Media 68

Frank Zappa

1 - 10 april
11 - 20 april
21 - 31 april

11 april

In China the "Peoples' Daily" states: "The cultural revolution is at its fifth stage, that of the political struggle in the army".
[China]
The Gram Parsons joins the Byrds. Nick Gravenites and Barry Goldberg leave the Electric Flag: they will soon be followed by Mike Bloomfield.
[United States]
In the USSR meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on: "intransigent struggle against bourgeoisie ideology".
[Soviet Union]
Third 24 hour strike at Fiat; police charges in front of the building of the offices and in Corso Traiano. Arrested the student Guido Viale. In the afternoon the police breaks up a workers-students assembly in Palazzo Campana.
[Italy]
Two anti-racist films win in the Oscars:"The hot night of inspector Tibbs" wins 5 (film, actor, screenplay, editing and sound); "Guess who's coming to dinner" 2 (actress and original screenplay). Mike Nichols, director of "The graduate" wins.
[United States]
In Saigon the police arrest the Bonzi Triquang and Truong Thanh.
[Vietnam]
Seriously injured by revolver fire, by an Nazi-sympathizing painter and decorator, Rudi Dutschke, leader of the SDS, the league of Socialist students. In the previous months a very violent press campaign led by the newspapers of the Springer group, had incited the Germans to use violence against "subversive" students.
[West Germany]

12 april

Throughout the GFR students attacks the offices of the Springer newspapers; in Berlin the skyscraper of the editor is besieged by thousands of demonstrators; in Munich, invaded and destroyed the printing presses where the group's newspapers are printed.
[West Germany]
In Moscow Pravda attacks the "anti-Socialist elements" of the Czechoslovakian Communist party.
[Soviet Union]
Demonstration of solidarity with the German students in Rome: attacked two German car dealers.
[Italy]
In an exhibition of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Dinner of New York, Frank Zappa provokes and derides the audience: "We played the worst merde that we could... It was what they expected us to play".
[United States]
Two Brazilian generals are recognized as responsible for the genocide of the Indios of the Amazon and Mato Grosso.
[Brazil]
Battle in Rhodesia between nationalist rebels and the army of the racist regime. The Portuguese airforce bombards Zambia.
[Africa]

13 april

In "Life" there is a report on the Doors. Jim Morrison is thus described: "He appears - in public and in recordings - gloomy, humoral and bewitched in his mind".
[United States]
The revolt of the GFR spreads: in all cities students face the police in front of the Springer newspapers; in West Berlin the head office of the chain is surrounded by barbed wire and hundreds of police.
[West Germany]
In Czechoslovakia the government creates a new economic council.
[Czechoslovakia]
Suicide of a leader of Al Fatah in the Israeli prison of Nablous, in the occupied territories. Tried in Tel Aviv, Taisir Koubà, president of the Palestinian students.
[Middle East]

14 april

Candidacy of Hubert Humphrey to the presidential elections Meeting in Honolulu between Johnson and the South Korean president Park Chung Hee.
[United States]
Biafra threatens the foreign petrol companies that help the Nigerian government.
[Africa]
The government of the GFR threatens to use extraordinary antiriot laws even before their approval by Parliament; during Easter the students organize over 500 demonstrations.
[West Germany]
In Poland general Moczar, minister of the Interior, attacks the pro-Soviets and exalts the concept of patriotism.
[Poland]

15 april

In Spain the army militarily occupies the Basque city of San Sebastian.
[Spain]
In London a demonstration of solidarity with the German students tries to attack the embassy of the GFR and faces the police that presides over it in force.
[Great Britain]
In Czechoslovakia Urvalek, attorney at the Slansky trial, states that the act of accusation against him was decided in the central committee in the presence of "Russian counsellors".
[Czechoslovakia]
Violent clashes in Chenyang, in the North-west of China, between the army and the Red Guards.
[China]

16 april

In Greece the junta of the colonels puts under house arrest the leaders of the opposition Georgio Papandreu and Canellopoulos.
[Greece]
Trade union referendum in Fiat: the results show a very high level of tension and combativeness; the trade union will do all possible to keep them secret.
[Italy]
Violent clashes between students and police in Frankfurt. In the fighting around the offices of the "Bild Zeitung" in Munich, a student is seriously injured (he will die 2 days later); the CDU-CSU asks for the immediate approval of the special anti-riot legislation.
[West Germany]
Tanzania is the first country to recognize the break-away country of Biafra.
[Africa]

17 april

Appeal of president Nasser for Arab unity. Arrested and tortured in Damascus three Palestinian leaders of FPLP.
[Middle East]
Impressive student demonstrations in London.
[Great Britain]
Al Fatah nominates Yasser Arafat as its official spokesman.
[Middle East]
Announced for the 20 another 24 hour strike in Fiat. Arrested in Aosta the secretary of the Trade Union Headquarters for incidents of 3 years before; Saragat did not sign the pardon for the sentence to 2 months of prison.
[Italy]
A photographer of the German agency AP, injured during the clashes of the previous day, dies. The SDS convokes for 11 May a "star march" of protest against the special laws, which from various directions should converge on Bonn.
[West Germany]

