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[News Script: Shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police taking 17-year-old Lupe Mendoza into custody after she shot and killed 19-year-old Mary Ann Salazar and wounded her sister.
Date: February 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Detectives leave to quiz suspects]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police captain O. R. Brown and detective T. Walls leaving for Tijuana, Mexico to question two youths charged with murder.
Date: January 11, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Garage man shot to death by officers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about garage operator J. L. Booth being shot to death during an altercation with officers who were attempting to take him to court.
Date: January 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: First baby of 57 ushers in New Year]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth's first baby of 1957 and first set of twins of 1957 being born at the Fort Worth Osteopathic Hospital.
Date: January 1, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Claybrook murder suspect is slain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about James Edward Davis being shot by Mexican authorities as he tried to escape from jail in Tijuana, Mexico,
Date: February 4, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Murder in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder of James William Mathis in a Dallas motel.
Date: January 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: More deaths to come, says chief]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas' chief of police predicting more traffic deaths after a record-breaking 63 deaths in 1957.
Date: December 13, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gary Dewayne Bray]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a two-year search for Gary DeWayne Bray who went missing from his Dallas County home.
Date: March 6, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Snow]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a spring blizzard that covered eight states, including Texas.
Date: March 25, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: The week in review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story of the week's top news stories, including coverage of the deadly blizzard that struck the Panhandle, a carbon monoxide leak at the States General Life Insurance Building in Dallas, a former soldier posting bond after committing two burglaries in Fort Worth, a high school student being sentenced to a two-year jail sentence for selling marijuana, and a rock and roll concert in Dallas.
Date: March 30, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tornado]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a tornado that hit the western part of Dallas.
Date: April 2, 1957
Duration: 6 minutes 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tornado aftermath]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the aftermath of a tornado that struck Dallas.
Date: April 3, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rodriquez gets life sentence]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the verdict in the trial of Simon Rodriquez, accused of murdering a young girl. Rodriquez receives life in prison.
Date: December 15, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Marriage]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the marriage of former Fort Worth policeman Eddie Kelleher and Jo Russell.
Date: November 24, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Grapevine drowning]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a car crashing into Lake Grapevine's spillway.
Date: June 9, 1957
Duration: 6 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Effigy]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a dishonest election at TCU and the students responding by naming a mannequin Honesty then proceeding to hold a funeral reception and burial of Honesty.
Date: April 25, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tornado]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a tornado in Tyler that damaged 25 homes, 2 schools, and injured 5 people. There were no casualties.
Date: April 26, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Norris shooting]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about criminal Gene Paul Norris and his ex-convict partner William Carl Humphry being killed in a shootout with Fort Worth Police.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Norris case]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a robbery plot that resulted in the slaying of two ex-convicts.
Date: April 30, 1957
Duration: 5 minutes 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Boy]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Fort Worth toddler drowning in a backyard fish pond.
Date: May 16, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Johnston rescue try]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the search of the Trinity River for the body of an aircraft employee.
Date: June 9, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Congressman]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Illinois Congressman Noah Mason arriving in Dallas for a visit.
Date: June 10, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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