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[News Script: NAACP Ouster Suit is Heard at Tyler]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hearing proceedings at a court in Tyler, Texas, in which the state of Texas seeks a permanent injunction barring the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People from operating.
Date: September 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Lawyer convicted on federal charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas attorney, Howard Daly, who is charged with failure to file an income tax return in 1954. He is given a five-hundred dollar fine and a probated prison sentence.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Peters say law to end his career]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Louisiana bill which bans interracial sports. The bill may mean that Shreveport sports will be moved out of the Texas league.
Date: July 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Dallas county commissioners on how to get rid of the county's rabid dogs. J. M. Pickard presents a potential solution, but not everyone agrees with his ideas. A decision will be made at a later date.
Date: July 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Baseball]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting between Texas League club owners about Shreveport Sports' plan to remain in the league. This is in spite of the new Louisiana law that bans inter-racial athletic contests.
Date: July 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Buses]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the desegregation of Dallas city buses after a Supreme Court ruling.
Date: April 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs -- settlement]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a lawsuit brought against Southwest Airmotive Company in Dallas by business owners near the company's Fort Worth plant. The property owners' complaint concerns the excessive noise levels of jet engine testing by the plant.
Date: March 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shivers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an address by Gov. Allan Shivers at a meeting of the Oak Cliff Lions Club.
Date: May 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bomb blast wounds land case witness]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car bomb seriously injuring a Brady attorney who is a key witness in an upcoming trial regarding a scandal surrounding a state program of land grants for veterans. He is expected to survive.
Date: June 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shivers]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an address by Gov. Allan Shivers at a meeting of the Oak Cliff Lions Club.
Date: May 30, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Rema Price to Truett Latimer, December 18, 1956]

Description: Letter from Rema Price to Truett Latime asking for information about legislation concerning workman's compensation for state employees. Price writes that employees are happy with their current benefits, especially their liberal sick leave, and are concerned about any changes to their coverage. She also says that the bill should not be passed if it would require strict physical examinations that would limit the employment of handicapped and older people or if it would increase insurance premiums… more
Date: December 18, 1956
Creator: Price, Rema
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Five arrested in bookie joint raids]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Richard Carl Biggs, William Ford Sellers, William S. Hix, and two other men arrested for handling illegal gambling bets.
Date: May 24, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from John Pope to Truett Latimer, March 17, 1956]

Description: Letter from John Pope to Truett Latimer discussing his application to transfer to a different branch of his regiment. Mr. Pope says his application was denied because his current branch wants to keep him. He feels their decision is unfair because he is currently not on active duty.
Date: March 17, 1956
Creator: Pope, John
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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[News Clip: Ladies jailed over dogs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of two sisters, Beatrice and Katherine Hernandez, for violation of the city's sanitation ordinances. They were living in one room with five dogs and thirteen cats.
Date: October 11, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dogs]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Dallas county commissioners on how to get rid of the county's rabid dogs. J. M. Pickard presents a potential solution, but not everyone agrees with his ideas. A decision will be made at a later date.
Date: July 23, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 12 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Baseball]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting between Texas League club owners about Shreveport Sports' plan to remain in the league. This is in spite of the new Louisiana law that bans inter-racial athletic contests.
Date: July 19, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Lawyer convicted on federal charge]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas attorney, Howard Daly, who is charged with failure to file an income tax return in 1954. He is given a five-hundred dollar fine and a probated prison sentence.
Date: July 10, 1956
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
captions transcript

[News Clip: Peters say law to end his career]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Louisiana bill which bans interracial sports. The bill may mean that Shreveport sports will be moved out of the Texas league.
Date: July 16, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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