Real Time 1960s

June 30, 1964 - President Johnson today welcomed President Francisco Orlich of Costa Rica to Washington for a state visit. Both men immediately forecast great things for the Alliance for Progress. Orlich, his wife, and a party of Costa Rican officials arrived by helicopter from Williamsburg, Va., where they spent the night. Mr. Johnson and his wife, together with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and other officials, welcomed the visiting chief executive on his arrival on the South Lawn of the White House. In an exchange of remarks under a hot sun, Mr. Johnson recalled that it was only about a year ago that the late President Kennedy visited Costa Rica. President Johnson said Orlich’s presence in the U.S. “demonstrates the growing and cordial bond between our countries.” Orlich went a sizable step beyond Johnson in his praise and expectations for the Alliance. He called the program a “supreme example of perpetual amity which unites the hemisphere.” He expressed the hope that he and Mr. Johnson might one day see the “political unification” of North and South America. Orlich, who recieved a 21-gun salute, is the first Latin American chief of state to make an official visit to Washington in the Johnson Administration. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 30, 1964 - Hopes for racial peace in St. Augustine, Fla., revived tonight with the announcement that Florida Governor Farris Bryant had named an emergency committee to “restore communications” between whites and Negroes. Dr. Martin Luther King, leader of the desegregation campaign in the 400-year-old city, termed the action “a demonstration of good faith” and called off civil rights demonstrations. However, he said he was not leaving St. Augustine until “a meaningful resolution” of the conflict had been worked out. The Governor refused to disclose the membership of the committee, but it reportedly consists of two whites and two Negroes. The committee will serve until a permanent biracial group to mediate the bitter civil rights dispute is named by a special grand jury investigating the troubles in St. Augustine. Dr. King too refused to divulge the names of the emergency committee members, but he said it was made up of “four distinguished citizens” of the city. “We have agreed to withhold the names so that there will be no external harassment of these people,” he said. Dr. King called the formation of the committee the first step toward a settlement of the problem.“ Every 1,000-mile journey begins with the first step,” he said. “This is merely the first step in a long journey toward freedom and justice in St. Augustine, but it is a creative and important first step for it at least opens the channels of communications.” However, Dr. King said that after the civil rights bill became law there would be tests of the law through small sit-ins. St. Augustine Mayor Joseph Shelley, a physician and an outspoken segregationist, was highly indignant when he learned that Governor Bryant had formed the committee without having consulted him. “It’s a stab in the back,” Mr. Shelley told a friend. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 29, 1964 - The Beatles arrived in Brisbane, Australia, just after midnight today and were greeted at the airport by 8,000 fans. They were paraded in an open-top truck, but some Beatle haters in the crowd pelted them with food and bits of wood. The Beatles were quickly taken to their hotel — aptly named Lennons — where they declared there would be “no more unscheduled appearances. For as long as we’re in Brisbane, it’s the hotel and hall for us.” Their two concerts at the Festival Hall tonight were each seen by 5,500 people, and all tickets sold out well in advance. Once again, the lads from Liverpool were subjected to eggs thrown at the stage, but the Beatles played on, and the miscreants were swiftly ejected from the venue. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 28, 1964 - Frank Sinatra interrupted Ed Sullivan’s monologue tonight to present him with a special cake celebrating the show’s 16th anniversary. Sullivan asked Connie Francis, who was standing nearby, to help him cut the cake but Sinatra said, “Should we do it together and have a honeymoon a little later?” Sinatra and Sullivan cut the cake together, and Sinatra continued to interrupt Sullivan throughout the show, hugging him, playing with his cheeks, and helping him host the show. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 26, 1964 - On a special NBC news program tonight, Mrs. Carolyn Goodman, mother of 20-year-old Andrew Goodman, one of three missing civil rights workers in Mississippi, spoke of her family’s ordeal. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 25, 1964 - In St. Augustine, Fla., today, state troopers clashed with segregationists in a wild melee on the beach. The troopers waded into the surf and arrested about a dozen whites who had tried to break up a “swim-in” by civil rights demonstrators. For the first time, the troopers were under orders to arrest any whites who attempted to bar Negroes from the public beach. A big crowd of segregationists listened with apparent disbelief and anger as a police captain called through a bullhorn: “Let ‘em go swimming. Stand back and let ‘em in the water.” There was a growl of disapproval when the captain continued: “Anyone blocking ‘em will be arrested.” Down the ramp marched some 70 Negroes and two white men. The tide was out. Someone had planted two Confederate flags at the base of the ramp.The beach was broad enough for the police to line up a dozen squad cars on either side. As the Negroes walked slowly toward the water, 100 policemen closed in to seal them from the white crowd. But the racists — the same crowd of whites that had successfully blocked the Negroes yesterday and again this morning, were already knee-deep in the water.“Come on in, you black bastards,” yelled one of the mob. The Negroes tried to outflank their white adversaries. They walked a little way up the beach and then entered the water. About 30 were knee-deep in the surf when the white mob, led by a tall blond woman in a white bathing suit, charged into the water. The Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a Negro clergyman from Birmingham, Ala., was knocked off his feet. Then the police waded in. They wrestled the white racists away from the Negroes, using clubs on whites who resisted. The Negroes had made no attempt to defend themselves. A white youth, blood streaming from his head, was led to a squad car. The mob, reportedly infiltrated by members of the Ku Klux Klan, now turned its ire against the state police. A deputy sheriff was heard protesting that the state police should have arrested the Negroes. “Those finks!” cried a woman in disgust. “They didn’t beat the n*****s at all!”The arrested whites, as well as four or five young Negroes who were also detained, were taken to a National Guard armory at the edge of the city.“Get those n*****s out of here,” screamed one of the arrested whites when he saw that the armory was not segregated. Two women, including the blonde leader of the charge, were among those held for disorderly conduct. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 24, 1964 - After the U.S. Congress passed a bill to help increase the number of nuclear power plants, the Atomic Energy Commission built the Atomsville, U.S.A. exhibit for the New York World’s Fair. Aimed at conveying to children atomic energy’s benign benefits, the exhibit uses science-oriented entertainments to educate and entertain. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 21, 1964 - Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies hurled the seventh perfect game in modern major league history today as he faced only 27 batters while beating the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, 6-0, in the first game of a doubleheader. Here are the final three outs of the contest. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 23, 1964 - Henry Cabot Lodge is hurrying back from South Vietnam to help Pennsylvania Governor William Scranton’s bid for the Republican Presidential nomination. President Johnson accepted today the resignation of his Ambassador in Saigon and assigned General Maxwell Taylor to replace him. The President also appointed a prominent career diplomat, U. Alexis Johnson, to the specially created job of Deputy Ambassador to South Vietnam. General Earle Wheeler will succeed General Taylor as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. No replacement has been chosen for Wheeler as Army Chief of Staff. Lodge said in Saigon that he intended to support Scranton for his party’s Presidential nomination. He said the Saigon Government was “on the right track” in its determination to resist foreign domination. “This is indeed a time to persist and not get discouraged or impatient,” he said. “I am sure we will persist.” President Johnson accepted the resignation with “deep regret.” He vowed that the change of ambassadors would not alter Washington’s determination to resist “Communist terror and put an end to external aggression.” He added: “The United States intends no rashness and seeks no wider war. But the United States is determined to use its strength to help those who are defending themselves against terror and aggression. We are a people of peace — but not of weakness or timidity.” Johnson said he believed Communist China and North Vietnam were aware of Washington’s attitude and had “no doubt” about American policy.He also said that General Taylor and deputy ambassador Johnson together would give the U.S. “the best possible field leadership in support of our embattled friends, the people of South Vietnam.” Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 19, 1964 - Birthday presents rained on Beatle Paul McCartney throughout the Beatles’ two Sydney Stadium concerts last night in Australia. About 20,000 wildly ecstatic fans made it Paul’s night — yesterday was his 22nd birthday — and turned the performances into a deafening celebration. As the Stadium filled with the pulsing sound of Beatle music and a fanatical chorus of teenage squeals, young girls ran down aisles to toss birthday gifts at Paul’s feet. Jelly baby sweets rained from the ringside. A bouquet of roses and several single flowers joined the presents, which included a toy koala, a boomerang, and a large wrapped box. Both concerts finished with people jumping on their seats and screeching with excitement. The stage was a litter of streamers and gifts. When the Beatles played “This Boy,” with Paul in the center, the passionate screams of approval were deafening. Despite the mass screaming, the Beatles could be clearly heard in all numbers except one. That was when George Harrison looked at his watch and announced in his thick Liverpool accent: “The clock says this next number will have to be our last,” and swung the long-haired four into “Long Tall Sally.” Thousands shrilled, shouted, clapped, and jumped in a finale frenzy. Then it was all over, and the Beatles ran for their dressing room. Delirious teens rushed towards them but found about 30 policemen forming a guard. The police had little difficulty keeping the traffic moving smoothly before and after the concerts, and a police officer said the behavior of the fans was “exemplary.” One policeman said: “We had more fuss than this for Johnny Ray.” Souvenir sellers had a lean time for much of the evening, and several reported that sales of Beatles badges, programs, wigs, and “I’m a Beatle Fan” cards were poor. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 20, 1964 - Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), younger brother of the late President Kennedy, and Senator Birch Bayh (D-Ind.) were injured in the crash of a private plane last night while on the way to the Massachusetts Democratic Convention. The pilot was killed, and two other persons were injured. Mr. Kennedy was semiconscious. Both Senators were reported in fair condition at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in nearby Northampton, Mass. Also injured were Mrs. Bayh, reported in good condition, and Edward Moss of Andover, administrative aide to Mr. Kennedy, who was reported in critical condition. The pilot was identified as Edwin J. Zimny, 48 years old, of Lawrence, Mass., a last-minute substitute for the regular Kennedy pilot. Senator Kennedy was treated in an emergency room for back and chest injuries. His wife, Joan, visited him after he was transferred to an intensive care unit. Senator Bayh suffered a hip injury. Mrs. Bayh was reported suffering from shock. Mr. Kennedy’s parents, Rose and Joseph Kennedy, who were vacationing at their summer home in Hyannis Port, were not told of the plane crash. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, brother of the Senator, boarded the family plane with an aide and was reported on the way to Boston. President Johnson telephoned the hospital to inquire about the conditions of the Senators. The President was notified in San Francisco of the plane accident by White House communications as he rode in an automobile from the Fairmont Hotel to the Hilton Hotel to deliver a speech at a Democratic party fundraising dinner. Senator Kennedy, who is 32 years old, was elected in 1962, defeating George Cabot Lodge for the last two years of John F. Kennedy’s term. He is up for reelection to a full six-year term in the fall. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 18, 1964 - Here are the Rolling Stones performing on the Mike Douglas Show today. Before they sing “Not Fade Away,” Mr. Douglas interviews the band, asks them if they’d met the Beatles, discusses their haircuts, and brings a few excited fans up to the stage to meet the British musicians. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 18, 1964 - A swimming pool “dive-in” at a motor lodge that occurred as a group of integrationists were being pushed away from a segregated restaurant set off new violence in St. Augustine, Fla., today. There was cursing and pushing, and authorities roughed up some of the demonstrators. The demonstrators are demanding desegregation of public accommodations, appointment of a biracial committee, and hiring of more Negroes by the city.Dr. Martin Luther King, the leader of the civil rights movement in the 400-year-old city, watched from across the street. “It was raw brutality,” he said. “Cattle prods were used on our demonstrators, and people were actually beaten.” St. Johns County and city police were involved in the swimming-pool incident. The dive-in was a ruse that caught authorities and the enraged motel owner by surprise. About 70 demonstrators, including the rabbis who arrived yesterday to help the movement, descended on Monson’s Motor Lodge at noon. They were led by the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, a Birmingham integration leader and associate of Dr. King, and the Rev. C. Vivian of Atlanta, another King aide. James Brock, manager of the motel and president of the Florida Hotel and Motel Association, was angry