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[News Script: Publisher jailed in gambling probe]

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the jailing of William Prescott Allen, publisher of the Laredo Times, for false charges of gambling and bribe taking against Fort Worth police officers.

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[5] p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) February 21, 1956.

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the jailing of William Prescott Allen, publisher of the Laredo Times, for false charges of gambling and bribe taking against Fort Worth police officers.

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[5] p. ; 28 cm.

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[News Clip: Publisher Jailed in Gambling Probe]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the jailing of William Prescott Allen, publisher of the Laredo Times, for false charges of gambling and bribe taking against Fort Worth police officers.

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  • February 21, 1956

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Publisher jailed in gambling probe], script, February 21, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc498590/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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