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Murray Morgan news broadcast

Murray Morgan reading the news. Topics include a fire station building on South 9th and A Streets and the firing of Dr. Robert C. Lee by the University of Puget Sound after Lee urged an end to the bombing of North Vietnam.

Tacoma City Council Meetings on the radio (1 of 2)

Side 1: Oct. 15, 1968, meeting

Murray Morgan types while listening to a radio broadcast of the Tacoma City Council, headed by mayor A.L. Rasmussen, from Oct. 15, 1968, on KTNT-FM. Topics discussed include a Tacoma Times article, light/electricity companies, a model city program, and minimum wage percentage raises.

At 47 minutes in, Library Board member mentions libraries will not open Jan. 2 due to $20,000 in budget cuts. (Meeting date unknown).

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Tacoma City Council Meetings on the radio (2 of 2)

Side 2: Oct. 8, 1968 meeting

Radio broadcast of the Tacoma City Council meeting, headed by mayor A.L. Rasmussen, from Oct. 8, 1968. Hot topic and big argument of the night was the mayor feeling the council had been misinformed that $23,000 spent for a “Black culture program” would be spent for park playground leaders.

Human Relations Committee and the Open Housing Review Board member John Epps and mayor Rasmussen discuss race, Black culture and the historical effects of white America vs. Black America.

Chinook Jargon Songs, Folks Songs of the Pacific Northwest and Elsewhere

Chinook Jargon songs sung:

  • “Jesus Loves Me”
  • “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow” (could be different song with same melody since a verse mentions "Steilacoom")


Folk songs sung with guitar:

  • “I'm Never Going to Cease My Wandering”
  • “The Old Settler (Acres of Clams)” – Pacific Northwest song
  • “The Housewife’s Lament”
  • “The Frozen Logger” – Pacific Northwest song
  • “Stupid’s Song”
  • “Portland County Jail” – Pacific Northwest song
  • "My Sweetheart's the Mule in the Mines"
  • “The Moonshiner”
  • “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”
  • “The Sow Took the Measles”
  • "Good Old Bowling Green"
  • “Sugar Hill”
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