There were two "Press Club Conferences held.
The first was on March 2,
1970
Shep mentions
that there are 600 people representing 300 schools attending.
An edited down tape of the conference
was played on WOR in place of one of Shep's Saturday night shows a few
weeks later. Shep did the intro for it.
The second was April 8, 1971
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"When he died there was a
sadness which we all felt. His passing also brought back memories of the
Overseas Press Club conference in the spring of 1970"
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"The paper I edited and published was the 'underground' paper at
Hicksville High School, and as such was not eligible to attend Shep's
conference--only "legit" papers need apply. My cohorts and I mentioned
our disgust to the superintendent of English for the Hicksville
district--we may have been underground, but we wrote well--and, lo and
behold, she turns out to be a friend of Shep's! Never found out how, or
how well she knew him, but we were sent six tickets. Nobody else there
had more than three. I was able to bring four reporters and the
photographer, Al Parker." |
