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Oral History Interview with Eddie L. Hornsby, November 8, 1979

Description: Interview with Eddie Hornsby, a Navy WWII veteran from Coleman County, Texas. Hornsby discusses his experiences aboard the USS San Francisco during the attack on Pearl Harbor, including jobs worked in the 1930s, joining the Navy, boot camp, assignment to the San Francisco, operations aboard the ship and exercises, the morning of the attack, and events of the following night.
Date: November 8, 1979
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Hornsby, Eddie L.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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[News Script: Helsinki]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the largest post war effort to ease tensions in Europe began.
Date: July 3, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Belmont and triple crown]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about secretariat who wrote into racing history books by winning the Belmont stakes by a staggering 31 lengths and with it the triple crown winner since citation performed the feat in 1948.
Date: June 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Spraying]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about spraying to stop the spread of the Citrus Black Fly in the lower Rio Grande Valley, and the Texas Air Quality Control Board seeking an injunction against the Hollingsworth Feed Mill due to pollution.
Date: September 6, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Private Care Centers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of Louisiana officials saying that 54 children have been removed from three private care centers in Texas because the institutions are overcrowded.
Date: August 15, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Pioneer dies]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a Texan who was member of the first class of pilots who was trained by the famed Wright brothers in 1915 and who later went on to become a pioneer aviator in his own right and independent oil man who died.
Date: September 13, 1973, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Range fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a grass fire which destroyed 50 square miles of rangeland in Coleman and adjoining Runnels county.
Date: April 3, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Lee Park]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the violence that erupted during a music festival at Lee Park in Dallas.
Date: May 3, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Oral History Interview with O. J. Curry, March 29, 1979

Description: Interview with Dr. O. J. Curry from Santa Anna, Texas, the first dean of the School of Business at NTSU. Curry discusses his family history, childhood, education, becoming a teacher and high school principal, his marriage, getting his doctorate, the Great Depression, his time at the University of Arkansas and other institutions, his work with the petroleum industry during World War II, coming to NTSU, building the School Business, much about his tenure as dean, and his thoughts on business and … more
Date: March 29, 1979
Creator: Jenkins, Floyd
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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