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us democracy."
Right, the foundation of America - one
man, one vote, one fork.
Their only goal, they said, is to protect
the purity of the white race.
Well, the irony was just too much. To
put it nicely, these folks are swimmers in
the shallow end of the gene pool.
They are the sort who think deeply
about whether wrestling matches might
be rigged. The same type you would see at
better dog fights.
What's the idea?
The point of the White visit and the
news conference was a little difficult to
discern. Some local recruiting drives were
planned, but the weather turned cold. Bi-
gotry has its bounds.
At the Dallas City Council meeting ear-
lier Wednesday, White had intended to
read a statement praising AIDS as a plague
on gays and drug abusers. But he decided
that security at the meeting was inade-
quate.
Wise move, buddy. Annette Strauss
might have come across that desk and
ripped your throat out.
So, in the safety of the Bristol Suites Ho-
tel, White read his rambling statement to
three reporters. A Klan security officer
stood guard by the door. He looked like
Lurch with a verm.By Dan Shine
Staff Writer of The Dallas Morning News
Sam Bert Jr. put the 1-foot section of
metal track and a red board in his car trunk
and attempted a weak smile.
"Guess I'll go now," he said, "not much
left here to do."
Bert, 53, looked across the parking lot to
the pile of rubble that used to be part of the
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Comet roller coaster and then in his trunk at
the metal and wood pieces that a workman
sold to him for $3. He shook his head and
chuckled, perhaps at the irony of the life-
time of priceless memories the couple of
pieces of scrap represented.
"It took a lot of men and a lot of time to
put that up," he said. "Now it's coming down.
in no time."
Demolition began Thursday on the
Comet, which was the fifth coaster to oper-
ate in Fair Park. Bert had a personal attach-
ment to the old wooden coaster. His father,
Sam Bert Sr., built it in 1947 and operated it
until 1976.
"I used to sell tickets, help out whenever I^C n
The skeletal frame of the Comet roller coasi
Thursday morning at Fair Park. Demolition of
was built in 1947, is to be completed by Friday a
+ ~ ~ pn IC) brRS . )was needed," Bert said. "I rode it a lot of
times, too, especially when I was younger."
The coaster has not operated for more
than three years because of the high cost of
maintenance and the difficulty of obtaining
liability insurance. State Fair officials said
they are negotiating with a European com-Out in the cold
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The Dallas Morning News. [Dallas Morning News clipping: Lawyers want Hampton out], clipping, February 10, 1989; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc916952/m1/4/: accessed June 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.