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[News Script: Demos for Ike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Democrats gathering at the Stock Show Exhibits building to support Eisenhower's presidency campaign. Governor Allan Shivers makes a speech supporting Eisenhower.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Golf]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a celebrity exhibition match at Riverlake Country Club in Dallas. Proceeds from the match will benefit Cerebral Palsy victims. Celebrities include Mickey Mantle, Cary Middlecoff, and Doak Walker.
Date: October 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Governor reviews national guardsmen]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Governor Shivers reviewing the national guardsmen of the 49th Armored Division at Fort Hood for the last time. He leaves his office and title of commander-in-chief in January.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: The Week in Review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the stories aired that week. Some of the news stories include a visit to Dallas by Al Gore; a collision between a fire truck and a parked Globemaster at Carswell Air Force Base; an integration lawsuit in Dallas; the murder trial of Joe Ed Tissier, among other stories.
Date: November 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Shivers again hits at Adlai's backers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas Governor Shivers visiting Dallas. He criticizes Adlai Stevenson's proposal to limit the testing of hydrogen bombs.
Date: October 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Politics]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the democratic primary election, for which the polls open tomorrow. Several politicians hope to win positions as governor or in the state senate, among others.
Date: July 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Shivers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 17, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Shivers endorses Cox]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former governor Allan Shivers endorsing Jack Cox for Texas' governor.
Date: March 22, 1960
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Demos]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Democratic Party officials in Dallas to prepare for the upcoming party convention.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Stevenson has high praise for Johnson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952, stopping by Fort Worth on his way to Florida for a Democratic primary contest.
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Shivers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Governor Shivers addressing the zone-five meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Dallas.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Chisholm Trail]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two buses from San Antonio stopping by Fort Worth on their way to a tour of the Chisholm Trail.
Date: May 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Grand Jury at Waco Hears Ramsey, Smith]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the McClennon County grand jury finishing its investigation of the failure of the U.S. Trust and Guaranty Company in Waco. The grand jury also investigates the case of Lieutenant Governor Ramsey and his campaign expenditures during his 1954 run for office.
Date: February 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Precinct conventions]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a primary election for a potential 1960 Democratic presidential candidate among the Texan delegation of the party's national convention, between Governor Allan Shivers and Senator Lyndon B. Johnson. Though Gov. Shivers wins the vote in Dallas County, Sen. Johnson is the overwhelming victor in the state.
Date: May 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: School]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the public opinion over a high school's name change as it switches from an "all-white" school to a black school. A read letter from Governor Shivers states his views on integration and encourages Texas to resist the federal governments attempt to end segregation. The school will retire the original campus colors and mascot during the switch.
Date: June 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Johnson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lyndon B. and Ladybird Johnson going to Dallas for a press conference preceding Johnson's talk to North Texas Democratic precinct and county leaders.
Date: May 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Democratic leader wants Harry to run]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. India Edwards, the national Democratic vice chairman, arriving in Dallas and declaring that she wants Harry Truman to run for President.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Shivers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Governor Shivers coming to Dallas to make a radio address and appear on television.
Date: April 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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