The Who and Grateful Dead Dream Show Falls Short at Oakland
The Who and Grateful Dead played two Oakland Coliseum nights drawing quiet crowds as 20,000 seats stayed empty. Dead offered three hours with wide-ranging songs while The Who delivered a Tommy heavy set. Despite strong performances, the stadium format failed to ignite cross generation appeal and large outdoor shows.
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Dead
Marty Robbins
el Paso
London
San Francisco
Who
Bill Graham
Oakland Coliseum
Graham
Winterland
Roger Daltrey
Pete Townshend
John Entwistle
Keith Moon
Grateful Dead
Soviet Backed Plan Targets State Control of News Media
A Soviet backed proposal at a U N conference would promote state control of news media, per the International Press Institute Press Freedom Committee. George Beebe of the Miami Herald warned delegates that the declaration could erode fundamental freedoms and lead to authoritarianism. The committee opposed a draft section holding states responsible for mass media under their jurisdiction. The Soviet bid to fast track the issue was defeated, while Zemskov focused on disarmament and detente.
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Nairobi
Kenya
U.N
Press Freedom Committee
International Press Institute
George Beebe
The
Miami Herald
Beebe
Scientific and Cultural Organization
Western Conference
LN. Zemskov
Soviet Union
Zemskov
Lower House Moves To Give Minister More Power In India
New Delhi AP reports India's lower house, the 623 member Parliament, approved a constitutional amendment 966 to 4 boosting Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's government with sweeping authority. Opponents warn it legitimizes dictatorship while government leaders claim it speeds socio economic reform and upholds parliamentary supremacy. The measure rewrites the preamble and 39 clauses and advances to the upper house for near-certain approval.
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New Delhi
India
Indira
Britain and France halt further Concorde production
Britain and France agreed to stop building more Concorde jets beyond the 16 already planned, ending a joint high speed project. Nine planes have been built and sold to British Airways and Air France, with several more destined for both carriers. The two nations will shift focus to subsonic airliners like the Airbus and abandon any post Concorde SST studies. The program cost about 1.92 billion dollars with no expected direct recovery from future sales.
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London
Britain
France
Marcel Cavaille
Gerald Kaufman
Kaufman
Airbus
British Airways
Air France
Concert grosses exceed 2 million from 93 thousand tickets
Toby Mamis, editor of Performance Magazine, notes that big shows sold over 93,000 tickets and grossed more than 2 million, while overall summer business remains soft.
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Toby Mamis
Performance Magazine
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