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[News Clip: OPS chief]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story about the strengthening of the Office of Price Stabilization. The footage features Edward Morgan describing the changes made in the economic control act.
Date: August 17, 1951
Duration: 2 minutes 01 second
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Yell school]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "yell school" for female cheerleaders at Southern Methodist University. The footage shows feats including pyramids, rolling, and various attempts at balancing.
Date: August 21, 1951
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Snake hunting hobby of curator]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lawrence Curtis, reptile curator for the Dallas Fair Park Aquarium, hunting for snakes in Dallas.
Date: August 21, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Official feud]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about tension in the Dallas County Court after an office fistfight between County Commissioner John Rowland and County Judge Lew Sterrett over road and bridge programs.
Date: August 16, 1951
Duration: 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: Football Giants]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a story about the New York Giants playing an exhibition football game in Dallas. The footage shows several plays during practice and features Tom Landry punting the ball.
Date: August 21, 1951
Duration: 46 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Clip: New State Fair Building]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction starting on a new livestock building for the State Fair. The footage shows the buildings installing giant wooden beams.
Date: August 15, 1951
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Baseball]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an exhibition baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants in Dallas.
Date: April 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Gift show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Allied Gift and Jewelry Show in Dallas, selling jewelry and housewares to retailers from all over the region.
Date: February 21, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Dallas bombing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dynamite bombing at a Dallas club owned by Herbert Noble, a former gambler. No one was injured in the blast.
Date: February 13, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about a bricklaying contest at a technical college in Fort Worth. The second story is about the premiere of "Follow the Sun," a film about Fort Worth golfer Ben Hogan. The third story is about the first city election in Dallas using a voting machine for absentee balloting.
Date: March 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first is about a concert at Texas Christian University by opera singer Miss Lois Toman. The second is about the wife of a convicted drugstore robber being arraigned in court on charges that she smuggled a gun to her husband while he was in jail to assist with an escape attempt. The third is about six Lubbock police officers arriving in Fort Worth to study traffic patterns and accident investigation.
Date: January 5, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Alaskan visitor]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by former resident Bill "Hammerhead" Hamersly, a businessman who has lived in Alaska for 25 years.
Date: March 28, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Dallasite honored]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an awards luncheon for Dallas insurance executive O. Sam Cummings, hosted by the Kiwanis Club. Mr. Cummings receives a service award for more than thirty years of work at the same insurance company.
Date: January 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Football]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of spring training for the Southern Methodist University football team, under the supervision of Coach Rusty Russell.
Date: February 13, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first story is about Fort Worth tax evader Newton Samuel Locke having his prison sentence suspended. The second story is about Roger Wolf Kahn, chief test pilot for Grumann Aircraft, landing in Dallas. The third story is about improvements to an enclosure at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Oklahoma City a year after a leopard housed there managed to escape.
Date: February 23, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Activities of the week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news stories of the past week, including a scandal at city hall in Fort Worth after the private papers of murdered gambler Nelson Harris, revealing that several police officers were on his payroll; the death of Johnny Sides, a Dallas police officer shot by car thieves during a chase; an outbreak of criminal vandalism in Oak Cliff after more than two dozen automobiles had their emergency brakes released at the top of hills … more
Date: February 11, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Fashions for men]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a display of the latest men's fashions at the annual Southwestern Men's Apparel Market in Dallas.
Date: January 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: New R. F. C. Chief]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles L. South being named head of the Dallas Office of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, succeeding L. R. Glidden.
Date: January 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News briefs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering three news stories. The first is about a cold front in Dallas and Fort Worth bringing high winds to the area. The second is about a business convention meeting in Fort Worth. The third is about a parade in downtown Dallas by the city's fire department, meant to educate citizens about fire safety and encourage them to clean up flammable materials around the home.
Date: March 2, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Doggy school]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a dog training course offered at the Dallas YMCA. The second story is about a Dallas woman with a pet skunk.
Date: February 1, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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