18 april

In Czechoslovakia the reformer Smrkovsky elected president of the National Assembly.
[Czechoslovakia]
3 death sentences carried out in Indonesia against "Communist Officials".
[Indonesia]
Arrested in the USA for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Eric Galt.
[United States]
In Prague Czechoslovakian students pay homage at the tomb of Masaryk, minister of foreign affairs and victim of Stalinism in '48; on 17 the "Rude Pravo", organ of the Czechoslovakian Communist party, had asked for the reopening of the investigation (the death was filed as "suicide").
[Czechoslovakia]
Statement in Peking of Mao Tze Dong: "The racial conflict in the United States is a clear demonstration of the crisis of American imperialism".
[China]

19 april

Workers' demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona.
[Spain ]
Increasingly insistent the rumours of Luther King being the victim of a conspiracy. In Boston a black is lynched by a group of racists. Rap Brown, leader of Black Power, released on bail of 10,000 dollars.
[United States]
In Valdagno the workers of the night shift prevent the entrance of the next shift; after a charge very violent clashes spread. The workers knock down the statue of count Marzotto, they attack the villas of the directors and the Jolly Hotel: 47 arrests.
[Italy]
John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives leave India two weeks before the end of the course of meditation with the Maharishi Yogi. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney had already left. They will then announce the end of their relations with the Maharishi.
[Great Britain]
Violent fighting between the Nigerian army and Biafran forces.
[Africa]
The problem of the Malvines-Falklands puts a doubt on the trip to Latin America of queen Elizabeth.
[Argentina]

20 april

Military coup in Sierra Leone.
[Africa]
In Guatemala Raoul Lorenzana, head of the death squadrons, is killed in an ambush.
[Guatemala]
The explosion of a bomb causes a fire that is controlled only after many hours in the Boston Chemical factory of Rome; the industry is accused of producing the napalm used by the USA in Vietnam: a flyer claims the political character of the attack.
[Italy]
Hanoi refuses the new list of 10 countries proposed as sites for negotiations by the USA under-secretary Dean Rusk.
[Vietnam]
Debut concert in Denmark of the Deep Purple.
[Denmark]
Incidents between demonstrators for Vietnam and police in Paris and Rennes.
[France]
The Memphis police indicate in the fugitive James Earl Ray the assassin of King; in the previous days Eris Galt had been accused with similar certainty.
[United States]

