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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: Snake eggs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an employee of the Fort Worth Children's Museum attempting to hatch a collection of rat snake eggs discovered near the museum.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Catholic ceremony]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Catholic dignitaries holding a ceremony at the Church of the Annunciation in Houston, to elevate new people into the Equestrian Holy Order of the Holy Sepulcher.
Date: December 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Cigar man]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John A. Gorman, owner of one of the last two hand-rolled cigar factories in Texas.
Date: December 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Tornadoes strike Texas communities]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of tornadoes striking cities and towns across Texas, destroying homes, injuring dozens, and killing at least two.
Date: December 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Museum]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the city of Fort Worth deciding whether or not to assume some of the expenses of the Children's Museum.
Date: December 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Binion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nevada gambler and mob boss Benny Binion having his sentencing postponed for dodging income taxes at the Waco Federal Court House.
Date: December 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Train wreck]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between a train and a stalled automobile.
Date: October 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Homeless dogs have new shelter]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first Fort Worth animal shelter, operated by the Tarrant County Humane Society, opening for business.
Date: October 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News brief - Newsmen]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Marshall Field, Jr. and John S. Knight, both newspaper publishers, visiting Dallas to attend the assembly of the Inter-American Press Association.
Date: October 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sheriffs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a convention in Fort Worth of the Texas Sheriff's Association, with hundreds of law enforcement officers from around the state in attendance.
Date: August 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Glass eye blower]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas glassblower, Walter Danz, who specializes in crafting realistic glass prosthetic eyes.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Silver dollars winner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an essay contest sponsored by the Doctor Pepper Company. A Victoria Deputy Sheriff, Floyd C. Evins, wins $6,000 in silver dollars.
Date: August 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hog and cow]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cow raising a baby hog in Coleman county.
Date: September 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Eye woman]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a San Antonio woman, Mrs. O. O. Anderson, offering to sell one of her eyes for $10,000, as she needs money.
Date: August 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Funeral]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a funeral for Mrs. H. C. Parker, held after she was sexually assaulted and killed by an unknown criminal.
Date: October 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Medical center gets new chief]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio taking on a new chief, Major General William E. Shambora.
Date: September 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Elderly grover beaten, robbed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about I. A. Allard, an elderly grocer, beaten and robbed at his store in Fort Worth. Allard was not seriously injured in the attack.
Date: June 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Buffaloes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Palo Duro State Park near Amarillo asking for donations to help feed its captive buffalo population.
Date: September 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Air Force stunt team]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a demonstration by an Air Force stunt team flying F-84 Thunderjets in formation through various acrobatic routines.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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