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ZOO 2:00 -1-
a he Forest Park o in Fort
/ SIGN
orth may be oy er soon, unless someone throws monkey
wrench Ynto the latest negotiation
Today, the Park and Recreation Board unanimously
approved a new contract proposal between the Zoolog-ical Association and the city. The Park Board and
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the Association have feuding since June, when Park
Director Campbell fired Zoo Director Lawrence Curtis.
The matter ultimately went before the city council,
and the city fathers gave the two '-e 30 days
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to settle their differences, or they would a
their current contract with the Association.
LS ZOO CONCESSION AREA
The new contract, if ap :roved, would require that
zoo employees, except those working in the concession
stands, would be paid by the city. In the past, somezoo workers have been paid by the Assoication.
The
draft also sets aside 50 per-cent of the admission
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Zoo], item, September 7, 1967; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc990281/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.