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[News Clip: Rapists]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two fifteen-year-old boys charged with the rape and beating of a young couple. The boys are William Eason and Donald Mitchell. The youths are sentenced to confinement at the Gatesville State School for Boys until they turn twenty-one.
Date: July 19, 1956
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Missouri Kansas Texas]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a train accident in Carrolton, in which no one was injured. Crews worked through the night to clean up the accident.
Date: October 4, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Barn]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hen house that was destroyed during a freak gust of wind. No other buildings in Tarrant or Dallas counties were damaged.
Date: July 5, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Republicans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about local Republicans heading out, by train, to Houston for the state Republican convention.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Uruguayans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a delegation of 14 people from Uruguay touring Dallas in the interest of industrial productivity.
Date: March 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Honey bears]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about four baby Kinkajous, or honey bears, being brought into Dallas from British Guiana, to help promote the National Fashion Exhibition.
Date: May 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Mayor's conference]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of the Greater Dallas County Municipal League, featuring mayors, city managers, and councilmen from most of Dallas County's 24 towns and cities.
Date: March 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Nat King Cole]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nat King Cole, stopping in Dallas en route to San Antonio to perform in a review called "Record Star Parade of 1956."
Date: April 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: John Landy]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John Landy, Australia's greatest runner, stopping over in Dallas.
Date: May 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Generals]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas National Guard commanders greeting Major General Edgar C. Erickson, the chief of the National Guard bureau as he arrives at Love Field in Dallas.
Date: April 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Admiral Higgins]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Rear Admiral John M. Higgins visiting Dallas to make an address and inspect naval reserve installations.
Date: March 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Japanese jurist on Dallas visit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Chief Justice from Japan, Kotaro Tanaka, arriving in Dallas to visit the Southwestern Legal Foundation and the Dallas Bar Association.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bible]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Norman M. Yonan arriving in Dallas along with the Yonan Codex, the oldest known New Testament in existence at the time, which he donated to the Library of Congress.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Democratic leader wants Harry to run]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. India Edwards, the national Democratic vice chairman, arriving in Dallas and declaring that she wants Harry Truman to run for President.
Date: March 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sorkin]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dr. Cylvia Sorkin arriving in Dallas for the state convention of Business and Professional Women in Mineral Wells.
Date: May 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News Briefs - Eddie]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about singer Eddie Fisher stopping in Dallas en route to Hollywood from Memphis.
Date: May 14, 1956
Duration: 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dale Evans-George Stevens]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a visit to the small Texas town of Italy by actress Dale Evans, wife of famed western actor Roy Rogers. The script goes on to describe film director George Stevens stopping over in Dallas on the way home to California after a visit with his son in Florida.
Date: May 15, 1956
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fashion]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fashion exhibition at a Dallas market.
Date: May 28, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Binford]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about funeral services for Dallas Chief Sheriff's Deputy Bill Binford.
Date: May 14, 1956
Duration: 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Polio patient to graduate]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a North Dallas High School student, Beth Bowman, celebrating her graduation despite suffering from polio.
Date: May 27, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Disc jockey stays on air 100 hours]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Dallas DJ Gene Weed breaking the disc jockey marathon record by being on the air for over 100 hours straight.
Date: May 25, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cow]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an escaped cow captured by a Dallas city employee after local police failed to restrain the animal.
Date: May 7, 1956
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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