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[News Script: Sanity hearing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a sanity hearing for Leon Peacock, who was accused of the sexual assault of two women and the sexual assault and murder of a third.
Date: January 28, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Judge denies writ on beer election]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about District Judge Thornton denying a writ of mandamus which would have compelled Dallas county commissioners to call another beer election.
Date: March 1, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 07 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Grand Jury]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a selection of special grand jury.
Date: April 3, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rodriquez gets life sentence]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the verdict in the trial of Simon Rodriquez, accused of murdering a young girl. Rodriquez receives life in prison.
Date: December 15, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas integration suit]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a hearing in Fort Worth regarding an ongoing lawsuit over integration in Dallas schools. The school board appeals for more time to prepare for integration.
Date: November 22, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Washburn]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas trial of Harry Washburn, a man accused of murdering his mother-in-law with a car bomb.
Date: June 24, 1957
Duration: 3 minutes 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Burleson group protests higher school taxes]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a dispute in the small town of Cleburne over property value increases resulting in higher taxes on school bonds.
Date: June 25, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: County commissioners]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Tarrant county commissioners being offered a proposition to get land at a reduced price if they build a four-lane highway from Carter field to Arlington.
Date: April 25, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 13 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rodriguez]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Simon Rodriguez, the 16-year-old boy charged with the murder and sexual assault of a Dallas 12-year-old on New Year's Eve, seeking a writ that would release him from police custody while he awaited trial.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Beer]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the ongoing battle to reverse the laws prohibiting the sale of beer in Oak Cliff.
Date: May 15, 1957
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Church]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the ongoing battle to reverse the laws prohibiting the sale of beer in Oak Cliff.
Date: May 15, 1957
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a gas explosion that blew apart a house in North Dallas and injured two women, a district judge ruling against a new garbage pickup schedule proposal by the City of Dallas, a visit to Texas by actress Kathy Grant, new wife of Bing Crosby, the sale of a decommissioned bridge over Lake Dallas on an unused stretch of State Highway 24, the announcement of a new president of the Fort Worth C… more
Date: November 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grand Jury]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tarrant County swearing in a new grand jury.
Date: October 8, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Thom trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Hollis Thom trial being postponed.
Date: October 14, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the continuation of the trial of Billy Don Jackson, the vandalism and arson of a school, the dedication of a new library, and a girl in a tar pit.
Date: October 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire destroying a church, the continuation of Howard M. Davis' trial, a car thief forgetting his diary in a stolen vehicle, the theft of a flu vaccine, a welcoming ceremony at Love field, and a Fort Worth man beating a world record.
Date: October 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jackson pleads guilty]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Billy Don Jackson pleading guilty to charges of robbery and sexual assault.
Date: December 16, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Hoxey injoined]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a court injunction barring Dallas oilman Harry Hoxsey from operating a fraudulent cancer treatment clinic.
Date: December 20, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Lawyer]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Frank Coffee being sworn into office as a Fort Worth lawyer.
Date: December 23, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 25 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bail bonds]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a dispute over a law requiring professional bail bondsmen in large cities to gain licensure with the secretary of state.
Date: December 26, 1957
Duration: 51 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ashley bond hearing]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a bond hearing for Hubert Eugene Ashley, Sr., who was accused of murdering his wife.
Date: December 27, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Grand Jury]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the last Tarrant County Grand Jury of the year signing its final report.
Date: December 30, 1957
Duration: 47 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Lawyer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank Coffee being sworn into office as a Fort Worth lawyer.
Date: December 23, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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