when they arrived. Monson’s has been the focal point of demonstrations since Easter week. He met the demonstrators outside the restaurant, a few feet from the swimming pool. “This is private property, and I will have to ask you to leave,” Mr. Brock said.When the demonstrators refused to do so, he began pushing. First he pushed the leaders, and one by one he pushed the rabbis. As one rabbi was pushed aside, another would step forward to take his place. A crowd of white businessmen and townspeople stood by and shouted. While everyone’s attention was directed to the scene in front of the restaurant, five Negroes in swim suits jumped out of an automobile and dived into the pool. They joined two white men, also members of the civil rights movement, who were registered guests. Mr. Brock quickly fetched two containers of muriatic acid, a cleaning agent, and poured them into the pool. The demonstrators stayed in the water despite the acid, which is harmless, and refused orders to leave. A police officer, Henry Billitz, dived in and forced them out. Several other officers seized the swimmers, clubbed them, and thoroughly roughed them up. The 16 rabbis, the swimmers, the two leaders of the march, and nine other demonstrators were taken to jail to join the more than 200 persons arrested earlier in sit-ins. Late in the afternoon, eight more would-be swimmers arrived in bathing suits and were arrested before they could reach the pool. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 15, 1964 - John Lennon of the Beatles was intervewed today by Malcolm Searle at the Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne, Australia. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 13, 1964 - The Rolling Stones performed tonight on “The Hollywood Palace,” an hour-long variety show on ABC-TV. Dean Martin, who introduced the group, repeatedly ridiculed the long-haired musicians, who are commencing their first U.S. concert tour. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 13, 1964 - A Beatle was met in San Francisco tonight by 500 schoolgirls who screamed, wept, shoved, squealed, and shrieked. Mass hyseria, pandemonium, riot, chaos — the words are too meager to describe what happened when Ringo Starr touched down briefly at San Francisco International Airport. The 23-year-old drummer was on his way to rejoin his fellow Beatles in Australia — where similar mob scenes on a bigger scale were reported in the sedate city of Adelaide yesterday. “I enjoy it,” Ringo said of his San Francisco reception. Then he emerged from “protective custody” to say a few words to the crowd of girls who had gathered at the airport starting at 9 a.m. He never got a chance to say a word.But for the strong backs of 20 sheriff’s deputies and airport police, this particular Beatle might have been squashed on the spot. “Please! Please! Please!” yelled one girl, tears streaming down her freckled face. Five shaken girls were escorted into a nearby Qantas lounge after apparent attacks of hysteria. They included 18-year-old Helena Rand, president of the California Chapter of Beatle fans, who had been permitted to present Ringo with a surfer’s shirt. On the Pan-American flight to San Francisco from Los Angeles, according to stewardess Gwen Persson, Ringo kept to himself and sipped a glass of bourbon and Coca Cola. He seemed cured of the tonsilitis which kept him from going along on the Australian tour. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 12, 1964 - Joe Torre’s eighth-inning single off Gaylord Perry drove in the winning run tonight as the Milwaukee Braves downed the San Francisco Giants at Candlestick Park, 4-3.The loss cost the Giants a chance to take first place over the Philadelphia Phillies, who lost to New York.Torre’s hit followed singles by Hank Aaron and Lee Maye and ended Perry’s string of scoreless innings at 23, all in relief.Jack Smith, who relieved Denny Lemaster with the bases loaded and none out in the seventh, got Willie Mays to ground into a double play and struck out Orlando Cepeda, limiting the damage to just one run in that inning. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 12, 1964 - Governor William Scranton of Pennsylvania, ripping harshly into the “weird parody” of Republican beliefs championed by Senator Barry Goldwater, today announced his candidacy for the GOP Presidential nomination. The 46-year-old GOP moderate, rising overnight from the political shambles left by Republican governors in Cleveland earlier in the week as the liberal element sought to head off a Goldwater bandwagon, laid down his challenge to the Arizona Senator in a keynote address before the Maryland GOP convention. Scranton had been tempted to denounce the Goldwater candidacy in a telecast last Sunday. Then, reportedly at the behest of former President Eisenhower, he dropped the plan at the last moment and declared once more that he was merely available. It was a different Scranton who pushed his way into the Maryland convention this afternoon and declared himself. He was interrupted 