The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1955 (open access)

The Weekly Chronicle (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1955

Weekly newspaper from Duncanville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: Barber, Hildred
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Tax group] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tax group]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Max Clampitt, the chairman of the Citizens Highway Committee for Dallas County, proposing a county fee on automobiles.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Library begins move to new building] captions transcript

[News Clip: Library begins move to new building]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about books from the Dallas Public Library being relocated from their temporary home at Union Station in Dallas to the newly-remodeled location at Commerce and Harwood Street.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Maytag] captions transcript

[News Clip: Maytag]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about 64 van-trailer trucks arriving in Dallas for what Maytag officials claimed was the largest single shipment of merchandise by truck line to date.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Eagles] captions transcript

[News Clip: Eagles]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a luncheon in Dallas held to honor members of the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Eagles] (open access)

[News Script: Eagles]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a luncheon in Dallas held to honor members of the Detroit Lions and the Philadelphia Eagles.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Maytag] (open access)

[News Script: Maytag]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 64 van-trailer trucks arriving in Dallas for what Maytag officials claimed was the largest single shipment of merchandise by truck line to date.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tax group] (open access)

[News Script: Tax group]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Max Clampitt, the chairman of the Citizens Highway Committee for Dallas County, proposing a county fee on automobiles.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Library begins move to new building] (open access)

[News Script: Library begins move to new building]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about books from the Dallas Public Library being relocated from their temporary home at Union Station in Dallas to the newly-remodeled location at Commerce and Harwood Street.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Crumbling Retaining Wall]

Photograph of a stone and mortar retaining wall that has peeled away from the earth and crumbled into the water of Lake Cliff. The metal railing that rests atop the stone retaining wall has been bent and mangled after the collapse of the retaining wall.
Date: August 18, 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History