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[News Script: News brief - accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Lancaster man getting seriously injured after getting hit by a truck in Dallas.
Date: July 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident in Fort Worth involving a truck, two pick-up trucks, a fireplug, and a cafe; also covered, three Chinese Nationalist generals stopping by Dallas after a 30-day tour of the U.S. War College.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Polio victim to get new home]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles Barker, a Denton man who was paralyzed from polio, receiving a new home for him and his family, courtesy of his friends, the Denton Optimist club, and Denton craftsmen.
Date: July 25, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Youth indicted in Kenyon case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the indictment of Charles William Robbins for the murder of Charles Kenyon. A following story explains the arrest of three young men accused of assault and robbery.
Date: July 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Falcon Dam fills up]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Falcon Dam on the Rio Grande being finished.
Date: July 2, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Special programs mark holiday]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the second annual Arlington Day celebration.
Date: July 6, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News Briefs - Pat]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about movie actress Pat Crowley visiting Dallas.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bunche NAACP]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nobel Prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche visiting Dallas as the keynote speaker for the NAACP's 45th annual convention.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Community support asked to get team]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the Dallas community trying to get a major league baseball club in the city.
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Council orders water rationing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth city council to discuss water shortages due to lack of pumping facilities and pipes.
Date: July 14, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Storm news brief]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about storm hitting the Dallas area.
Date: July 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sheriff]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Denton County Sheriff-Elect, Wylie H. Barnes, being shot in the stomach by a woman in his backyard. Barnes was critically injured but survived.
Date: July 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Anti aircraft unit arrives]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 546th Army Anti-Aircraft Batallion arriving at Carswell Air Force Base.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Suspect charged in Dallas slaying]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cement worker, Lewis Burnett, surrendering to police in Dallas after the shooting death of Dr. Jack W. Sharpe. Burnett admits to shooting the physician after an argument over a suspected relationship between Dr. Sharpe and his patient, Mrs. Nona Bird.
Date: July 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Irving residents get typhoid shots]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about citizens of Irving getting typhoid fever vaccinations after six members of the community were struck by the illness.
Date: July 13, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Yarborough gets Cyclone's support]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Cyclone Davis, perennial gubernatorial candidate, being defeated in the Democratic primary and choosing to support Ralph Yarborough's bid for governor.
Date: July 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Gulf storm ends Texas hear wave]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall caused by a tropical storm ending one of the most severe July heat waves in Texas history. The rain also caused several traffic accidents around the DFW area.
Date: July 30, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News Briefs - Man in manhole]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about city water department employee, Delma Gene Anthony, collapsing while working in a manhole, due to the heat.
Date: July 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Suspect held in back yard murder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police arresting a man suspected of shooting and killing a West Dallas bus driver.
Date: July 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Officers tell of ledge rescue]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Dallas policemen saving a would-be suicide from the ledge of the Hotel Dallas.
Date: July 15, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs - Hoover]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former President Herbert Hoover stopping in Dallas.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Padre]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of the Padre Island Causeway in Port Isabel.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about comedic duo Martin and Lewis and singer Patti Page stopping in Love Field in Dallas; also covered, a story about singer Julius La Rosa performing at the Baker Hotel in Dallas and judging the Dallas-Fort Worth News Photographers Association beauty contest, Lady Milford-Haven stopping in Dallas en route to New Jersey after her "quickie divorce" from her British nobleman husband in Mexico, and a car accident in Fort … more
Date: May 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Baby sitters on job at ball park]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two women, Mitzi Walsh and Leta Buckner, offering a baby sitting service during baseball games at Burnett Park. The service was used by both fans and baseball players.
Date: May 18, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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