25 times in 15 minutes by cheering and applause and standing ovations. He also drew some hearty boos and great cries of “Goldwater” and “We want Barry.” Scranton warned bluntly that the Republican party was in danger and could send down to defeat some of its best men in Congress by choosing the wrong Presidential nominee. He assumed his share of responsibility for failure to act before now in speaking his own mind. “A stand must be made,” he said, “but the hour is late. I have come here to offer our party a real choice. I reject the echo we have thus far been handed, the echo of fear, of reaction, the echo from the never-never land that puts our nation on the road backward to a lesser place in the world of free men. “I come here to announce I am a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. I am not entering this crusade for the privilege of presiding over a whipped minority.” Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 10, 1964 - Actress Ingrid Bergman was interviewed today by Britain’s Independent Television News. Her most recent film, “The Visit,” in which she co-starred with Anthony Quinn, had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last month. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 11, 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King was jailed today after he attempted to eat in one of St. Augustine’s finer restaurants overlooking Matanzas Bay.While Dr. King and 17 companions were held on charges of violating Florida’s unwanted guest law, other civil rights demonstrators made another night march through crowds of jeering whites. The whites threw firecrackers into the line of 200 marchers as they circled the old Slave Market. But there were so many helmeted officers — one for every marcher — that the cursing whites made no attempt to assault the demonstrators as they had done previously. After the march, a crowd of white youths attempted to form a march of their own but were blocked by state troopers and police dogs. “If the n*****s can march, why can’t we?” they shouted. Dr. King was arrested on the doorstep of the Monson Motor Lodge Restaurant after a 20-minute confrontation with the president and general manager of the establishment, James Brock. Everyone in town had known for 24 hours that Dr. King would be arrested. He had announced yesterday that he would go to jail to dramatize discrimination against Negroes in the nation’s oldest city. When Dr. King and his chief aide, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, arrived shortly after noon, Mr. Brock was waiting. The night before, Mr. Brock, who is also president of the Florida Hotel and Motel Association, had been seen on a downtown street carrying a shotgun, a billy club, a pistol, and a flashlight. He was one of several businessmen in town who were made special deputies yesterday by Sheriff L.O. Davis. The sheriff said he had appealed to the city’s civic clubs to help maintain law and order.Mr. Brock told Dr. King he and his party of eight persons were not wanted. The two then began a debate of the civil rights issue. Dr. King asked if Mr. Brock understood the “humiliation our people have to go through.” Mr. Brock replied he would integrate his business if the substantial white citizens of the community asked him to or if he were served with a Federal court order. “You realize it would be detrimental to my business to serve you here,” Mr. Brock said. “I have unfortunately had to arrest 84 persons here since Easter.”Then he turned to the television cameras, smiled, and said: “I would like to invite my many friends throughout the country to come to Monson’s. We expect to remain segregated.” As the cameras and reporters recorded Mr. Brock’s remarks, a burly white man, impatient for his lunch, bulled his way through the crowd, violently shoved Dr. King aside, and entered the restaurant. Finally, Sheriff Davis and a deputy arrived and whisked Dr. King and his companions off to jail. Dr. King was expected to remain in jail for a few days while demonstrations continue. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 9, 1964 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was mobbed like a political candidate in Los Angeles yesterday but insisted that “I haven’t made up my mind” on seeking the Vice Presidency or other office. The magic of the Kennedy name was evident at Roosevelt High School, where squealing teenagers and exuberant adults threw themselves at him in wild abandon. Cries of “Viva Kennedy!” went up from the stands as the late President’s brother circled the field to shake hands with as many of the 2,000 students as possible. Some held aloft signs reading, “Bob Kennedy for Vice President.” One group of Girl Scouts sang, “Oh, Bobby, we love you.” Police were hard pressed to keep the throng back as Kennedy finally was ushered to his car to continue his day-long tour of the Los Angeles area.Although the Attorney General told a news conference later that he hasn’t made up his mind about his political future, one prominent local