Frank Zappa		1 - 10 april 11 - 20 april 21 - 31 april
11 april		In China the "Peoples' Daily" states: "The cultural revolution is at its fifth stage, that of the political struggle in the army". [China] The Gram Parsons joins the Byrds. Nick Gravenites and Barry Goldberg leave the Electric Flag: they will soon be followed by Mike Bloomfield. [United States] In the USSR meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on: "intransigent struggle against bourgeoisie ideology". [Soviet Union] Third 24 hour strike at Fiat; police charges in front of the building of the offices and in Corso Traiano. Arrested the student Guido Viale. In the afternoon the police breaks up a workers-students assembly in Palazzo Campana. [Italy] Two anti-racist films win in the Oscars:"The hot night of inspector Tibbs" wins 5 (film, actor, screenplay, editing and sound); "Guess who's coming to dinner" 2 (actress and original screenplay). Mike Nichols, director of "The graduate" wins. [United States] In Saigon the police arrest the Bonzi Triquang and Truong Thanh. [Vietnam] Seriously injured by revolver fire, by an Nazi-sympathizing painter and decorator, Rudi Dutschke, leader of the SDS, the league of Socialist students. In the previous months a very violent press campaign led by the newspapers of the Springer group, had incited the Germans to use violence against "subversive" students. [West Germany]
12 april		Throughout the GFR students attacks the offices of the Springer newspapers; in Berlin the skyscraper of the editor is besieged by thousands of demonstrators; in Munich, invaded and destroyed the printing presses where the group's newspapers are printed. [West Germany] In Moscow Pravda attacks the "anti-Socialist elements" of the Czechoslovakian Communist party. [Soviet Union] Demonstration of solidarity with the German students in Rome: attacked two German car dealers. [Italy] In an exhibition of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Dinner of New York, Frank Zappa provokes and derides the audience: "We played the worst merde that we could... It was what they expected us to play". [United States] Two Brazilian generals are recognized as responsible for the genocide of the Indios of the Amazon and Mato Grosso. [Brazil] Battle in Rhodesia between nationalist rebels and the army of the racist regime. The Portuguese airforce bombards Zambia. [Africa]
13 april		In "Life" there is a report on the Doors. Jim Morrison is thus described: "He appears - in public and in recordings - gloomy, humoral and bewitched in his mind". [United States] The revolt of the GFR spreads: in all cities students face the police in front of the Springer newspapers; in West Berlin the head office of the chain is surrounded by barbed wire and hundreds of police. [West Germany] In Czechoslovakia the government creates a new economic council. [Czechoslovakia] Suicide of a leader of Al Fatah in the Israeli prison of Nablous, in the occupied territories. Tried in Tel Aviv, Taisir Koubà, president of the Palestinian students. [Middle East]
14 april		Candidacy of Hubert Humphrey to the presidential elections Meeting in Honolulu between Johnson and the South Korean president Park Chung Hee. [United States] Biafra threatens the foreign petrol companies that help the Nigerian government. [Africa] The government of the GFR threatens to use extraordinary antiriot laws even before their approval by Parliament; during Easter the students organize over 500 demonstrations. [West Germany] In Poland general Moczar, minister of the Interior, attacks the pro-Soviets and exalts the concept of patriotism. [Poland]
15 april		In Spain the army militarily occupies the Basque city of San Sebastian. [Spain] In London a demonstration of solidarity with the German students tries to attack the embassy of the GFR and faces the police that presides over it in force. [Great Britain] In Czechoslovakia Urvalek, attorney at the Slansky trial, states that the act of accusation against him was decided in the central committee in the presence of "Russian counsellors". [Czechoslovakia] Violent clashes in Chenyang, in the North-west of China, between the army and the Red Guards. [China]
16 april		In Greece the junta of the colonels puts under house arrest the leaders of the opposition Georgio Papandreu and Canellopoulos. [Greece] Trade union referendum in Fiat: the results show a very high level of tension and combativeness; the trade union will do all possible to keep them secret. [Italy] Violent clashes between students and police in Frankfurt. In the fighting around the offices of the "Bild Zeitung" in Munich, a student is seriously injured (he will die 2 days later); the CDU-CSU asks for the immediate approval of the special anti-riot legislation. [West Germany] Tanzania is the first country to recognize the break-away country of Biafra. [Africa]
17 april		Appeal of president Nasser for Arab unity. Arrested and tortured in Damascus three Palestinian leaders of FPLP. [Middle East] Impressive student demonstrations in London. [Great Britain] Al Fatah nominates Yasser Arafat as its official spokesman. [Middle East] Announced for the 20 another 24 hour strike in Fiat. Arrested in Aosta the secretary of the Trade Union Headquarters for incidents of 3 years before; Saragat did not sign the pardon for the sentence to 2 months of prison. [Italy] A photographer of the German agency AP, injured during the clashes of the previous day, dies. The SDS convokes for 11 May a "star march" of protest against the special laws, which from various directions should converge on Bonn. [West Germany]
18 april		In Czechoslovakia the reformer Smrkovsky elected president of the National Assembly. [Czechoslovakia] 3 death sentences carried out in Indonesia against "Communist Officials". [Indonesia] Arrested in the USA for the assassination of Martin Luther King, Eric Galt. [United States] In Prague Czechoslovakian students pay homage at the tomb of Masaryk, minister of foreign affairs and victim of Stalinism in '48; on 17 the "Rude Pravo", organ of the Czechoslovakian Communist party, had asked for the reopening of the investigation (the death was filed as "suicide"). [Czechoslovakia] Statement in Peking of Mao Tze Dong: "The racial conflict in the United States is a clear demonstration of the crisis of American imperialism". [China]
19 april		Workers' demonstrations in Madrid and Barcelona. [Spain ] Increasingly insistent the rumours of Luther King being the victim of a conspiracy. In Boston a black is lynched by a group of racists. Rap Brown, leader of Black Power, released on bail of 10,000 dollars. [United States] In Valdagno the workers of the night shift prevent the entrance of the next shift; after a charge very violent clashes spread. The workers knock down the statue of count Marzotto, they attack the villas of the directors and the Jolly Hotel: 47 arrests. [Italy] John Lennon, George Harrison and their wives leave India two weeks before the end of the course of meditation with the Maharishi Yogi. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney had already left. They will then announce the end of their relations with the Maharishi. [Great Britain] Violent fighting between the Nigerian army and Biafran forces. [Africa] The problem of the Malvines-Falklands puts a doubt on the trip to Latin America of queen Elizabeth. [Argentina]
20 april		Military coup in Sierra Leone. [Africa] In Guatemala Raoul Lorenzana, head of the death squadrons, is killed in an ambush. [Guatemala] The explosion of a bomb causes a fire that is controlled only after many hours in the Boston Chemical factory of Rome; the industry is accused of producing the napalm used by the USA in Vietnam: a flyer claims the political character of the attack. [Italy] Hanoi refuses the new list of 10 countries proposed as sites for negotiations by the USA under-secretary Dean Rusk. [Vietnam] Debut concert in Denmark of the Deep Purple. [Denmark] Incidents between demonstrators for Vietnam and police in Paris and Rennes. [France] The Memphis police indicate in the fugitive James Earl Ray the assassin of King; in the previous days Eris Galt had been accused with similar certainty. [United States]