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[News Script: House Moving]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a school for children with development disabilities being moved eight blocks from its current location to a lot donated to them by a school teacher.
Date: August 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a motorcycle policeman crashing into a pickup truck.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Monorail]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about consideration for a monorail inside the State Fair of Texas. It would be the first functioning monorail in the United States.
Date: July 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fireworks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fourth of July celebration at the Dallas Cotton Bowl. More than ten-thousand attend to watch the firework display and circus acts.
Date: July 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Rabies]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a rabies crackdown in Dallas after a three-year-old boy became inflicted with the disease after being bitten by dog. Around forty thousand dogs face extermination, and another thirty thousand face a one-hundred day quarantine.
Date: July 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Monorail]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the unveiling of an experimental monorail coach in Houston.
Date: February 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Traffic feature]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about dangerous intersections and a report of yearly accidents in the Fort Worth area.
Date: October 24, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: License plates]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the steel strike resulting in a license plate shortage.
Date: November 12, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photo of tractors]

Description: Photograph of unidentified men next to several tractors. A building is partially visible in the background.
Date: May 16, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Frenchmen inspect monorail in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a four man delegation from the French Economic Council visiting the United States to study American transportation methods. They visited Dallas to inspect Fair Park's monorail system.
Date: February 5, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth requiring new bicycle license tags.
Date: September 28, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Delivery messenger gets safety award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Larry "Stubb" Emerson, special delivery messenger for the Post Office, receiving an award for driving for 32 years without an accident.
Date: January 18, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Girls Tour Nation on Motor Scooters ]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about three young women touring the United States and Europe on motor scooters.
Date: August 21, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bridge built]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 3, 1959
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bridge built]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about portion of a bridge being moved through Fort Worth.
Date: March 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Dallas Utilities Supervisor Says Public Can Help Improve Taxi Service]

Description: Clipping of an article on The Call regarding the taxi service that is aiming to improve in Dallas. There are five, small, separate companies currently that are not as productive as one large taxi service, and the Dallas Utilities supervisor does not know what to do how to fix the poor service on the taxi service among Black people. In order to improve the service, it will start with bettering the distribution and dispatching system with a fully-equipped radio in cabs that run around predominant… more
Date: July 24, 1953
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ambulance]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 18, 1952
Duration: 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cost of transportation]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the rising cost of transportation.
Date: September 25, 1952
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hoffa]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Jimmy Hoffa, President of the Teamsters Union, visiting Dallas for the Southern Conference of Teamsters.
Date: July 29, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Traffic moves on Panhandle highways]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the north Texas area recovering from severe weather and a snow storm.
Date: March 26, 1957
Duration: 4 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New terminal opens]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fire in Fort Worth destroying a family home. There were no injuries.
Date: January 19, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Senator talks of space age]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a speech in Dallas by U.S. Senator Ralph Yarborough. The senator discusses the technological advances brought about by the space age.
Date: January 19, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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