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[News Script: Old Maid's Day (Ladies Day)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Old Maid's Day celebration in Denton, Texas. Old Maid's Day is a holiday created by NTSC instructor Dorothy Babb to celebrate so-called "spinsters."
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ladies day]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Old Maid's Day celebration in Denton, Texas. Old Maid's Day is a holiday created by NTSC instructor Dorothy Babb to celebrate so-called "spinsters."
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Official feud]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about tension in the Dallas County Court after an office fistfight between County Commissioner John Rowland and County Judge Lew Sterrett over road and bridge programs.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Heat strike]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike by Fort Worth telephone switchboard employees due to a lack of air conditioning in telephone offices during a heat wave. The footage shows switchboard employees standing in lines outside, and images of fans blowing over ice cubes.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ladies day]

Description: Video footage from from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Powder Puff Derby, an annual all-female air race. The 1951 race began in Santa Ana, California and the entrants raced to Detroit, Michigan. This clip shows the racers making a mandatory stop at Meachum Field in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Ladies day]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a women's dirt track hot rod race at the Fair Park Speedway in Dallas.
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Heat strike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike by Fort Worth telephone switchboard employees due to a lack of air conditioning in telephone offices during a heat wave.
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Official feud]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about tension in the Dallas County Court after an office fistfight between County Commissioner John Rowland and County Judge Lew Sterrett over road and bridge programs.
Date: August 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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