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Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 1954

Description: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 4, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of this conference was "Will There Be Too Many College Graduates?"
Date: 1955
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
Partner: Philosophical Society of Texas
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[News Clip: Pierson returned to state hospital]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the recapture of Howard Merritt Pierson, a criminally insane man who murdered both his parents, after three years on the run as an escapee from an Austin mental institution. Pierson, who was captured in Syracuse, New York, is returned to an institution in Texas.
Date: December 19, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sainberg]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a hearing to determine if Texas doctor Frank Sainburg would be extradited to New York on kidnapping, assault, and burglary charges.
Date: December 15, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: AF jets set new England to use record]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a group of U.S. Air Force jets landing at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, after setting new flight time records between the Austin base and a base in England.
Date: August 17, 1955
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Governor and Hope in charity match]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Governor Allan Shivers and comedian Bob Hope participating in a round of golf to benefit Austin's Cerebral Palsy fund.
Date: June 14, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ma Ferguson feted on 80th birthday]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson, the only women at the time to have been governor of Texas, celebrating her 80th birthday in Austin.
Date: June 14, 1955
Duration: 3 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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