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[News Clip: Driverless truck slams into house]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a delivery truck that smashed into the house of E. M. Brewster in Oak Cliff. The emergency brake on the truck failed, causing it to reverse into the home.
Date: July 20, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 03 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Pruitt denied new trial]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about eighteen-year-old Bennie Pruitt asking to be spared of his five-year prison sentence. He was found to have taken part in a robbery and beating of two men, which resulted in their death. Judge McGee says that the original verdict must stand.
Date: July 20, 1956
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Crib]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the crib of King Louis-the-fifteenth's illegitimate son, which was found in a Paris junk shop. It is being cleaned in Dallas for a display at Everts Jewelers.
Date: July 20, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fort Worth joins civil defense test]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth's addition to a massive civil defense drill named "Operation Alert." The scenario for the drill involves a hydrogen bomb attack on Carswell Air Force Base, requiring the evacuation of Fort Worth residents.
Date: July 20, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Roland C. Irvine, July 20, 1956]

Description: Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Roland C. Irvine, Vice President of the Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, requesting that a wheelchair be provided at the airport for him in New York and asking for a letter of credit and currency to be made available in the month of August. Kempner states that he has recently not been well.
Date: July 20, 1956
Creator: Kempner, Daniel W. (Daniel Webster), 1877-1956
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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