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Jim Wright for U.S. Senate

Description: Following the 1960 presidential election, a special election was held to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. This telecast from May 1961 promotes the candidacy of Jim Wright, who was then serving in the United States House of Representatives from Texas’ 12th congressional district. The election drew a field of 71 potential candidates, with Republican John G. Tower narrowly defeating interim appointee and Democrat William Blakely in a runoff elect… more
Date: May 1961
Duration: 29 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Jim Wright Campaign
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: TCU Mary Couts Burnett Library
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[News Clip: Demos]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the announcement of a special election for an Executive Committee chairman of Tarrant County's Democratic Party.
Date: October 25, 1961
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Beer]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about precinct seven remaining a wet county.
Date: April 10, 1961
Duration: 2 minutes 24 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1170

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Whether the Tarrant County Hospital District is authorized to add the functions and duties of the Senior Public Health Nurse under the facts stated.
Date: October 19, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Attorney General Opinion: WW-1091

Description: Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Will Wilson, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: The validity of H.B. 626, 57th Legislature, Regular Session, 1961, in prescribing, inter alia, a chief clerk for the Probate Court of Tarrant County.
Date: July 18, 1961
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Turnpike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the raising of the speed limit of the Fort Worth-Dallas turnpike to 70 miles an hour, the highest in the state.
Date: August 28, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Commissioners]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the passing of a new budget for Tarrant County Health Doctor, Carl Jordan who is hoping to increase the expense allowance of the nurses. As well as the approval of the construction of a brewery for the Carling Brewing Company.
Date: August 28, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Courthouse]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a courthouse squabble which resulted in Mrs. John McMillan being taken to the hospital after a courthouse squabble between Probate Judge Crouch and the office of Mental Health at the same courthouse.
Date: August 16, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Miss Twin Points]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the beauty contest put on by A. F. Vogt called the Twin Points pageant.
Date: September 4, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Narcotics]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the training of fifty Tarrant County lawmen for the distinguishing of narcotics.
Date: September 13, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shotguns]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about new shotguns arriving for the Tarrant County sheriff department.
Date: April 12, 1961
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Killer sentenced]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial and sentencing of Ronald Whitaker.
Date: October 16, 1961
Duration: 2 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Jail building]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of the new eleven story jail building in Tarrant County.
Date: October 19, 1961
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Commissioners]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the appointment of a new judge and a judicial decision not to invest in voting machines.
Date: April 17, 1961
Duration: 2 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grand jury]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the handing down of over 400 indictments by the Tarrant County Grand Jury.
Date: September 29, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Raises]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unexpected surprise for Tarrant County employees - a $5.00 per month raise; the raise was voted by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court when they were informed that there was a $50,000 carry-over from the current year's budget, giving them more money than they expected to have in the budget.
Date: December 28, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cosmo]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Cosmo, canine deputy for the Tarrant County Sheriff's Department who was the special guest at the Ridglea Cosmopolitan Club's weekly breakfast; Cosmo helped capture a robber just days ago, and demonstrates a number of his skills with handler Deputy Sheriff Fletcher Usrey and Sergeant Leonard Buch of Carswell Air Force Base - with interested and impressed Fort Worth City Manager Laurie Perry (L.P.) Cookingham a… more
Date: December 21, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Prairie Dogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about prairie dogs that have made a habitat in farmer Earl Henderson's ranch.
Date: July 11, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: County fire drill]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire drill in Tarrant County, which is to help the members of the crews practice dealing with chaos - with planned route blockages, malfunctioning equipment, and fires in hard-to-get areas. Fire Marshal Langford [Mason Lankford] says the crews did well.
Date: November 27, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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