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Walking Tall Recall

Then-McMinnville Police Chief Ralph Griffith, left, shakes hands with Buford Pusser during the 1973 grand opening of the Honda Shop in McMinnville.

Then-McMinnville Police Chief Ralph Griffith, left, shakes hands with Buford Pusser during the 1973 grand opening of the Honda Shop in McMinnville.

Grand openings of businesses are always special occasions, but one in September of 1973 was extraordinary for the city of McMinnville.

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