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[News Clip: Curry & Cops] captions transcript

[News Clip: Curry & Cops]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by Ron Trumbla about the investigation by Tarrant County District Attorney Tim Curry into an incident that resulted in the fatal shooting of teenager David Jefferson by a Fort Worth Police Officer and the shooting of police officer Kevin George by a bystander. The story discusses allegations by the Fort Worth Black Bar Association that a secret recording revealed Curry's intentions to not indict the involved officers. The story includes an interview with Curry who discusses his meeting with the Dallas Police Association.
Date: May 9, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Court Cameras] captions transcript

[News Clip: Court Cameras]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Allen Laughlin about the restriction of television news cameras from Texas courtrooms. In this story, Judge Tom Cave allows news cameras into the courtroom when he sentences convicted murderer Charles Milton to death by lethal injection. He is interviewed about the benefits of having cameras in courtrooms. Reporter Laughlin stands at the exterior of Criminal District Court No. 2 and explains the policies of Judge L. Clifford Davis who has issued a special order banning television cameras from a courthose floor during another trial. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: April 25, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: A Place to Call Home pt 3] captions transcript

[News Clip: A Place to Call Home pt 3]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Ron Trumbla about civil rights for those with intellectual and physical disabilities in the State of Texas. The story focuses on the growth of community care centers and vocational community programs in Creek and Fairbury, Nebraska as a contrast to the debate in Cleburne, Texas. This footage includes people working at Five Co. Industries, a sheltered workshop or training center for adults, a young girl being cared for at a medical support unit, and the Beatrice State Developmental Center. An unidentified Nebraska resident is interviewed about community care. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: May 1, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Murder Chance] captions transcript

[News Clip: Murder Chance]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Alan Laughlin about a justice department study concerning the chance Americans have of being murdered in their lifetime which is further divided into white men, white women, black men, and black women. The story includes an interview with Texas Christian University research director Pat Miller concerning the statistics and impact of United States handgun police versus those of other countries, covered bodies being loaded into ambulances, homicide scenes, college students, a woman at a shooting range, and people buying handguns. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: May 6, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: A Place to Call Home pt 2] captions transcript

[News Clip: A Place to Call Home pt 2]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Ron Trumbla about civil rights for those with intellectual and physical disabilities in the State of Texas. This story focuses on the state of Nebraska where more people are living in community group homes than state institutions. The story includes an interview with Larry who works at a truck stop, an interview with Nancy Ward about the label "retarded" and civil rights, and a gorup home employee. Also included is footage of residents at this group home learning life skills. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: April 30, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Lucas FOLO] captions transcript

[News Clip: Lucas FOLO]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by Mike Schneider about Henry Lee Lucas being called from Waco to San Antonio, Texas to appear before a federal grand jury and Attorney General Jim Maddox's arguments before Circuit Justice Byron White of the Supreme Court to have the San Antonio judge's decision reversed. The story includes footage of Lucas being escorted by a deputy federal marshall and McClennan County Sheriff Jack Harwell and an interview with Lucas about his safety. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: April 24, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Henry Lee Lucas] captions transcript

[News Clip: Henry Lee Lucas]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by Mike Schneider about Henry Lee Lucas recanting murder confessions including a confession that cleared Fred Scott in a Little Rock, Arkansas murder of store clerk and the murder of Kate Rich. The story includes footage of Lucas confessing to the 1981 Little Rock murder and then recanting the murders, stating that he confessed because of the poor treatment by the Montague county sheriff's department and other law enforcement. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: April 23, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: COP Folo] captions transcript

[News Clip: COP Folo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Regina Benjamin about Arlington Police Officer John Bell recovering from gun shot wounds at Arlington Memorial Hospital, possibly at the hands of two men suspected of robbing the Gibralter Savings bank in Arlington and the Empire of America bank in North Richland Hills. The story includes an interview with an unidentified police or FBI representative, composite drawings of the suspects, and the recording of Officer Bell's distress call. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: April 20, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ambulance Tonite] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ambulance Tonite]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Mike Schneider about Daniel Emergency Medical Services (EMS), the city-contracted ambulance service for Fort Worth, and firefighters who are trained as emergency medical technicians (EMT) as a back up for Daniels EMS. This story includes footage of firefighters, paramedics, and other emergency personnel, the computerized fire dispatch office, and interviews with an unidentified representative from the fire department and an unidentified employee of Daniel EMS. This story aired at 10:00 P.M.
Date: June 3, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Drug Force] captions transcript

