[News Clip: Walker Sentenced to Electric Chair]

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Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tommy Lee Walker, who is sentenced to die by electric chair for killing Mrs. H. C. Parker in Dallas.

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1 film (3 min., 8 sec.): si., b&w ; 16 mm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) January 25, 1956.

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Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tommy Lee Walker, who is sentenced to die by electric chair for killing Mrs. H. C. Parker in Dallas.

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1 film (3 min., 8 sec.): si., b&w ; 16 mm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS Television News Collection (AR0776), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[News Script: Walker Sentenced to Electic Chair] (Script)

[News Script: Walker Sentenced to Electic Chair]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tommy Lee Walker, who is sentenced to die by electric chair for killing Mrs. H. C. Parker in Dallas.

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  • January 25, 1956

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  • March 17, 2022, 3:17 p.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Clip: Walker Sentenced to Electric Chair], video, January 25, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1813406/: accessed March 10, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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