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[News Clip: Cafe bombed]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lover's Lane Cafe in Dallas being bombed shortly after closing for the night.
Date: May 23, 1951
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Admits attack]

Description: Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John William Price confessing to the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14 year old girl.
Date: July 12, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 11 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 station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: June 5, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Boneheads]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Bonehead Club of Dallas staging a mock legal intervention against the State Fair of Texas for bringing irritating crowds of people from out of town to Dallas.
Date: October 5, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sherrif's office]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 30, 1951
Duration: 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Explosion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas county sheriffs investigating a mystery explosion near the Trinity river bottoms.
Date: December 26, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Activities of the week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a visit to Texas by New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey to attend his father-in-law's funeral in Sherman, former Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Jack Medford shooting his wife and son to death before turning the gun on himself, and military reserve units called to active duty at the Dallas Naval Air Station.
Date: March 4, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Triple slaying]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a former Dallas County deputy sheriff, Jack Walter Medford, who shot his wife and young son to death before killing himself. Medford and his wife had separated a few days before the shooting.
Date: January 27, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Boneheads]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Bonehead Club of Dallas staging a mock legal intervention against the State Fair of Texas for bringing irritating crowds of people from out of town to Dallas.
Date: October 5, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Deputy's trial postponed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff A.B. Carter, charged with illegally demanding fees from mentally ill patients in exchange for transporting them between hospitals.
Date: September 18, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bert back]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about gambler Bert Wakefield facing two indictments in Fort Worth.
Date: May 29, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News briefs one]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering five news stories. The first story is about a young New Mexico boy who ran away from home and hitchhiked to Fort Worth being returned to his parents. The second story is about a citywide marble tournament for Dallas youths. The third story is about the murder trial of Hansel Freeman Emory, a local man accused of stabbing another man to death with a pair of pliers during an altercation at White Rock Lake. The fourth story is about No… more
Date: April 27, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Cafe bombed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lover's Lane Cafe in Dallas being bombed shortly after closing for the night.
Date: May 23, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
open access

[News Script: Admits attack]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John William Price confessing to the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14 year old girl.
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sworn in]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 1951
Duration: 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bert back]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about gambler Bert Wakefield facing two indictments in Fort Worth.
Date: May 29, 1951
Duration: 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Deputy's trial postponed]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the trial of Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff A.B. Carter, charged with illegally demanding fees from mentally ill patients in exchange for transporting them between hospitals.
Date: September 18, 1951, 6:45 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 Clip: Murderer charged]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the booking of a man arrested for murder.
Date: September 11, 1951
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shooting spree]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a picnic and shooting competition for federal deputy marshals in North Texas.
Date: June 7, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sexual assault trial]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about John William Price being sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl.
Date: October 4, 1951
Duration: 35 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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