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[News Script: Burglary ring]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of four members of a group who stole a quantity of items from a Salvation Army warehouse in Dallas; 6 more members are sought for theft of the donations of food, clothing and household goods which were to have been distributed to victims of Hurricane Carla. Those arrested are: James Otis Russell, Pat Lou Wolfinburger, Flo Marie Lazo, and Ray Edward Morton, who is on the FBI wanted list; much of theā€¦ more
Date: December 10, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Benson & Church)

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the quarterly conference of the Dallas/Fort Worth area members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;about half of the 3,000 area Mormons met in a new, undedicated structure, with former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson attending as "One of the Quorum of 12 Apostles", one of the top members of the Mormon hierarchy.
Date: December 10, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Polar bear idiots]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Polar Bear Division of the Yacht Club of Fort Worth, whose 15 members have pledged to spend at least 3 minutes each month water-skiing - or forfeit $26; The reporter makes it clear how he feels about the whole thing, and how crazy the members are for pledging to what he calls a "suicide pact" to go water-skiing at Eagle Mountain Lake in 35 degree weather.
Date: December 10, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Trout fishing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about fishing at the Silver Lake Fishing Barge in Grapevine.
Date: December 10, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Baby Junebug Clark with accompanying poem]

Description: Photograph of Junebug Clark as a baby, with numerous bandages and taped pieces of gauze on his face and fingers. Junebug clark was born in April 1949, but this image was dated December 1961. It is assumed this date is when Joe this piece along with the poem. This image is mounted to the right of a poem by Joe Clark, titled "Despair." Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS
Date: December 10, 1961
Creator: Clark, Joe
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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