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WEEI Radio Too Many Pigeons

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09641.34.02 Author/Creator: WEEI Radio Place Written: Boston, MA Type: Typed document Date: 19 April 1965 Pagination: 1 p. ; 27.9 x 21.5 cm.

Summary of Content: One editorial dated April 19 announced by Donald J. Trageser, Vice President of CBS Radio and General Manager at WEEI radio entitled "Too Many Pigeons." The broadcast covers an uncontrollable pigeon population in Boston covering the Boston Common. Mentions an Englishman that recommended giving pigeons birth-controll pills to curb them from repopulating.

People: Trageser, Donald J., fl. 1965

Historical Era: 1945 to the Present

Subjects: RadioRace discriminationCivil Rights MovementAfrican American HistorySegregation

Sub Era: The Civil Rights Movement

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