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[News Script: Negro to seek money without NAACP aid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man discovering a large sum of money while digging a sewer ditch under a house in the city, and subsequently being arrested by local police who believed he had stolen the money.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: No action taken in Jackson Davis probe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Jackson Davis case settling out of court. The case involved a workman finding $40,000 underneath a home he was working on and the legal troubles and arguments resulting from the discovery.
Date: December 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Negro sues Decker, others]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an African-American man, Jackson Davis, suing Dallas county sheriff Bill Decker, two of his deputies, and a Dallas County cotton broker for allegedly stealing money from him and wrongfully imprisoning him.
Date: October 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Negro will seek to regain money]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Corsicana man fighting in court for the right to keep a large sum of money he discovered under a Dallas home while digging a ditch.
Date: October 12, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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