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[News Clip: Whirling flame]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas-powered spinning flame generator invented by a McAllen citrus farmer, intended to warm the air in his citrus groves and prevent cold weather from harming the fruit.
Date: February 4, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Mesquite and Willow

Description: Collection of Texas, Spanish and Mexican folklore, including legends, child ballads, folk tales, folk songs, tall tales, information about home remedies, and other folklore.
Date: 1957
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press
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Orientation Methods and Techniques Used in the Elementary Schools in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with Latin-American Beginners

Description: The purpose of the study was to determine what methods and techniques seem to be the best in helping the beginning Latin-American child to understand the written and oral English as taught by our schools today and to what extent these methods and techniques meed democratic and psychological criteria governing such a program.
Date: 1955
Creator: Slavitchek, Martha Gladys Williams
Partner: UNT Libraries
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[News Script: Ike arrives]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Dwight D. Eisenhower arriving in Texas to dedicate the newly constructed Falcon Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Date: October 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Ike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicating the Falcon Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.
Date: October 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Flood recedes in valley]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the aftermath of a flood in the Rio Grande Valley, which forced hundreds to evacuate their homes in the area.
Date: April 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Whirling flame]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas-powered spinning flame generator invented by a McAllen citrus farmer, intended to warm the air in his citrus groves and prevent cold weather from harming the fruit.
Date: February 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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