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[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany five news stories. The first is about Timothy Murphy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visiting Dallas for the organization's 37th National Encampment. He campaigns for veteran's pensions and thinks the court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon is a mistake. Next is a story about Rocky Marciano and his relationship to a real estate company that is developing Lake Echo. The third covers the first annu… more
Date: August 10, 1956
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Champion Steer at Show Brings $6000]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Gold Seal, an Aberdeen-Angus shown by C. E. Yoder and Sons of Muscatine, Iowa at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. The steer goes up for auction, and Amon Carter Jr. places the winning bid of $6,000 in the name of the Amon G. Carter Foundation.
Date: February 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Zoo]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth's Children's Zoo's five trained animals that do tricks for a nickel.
Date: June 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Orangutan Gets Her Chest X-Rayed]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Potts, an orangutang at Forest Park Zoo, getting her chest X-rayed to check for tuberculosis.
Date: January 23, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hippo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Belle, a female hippo at the Forest Park zoo. She is being moved to a bigger pool, but doesn't seem interested in leaving her old habitat.
Date: October 18, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New Arrivals Make Home at Dallas Zoo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about several new animals at the Marsalis Zoo in Dallas, including grisons, horned owls, ring-tailed cats, ferrets, and tayras.
Date: February 24, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Early Completion Expected on Span Over Zoo]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of a the Marsalis Overpass in Oak Cliff, which is expected to be completed by mid-summer.
Date: January 9, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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