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[News Script: Probe scheduled in hospital riot]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a state investigation of a riot of 80 black patients at Rusk State Hospital in East Texas. The patients, who claimed they were not being treated fairly, surrendered to authorities nonetheless.
Date: April 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

A History of Round Rock, Texas, to 1879

Description: Paper documenting the history of Round Rock, Texas, for a university level histroy class, including coverage of geography, flora, Native American History, European exploration, businesses, educational and religious development, the Sam Bass shootout, and general settlement up until 1879. A bibliography begins on page 41. Notes can be seen from the writer's professor, Dr. Pool, throughout the paper, including at the top of the title page.
Date: July 1955
Creator: Jirasek, Clinton
Partner: Round Rock Public Library

[News Script: (No title)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend a farmer barricaded in his home near Groesbeck after he shot and killed a county sheriff. The farmer is wounded and arrested after a long standoff.
Date: May 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Airman confesses murdering family]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the extrication and arrest of airman Ellis Lauhon for the murder of Ruby McPherson, her son George McPherson, and her mother Zola Norman.
Date: July 3, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Airman confesses murdering family]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the extrication and arrest of airman Ellis Lauhon for the murder of Ruby McPherson, her son George McPherson, and her mother Zola Norman.
Date: July 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Gainesville woman slain, mate jailed]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the arrest of a Gainesville man accused of killing his wife with a meat cleaver.
Date: December 19, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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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: Suspicious car turns out honest]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Tarrant County sheriffs investigating an abandoned car that appeared to be filled with burglary loot, until discovering that the car belonged to a local sheriff's deputy.
Date: December 22, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 38 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Armored car]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the addition of six armored cars to Texas Ranger facilities, to be available to local law enforcement as needed.
Date: November 3, 1955
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Pierson returned to state hospital]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering 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
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Armored car]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the addition of six armored cars to Texas Ranger facilities, to be available to local law enforcement as needed.
Date: November 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: (No title)]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about law enforcement officers attempting to apprehend a farmer barricaded in his home near Groesbeck after he shot and killed a county sheriff. The farmer is wounded and arrested after a long standoff.
Date: May 15, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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