SEIZED U.S. NEWSMEN ARE FREED BY CUBA
Date: 06 March 1957
Special to The New York Times
Newsman G Prentice and photographer A Falletta (Birmingham News), held by Govt, freed after US Embassy queries
Mark Edward Smith (5 March 1957 – 24 January 2018) was an English singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall. Smith formed the band after attending the Sex Pistols' 20 July 1976 gig at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, and was its leader until his death. During their 42-year existence, the Fall's line-up included some sixty musicians, with whom Smith released 32 studio albums and numerous singles and EPs.
Smith had a difficult and complex personality and was a long-term alcoholic. He was known for his biting and targeted wit, evident in interviews, for which he was much in demand by music journalists throughout his career. He was suspicious of the trappings of fame and largely avoided socialising with people associated with the music scene, including other Fall members. The dark and sardonic aspect of his personality often appears in his lyrics; he particularly derided music industry people. Smith's approach to music was unconventional and he did not have high regard for musicianship, stating that "rock & roll isn't even music really. It's a mistreating of instruments to get feelings over."
The Fall are regarded as one of the most important and influential post-punk bands of the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. Although Smith was difficult to work with, he was revered by fans and critics, and was described as a "strange kind of antimatter national treasure."
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Date: 06 March 1957
Special to The New York Times
Newsman G Prentice and photographer A Falletta (Birmingham News), held by Govt, freed after US Embassy queries
Date: 06 March 1957
Special to The New York Times
Sec Dulles says he and Pres Eisenhower are eager to end bans but cannot find satisfactory means, news conf; says State Dept plans no legal action against 3 who defied ban; Gov Harriman scores ban
Date: 06 March 1957
S Vietnam police seize 4,000 copies of Dan Chu for speculating on identity of Pres Ngo Dinh Diem assailant
Date: 05 March 1957
Dean Barrett urges State Dept end ban on newsmen visits to Communist China, article in Saturday Rev
Date: 06 March 1957
Special to The New York Times
Defense Dept inter-office memo urges execs give newsmen facts, answer freely; seen unusually positive
Date: 06 March 1957
Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah
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Date: 06 March 1957
Gov Harriman scores trend toward secrecy in Govt; admits he, as Commerce Sec ('46-49), ignored then Pres Truman order to clear foreign policy ss with State Dept; says Truman later backed him
Date: 06 March 1957
United to offer NYC-San Francisco 'coach-with-frills' service
Date: 06 March 1957
statement seen blow to Israeli expectations that US would oppose Egyptian return to Strip