Word: waldport
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...cult came to national attention after two dozen people from the small town of Waldport, Oregon, dropped everything to follow Bo and Peep. A 1975 TIME article described Applewhite as having a "rare ability to impress audiences with the urgency and truth of his message." (Such was Bo and Peep's appeal that NBC aired a series pilot called The Mysterious Two--originally titled Follow Me If You Dare--about an extraterrestrial couple.) But Bo and Peep's disciples were not all sheep. One group of discontented followers rejected the cult when a promised space visit never materialized. To stem...
...children, are worth protecting. I wish that I had had the chance of putting my life on the line as a peacekeeper instead of being forced to fight for a dictator who turned out to be one of the biggest mass murderers of all time. ARMIN DIETER LEHMANN Waldport, Oregon...