European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 19, 1969 the stars and stripes if Arrigott. Lennon had a of for beatles Are near split London a Are the beatles breaking up. They Jay nov but there Are persistent reports of growing tension Amon the Atia Nev these reached a Peak with a Quarre Between George Harrison and John Len non Over the running of Apple the Beetle business organization launched 12 months ago to expand their enter Prises. The dispute was followed by Cancella Tion 6t their first live concert in Britain for two years. A spokesman said the show was called off because the beatles were not fully pop music circles speculated that the cancellation was caused by a sour ing in relations among the beatles. The Row started when Lennon declared in an interview that if Apple went on losing Money at the present rate Al four of us will be broke in six the charge brought a Quick reply from George Harrison who declared Applehaus plenty of Money. We All rumours swept London s pop music world that Lennon and Harrison had a fierce quarrel that broke up the re hears in for a television show. The Fric Tion allegedly resulted in a fist said. There was no punch up. We just fell out. We got Over the punch up bit when we were in liver Pool. We just stopped speaking. Whence fall out we say More by keeping the size of the quarrel it is Clear that things have not been going Well with the beatles business enter Mavis Smith spoke sift mff0f% from the company s Al Jinil lion Headquarters in London s Ajile Row it is True juju Cuce has been some reorganization at Amble. A new financial brain has been appointed to take charge of the beatles confess they Are no great shakes in the financial world. We re not businessmen Harrison they closed the original Apple venture a clothes shop they gave away$24,000 Worth of Stock to a greedily scrambling offered financial backing to obscure groups and to people with far out ideas. When John said we were losing Money he was talking about giving too much away to the wrong people har Rison have Given too much to Charity. We be just been too generous and that going to Stop he told newsmen. The beatles have been going More and ofe their separate ways though Paul Mccartney seems to keep in touch wit Public taste belter than the other three. It was he who made the Only Majo Rapple discovery to Date 18-year-old Rel Singer Mary Hopkin. Her record. Those were the Days has sold 2,500,000 copies and topped the British hit allows his bizarre attitude to life to dominate most aspects of his work. His two virgins record show ing him and Friend Yoko Ono nude on the cover is hardly rated a Money , most mystical of the four has an overriding interest in India philosophy and music. Ringo Starr plays a Large part in re Taining Public sympathy for the group. He has branched out into films on disown. The beatles have come a Long Way since they launched the pop craze from a Liverpool cellar club with their record love me do in 1962. Whatever happens the four have Al ready Cut their Niche in history and despite what Lennon says Are financially secure. Today s rift threatens i Teflian coalition Rome a former Premier Aldo Moro unleashed a scorching attack saturday against Premier Mariano Rumor and deput Flaminio Piccoli Rumor s candidate As Secretary general of their Christian democratic denunciation plunged the Church backed party Italy s largest deeper into crisis. The development could have repercussions on the future of Italy a Montt Eold Center left coalition led by the Christian democrats. In an angry speech at the Christian democratic National Council Moro denounced Rumor and what he described As his attempts to perpetuate a Hierarchy of Power inside the party. Moro said faction leaders committed an unneeded act of Force by agreeing in Advance on the Little known Piccoli As the new party Secretary. The Deal was reported in the press even before Rumor resigned the party Post Friday. Judy Garland s wedding stalled London up Judy Gar land s divorce from her fourth husband kept her from marry ing her Garland 46, was to have married new York discotheque manager Mickey Deans 35, in a civil ceremony at London s Caxton civic Hall Friday. A spokesman for miss Garland said the couple Learned at the last minute that they must first produce miss Garland s certificate of divorce from her marriage to actor Marie Herron the Docu ment was in California. German soviet air routes Bonn a West German will consult soon with America Britain and France on a plan to introduce regular airline flights Between this country and the so Viet Union. Chief spokesman Guenter Diehl said the govern ment i providing tons wit rights of sections could Benow under preparing a document the basis for consult a the three allies whose control Over certain of German airspace affected by the pact negotiation. Bettor cashes in Bradford England a Trevor Layte 27, was in Bradfor Droyal infirmary saturday after swallowing seven pennies for a bet. A Hospital bulletin said he is comfortable. At present there is no Vatican warns rebel priests French rebel priests who at tacked hierarchical authority in a meeting in Paris. The French priests denounced what they de scribed As stifling bureaucratic and Power structures in the to their statements Vatican radio said they had caused Surprise and perplexity All Over Europe. Vatican City a Vati can radio warned saturday that roman Catholic priests who oppose ecclesiastical authority could find themselves opposing god s plans and could Jose their right to divine warning was contained in a news broadcast commentary on the action by a group of students to protest Madrid trial Madrid up eight alleged leaders of illegal workers organizations will appear in court monday in a political trial that could Lead to wide scale labor and student Are charged with organizing a series of lightning labor demonstrations to Madrid oct. 7, 1967. If found guilty they face prison terms of up to eight years. Students Al Madam University called saturday for a Mas demonstration outside the Public order court which deals with political offenders. Toe accused wet a defended by former Educa lion minister Joaq ulu Bute it Meaux party president Johnson s sons in Law Marine maj. Charles Robb and airman . Patrick Nugent help stage a party for Viet namese orphans in Danang. A photo it was my duty says student who set himself on fire in Prague Prague a a 21-year-oldstudent who set himself on fire to protest the situation of soviet occupied Czechoslovakia Clung to life saturday and told doctors it was my duty. There will be said Jan Palach was still in critical condition but conscious and asking How the nation and the world reacted to the event. The nation was plunged int apprehension and despair crowds gathered near the statue of St. Wenceslas where someone had put up a sign what can be said about a period in which a burning body brings the Light of the future there were official expressions of dismay and appeals that no one follow his Lay in a room on the top floor of a dirty Grey five Story Burn clinic about 600 Yards from where he poured gasoline Over himself and set it ablaze staff doctor gave no Progno Sis. His Burns Are terribly extended but As Long As he is breathing. And he s a Strong and healthy doctor said Palach s mind is Clear and logical and he Speaks of Jan Hus the czech hero who battled for free Dom of thought and was burned at the stake in 1415. He says he has let himself Burn for the truth and it was his duty the doctor said. He see himself As the second czech in history to Burn for truth and we fear there will be group of Volunteer Palach s last letter spoke of a group of volunteers who Willburn themselves unless press censorship is lifted and an illegal propaganda Sheet Pravy distributed by soviet forces is has been no party or government response to the de mands and the letter said u they Are not met the next burning willbe tuesday. Hospital personnel said Palach had been visited by his Mother and a brother. An older brother Vladimir arrived at the Hospital red eyed and carrying a bottle of milk in a net shopping bag. When news men approached to ask about Jan the brother began weeping put his hand Over his eyes and turned away. I can t talk about it he said. Three Young women arrived kissed him and wept with doctor said they were cousins. He gave them a whispered re port and they walked out of the Hospital weeping. The Prague press gave few de tails of the family. The Trade uni on newspaper Prace reported that the boy s father Josef i dead and the Mother works As a sales clerk. The report said that last sum Mer Jan spent five weeks in the soviet Union in a work brigade and was then in France. No other details have been provided except that he u a second year Stu Dent at Charles University
