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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 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 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: Bus station opens]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening ceremony for a new Continental Trailways bus terminal in Fort Worth.
Date: June 28, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Trackmobile is new RR gadget]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Trackmobile, a new industrial vehicle in use at a factory in Dallas that can run on both railroad tracks and common wheels, allowing it to move loaded railroad boxcars without the use of a locomotive.
Date: February 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Lawn mower-motor scooter]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hybrid riding lawnmower, new on the market in Fort Worth, that converts to a motor scooter when the cutting blade is removed.
Date: March 11, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Mobile emergency unit displayed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the display of a mobile emergency response vehicle from Marshfield, Wisconsin, in Fort Worth. The vehicle serves as a mobile hospital and rescue unit during major disaster situations.
Date: February 25, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Traffic award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas winning the International Chiefs of Police Association's first place award for traffic enforcement.
Date: July 27, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New bus offers added comforts]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an appearance in Fort Worth by a new Greyhound touring bus designed for added comfort on long trips.
Date: August 25, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Transit workers reject pay hike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the employees of the Dallas Railway and Terminal Company rejecting a 9-cent an hour pay increase and deciding to go on strike for better wages and vacation benefits.
Date: June 2, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bikes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hundred unclaimed bicycles at Fort Worth Police headquarters.
Date: June 9, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bicycle licensing begins]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a slow introduction of mandatory bicycle licensing by police in Fort Worth.
Date: September 29, 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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