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[News Script: Zaharias Funeral]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the funeral services being held for famous female athlete Mildred "Babe" Didrickson Zaharias at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Pickets]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about protests at Lamar State College, which recently integrated. The protests are peaceful, though police are present.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas Eagles]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of spring training for the Dallas Eagles baseball team in Port Arthur.
Date: March 12, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Ship seized by federal agents]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Port Arthur tanker ship seized by federal agents, allegedly to prevent control of the boat from passing to Greek interests.
Date: September 24, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Oil well on college campus]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont giving up their baseball field to Stanolind oil company for drilling.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Cowboy riding home]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about cowboy Ken Hendren riding from Beaumont, Texas to his home town of Kooskia, Idaho on horseback.
Date: June 30, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Texas League]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas League baseball organization debating whether to relocate the Beaumont baseball club or remain in the city. After residents pledge money to the team to encourage them, the League decides to keep the team in Beaumont.
Date: February 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Jorgenson winner in 3rd round kayo]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about several boxing matches in Fort Worth, including a fight between Texan fighters Paul Jorgenson and Johnny Villaneuva.
Date: July 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Highland Park football]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the Highland Park Scots and the Port Arthur Yellow Jackets to determine the 1957 high school football champion.
Date: December 22, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hurricane smashes gulf coast]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Hurricane Audrey striking the Texas Gulf Coast, doing severe damage in the Sabine Pass region and claiming at least 11 lives.
Date: June 27, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Miss Texas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 1959 Miss Texas pageant held in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: July 26, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Beaumont]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about storm damage. This b-roll footage shows workers examining debris and removing a damaged tree. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: May 21, 1985
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Miss Texas contest]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Miss Texas Pageant held in Beaumont, Texas.
Date: August 5, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Cindy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Hurricane Cindy, that landed in Port Acres leaving lots of rain and damage to the area.
Date: December 31, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hurricane]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the preparations for the landfall of Hurricane Hilda, which threatens the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; evacuations, securing buildings, moving boats out of the way and reinforcing levies are among the preparations which may destroy the Louisiana sugarcane crop. An addition to the story includes information about Southwestern Bell Telephone Company operators from Fort Worth leaving Love Field t… more
Date: October 2, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Herring]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John Herring being found innocent over the widely-publicized shooting death of his girlfriend Betty Williams.
Date: December 13, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Carla]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Hurricane Carla who took the lives of 27 people in Texas.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Flood]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a broadcast news story about Hurricane Cindy causing damage in a Port Arthur suburb.
Date: September 18, 1963
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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