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Lora Gary: ....my mother passed, about um, 4 weeks ago. &#13;
Bob Friedman- Unhuh.&#13;
LG- And she had saved, a lot of materials, she had saved papers and things we had forgotten about. Um, &#13;
BF- And you still have them?&#13;
LG- Well my daughter took them with her to school, to work and she had those papers, um what is it, you know how you, so that they can be saved, I’m looking at …&#13;
BF- Like laminated? &#13;
LG- yeah laminated.&#13;
BF- Oh great.  &#13;
LG- That’s what I’m trying to say.&#13;
BF- Let me. Let me ask you this Laura?&#13;
LG- Ok.&#13;
BF- Do you have any pictures of you at the radio station? &#13;
LG- Yes, I am about to, Yeah, I’m about to tell about to I’m about to, I’m about to tell you now. I’m looking through these.&#13;
BF- Oh great, great, great, great! Unhid&#13;
LG- Um, my mother had a, there was a writer in Time Magazine, that I, I, I didn’t, the Birmingham Times.. &#13;
BF- Mhm&#13;
LG- That I didn’t, I had no idea that she had that, I don’t even know who wrote it really, now um lets see, now I worked with WBCO first..&#13;
BF- Ok. Remember what year? &#13;
LG- Uh, wait a minute, I, cause I’ve got this, um I’ve got a picture of all of  the guys and Faush  &#13;
BF- Oh great!&#13;
LG- I’ve got uh, I, I tell you, I’ve got something that you really, really, &#13;
BF- Will you Marry ME!&#13;
LG- Wait a minute,  I’ve got Faush, I’ve got Honey Brown, a picture with, um, Cobbs, I can’t remember his first name now, but Bruce if you, &#13;
BF- Let’s see..&#13;
LG- I don’t know if you’ve heard of Bruce or not he worked at WBCO..&#13;
BF- BCO&#13;
LG- Unhuh. And um, wait a minute let me find that picture </text>
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