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Here's the original incident[1], as reported in the November 29th, 1965 edition of the Berkshire Eagle. No mention is made in the article of the 27 8x10 color
by mikewarot 4y ago
Here's the original incident[1], as reported in the November 29th, 1965 edition of the Berkshire Eagle.
No mention is made in the article of the 27 8x10 color glossy pictures, with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back of each one, as entered into evidence by Stockbridge Police Chief Willian J. Obanhein.
I believe Arlo's telling of this story has earned him a place of notoriety and firmly took him out of the shadows of his father, noted ballad singer Woody Guthrie. We listened to this quite a few times in my youth, from a neighbor's record.
[1] https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39766863/alices-restaurant/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39766863/alices-restaurant/
- Mountain_Skies 4y agoIt's nice that Arlo and Officer Obie ended up becoming friends and Obanhein embraced ways to make positives from the event, song, and eventual movie, in which he played himself.
- dredmorbius 4y agoObie is also the police officer depicted in the Norman Rockwell painting "The Runaway", noted in this ... Alice's Restaurant story: <https://www.bytesdaily.com.au/2013/06/alices-restaurant-part-2.html https://www.bytesdaily.com.au/2013/06/alices-restaurant-part...> A much higher-resolution image: <https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/ROGALLERY/64/675364/H4175-L213096745_original.jpg https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/ROGALLERY/64/675364...>
- wpietri 4y agoAlas, according to Wikipedia, that story is slightly too good to be true. Obie did pose for Rockwell, but was not the officer from "The Runaway", who was instead Massachusetts state trooper Richard Clemens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Obanhein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Obanhein
- dredmorbius 4y agoTIL. Thanks for the correction.
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