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ALL THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO PRINT . . . BUT ISN’T
VOL. I
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1972
NO. 3
Stevie Wonder And Black Oak Arkansas To Appear At Homecoming
BLACK OAK ARKANSAS
No Decision Yet In John Lennon Case
According to the immigration
laws of the U.S., an alien is in
eligible to become a citizen of this
country if he has been previously
convicted of a crime in his own
country. The National Committee
for John and Yoko feels that expul
sion of the Lennons from the U.S.
would constitute cruel and unusual
punishment against them, owing to
the Texas state court’s decision
granting the Lennons custody of
Yoko’s eight year-old daughter,
Kyoko, which requires she be
raised and educated in America.
Several months ago, the immi
gration and Naturalization Service
(a branch of the U.S. Justice De
partment) commenced deportation
proceedings against John and Yoko
Lennon. These proceedings are
based upon the Lennons’ having
remained in the U.S. on visitors’
visas beyond the authorization time
of their visit. It was at this time
that John and Yoko applied to be
come immigrants. The Lennons
were approved by the Immigration
Service, designating that they were
outstanding artists beneficial to the
national economy and to the cul
tural interests of the nation. How
ever, the government claims John
Lennon is ineligible for permanent
resident status and no decision has
yet been rendered in the case.
Leon Wildes, the attorney repre
senting the Lennons and who is
V'
Csir-y '•7i,
past president of the Association
of Immigration and Nationality Law
yers, recently wrote a detailed
article in the Wall Street Journal
(August 14, 1972) stating that revi
sions of the present immigration
laws are overdue. Wildes writes:
“The law provides a basis to
apply for relief from deporta
tion in most cases, if it can be
shown that the relief is needed
to avoid serious hardship.”
He goes on to say that no such
relief is available to narcotics of
fenders and to those cases involv
ing the least serious offenses —
those relating to the possession of
marijuana. This means that a per
son convicted of rape may be eli
gible for residence or exempt from
deportation while a person con
victed for the possession of mari
juana cannot be eligible regardless
of whether the conviction involves
a crime. In 1968, John Lennon
pleaded guilty to possession of
cannabis resin in a British court
for which he paid a modest fine.
IVIr. Wildes is only one of many
involved in supporting the Lennons
in their case. The National Com
mittee for John and Yoko, which
consists of members of the AD
HOC Committee for Artistic Free
dom, and the Justice for John and
Yoko Committee, was established
to get concerned citizens to sup
port the Lennons by signing peti
tions and by writing letters of
support to their congressmen.
Honorary members of the National
Committee include the following:
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy, Joan
Baez, Leonard Bernstein, Dick
Cavett, Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg,
Mayor John V. Lindsay, Norman
Mailer, James Taylor, John Updike,
Andy Warhol, Stevie Wonder, Leo
nard Woodcock (President of the
United Auto Workers), and others.
The moral and social implica
tions of the Lennon immigration
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Homecoming Weekend, starting
October 20th at Elon this year, will
present two major musical attrac
tions. Friday, October 20th, the
world-renowned Stevie Wonder will
appear in concert at 8 p.m. in the
Elon College gymnasium. Saturday
night Black Oak Arkansas will ap
pear at 8 p.m.
Stevie Wonder comes to Elon
after successfully touring the
United States with the Rolling
Stones. His many hit records in
clude, “Uptight,” “I Was Made to
Love Her,” “Ma Cherie Amour,”
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered” and
many more.
Among Stevie’s noted albums
are “Uptight,” “Greatest Hits,” “Ma
Cherie Amour” and others. Unlike
his early album releases his latest
album, “Music of My Mind,” repre
sents a new chapter of his music.
This album was not put together
to please the Top 40 popularity, but
to show Stevie’s excellence in his
musical variety and taste.
Black Oak Argansas, originally
from Black Oak, Arkansas, comes
to Elon after successfully record
ing their third album for Atlantic.
The band has been together for
seven years. After leaving Black
Oak, the group moved to California
where the six members, Jim Man-
grum, Stanley Knight, Harvey Jeff,
Rickie Lee Reynolds, Pat Daugherty
and Wayne Evans, all live in a
house in suburban L.A. Through
co-ordinator Butch Stone and their
own musical ability, Black Oak
Arkansas has achieved a dynamic,
flamboyant and at times outrageous
level of performance. For your own
experience, come to their concert
Saturday night, October 21st, at
the Elon College gymnasium.
Beamanetti
(Happy Birthday to the Habit!)
NOMINATIONS FOR
HOMECOMING QUEEN
NEEDED
Nominations for Homecoming
Queen representing the various or
ganizations on campus are now
being taken by the S.G.A. Nomina
tions are to be turned in to the
S.G.A. office on the 2nd floor of
the Student Union by October 12th.
Voting for the coveted title of “Elon
College Homecoming Oueen” will
take place on October 19th. The
'72 queen will be crowned during
the halftime proceedings against
Catawba, this years homecoming
rival.