[News Script: AFA last day]

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Air Force Atlas Missile stands tall beside the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on the last day of the 12th Annual Air Force Association Convention. It is produced by Convair in San Diego, California. The Atlas has yet to be fired successfully over its full range of more than 6,000 miles. Air Force Secretary Douglas who spoke to the air force association the previous night says he is confident that before the end of 1959 fully operational missiles will be assigned to squadrons. Inside the auditorium is … continued below

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[2] p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) September 28, 1958.

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Air Force Atlas Missile stands tall beside the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on the last day of the 12th Annual Air Force Association Convention. It is produced by Convair in San Diego, California. The Atlas has yet to be fired successfully over its full range of more than 6,000 miles. Air Force Secretary Douglas who spoke to the air force association the previous night says he is confident that before the end of 1959 fully operational missiles will be assigned to squadrons. Inside the auditorium is the AFA's Airpower Panorama, a massive display of weapons and equipment used in missilery circles.

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[2] p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[News Clip: AFA last day]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Air Force Atlas Missile stands tall beside the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on the last day of the 12th Annual Air Force Association Convention. It is produced by Convair in San Diego, California. The Atlas has yet to be fired successfully over its full range of more than 6,000 miles. Air Force Secretary Douglas who spoke to the air force association the previous night says he is confident that before the end of 1959 fully operational missiles will be assigned to squadrons. Inside the auditorium is the AFA's Airpower Panorama, a massive display of weapons and equipment used in missilery circles.

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  • September 28, 1958

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  • Aug. 31, 2023, 11:04 a.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: AFA last day], script, September 28, 1958; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc852707/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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