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[News Script: Kefauver Launches Campaign in Texas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a campaign launched by the Democratic vice president nominee, Senator Kefauver of Tennessee. He makes a brief speech to a crowd of supporters.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News Briefs; Poll Taxes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tarrant county residents paying their poll tax. Robert L. Brooks and Mrs. Harold Davis are among the first to pay their taxes.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: NAACP]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a court battle between the NAACP and the Dallas school system. Dallas does not want their schools to be integrated. A separate suit may be filed, because evidence that some children involved in NAACP testimonies did not have proper parental permission has been uncovered.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fender Gets Three New Assistants]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three new assistants being added to the staff of Tarrant County District Attorney Fender. William C. Pannell, William L. Hughes, and John McLean are sworn into office.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fair Park]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about workmen preparing for the opening of the State Fair of Texas. New features this year include a monorail and two river boats.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Big Cake]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an eight-hundred pound cake being made at the Aston Bakery in Dallas. The cake is for the Hesse Envelope company's fiftieth anniversary.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Stadium to be Ready for Saturday's Game]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction at TCU's Amon Carter Stadium. Workmen say it will be complete in time for the game between TCU and Arkansas on Saturday.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Humpty Dumpty Truck Has a Great Fall]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an ice cream truck that fell in a ditch. Elvis Cox was driving the truck and fell into the ditch when trying to avoid a car.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Husband Slain, Wife Claims Self Defense]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fight between a Fort Worth couple that ended in the husband's death. Willa Mae Golasinski states that she was acting in self-defense when she shot her husband, Ben Thomas Golasinski.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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