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[News Script: Reunion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ten thousand settlers assembling for the 64th annual Johnson County Old Settlers Reunion.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Tornado]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Reunion]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about ten thousand settlers assembling for the 64th annual Johnson County Old Settlers Reunion. The video shows spectators and performers at Alvarado's town square.
Date: August 7, 1956
Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Banker Fails to Identify Robbery Suspects ; Hijacker ; TV Performer to Tour Texas Cities ; Bonehads]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany four news stories. The first is about a banker who was robbed by two men. The robbers took the banker's money and $254 in change from his bank. The banker is unable to identify the men in a police lineup. After that is a story about John R. Walker, a man who was arrested for the theft of $103 and a car. The third is about Pinky Lee visiting Fort Worth and Dallas following his collapse during a television program. The fina… more
Date: August 24, 1956
Duration: 7 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Tornado, Parade, Baseball]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained, a carnival to be held at the Fair Park Foods Building in Dallas, Texas, as a fund raising project for the National Polio Foundation, and a dinner honoring two Texas League baseball players who set and broke the home run record.
Date: August 31, 1956
Duration: 5 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Cleburne car dealer shot to death outside a tavern. Police believe the victim, Charley Monroe Reynolds, was fatally struck by a bullet meant for the tavern's owner, Bill Anderson. Several suspects are questioned regarding the murder, but the investigation is still open.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: F.F.A. champ]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Cleburne high school student, Garland Leon Caroll, awarded top honors at the state Future Farmers of America convention for his agricultural projects.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Jack Todd is on trial for murder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Dallas ex-convict Jack Todd, accused of fatally shooting a man following a bar fight. Todd's trial is moved to Cleburne by Dallas District Judge Henry King to ensure fairness.
Date: February 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Todd trial moved to Cleburne]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Jack Todd, a Dallas man accused of shooting another man after a bar fight. To ensure a fair trial, Judge Henry King moves the proceedings to Cleburne.
Date: December 8, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Flares fizzle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a test of aerial photographic flash flares by the Chance Vought Aircraft company in the skies over Cleburne and Midlothian.
Date: September 22, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Contestant still in running]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Celladore Tulie Poinsetta Houston Crockett, a Cleburne, Texas woman who will be a contestant on television's "The 64-Thousand Dollar Question."
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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