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Title
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Response of Congressman Jack Brooks, Chamber of Commerce Roast, Beaumont Hilton, Beaumont, Texas, Friday, June 9, 1989
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001654
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Creator
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Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
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Topic
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United States. Congress
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Dates
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1989-06-09
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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Remarks delivered by Jack Brooks in response to his roast with a tongue-in-cheek description of Beaumont and its people. He concludes by joking he aims to stay in Congress until he is at least eighty-eight years old, like his recently deceased friend, Congressman Claude Pepper.
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Title
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Speech roasting Jack Brooks, speaker unknown, undated [June 9, 1989]
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Identifier
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camh-dob-001652
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Topic
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United States. Congress, Speeches
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Dates
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1989-06-09
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Resource
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Jack B. Brooks papers
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Description
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A speech delivered at a roast of Jack Brooks by one of his friends with jokes about his personal and professional life. Topics include his childhood in Beaumont, his time at Lamar College and the University of Texas at Austin, his time in the Marine Corps, his career in Congress, and his wife, Charlotte Brooks. Though the speech does not list a speaker, a handwritten note from Brooks's friend, Charles Turco, is attached [camh-dob-001653] and his name is listed in the program [camh-dob-001651].