The Freakin' Weekend (1969)

It's July 11-13, 1969, and it's revival season in Christian County ...

Of course, in every 1969 Saturday edition of the Kentucky News Era, there's this nearly full-page invitation ...

Indeed, there might end up being a lot more to do around Hoptown and the rest of Kentucky on Sundays pretty soon ...

As reported earlier, Romeo & Juliet is getting some rave local reviews (even the theme is getting a lot of play on WKOA), but the other movies don't look any too promising ...

 

As ever, ... TV ...

Hoptown 1969 me definitely plans to take a look again at NBC's Game of the Week ...

I'm hopeful that the golf tournament on ABC on Saturday afternoon is the final round of the British Open. People have been saying that Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer are through, but Nicklaus, at least, is tied for sixth and just five strokes off the lead through Friday's third round.

Oh, Kentucky (1969)

Herb Hays goes big in taking over a Hoptown furniture store. This ad occupied the whole back page of the Feb. 18, 1969, Kentucky New Era.

The New Owner's Plan apparently worked.
 
Here's more from the Feb. 8-22, 1969, editions of Hopkinsville's Kentucky New Era:

Three national stories that consistently made the front of the Hoptown paper during this era that I either didn't know much about at all or didn't realize were such a big deal were the saga of the USS Pueblo, the rash of plane hijacking and the Clay Shaw conspiracy trial around President Kennedy's assassination.

Good jobs news ...

Happy birthday, KFC!

Turning to sports ...

Raymond Burse is now the Kentucky State University president ...

From the routes desk ...