Comments on: Wednesday, June 5, 1968: Get a haircut, or else http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162 Minnesota history at your fingertips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:55:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Mark http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162#comment-1551 Mark Tue, 20 May 2008 11:46:06 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162#comment-1551 I'll bet he's bald now I’ll bet he’s bald now

]]> By: Ben Welter http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162#comment-523 Ben Welter Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:47:34 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162#comment-523 Hi, Steve. Thanks for your comments. Send me your e-mail and mailing addresses, and I'll forward them to Pete via snail mail. His property is a few miles off the Internet. cheers, <a href="mailto:welter@startribune.com?subject=yesterday's news" rel="nofollow">Ben Welter</a> Hi, Steve. Thanks for your comments. Send me your e-mail and mailing addresses, and I’ll forward them to Pete via snail mail. His property is a few miles off the Internet.

cheers,

Ben Welter

]]> By: Steve Thompson http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162#comment-522 Steve Thompson Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:42:31 +0000 http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/oldnews/archives/162#comment-522 I would like Pete Gordienko's email address or mailing address. I was in Peter's class. My recollection was that he had earlier confrontations with the school administration in regards to the length of his hair, not just at the time of graduation. There were lots of discussions among class members about this. I cannot remember one person saying they thought it was appropriate for Pete to cut his hair. What I remember was that we thought it was great that he and his parents stood up to what the school was trying to do. In 1968 that was a bold move. There were many people that had long hair at Wayzata High School. I had long hair. After reading the news article on this event I realized that the information on his parents' being Communists and his mother being an FBI informant did not surface in 1968. I would like Pete Gordienko’s email address or mailing address.

I was in Peter’s class. My recollection was that he had earlier confrontations with the school administration in regards to the length of his hair, not just at the time of graduation. There were lots of discussions among class members about this. I cannot remember one person saying they thought it was appropriate for Pete to cut his hair. What I remember was that we thought it was great that he and his parents stood up to what the school was trying to do. In 1968 that was a bold move.

There were many people that had long hair at Wayzata High School. I had long hair.

After reading the news article on this event I realized that the information on his parents’ being Communists and his mother being an FBI informant did not surface in 1968.

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