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Opal O Melson 1922 - 2001

Opal O Melson of Clarksville, Johnson County, AR was born on November 12, 1922, and died at age 78 years old on May 24, 2001.

Opal O Melson

Clarksville, Johnson County, AR 72830

November 12, 1922

May 24, 2001

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In 1922, in the year that Opal O Melson was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.

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In 1938, at the age of 16 years old, Opal was alive when on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.

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