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[News Clip: Houston blast, 1]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area. The blast resulted in 4 deaths and 75 injuries.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Houston blast, 2]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area. The blast resulted in 4 deaths and 75 injuries.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cop gets car]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a polio-stricken Fort Worth police officer getting a new car with automatic transmission.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pigs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about more than 200 pigs donated by Tarrant County labor unions loaded aboard a transport plane at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth and flown to Honduras as part of a missionary program.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fireworks Blast Rocks Wide Area]

Description: B-roll video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area. The blast resulted in 4 deaths and 75 injuries.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Last 24 Hours in Dallas]

Description: Clipping of an article regarding the numerous recent news in Dallas from the last day. One of the news highlights in the article is boxed in red, which is about the new housing development where 600-700 homes were constructed on the 173-acre area on Forest Lane near Central Expressway that was sponsored by the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association. Other news includes the Texas restaurant Association's convention and the return of Benny Binion, a gambler known for evading income taxes.
Date: June 7, 1953
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Group Plans Housing Sites For Negroes]

Description: Clipping of an article from the Dallas morning news regarding the disclosure of the Dallas Citizens' Association's housing project for Hamilton Park. After two years of construction, the houses are ready to be sold to residents and be individually owned. The president of the association, Jerome Crossman, is coming together with the Federal Housing Administration and the Veterans Administration to arrange loans for more construction of homes and improving the water, sewer lines, as well as stree… more
Date: June 7, 1953
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about several automobile accidents over the weekend in Dallas.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Binion returns to face charges]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return to Dallas and surrender to sheriffs of Nevada gambler Benny Binion, to face federal indictments of tax fraud.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Pigs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about more than 200 pigs donated by Tarrant County labor unions loaded aboard a transport plane at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth and flown to Honduras as part of a missionary program.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
open access

[News Script: Blast wrecks tourist cabin]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unexplained explosion at a tourist cabin in Grand Prairie, injuring two people.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Houston blast]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
open access

[News Script: Cop gets car]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a polio-stricken Fort Worth police officer getting a new car with automatic transmission, so that he can use it.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Plans Completed for 172-Acre Dallas Negro Housing Project]

Description: Clipping of an article regarding the completion of the Hamilton Park housing project, which was sponsored by the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Association. President of the association, Jerome Crossman, announced that the development was for middle-class Black families that are affected by the housing shortage to build new and improved homes in the subdivisions. The association also plans to construct a 2.5-mile water line along with a 3-mile sanitary sewer line for Hamilton Park as well.
Date: June 7, 1953
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Clipping: Dallas Negroes As Homeowners]

Description: Clipping of an article on the Dallas Morning News regarding the large proportion of Black citizens of Dallas who are homeowners. However, their homes are not in the best areas or in the best conditions, and Black citizens would like an improvement in their living conditions. Due to the Dallas Citizens' Interracial Associations' contribution to improving the housing condition in predominantly Black areas, the city of Dallas is developing to be a fair community for all races.
Date: June 7, 1953
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Blast wrecks tourist cabin]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an unexplained explosion at a tourist cabin in Grand Prairie, injuring two people.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Binion returns to face charges]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the scheduled arraignment of Benny Binion in Austin on federal indictments of tax fraud in connection with his gambling activities in Dallas and Las Vegas.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News briefs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about several automobile accidents over the weekend in Dallas.
Date: June 7, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 30 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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