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Eleven Days in Hell: the 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege in Huntsville, Texas

Description: From one o’clock on the afternoon of July 24, 1974, until shortly before ten o’clock the night of August 3, eleven days later, one of the longest hostage-taking sieges in the history of the United States took place in Texas’s Huntsville State Prison. The ringleader, Federico (Fred) Gomez Carrasco, the former boss of the largest drug-running operation in south Texas, was serving life for assault with intent to commit murder on a police officer. Using his connections to smuggle guns and ammunitio… more
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Date: August 15, 2004
Creator: Harper, William T.
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[News Script: Map]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: August 26, 1969, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: David Meyers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the third time which apparently was a charm for 25 years old David Meyers who had been serving a prison sentence for burglary.
Date: August 27, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Mass Slayings]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of San Augustine County sheriff's deputies who have uncovered more evidence in the mass murder of Houston youths.
Date: August 14, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Murder Charges Filed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of a former Carnival worker who has been charged on two counts of murder in connection with the stabbing deaths of his parents.
Date: August 20, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Prison library]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Huntsville prison library where scene of an 11 day siege and shootout that left four persons dead.
Date: August 16, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Huntsville probe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a walker county jury who is investigating the attempted escape at the Huntsville unit of the Texas prison system which is expected to make its report.
Date: August 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Hays county jail siege over]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a convict who held three inmates hostage at the hays county jail for two hours is now in the Huntsville state prison.
Date: August 12, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Suspect caught]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the third of four men who were charged in connection with shootout at the state prison at Huntsville has been arrested in Uvalde.
Date: August 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Library remodeled]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about W. J. Estelle director of the Texas department of corrections who said that two new entrances to the library will be build.
Date: August 16, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Huntsville flak]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about state Senator chet brooks of Pasadena- chairman of the Texas legislative joint committee on prison reform who says that he is asking for a justice department investigation of the Huntsville prison escape attempt .
Date: August 14, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Huntsville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about members of the walker county grand jury who visited the Huntsville state prison and inspected the site where 4 persons died during the abortive escape attempt by renegade Fred Gomez Carrasco.
Date: August 14, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Board of corrections]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Texas board of corrections which voted unanimous endorsement of the techniques used by prison officials in preventing a prison escape at Huntsville.
Date: August 13, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Huntsville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the videotape recording of the August third shootout that left four persons dead after an eleven day siege at the prison.
Date: August 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Huntsville probe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas board of corrections which has been accused of violating the Texas open meetings law when it met in Dallas.
Date: August 14, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Hobby]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Hobby who says that criminal acts involved in the take over are already under investigation by a grand jury.
Date: August 12, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Huntsville report]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the walker county grand jury which has issued the first of several planned public reports on its investigation of the Huntsville prison shootout on august third.
Date: August 15, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Videotape]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about governor Dolph Briscoe who says that it would be improper for him to order release of the videotape made during the breakout attempt and shootout.
Date: August 13, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Huntsville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about inmates Fred Carrasco and Rudolfo Dominguez and other two hostages who were slain a week during an escape attempt at the state prison at Huntsville.
Date: August 10, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
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[News Script: Huntsville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Fred Carrasco, Rudolfo Dominguez and two hostages who were slained during an attempt to escape from the state prison at Huntsville.
Date: August 10, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Carrasco]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about under gloomy skies in San Antonio where body of Fred Gomez Carrasco was laid to rest during unannounced funeral services.
Date: August 7, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Briscoe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about governor Dolph Briscoe who made a tour of Huntsville state prison in the wake of the week- end shoot out that climaxed an 11 day siege by 3 reveling inmates.
Date: August 6, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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