Ralph T. Smith

May 8th to 10th.

Moreover, in this election year, an extraordinary array of political power has lined up against the festival, from Governor Richard B. Ogleave and Senator Ralph Tyler Smith to Murfreesboro City Council and the Cobden Village Board.

Quote, with all the political pressure that's built up against this thing, end quote, says one Carbondale hipster.

Quote, it'll take... a battalion of Hell's Angels, a squadron of Jefferson airplanes, and the full and miraculous dawning of the age of Aquarius to bring this festival up here, end quote.