[News Script: Dallas council] Part: 3 of 4
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DALLAS COUNCIL
American be elected to the council.- They claim the
council ,has agreed to seat a Negro, and they demand
equal representation.
MAYOR JONSSON
,Mayor Jonsson says they are misingormed, ymoi that
the council has made no such agreement, and addshe feels negros and Mexican Americans should be given
ame 04
the opportunitJias any other man, but more.And,
he says anyone ever 21 years of age can run for the
city council. The trick is in getting elected.-30-
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Dallas council], item, September 9, 1968; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1037723/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.