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Fifth Estate # 23, February 1-15, 1967

Councilman Nicholas Hood’s recent “anti-crime” breakfast of Negro “leaders” may have been a lot more clever than one would think at first glance. This writer’s first reaction was: What kind of crap is this—that, according to Hood, “Negroes should utilize …

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Fifth Estate # 22, January 15-30, 1967

A “dark-horse,” William Cahalan, has been named new Wayne County Prosecutor to replace the evasive Sam Olsen, who captured a Recorder’s Court post last fall, and hopes are up that there will be a more liberal spirit in law enforcement.

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Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967

The Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) had its long-awaited dinner at the Rackham Bldg. recently, only a few days after anti-war demonstrators had clashed with the warmakers and local gendarmes in the same locals.

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

Liberal Detroiters were recently mildly surprised and, perhaps, even a little bit shocked, by a recent picket line thrown by the West Central Organization (WCO) before a union hall where a victory” fund-raising dinner was being held for recently re-elected …

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Fifth Estate # 41, November 1-15, 1967

Let’s have a few more words about Mel Ravitz (then, I hope to close this subject for a while).

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Fifth Estate # 40, October 15-31, 1967

Probably one of the dirtiest jobs in the world is being a police commissioner in a large American city.

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Fifth Estate # 32, June 15-30, 1967

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. cast, as he promised, the only dissenting vote in a House judiciary subcommittee against that idiotic, probably unconstitutional, law which would make it a Federal crime to burn, deface, etc. the American flag. (The “offense” is …

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Fifth Estate # 31, June 1-15, 1967

Let me predict this: Jerry Cavanagh is definitely on the way out! It may not come as a result of the current recall movement, but it will happen soon.

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Fifth Estate # 59, August 1-14, 1968

Publisher Anthony Wierzbicki of the Detroit American is constantly explaining his extensive “crime” coverage. In a recent front-page editorial he stated: “We firmly believe that it is the duty of a newspaper to advise its readers of the truth—the entire …

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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., on Channel 7 (WXYZ-TV).