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[News Script: Most kids taking Salk polio shots]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about mass polio vaccinations of Fort Worth school children. Public health officials report that only a few parents have revoked permission for their children to receive the shot.
Date: May 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Mile of Dimes campaign opens]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Elks opening their annual Mile of Dimes campaign with four-year-old polio victim Shirley Ann King cutting the ceremonial ribbon.
Date: December 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Six year old girl, parents reunited]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a six-year-old girl being reunited with her polio-stricken parents after living with her grandmother for three years.
Date: June 3, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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