally is “Haney’s People,” at 11:15 p.m., …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 57, July 4-18, 1968
Much attention in the community from now on will be focused on the primary election to …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 56, June 19-July 1, 1968
Of the many comments made following the shooting of Sen. Kennedy, perhaps the most incisive was …
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by Sol Plafkin
Fifth Estate # 55, June 4-18, 1968
Are we in the midst of a revolution now? Or, are we on the verge of …