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[News Script: Delay]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about I. R. Conner and his charges for swindling an elderly Missouri woman for a large sum of money in a phony medical scheme. He has won, for the time being, his desire to prevent his extradition to Missouri to face those charges.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bigamist's wives become friends]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Harold Thetford, who left his first wife and later married another woman. The first wife, Bobbie Mae, found out that her husband had married again and called the new wife, Ima Hattie. Both women became friends.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bob Hope]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bob Hope's arrival in Dallas to promote the movie "That Certain Feeling."
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Crowder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about University of Oklahoma alumni meeting in Dallas to watch a movie of an OU varsity-alumni game. They also greet coach Eddie Crowder.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Chileans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about several Chilean Air Force officers visiting in Fort Worth. They are on their way to Wichita, Kansas to retrieve several planes and fly them back to Chile.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Beck]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dave Beck, president of the International Teamsters Union, and his arrival in Dallas. He says his union should support President Eisenhower for re-election.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Trailer yields no clues to ex-cons]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police searching for Edward Eugene Townley, Betty Jo Townley, and Wilbur Jay Hunt. A gang member and ex-convict, Townley bought a trailer on credit, but doesn't seem to have lived there for nearly a month.
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Reactor gas loss analysis

Description: Reactor gas costs have increased substantially each year since 1952 when the total cost was $108,000. In 1953, 1954, and 1955 the gross annual cost of reactor gas was $126,000, $348,000 and $606,000 respectively and are reported in Figure 1. These continued increases in reactor gas costs indicate the need for an analysis of gas usage and formulation of a program to reduce gas consumption. To provide basic information for such a program, a critical review has been made of the reaction gas system… more
Date: July 12, 1956
Creator: Dow, T. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Admits attack]

Description: Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John William Price confessing to the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14 year old girl.
Date: July 12, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New bus]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about experimental passenger buses undergoing testing in Dallas that can be converted into large ambulances or cargo haulers in wartime.
Date: July 12, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire drill]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a practice drills and hose training for volunteers of the Fort Worth civilian defense auxiliary fire department.
Date: July 12, 1951
Duration: 3 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Quaker window display]

Description: Photograph of a window display for Quaker Oats. There is a sign on the left side of the image that is advertising the WBAP-TV show The Gabby Hayes Show and Quaker Oats Co. with their air times. There is a sign in the middle of the display that is advertising miniature Western toy guns that require a Quaker box top for purchase. There is a display of the toy guns that are available under the sign. The sign on the right reads "Hey! Kids have your "mom" get one of these blanks when she buys Quaker… more
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Broken window slide]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of a broken window with trees visible in the background. There are handwritten notes at the bottom that read "abstract" and "Bates Littlehales."
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Miss Curity contest window display]

Description: Photograph of a Curity window display in the WBAP lobby. The display has signs that are advertising the Miss Curity contest which asks people to send in photographs of their daughters dressed like Miss Curity. The signs say that the contest is giving away "$25,000 in prizes cash and valuable Eastman Cameras" and it has a grand prize of a $5,000 bond. The sign on the right of the display reads "for Details of Bauer & Black's "Miss Curity Contest" see Super Circus Saturday's 6:30 P.M. WBAP-TV Cha… more
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Country road and trees]

Description: Photograph of a paved two lane road that curves slightly to the left. There are trees on both sides of the road. On the far left, there is a large building seen on top of a hill. In the image, clouds are visible in the sky.
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bobby Peters on set with puppies]

Description: Photograph of Bobby Peters on set with puppies. Peters is wearing a white long sleeve button up shirt with a black vest, black wide brim hat, and a polka dot bow tie. He is crouched down next to a clear carrying case that has five puppies in it. The background of the set is painted to look like mountains and there is a tree and a trellis against the backdrop.
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bobby Peters filming a show]

Description: Photograph of Bobby Peters filming a show with a woman. Peters is wearing a white long sleeve button up shirt with a black hat and vest and a polka dot bow tie. He is facing the right side of the image and has his lips pursed as though he is speaking. The woman is wearing a black short sleeve dress and is holding a black purse on her elbow. She is facing Peters, but she is looking down at a puppy that she is holding. There is a boom mic hanging over the pair and a carrying case with clear sides… more
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Bobby Peters playing with puppies]

Description: Photograph of Bobby Peters playing with puppies on set. Peters is wearing a white long sleeve button up shirt with a black vest and a black hat. He is kneeling down on the ground and is reaching down to pick up one of the puppies that is in front of him. To the right of the puppies there is a miniature fire hydrant sitting on the ground. In the background of the right side of the image is a table that has a box of tissues on it and behind this is a trellis and a backdrop that is painted to look… more
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Chemical company wrecked by fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three-alarm fire at a Dallas chemical company and neighboring paper warehouse. No one was injured in the blaze.
Date: July 12, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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