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Worley's Abilene (Taylor County, Texas) City Directory, 1955

Description: Directory for Abilene, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals, as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, the directory contains an "alphabetical directory of business concerns and private citizens, a directory of householders, occupants of office buildings and other business places, including a complete street and avenue guide and a numerical telephone directory; also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory." The g… more
Date: 1955
Creator: John F. Worley Directory Co.
Partner: Abilene Christian University Library

[Letter from Albert Thomas to John J. Herrera - 1955-01-16]

Description: Letter from Albert Thomas, Chairman, Independent Offices Appropriations Committee to John J. Herrera, acknowledging Herrera's invitation to visit the new home of LULAC at 3004 Bagby, Houston, Texas. Regarding Herrera's request of a memento of the Liberty ships, Thomas says he will refer it to the Maritime Administration, and Thomas will let Herrera know their response.
Date: January 16, 1955
Creator: Thomas, Albert, 1898-1966
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library

[Legal agreement of private donation received from Felix Tijerina to the League of United Latin American Citizens]

Description: Legal agreement of private donation received from Felix Tijerina to the League of United Latin American Citizens to Sponsor a Road Show and Dance by Gonzalo Moya. This document was written to detail and elaborate on a monetary donation received from Felix Tijerina, Texas Regional Governor of the League of United Latin American Citizens, to organize and fund a Road Show and Dance for the purpose of raising funds for an Educational Program.
Date: March 1, 1955
Creator: Tijerina, Felix, 1905-1965
Partner: Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library
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[News Clip: Dallas Attorney charged in murder]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas Attorney Norman Hamilton being charged with the murder of Clarence Bethke, his ranch foreman.
Date: December 11, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Narcotics]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a federal investigation of narcotics-related crimes in Fort Worth by a U.S. Senate committee.
Date: October 21, 1955
Duration: 5 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Three indicted in Clark murder case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three men being indicted in the killing of Fort Worth oil man William P. Clark. Not indicted was Clark's widow, who allegedly paid the men to kill her husband.
Date: April 12, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dallas County Government Center, 2]

Description: Photograph of the Dallas County Government Center. The rectangular building sits in front of a grassy lawn and a multi-lane road and has an overhang with lights over its entrance and front windows. To the left of the building's entrance are the words "Dallas County Government Center" followed by "Precinct," an indiscernible character, and "Grand Prairie."
Date: [1955..1965]
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dallas County Government Center, 1]

Description: Photograph of the Dallas County Government Center. The rectangular building sits in front of a grassy lawn and a multi-lane road and has an overhang with lights over its entrance and front windows. To the left of the building's entrance are the words "Dallas County Government Center" followed by "Precinct," an indiscernible character, and "Grand Prairie."
Date: [1955..1965]
Creator: Rogers, John
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dallas vice trial of lawyer postponed]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of a former lawyer accused of running a "bawdy house" in Dallas being postponed due to his attorneys trying to get the charges dismissed.
Date: June 8, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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