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[News Script: Basketball]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about drills for ten outstanding Southwest Conference basketball stars. Coaches Doc Hayes of SMU and Don Suman of Rice supervise. Some of the Stars will be selected to play in the Olympic games.
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Football A&M vs Hogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the Texas A&M Aggies and the University of Arkansas Razorbacks. Texas A&M wins the game.
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Rain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall across Texas after a period of drought.
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Texas news review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: November 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Cub scouts at airport]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of Cub Scouts from Stephen Foster Elementary School in Dallas visiting the Greater Fort Worth International Airport.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Leather flies fast in midget gloves]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the fifth annual Midget Gloves Tournament at the Panther Boys Club in Fort Worth.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bridges discounts demo victories]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Republican Senator Styles Bridges stopping in Dallas on his way to Colorado for a brief interview.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Council]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth City Council meeting. Jack Burton is sworn in to the council seat vacated by Councilman Tom McCann.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Blast damages Dallas school]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas explosion at Crozier Technical High School in downtown Dallas.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Parade launches Texas Beef Week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade in Fort Worth commemorating the start of Texas Beef Week, a celebration by the Texas Beef Council intended to increase demand in the cattle industry.
Date: November 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: SMU building (Fincher memorial)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of the Joseph Wylie Fincher Memorial Building on the SMU campus.
Date: November 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: House & truck]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tool shed hauled by a truck from Midland to Fort Worth being destroyed after failing to clear a railroad overpass by two inches.
Date: November 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: State is probing gas price war]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an antitrust investigation by the office of Texas Attorney General John Ben Shepperd in Fort Worth into an ongoing price war between gas stations.
Date: November 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at a shopping center in the Oak Lawn region of Dallas, damaging several businesses.
Date: November 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Orchid tree tops florists's display]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a display of flower arrangements in the lobby of the Fort Worth National Bank, created by local florists in observance of National Flower Week.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Trackmobile]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a machine called a Trackmobile, for use on railroad tracks or road, making its debut in Fort Worth.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Senators arrive for farm hearing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Senators arriving in Fort Worth for a committee hearing on the government farm program.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Skelton named head of loyal Democrats]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Texas Democrats in Waco electing a new chairman, Byron Skelton of Temple.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Clary]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about final arguments in the Dallas trial of Clifton Clary, a Ballinger ranch foreman accused of murdering his wife and burning down his home to conceal the evidence.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bragan]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bobby Bragan, the former Fort Worth Cats baseball team manager recently chosen to manage the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs - jets]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about oil well jets being stolen from a Fort Worth oil well supply company and police issuing a warning to citizens to turn any they found over to the authorities, as the jets could explode if mishandled.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Albine raccoon new zoo resident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two new animals at the Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas. They are Casper the albino raccoon and a rare Bateleur eagle from Africa.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident that destroyed a car on Highway 81 near West, Texas. There were no serious injuries.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Ragsdale Pleads Guilty]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Gary Ragsdale pleading guilty to twenty-one holdups and receiving his verdict.
Date: November 4, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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