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[News Script: Ol will]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date: July 28, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Laredo flooding]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a cloudburst that sent water through the streets of Laredo forcing about 500 persons from their homes.
Date: June 29, 1971, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Laredo flooding]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the city of Laredo being overwhelmed by floodwater from Zacate Creek.
Date: June 29, 1971, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Weather intro]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the city of Laredo being under water as heavy rains and thunderstorms continue.
Date: June 28, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Flooding]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about floodwaters subsiding after overwhelming the boarder city of Laredo after a cloudburst.
Date: June 29, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New top flood]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Laredo residents feeling their homes as rain floods much of the city.
Date: June 28, 1971, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: NBC 5 at 5 PM and 6 PM]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 1982
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Straight Texas

Description: Volume of popular folklore of Texas, including tales about the origins of various cities and towns, personal anecdotes, songs, superstitions and other miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 341.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank
Partner: UNT Press
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Texian Stomping Grounds

Description: Collection containing sketches of post-war life in East Texas, including descriptions of early recreations and games, stories about Southern food and cooking, religious anecdotes, Negro folk tales, a first-hand account of a Negro folk play about the life of Christ, and other miscellaneous folklore. The index begins on page 159.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press
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[News Script: Commuter problem]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas AFL-CLO as well as 189 citizens of Texas border towns, filing suit against the U.S. Attorney General and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, asking that Mexican workers not be allowed to commute for jobs in the U.S., claiming that unemployment in border towns is a direct result of job competition from foreign laborers.
Date: December 29, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Laredo explosion pkg]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
Date: May 20, 1996
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Backwoods to Border

Description: Book about folklore in Texas, including folk songs, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, anecdotes about lawyers, folklore about Texas plants, riddles and miscellaneous legends. The index begins on page 225.
Date: 2017
Creator: Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964
Partner: UNT Press

[TXSSAR Color Guard at Laredo George Washington Bridge Ceremony]

Description: Photograph of the TXSSAR Color Guard marching at the George Washington Bridge Ceremony in Laredo, Texas, in February of 2019. One member is leading the march and holding a banner that reads, "Sons of the American Revolution." A row of men are walking behind him, holding flags in the air. They are all in uniform. A crowd of people can be seen walking behind them. David Kinsey, president of the McKinney Chapter, can be seen marching on the right side of the photograph, holding a flag.
Date: February 2019
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, McKinney Chapter 63
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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