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ROLLS 1&2 NO SYNC
SOF COMING
#2 1:25
TOTAL 1:30
FILM #1 CK:CHIP LR
Independent
truck drivers around the nation are staging f
non-violent demonstration against high fuel prices,
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reduced speed limits and what they consider low freight
rates.
DISSOLVE TO #2 (NAT SOF) Their plan is simple. M They won't deliver any cargountil their complaints are heard and acted upon by
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government officials. The largest single . in Tex
is being staged at a truck stop at Lone Star in Northeas
Texas. It began around 9 last night and the owner
voluntarily closed his fuel business. There has been no
violence and there has been no attempt to block highway
2-59, which runs in front of the truck stop. The trucke
are spending a lot of time inside, drinking coffee and
swapping complaints, primarily the high cost of fuel.
The leader of the protest, Bill Gentry, said the '
park-.in is strictly voluntary,.,that drivers are free to
come and go as they please. But he said he hoped otherI
FILE, TIME #1 :15
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Truckers], script, February 1, 1974, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1962798/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.