[News Clip: Drug Force]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Ron Trumbla about a new task force in Fort Worth to address the increased number of speed labs in the county and to decrease the flow of cocaine from Cuba and Colombia into the region. The task force included agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), the sheriff's department, Fort Worth, Arlington North Richland Hills, Hurst, Euless, and Bedford. The story includes statements by two unidentified law enforcement representatives about the battle against drugs and drug trafficking. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: June 10, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Year in review] captions transcript

[News Clip: Year in review]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 31, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Crash day 2] captions transcript

[News Clip: Crash day 2]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 3, 1985, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: The Sirens Never Stopped] captions transcript

[News Clip: The Sirens Never Stopped]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Lucas] captions transcript

[News Clip: Lucas]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Robert Elliot about inconsistencies in confessions made by Henry Lee Lucas in relation to 210 unsolved murders. This story includes footage of Lucas in a Waco, Texas courthouse, a May 1984 interview wherein he discusses the murders, and an audio recorded interview with the Dallas Times Herald where he admits to only 3 murders and says the rest of his confessions were a hoax. The news story specifically discusses his confessing to the October 31, 1979 murder of a hitchhiker in Texas and a February 12, 1982 murder in Covington, Louisiana and presents evidence that he could not have been present for the murders including an interview with Jack Smart who worked with Lucas in California. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: April 17, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Delta Flight 191 Crash] captions transcript

[News Clip: Delta Flight 191 Crash]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: August 2, 1985
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Horse racing] captions transcript

[News Clip: Horse racing]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: January 3, 1985, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interview with Wayne & Nan Gurley, 1985 captions transcript

Interview with Wayne & Nan Gurley, 1985

A videorecording of an interview with entertainers Wayne & Nan Gurley, from Nashville, Tennessee. The interview is conducted by Dr. Gary McCaleb of Abilene Christian University.
Date: 1985
Creator: Gurley, Wayne; Gurley, Nan & McCaleb, Gary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Seventh annual "Medal of Merit" banquet ceremony tape 2 of 5] captions transcript

[Seventh annual "Medal of Merit" banquet ceremony tape 2 of 5]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the seventh annual medal of merit banquet and award ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers of Dallas. The footage shows individuals dressed in formal wear giving speeches. This tape shows the first of the medals and certificates being awarded with winners giving brief appreciation acknowledgments.
Date: July 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Seventh annual "Medal of Merit" banquet ceremony tape 3 of 5] captions transcript

[Seventh annual "Medal of Merit" banquet ceremony tape 3 of 5]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the seventh annual medal of merit banquet and award ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers of Dallas. The footage shows individuals dressed in formal wear giving speeches and handing out awards. This tape features the arts and scholars section with the first award going to Phylicia Allen for her dedication to the Academy and on The Cosby Show.
Date: July 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interview with Gottfried Reichel, 1985 captions transcript

Interview with Gottfried Reichel, 1985

Interview with Gottfried Reichel, a radio evangelist from Munich, Germany. In the interview, Reichel discusses growing up in Germany, including being a part of the Hitler Youth as a boy, and Germany's process of recovering after World War II.
Date: 1985
Creator: Reichel, Gottfried & McCaleb, Gary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with Dr. Larry Bradshaw, 1985 captions transcript

Interview with Dr. Larry Bradshaw, 1985

A videorecording of an interview with Dr. Larry Bradshaw, Director of Broadcasting at Abilene Christian University, discussing ACU's new FM radio station. The interview is conducted by Dr. Gary McCaleb of Abilene Christian University in 1985.
Date: 1985
Creator: Bradshaw, Larry & McCaleb, Gary
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interview with George Shipley, 1985 captions transcript

Interview with George Shipley, 1985

Interview with George Shipley, President of Shipley and Associates. In the interview, Shipley discusses his work as a public opinion pollster.
Date: 1985
Creator: Shipley, George & McCaleb, Gary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Seventh annual "Medal of Merit" banquet featuring Phylicia Rashad] captions transcript

[Seventh annual "Medal of Merit" banquet featuring Phylicia Rashad]

Video recording from The Black Academy of Arts and Letters recorded during the seventh annual medal of merit banquet and award ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers of Dallas. The footage shows individuals dressed in formal wear giving speeches and handing out awards. This tape features Curtis King, actress Phylicia Rashad. and Dr. Eva Jessye.
Date: July 1985
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library