Democrat said that if public sentiment is for him, it will be impossible to keep him off the ticket with President Johnson. Kennedy said he intends to leave his Cabinet post between November and January no matter what happens, although he described his relationship with the President as “very cordial.” “I haven’t been involved in politics really since January of 1961,” he pointed out. “I said I would do whatever President Johnson and the Democratic National Committee want me to.” As a “political practitioner,” Kennedy said that if there was an attempt in the Republican party to stop the nomination of Senator Barry Goldwater, it was started too late. He said he believes Goldwater represents the mainstream of the Republican party and that “I think the Democrats are looking forward” to campaigning against him. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 6, 1964 - The terror-filled hours of D-Day were recalled with simple eloquence last night by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In a 90-minute interview with Walter Cronkite of CBS-TV, the former Supreme Allied Commander told of his own anxieties. The interview was filmed on the Normandy beaches to mark the 20th anniversary today of the Allied invasion of France in World War II. In an almost matter-of-fact voice, General Eisenhower recalled the fearful decision to go ahead with the landings on June 6, 1944, despite predictions of barely tolerable weather. The destiny of the world’s greatest armada rode on this game, and General Eisenhower admitted, with some show of embarrassment, that he had prepared a statement to be released in the event of catastrophe.In this statement of defeat, General Eisenhower assumed all blame for the decision “because if it did fail, you know this — I was going into oblivion anyway, so I might as well take full responsibility.” When the general spoke, documentary films of the invasion were shown. On Omaha Beach, where the battle reached its climax, there were scenes of amphibious craft foundering in rough seas that were strewn with the bodies of drowned soldiers, and scenes of men, paralyzed with fear, cowering against a sandbank while German guns raked the beach. “Everything was going wrong that could go wrong,” said General Eisenhower.“Finally, the thing that pulled this out was the bravery and the courage and the initiative of the American G.I. That’s what did it.” The closing scene of the program showed General Eisenhower sitting on a bench in the American military cemetery at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach. As he viewed the 9,000 graves in the cemetery, he said: “I devoutly hope that we will never again have to see such scenes as these. I think and hope and pray that humanity will learn more than we had learned up to that time. But these people gave us a chance, and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before. “So, every time I come back to these beaches or any day when I think about that day 20 years ago now, I say once more that we must find some way to work to peace — and really gain an eternal peace for this world.” Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 8, 1964 - In this interview, Malcolm X discusses his break with the Nation of Islam and his plans for the future with Mike Wallace of CBS News. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 25, 1964 - Here is a special CBS News report, anchored by Walter Cronkite, about the desperate search for three civil rights workers who went missing this week while trying to register Negro voters in Mississippi. The hour-long report features interviews with local officials and businessmen defending segregation in the state; civil rights workers on the violence unleashed upon activists; police on responding to protests, and local citizens about life under Jim Crow. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

June 6, 1964 - Prior to performing two concerts in the village of Blokker in Holland — their only two shows on Dutch soil — the Beatles and Jimmie Nicol, who is filling in for Ringo Starr on drums — toured the canals of Holland today in a glass-topped tourist boat. 50,000 people turned out to see them in Amsterdam, and police leave was canceled so all 15,000 officers were on duty. Some fans dived into the canals to try to reach the mop-topped lads, but they were quickly dealt with my police.Following their Amsterdam jaunt, the Beatles performed two shows in Veilinghal Op Hoop Van Zegen, an auction hall situated on Veilingweg in Blokker, a village 40km north of Amsterdam. The first show was a matinee for 2,000 fans beginning at 2:30 p.m., after which they gave an evening performance to a sell-out crowd of 7,000. In between the two shows the Beatles had been expected to attend a civic reception held in their honour at a local restaurant, followed by a visit to a traditional Dutch village. Unaware of the plans, they napped in their dressing room and inadvertently insulted the people of Blokker. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s