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-*. SITUATION INFORMATION REPORT CALENDAR OF TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES 0 . . Asterisked items are either repdkted for the first time, or contain addition6 or changer to previously reported activities. ... . . *3 1 July, Washington, D. c8 "DMZ" GI co'ffee house, a haven from the degtadation and dehumanization of military life, will open at 918 9th Street, N-W., 31 July; a31 July-2 August, Middleiield, Connecticut 1. ) p 3 A fg-/ A 5S~c-i The Powder Ridge music festival scheduled for a s k i a r e a near Report- MiTddlefield has come under considerable fi're in recent days. edly, 20,000 tickets have already been sold and possibly 50,000 persons will attend the festival at Middlefield, a town of approximately 4,000 in the town, a Connecticut state superior court judge has issued an injunction banning the affair. legality of the festival is in serious doubt. moter, allegedly has already spent $135,000 for performers and has budgeted an additional $50,000 for advertising. All of the big names in the rock music business are scheduled to perform at Middlefield. - people. Ruling that the music festival would create a public nuisance The promoters havc appcaled aqd the Joseph Middleton, the pro- ! ! r; I, j;,,#,r$ f ; - d d Legal or illegal, it will probably bc held and reportedly hippie- type young people are already'biginning to assemble in the area. experiences with muric festivals of this type (in Georgia, a t Chicago's Grant Park, at the Merriweothcr Post Pavillion in Columbia, Md., and at New York City's Randalls Island) indicate that if no more than 20,000 tickets arc? sold thctc will bc more gatc craslicrs than stub holders. bc police cohfrantations, probably considerable property damagc to the town and innumerable s ~ r i o u s personal injuries. Recent If the court order holds, there is little doubt that thcre will . 8 . . .