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[News Clip: Old train on display]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the anticipated celebration of Johnson County centennial event featuring a coal-burning train that has been in operation since 1880.
Date: May 2, 1954
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bad man's body in forgotten grave]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the forgotten grave of Clyde Barrow in a small cemetery in Dallas.
Date: May 26, 1954
Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Jail break plot]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an attempted jailbreak foiled by officers at the Dallas County Jail.
Date: September 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Safe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a safe found on highway 80 between Arlington and Fort Worth, full of automobile parts
Date: October 6, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News brief -- Playford]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ceremony honoring Dallas Country Sheriff's Deputy W. E. Playford, who has been appointed chief of police in the town of Lancaster.
Date: November 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Corky Makarwich]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about campaign efforts by fringe Republican candidate for Tarrant County Sheriff, Corky Makarwich.
Date: October 29, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Youth indicted in Kenyon case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the indictment of Charles William Robbins for the murder of Charles Kenyon. A following story explains the arrest of three young men accused of assault and robbery.
Date: July 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sheriff swears in woman]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Lee Jenkins becoming the first female deputy in Tarrant County.
Date: November 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sully]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the trial of former Tarrant County Sheriff Sully Montgomery on charges of income tax evasion. Montgomery is found innocent of the charges.
Date: February 7, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: James Kline]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas trial of James Wallace Kline, a man accused of improper relations with a teenage girl. Kline is found innocent and says he plans to sue for false arrest.
Date: March 17, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bank robbed at Krum]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a bank robbery at the Farmers and Merchants State Bank in Krum. The lone robber made off with $1,200.
Date: March 12, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bike-riding boy]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas police intercepting 11-year-old Ronald Pope who was running away from home.
Date: September 21, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jail break plot]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an attempted jailbreak foiled by officers at the Dallas County Jail.
Date: September 23, 1954
Duration: 2 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hunt on for felon freed by mistake]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth police embarking on a manhunt after a clerical error released a prisoner under a life sentence.
Date: September 10, 1954
Duration: 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas County gets rescue truck]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas County obtaining a fully-equipped rescue truck.
Date: September 10, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Youths blamed in grass fires]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of grass fires in the Dallas area blamed on four youths, arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting the blazes. No one was injured in the string of fires.
Date: September 16, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bouchillon gives up: plans fight]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Donald Bouchillon turning himself into Tarrant County officers after being accidentally released from prison in Fort Worth.
Date: September 16, 1954
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News brief -- Playford]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a ceremony honoring Dallas Country Sheriff's Deputy W. E. Playford, who has been appointed chief of police in the town of Lancaster.
Date: November 10, 1954
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sheriff swears in woman]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Mrs. Lee Jenkins becoming the first female deputy in Tarrant County.
Date: November 17, 1954
Duration: 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Trailer shooting leaves one dead]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fatal shooting in a trailer park, where a man attempted to shoot an associate of his daughter's and was fatally wounded when the associate and his daughter tried to wrestle the gun from him.
Date: July 11, 1954
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: News briefs - Killer]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a man being charged with the fatal shooting of a bus driver in Dallas. Also reported, a man being charged with the murder of another man, which he claimed was in self-defense.
Date: July 25, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 17 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Parade launches Weatherford rodeo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a parade and opening ceremonies for the Parker County Sheriff's Posse Rodeo and Frontier Days Celebration, held in Weatherford.
Date: July 28, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cisco and Pancho fly in for show]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo, stars of the television series The Cisco Kid, flying in to Dallas to star in the Cotton Bowl's holiday show.
Date: July 2, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Miss Texas turns tables on artist]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Australian caricature artist Gordon Currie stopping in Dallas during his nationwide tour. The 1954 Miss Texas, Yvonne Erwin, was offended by her caricature.
Date: July 30, 1954
Duration: 1 minute 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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