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Title: Beatles Said a Fast Hello, Goodbye but a Tiny Town Won't Let It Be
Post by: peregrine9 on September 22, 2011, 05:48:07 AM

The Wall Street Journal
September 19, 2011
Beatles Said a Fast Hello, Goodbye but a Tiny Town Won't Let It Be
A Fleeting Stopover in Walnut Ridge, Ark., Forty-Seven Years Ago Launches a Festival

WALNUT RIDGE, Ark.—It was more than a day in the life for folks in this sleepy southern farm town.Forty-seven years ago, at the height of Beatlemania, three teenagers here in the Lawrence County seat in northeast Arkansas ventured out one quiet Friday night to investigate reports that a large plane was mysteriously buzzing over a dusty World War II-era airstrip.They came back with a fantastic story: It was the Beatles. They'd just hung out.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576578662518738784.html (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904106704576578662518738784.html)

The Tennessean
September 16, 2011
Franklin educator recalls 1964 brush with Beatles
Town marks anniversary of Ark. layover

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110918/WILLIAMSON/309180020/Franklin-educator-recalls-1964-brush-Beatles (http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110918/WILLIAMSON/309180020/Franklin-educator-recalls-1964-brush-Beatles)