[News Script: Plane Crash]

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the crash of a Vought F-8 Crusader jet in a cotton field east of Maypearl, Texas.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) August 14, 1956.

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the crash of a Vought F-8 Crusader jet in a cotton field east of Maypearl, Texas.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • [News Clip: Defense Secretary Arrives in Dallas ; Add to Wilson ; Plane Crash ; Husband, Wife Dead in Double Shooting ; Youth Admits Fort Worth Holdups], ark:/67531/metadc307678/

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[News Clip: Defense Secretary Arrives in Dallas ; Add to Wilson ; Plane Crash ; Husband, Wife Dead in Double Shooting ; Youth Admits Fort Worth Holdups]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany five news stories. The first segment shows Defense Secretary Charles Wilson arriving in Dallas. Second is a story about a military parade, followed by the account of a plane crash near Maypearl, Texas. The fourth story is about Gaines Tanner killing his wife, then himself. The last segment covers two young men and their crime wave in Fort Worth.

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[News Clip: Defense Secretary Arrives in Dallas ; Add to Wilson ; Plane Crash ; Husband, Wife Dead in Double Shooting ; Youth Admits Fort Worth Holdups], ark:/67531/metadc307678/

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  • August 14, 1956

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Plane Crash], script, August 14, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306200/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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