Media 68

1 - 10 september
11 - 20 september
21 - 31 september

1 september

Earthquake in Iran. More than 20,000 dead.
[Asia]
Returned by Algeria the hijacked Boeing. In exchange the Israelis would have promised to release 12 Palestinians.
[Middle East]
The Central Committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party elects a new presidium and postpones the congress expected for 9 September to a date yet to be established.
[Czechoslovakia]

2 september

After a rally in a city of Kentucky, the Fascist militants of the National Party of the State kill two blacks. Racial clashes in many cities. A black killed by the police in Virginia.
[United States]
The national convention of the student movement opens in Venice, Ca' Foscari.
[Italy]

3 september

Released the 583 arrested in the Chicago demonstrations. Curfew in Berkeley after three days of clashes between students and police.
[United States]
Willy Brandt, minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG confirms the refusal of his country to sign the anti-atomic treaty after the invasion of Prague. The signatures are without value, he sustains, if mutual trust is lacking.
[West Germany]

4 september

Resignation of Ota Sik, Czechoslovakian vice-primeminister and main economist of the new trend. In Belgrade in the days of the invasion, Sik did not return to his homeland. The men of the spring already purged are Pave, Cisar, Kriegel, Pelikan, Hejzlar.
[Czechoslovakia]

5 september

Presented in Venice "Teorema", against the will of its author. Pasolini invites the journalist to desert the showing of his film.
[Italy]
The attacks of the Russian press are concentrated on Hajek, minister of Foreign Affairs of Prague, accused of having been connected with the Nazi occupiers. It is in fact a case of an homonym as the Czechoslovakian newspapers reveal..
[Czechoslovakia]

6 september

The figure of Gustav Husak, secretary of the Slovakian Communist Party, begins to emerge. He is the man on which Moscow counts to replace Dubcek.
[Czechoslovakia]

7 september

The painter Lucio Fontana dies.
[Italy]
The Russian newspapers devote a lot of space the speech of Husak the previous day: formally in favour of the new trend, actually full of self-criticism.
[Czechoslovakia]

8 september

Golden lion to "Artists under the circus tent: perplexed", by Alexander Kluge. The Festival "Monterey Pop" of Pennebaker closes.
[Italy]
In Prague the Soviet viceminister for Foreign Affairs Kuznetsov. "Pravda" confirms that the tanks will only leave Czechoslovakia after normalization. The organ of the Polish Communist Party "Trybuna Ludu" attacks the Italian PC for its condemnation of the invasion.
[Czechoslovakia]

9 september

Contested the election of Miss America. The black women meet separately and elect the first Miss Black America.
[United States]
On the Suez Canal the most violent Israeli bombardment since the Six Days War.
[Middle East]

10 september

Student protests in Paris against the reopening of the examinations. Pickets in front of the faculty, but the vast majority of candidates arrive regularly. Law occupied and evacuated.
[France]

		1 - 10 september 11 - 20 september 21 - 31 september
1 september		Earthquake in Iran. More than 20,000 dead. [Asia] Returned by Algeria the hijacked Boeing. In exchange the Israelis would have promised to release 12 Palestinians. [Middle East] The Central Committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist Party elects a new presidium and postpones the congress expected for 9 September to a date yet to be established. [Czechoslovakia]
2 september		After a rally in a city of Kentucky, the Fascist militants of the National Party of the State kill two blacks. Racial clashes in many cities. A black killed by the police in Virginia. [United States] The national convention of the student movement opens in Venice, Ca' Foscari. [Italy]
3 september		Released the 583 arrested in the Chicago demonstrations. Curfew in Berkeley after three days of clashes between students and police. [United States] Willy Brandt, minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG confirms the refusal of his country to sign the anti-atomic treaty after the invasion of Prague. The signatures are without value, he sustains, if mutual trust is lacking. [West Germany]
4 september		Resignation of Ota Sik, Czechoslovakian vice-primeminister and main economist of the new trend. In Belgrade in the days of the invasion, Sik did not return to his homeland. The men of the spring already purged are Pave, Cisar, Kriegel, Pelikan, Hejzlar. [Czechoslovakia]
5 september		Presented in Venice "Teorema", against the will of its author. Pasolini invites the journalist to desert the showing of his film. [Italy] The attacks of the Russian press are concentrated on Hajek, minister of Foreign Affairs of Prague, accused of having been connected with the Nazi occupiers. It is in fact a case of an homonym as the Czechoslovakian newspapers reveal.. [Czechoslovakia]
6 september		The figure of Gustav Husak, secretary of the Slovakian Communist Party, begins to emerge. He is the man on which Moscow counts to replace Dubcek. [Czechoslovakia]
7 september		The painter Lucio Fontana dies. [Italy] The Russian newspapers devote a lot of space the speech of Husak the previous day: formally in favour of the new trend, actually full of self-criticism. [Czechoslovakia]
8 september		Golden lion to "Artists under the circus tent: perplexed", by Alexander Kluge. The Festival "Monterey Pop" of Pennebaker closes. [Italy] In Prague the Soviet viceminister for Foreign Affairs Kuznetsov. "Pravda" confirms that the tanks will only leave Czechoslovakia after normalization. The organ of the Polish Communist Party "Trybuna Ludu" attacks the Italian PC for its condemnation of the invasion. [Czechoslovakia]
9 september		Contested the election of Miss America. The black women meet separately and elect the first Miss Black America. [United States] On the Suez Canal the most violent Israeli bombardment since the Six Days War. [Middle East]
10 september		Student protests in Paris against the reopening of the examinations. Pickets in front of the faculty, but the vast majority of candidates arrive regularly. Law occupied and evacuated. [France]