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DALLAS SOAP BOX BERBY
The Dallas Sheriff's Posse, one of 4-0 participating
units, moves through the downtown area this morning to
begin the day's events for the annual Greater Dallas
Soap Box Derby. The parade and the races are sponsored
by The Dallas Times Herald, authorized Chevrolet dealers
and Optimist Clubs.GAL III CAR
Here comes Miss Soap Box Derby, 14-year old Carlita
Harkins, a Holmes Junior High School student.TRUCK FULL OF BOYS
Highlighting the parade are the derby drivers themselves,
neatly packed into trucks.GAL IN CAR
Miss Dallas, Tina Heath, adds another note of beauty
to the parade.LION ON TRUCK
Also trying her hand at this parade business is Blondie,
the lion.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Dallas soap box derby], script, July 22, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc936045/m1/1/?q=%221961-07-22%22&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.