Railroaded

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

FORT DIX, N.J. (LNS)—Pfc. William Brakefield has been found guilty of rioting at the stockade here last June and sentenced to three years at hard labor.

One Easy Way to Get Ahead

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

WASHINGTON, DC. (LNS)—An Army officer who sent out Christmas cards last year decorated with photos of stacks of Viet Cong killed by his regiment has been promoted, according to columnist Jack Anderson. George Patton 3d has received a Brigadier General’s …

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NLF Marine

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

HANOI (LNS)—A U.S. Marine has left his unit, has joined up with soldiers of the National Liberation Front (NLF), and has issued an open letter to his former comrades-in-arms inviting them to follow him in this ultimate act of GI …

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I will not be used

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

FT. HOOD, Texas (LNS)—Richard Chase, 26, was sentenced to two years hard labor in a Kangaroo Court-Martial here Dec. 20 for refusing to participate in riot control training.

Army Attacks Coffee House

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

TACOMA, Wash. (LNS)—The Army has declared the Shelter Half coffee house near Ft. Lewis here “off limits to all personnel serving in the Armed Forces.”

Cleaver Denied U.S. Passport

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Fifth Estate # 96, January 8-21, 1970

ALGIERS, Algeria (LNS)—Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther Party Minister of Information, has had his request for a U.S. passport denied.

Armed Assault on Anti-war GIs

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Fifth Estate # 105, May 14-27, 1970

OCEANSIDE, Cal. (LNS)—A little after mid-night on April 29 about 25 active duty Marines from Camp Pendleton and civilian GI organizers were gathered in the staff house of the Movement for a Democratic Military (MDM) here. They talked in small …

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More Say No to Draft

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Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LNS)—In spite of government repression, draft resistance continues to increase. There are nearly twice as many draft cases in Federal courts as there were a year ago. If the same rate of prosecuting holds true for the next …

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Do It in the Road

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Fifth Estate # 79, May 15-28, 1969

MADISON, Wisc. (LNS)—Students and non-students in the University of Wisconsin community, responding to publicity which asked “Why don’t you do it in the road?”, found out why when they turned up for a block party on Saturday, May 3.

Al Capp Meets the D.A.R.

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Fifth Estate # 78, May 1-14, 1969

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LNS)—Al Capp rapped pretty heavily to the 78th Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution. He came down, in his cornpone style, on SDS, Joan Baez, (“phonie Joanie,” he calls her), and welfare, and treated the …

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