LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 1964: Singer and guitarist John Lennon of the rock and roll band "The Beatles" ponders a question during a press conference at the Cinnamon Cinder youth nightclub in August 1964 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Musicians John Lennon (left) and Paul McCartney of English beat group the Beatles hold a press conference at the Americana Hotel in New York City to announce their new venture, Apple Corps, 14th May 1968. Behind Paul are producer Denis O'Dell (left) and manager Ron Kass. (Photo by Don Paulsen/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON: Former Beatle John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono, holds a news conference at the National Press Club April 28th. New York Mayor John V. Lindsay has intervened in behalf of the Lennons in their bid to avert deportation from the United States. In a letter to the Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, made public April 28th, Lindsay urged that deportation proceedings against the couple be dropped and that they be granted resident alien status. Lennon is facing deportation on the basis of a four-year-old conviction in Britain on possession of marijuana.