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[News Script: Sports]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Sandra Haynie who has won 29 championship in her 13 years as a pro.
Date: July 21, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gridiron]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the 28th annual Texas Gridiron show which is being presented at the Tarrant county convention center.
Date: March 29, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Derailment]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story a 15-car freight train derailing near La Grange in Central Texas.
Date: January 5, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Derailment]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the derailment of a 15-car freight train near La Grange in South Central Texas.
Date: January 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Texas News at Six Wed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of governor Dolph Briscoe who spoke in Dallas and commented on his closing of the infamous Chicken Ranch at LaGrange.
Date: September 12, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Prostitution]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about announcement by a state officials to clean up prostitution in Texas which has caused an uproar in the town of La Grange which is about an hour's drive from Austin.
Date: August 1, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Whore house]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about La Grange in South Texas which is best known House of prostitution remains its chicken ranch closed.
Date: August 2, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Ranch]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas oldest brothel Edna's boarding house at La Grange which is closed and governor Dolph Briscoe who told newsmen that the so called chicken ranch is closed permanently.
Date: August 2, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Violence]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 29, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Chicken Ranch]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 5, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Script: First brewery attracts tourists]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ruins of the first brewery in Texas, built in La Grange by German Immigrants in 1855. The ruins, situated next to the Monument Hill burial site commemorating the soldiers of the Texas Revolution, are becoming a tourist attraction in their own right.
Date: December 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, January 17, 1859]

Description: Letter from Maud C.Fentress to her son David discussing the length of time between his letters; a dialogue about David receiving a visit from an "Uncle";Clara Fentress' recovery from illness; news of a birth; the business partnership between Doctor Neely and Coleman; the construction of a "Livary" stable and the improbability of David selling his lot; church news; the departure of Frank for La Grange; town gossip; a dialogue requesting David to write frequently; a discussion about Peters who re… more
Date: January 17, 1859
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 1943
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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