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[News Script: Holdup]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gunman robbing Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Taylor, the owners of the Meadowbrook drug store in Fort Worth.
Date: January 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Rodeo]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 1957 Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show's rodeo.
Date: January 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Ellis and Mount face indictments]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Burton Ellis and Attorney J. C. Mount being accused of theft in connection with the failure of the River Oaks State Bank and a separate case in which former detective Charlie Williams is accused of theft and permitting a prisoner to escape.
Date: January 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Highways]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas' highway systems being cited by the architect of the Federal Highway Act as a solution to traffic problems in big cities.
Date: January 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Norris shooting]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about criminal Gene Paul Norris and his ex-convict partner William Carl Humphry being killed in a shootout with Fort Worth Police.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Convair closes out last work on B36s]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth's Convair plant saying goodbye to the B-36 bomber plane and ushering in the era of the B-58.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Brazos still rising; federal aid ordered]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the worst flood in the state's history, with President Eisenhower declaring affected parts of Texas a disaster area and pledging federal funding to disaster relief.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Rodriguez]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Simon Rodriguez, the 16-year-old boy charged with the murder and sexual assault of a Dallas 12-year-old on New Year's Eve, seeking a writ that would release him from police custody while he awaited trial.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Actors]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actors Charles Laughton, Eli Wallach, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Burgess Meredith visiting Dallas to kick off a fundraising drive to build the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Equipment moved as ABC tourney]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about carpenters tearing down bowling lanes after a tournament at the Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Colonial]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 12th annual National Invitational Golf Tournament in Fort Worth.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Missile man]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about J.R. Dempsey arriving in Dallas to speak about Missile Development Philosophy.
Date: October 29, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Fort Worth murder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Kathryn Martin shooting her husband, hotel manager Leonard Martin, during a domestic dispute.
Date: December 29, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Safeway robbery]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an armed robbery of a Safeway store in North Dallas.
Date: December 29, 1957
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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