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    • Nov 17, 1967
    Minnie Pearl serves fried chicken to guests Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter and local politicians as she opens Minnie Pearl's Chicken Systems, the home office for her fast-food chain, at 2708 Franklin Road in Nashville
    Jan 27, 1968
    Tex Ritter guests on the syndicated half-hour TV offering "The Porter Wagoner Show"
    Feb 9, 1968
    Eddy Arnold hosts an NBC-TV special, "American Profile: Music From The Land." John D. Loudermilk performs "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye," inspiring Arnold to record it. Other guests: Marty Robbins, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl and Tex Ritter
    Sep 17, 1968
    Funeral services are held in Nashville for Roy Orbison's two sons, Dewayne and Tony Orbison, who died in a fire three days earlier. In attendance are Roy Acuff, Tex Ritter, Leroy Van Dyke and manager Wesley Rose
    Oct 15, 1968
    Tex Ritter and Ray Stevens perform when Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon makes a campaign stop in Knoxville, Tennessee
    Dec 11, 1968
    A plane carrying Tex Ritter is hijacked from Nashville to Cuba. Ritter cancels one show and is returned to Miami
    May 30, 1969
    The State of Texas honors Bob Wills and Tex Ritter with a special resolution, celebrating them as outstanding Texans. It's Wills' last public appearance before suffering a stroke
    Sep 20, 1969
    The Tex Ritter Chuckwagon opens at 21st and West End Avenue in Nashville
    Jan 5, 1970
    Tex Ritter announces his candidacy for the U.S. Senate during a press conference at the Sheraton Motor Inn in Nashville, denouncing "irresponsible liberal proposals"
    Jan 18, 1970
    Months after he suffered a stroke, Bob Wills is celebrated with a star-studded benefit concert in Tulsa. The lineup includes Tex Ritter, Ernest Tubb, Roy Acuff, Hank Thompson, Stonewall Jackson, actor Chill Wills and Texas Playboy Eldon Shamblin
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