I left Pineville, Louisiana on a bus for Houston, Texas about noon on September 19, 1969. The ultimate destination was the Astrodome, to see the visiting Cincinnati Reds play the Houston Astros on a rainy Friday night in Houston. I arrived in Houston later that afternoon and took a taxi to the Astroworld Hotel, then…
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