THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 30 Friday, May 23, 1980 Wind Ensemble Opens Auditions Danny Raskin's LISTENING POST By I.M. RAVEN Guest Columnist "We stand today on the edge of a new frontier — the frontier of the 1960s, a fron- tier of unknown oppor- tunities and perils, a fron- tier of unfulfilled hopes and threats." — John F. Ken- nedy, July 1960. Those same words could be said of the 1980s. Leaders change and so do the prob- lems, but in many ways time stands still. Was 1960 only yesterday and the day before? Lapel buttons in that de- cade gave people a way of expressing their views on a variety of controversial is- sues. They said "Burn Baby Burn," "Hippy Power," "Suppose Theyr Gave a War and Nobody Came." "I Am a Human Being; Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate," and "Ban the Bra." For Kennedy and Jac- kie it was Camelot. They believed the glow from the fire of energy, faith and devotion could truly light the world. That light faded when Kennedy was assasinated in Dallas. Kids in the Haight- Ashbury section of San Francisco called themselves "beautiful freaks." We called them "hippies" or "flower children." Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr cavorted in the "Yellow Submarine." "Hippies" with long hair, ragged blue jeans, feathers, baubles and beads held love-ins and listened to rock and blues music in Woodstock, N.Y. They wore funny clothes, smoked pot and made love. Bob Dylan, rock poet of the Now Generation, sang "Like a Rolling Stone." That's how a lot of kids felt in the 1960s so they decided to live together in com- munes. And young rebels got caught up in psychedelia triggered by music, sex' and drugs. Kids went to pot and other drugs, joined Hare Krishna cults and staged protests against war. Two days after Kennedy was murdered, Lee Os- wald, who was arrested for the shooting, was kil- led by nightclub owner Jack Ruby. OsWald was shot in full view of mil- lions of America-ns watching TV. That was Nov. 24, 1963. In April 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed in Memphis by ex-convict James Earl Ray. In June, Sen. Robert Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan, a Jorda- nian immigrant. Kids continued to show their rebellion against con- vention by the outlandish way they dressed. Then came Twiggy in a miniskirt and she set a new trend. During the long, hot summer of 1967, a race riot broke out in Detroit and $44 million worth of property crumbled. What was worse were 42 deaths and 386 per- sons injured after nine days of burning and looting. "Black is beautiful" was the slogan of black Americans learning to respect their self-images and heritage. Malcolm X led the search for African cultural roots. President Lyndon Johnson rode horseback on his Texas ranch. Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower got married. Andy Warhol started a pop-art revolution with soup cans. Hollywood's sex symbol was Raquel Welch. Dan Rowan and Dick Mar- tin's "Laugh-in" was the most popular show on TV. Jackie Kennedy married Greek shipping tycoon Aris- totle Onassis. University of California drop-out Jerry Rubin and fellow militant Abbie Hoffman organized the "Yippie§" and held a mock convention in Chicago. Sen. Eugene McCarthy campaigned for President by challenging the war in Vietnam and attracting a devoted following of youths. Tiny Tim squeaked "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" and Johnny Carson topped the late night TV talk shows. David Brinkley and Chet Huntley were the decade's top team of newscasters. Chicago Mayor Richard Dailey won na- tional recognition during the 1968 Democratic Convention when his police force beat up young demonstrators. Dr. Benjamin Spock, who wrote the world's best- selling baby book, coun- seled young people on how to evade the draft. Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls" was a best-seller and so was Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique." The book sparked the Women's Lib- eration movement. Richard Nixon beat Hubert Humphrey for the Presidency in 1968 and Vice President Spiro Agnew preached to anti-war pro- testors. Cassius Clay won the world heavyweight box- ing championship. There were more Doves than Hawks during the war in Vietnam and science fic- tion came true in the space age. That was the 1960s. There may never be a de- cade like it. But it's too soon to tell what the 1980s will bring. Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilized by education; they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. —Charlotte Bronte Auditions for the new Sarin Symphonic Wind Ensemble of Southfield for gifted high school-age musicians in southeastern Michigan will be held June 7 and 8 at Southfield Parks and Recreation Building. 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