Scouting, Volume 54, Number 8, October 1966 Page: Front Inside
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 54, Number 8, October 1966, periodical, October 1966; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth331774/m1/2/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.