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[News Script: Miss flame]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the selection of the Dallas County Miss Flame, that took place at the annual State Fair event.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Truman at church]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former President Harry Truman addressing the congregation at the Elmwood Methodist Church in Oak Cliff.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Beatniks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a beatnik coffeehouse boom in Dallas.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Officer slain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Claude Jones, a patrolman who was shot to death by his wife Olus Jones as soon as he got home.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Beatniks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three beatniks appearing in a Dallas court for disturbing the peace.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Unconscious excon]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three-time ex-convict being questioned by the police about a beating he received.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: High cotton]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bill Hancock, a cotton grower in Dallas.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Drowning]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the deaths of two young children who accidentally drowned at Crystal Springs swimming pool.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Arkansas football]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the University of Texas and the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Mateos]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a military honor guard greeting the President of Mexico, Adolfo López Mateos, and his family as they arrived in Austin.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Elec. brain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Magnolia Petroleum Company Headquarters in Dallas getting $2.5 million worth of IBM computing equipment.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Mrs Roosevelt]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Eleanor Roosevelt, who arrives at Love field to address at the Dallas United Nations Association
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Football beating]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the beating of a high school student over a football game.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Goodwill store]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Goodwill store opening in Fort Worth.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Food poison]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about food poisoning that occurred in Dallas. The cause for the food poisoning is due to the eclairs that were being sold at Fair Park.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: SMU football]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football team between Rice University and Southern Methodist University in Houston.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Machine gun trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Charles W. Morrison for possession of a machine gun.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Catholic procession]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Feast of Christ the King procession in downtown Dallas.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Woman judge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Kathleen E. Hale, the first female judge in Tarrant County history.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: County budget]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting that is held in the Dallas county auditors office to talk about the 1960 budget mid speculation of a two-cent tax reduction.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Maria]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about opera star Maria Callas returning to Dallas to perform in Medea.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Secretaries]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Banquet of Executive Secretaries in Fort Worth. Fred Korth of the Continental National Bank was named Boss of the Year.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Morrison slaying]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police investigating the murder of J. Homer Morrison at his drug store in Fort Worth.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Car in creek]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car that got stuck in the creek. Fortunately no one was hurt, not even the car itself.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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