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[News Script: Queen for a day wins children]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about "Queen for a Day" Mary Luna traveling to Graham, Texas to recover her two children who went to Graham to visit relatives of her husband and never came home.
Date: January 24, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a review of the week's top news stories, including news about municipal politics in Dallas and Fort Worth, a custody battle involving television's "Queen for a Day", and Fort Worth firefighters rescuing two pigeons.
Date: January 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Olney tornado]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado in Olney that killed two people, injured hundreds and destroyed or damaged hundreds of buildings.
Date: May 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fort Belknap]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about residents near what was once Fort Belknap gathering to look back on the history of the fort and to celebrate its centennial.
Date: November 6, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Blondie takes ride on merry go round]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about opening ceremonies in Dallas for a new drive-in grocery store, with celebrity tamed lion Blondie making an appearance.
Date: November 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Lion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth man showing off a tamed lion named Blondie to a crowd at the Texas Hotel.
Date: September 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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