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...where for a nominal admission ($5.50) some of rock's best talent is on view. During convention week, the management has booked a bunch of folkies-Eric Andersen, Livingston Taylor, Mary Travers, Tom Paxton -who will presumably regale visiting delegates with songs of chiding irony and social import. The Convention, a group of comic actors, will open each show with irreverent improvisations on the day's events at the Garden. Up in Central Park, the Schaefer Music Festival offers excellent, inexpensive ($ 1.50-$3) outdoor entertainment. B.B. King, justly renowned for his blues-guitar virtuosity, will appear on July...
South Africa's main leverage over Ian Smith's white-minority regime in Salisbury is economic; Rhodesia gets virtually all of its arms and ammunition and most of its imports via South African rail lines. Just how far Kissinger went in urging Vorster to place economic sanctions against the Smith regime was not clear. Kissinger declined to speculate on the outcome of the talks, but expressed optimism that "the process is in motion" for a peaceful transition to majority rule in Rhodesia. He also discussed the possibility of resettling white Rhodesians in Western Europe and South Africa, perhaps...
That torrid little tory with the torch and toga is none other than British Import Elton John. The tinsel troubadour ordered the Statue of Liberty getup from Designer Bob Mackie (Cher's own) to wear during his seven-week concert tour of the colonies that starts this week. "Last year I made Mr. Blackwell's Ten Worst-Dressed Women' list, so this costume is in keeping with my image," says the singer-composer, who will sport beaded red and white striped knickers, as they call 'em in London, beneath his robes. Elton's tour, which...
...Delegates from nine colonies meet as Stamp Act Congress in New York City, protesting against taxation without representation, and resolve not to import any goods that require payment of duty...
...June 29. Townshend Revenue Act (named after Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend) requires colonists to pay import duties on tea, glass, paints, oil, lead and paper. Expected revenue: ?40,000 per year...