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Oral History Interview with J. Frank Rollins, July 20, 1996

Description: Interview with J. Frank Rollins, an oilman and a geophysicist, concerning his work experience with Petty Geophysical Engineering Company doing refraction seismic work; his employment with Geophysical Service, Inc.; doing reflection and refraction work in 1936; oil exploration in South America; work in oil field instrumentation equipment; work as a "computer" interpreting geological data; founding of Rayflex Exploration Company in 1948; technological developments for oil field exploration; geoch… more
Date: July 20, 1996
Creator: Daniels, John D. (John David), 1946- & Rollins, J. Frank
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Clip: Hurricane]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 23, 1992, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with Thomas Housenfluck, April 23, 1988

Description: Interview with Thomas Housenfluck, a United States Navy veteran from Nederland, Texas, regarding his experiences and memories of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor while aboard the submarine Narwhal, which was stationed at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base.
Date: April 23, 1988
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Housenfluck, Thomas
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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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 covering a review of the week's top news stories.
Date: June 29, 1957
Duration: 4 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hurricane smashes gulf coast]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany 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
Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Texas League]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany 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
Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Highland Park football]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany 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
Duration: 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jorgenson winner in 3rd round kayo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany 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
Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cowboy riding home]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about cowboy Ken Hendren riding from Beaumont, Texas to his home town of Kooskia, Idaho on horseback.
Date: June 30, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Speakers race]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about some members of the Texas house who are changing their minds about who should be the new speaker when the legislature convenes in January.
Date: August 5, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Louisiana]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about four persons who were killed when a single engine airplane crashed near Beaumont.
Date: July 1, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Murderer hangs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about John Devries- the first person who was sentenced to death for murder under the new Texas penal code was found hanged in his cell at the Ellis prison farm in Huntsville.
Date: July 1, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: July]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about with July 4th which is just a few days away.
Date: July 2, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Speakers race]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Port Arthur state representative Carl Parker who gained some support in the Texas house speaker' s race from a conservative democrat who is dropping out of race.
Date: July 3, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Water hearings]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas water quality board which begins a series of twelve special hearings on the disposal of industrial solid waste.
Date: July 9, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Strikes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about strikes across the country which have broken out profusion that federal officials describe the situation as the worst outbreak of labor disruptions since the end of World was 2.
Date: July 16, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New top Texas weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about thunderstorms which are still roaming portions of South and West Texas but most of the state still has bright sunshine and dry weather.
Date: July 16, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Strikes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about some 3 thousand workers who are on strike in Beaumont- Port Arthur Orange area in an effort to get a 6 per cent pay raise.
Date: July 17, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Strikes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about striking workers at the Bethlehem steel shipyard in Beaumont who continue picketing despite a court order instructing them to return to their jobs.
Date: July 18, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Beaumont]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about pickets at the Bethlehem steel shipyards in Beaumont which dispersed after they were served with copies of a court order directing them to end their strike for a cost of living wage increase.
Date: July 18, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: APBO 37]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Wildcat strikers who continue to stay off their jobs at steel and chemicals plants in the Beaumont area.
Date: July 19, 1974, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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