[News Script: Snakebit scoutmaster]

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lum Lewis, Dallas county Deputy Sheriff and Scoutmaster of Troop 543, Circle 10 Council, who was at camp at Shady Lake, Arkansas teaching various subjects including first aid for snakebites, and was bitten by a snake; His troop provided the newly learned first aid and Lewis was taken to the hospital, treated with anti-venom, and released.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) July 21, 1964.

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This script is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 41 times. More information about this script can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [News Script: Snakebit scoutmaster]
  • Series Title: NBC News Scripts

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lum Lewis, Dallas county Deputy Sheriff and Scoutmaster of Troop 543, Circle 10 Council, who was at camp at Shady Lake, Arkansas teaching various subjects including first aid for snakebites, and was bitten by a snake; His troop provided the newly learned first aid and Lewis was taken to the hospital, treated with anti-venom, and released.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

This collection contains photographs, video, and scripts from news stories produced by the KXAS-NBC 5 station.

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[News Clip: Snakebit scoutmaster] (Video)

[News Clip: Snakebit scoutmaster]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Lum Lewis, Dallas county Deputy Sheriff and Scoutmaster of Troop 543, Circle 10 Council, who was at camp at Shady Lake, Arkansas teaching various subjects including first aid for snakebites, and was bitten by a snake; His troop provided the newly learned first aid and Lewis was taken to the hospital, treated with anti-venom, and released.

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  • July 21, 1964

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  • March 16, 2017, 5 p.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Snakebit scoutmaster], script, July 21, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc960306/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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