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[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat] captions transcript

[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany five news stories. The first is about Timothy Murphy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visiting Dallas for the organization's 37th National Encampment. He campaigns for veteran's pensions and thinks the court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon is a mistake. Next is a story about Rocky Marciano and his relationship to a real estate company that is developing Lake Echo. The third covers the first annual Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair and its events, and the fourth is about the Fort Worth Police Department identifying a amnesiac woman as Irma Handley. The final story is about a kitten named Punkin and a parakeet named Blue Boy.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Clement Tells of Clinton Violence ; Mansfield ; Catholics] captions transcript

[News Clip: Clement Tells of Clinton Violence ; Mansfield ; Catholics]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany three news stories. The first is about Tennessee Governor Clement's actions to stop violence in Clinton, Tennessee over school integration. Second is a story about Mansfield's dedication of a new city hall. The final segment covers four Fort Worth Catholics being honored by Pope Pius the 12th.
Date: September 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Baby Injured in Second Floor Fall ; Mob Around Woman Wounded] captions transcript

[News Clip: Baby Injured in Second Floor Fall ; Mob Around Woman Wounded]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about Deborah Smith, a baby in Oak Cliff, who tumbled from a second-story window and received minor scratches. Second is a story about a two-car collision near Hurst, injuring Mrs. John W. Easter and her son John W. Easter Junior.
Date: September 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the drowning deaths of eighteen-year-old Mike Lathrop and his cousin, eight-year-old Carolyn Rhyan. The video shows the bodies being taken away from the river. The second half of the clip covers a news story about retired Army Captain William Cox petitioning President Eisenhower to grant clemency to a marine sergeant that was court-martialed for the deaths of six trainees.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Demos ; NAACP Attorney Protests Violence] captions transcript

[News Clip: Demos ; NAACP Attorney Protests Violence]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about the state Democratic party's resolution to urge the upcoming state convention to put anti-integration proposals into effect. Second is a story about U. Simpson Tate's telegrams, from Dallas, Texas, to Governor Shivers and President Eisenhower, calling for help in getting African American students safely into Texarkana Junior College.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Weather, Lodge, Weather]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a severe storm in Dallas and the damage sustained in Richardson and South Oak Cliff, severe storms and tornadoes in Fort Worth, Boyd, and Eagle Mountain Lake and the damage throughout those areas. The video also includes a news story about Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., and his address before the American Bar Association in Dallas.
Date: August 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tree-Watering Device, Student Pilot Dies When Plane Crashes, News Briefs -- Patty, Pumpers Won't Drink Dallas Tap Water, Sonny Evans, Democrats, Gorilla] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tree-Watering Device, Student Pilot Dies When Plane Crashes, News Briefs -- Patty, Pumpers Won't Drink Dallas Tap Water, Sonny Evans, Democrats, Gorilla]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a homemade tree-saving device, created by Fort Worth police detective T. M. Wood; Captain Charles Walker, a student pilot from Perrin Air Force Base, who crashed his T-33 jet training plane and died; the brief appearance of singer Patty Page in Dallas, Texas, en route to marry movie director Charles O'Curran; the salty drinking water in Dallas, which comes from the Red River; the arrest of teenager Sonny Evans, who was found in a car near the scene of a tavern where somebody had torn off the back screen, supposedly in a burglary effort; disagreements between conservative democrats and liberal democrats in Fort Worth; and the arrival of a 16-pound baby girl gorilla, from New York, at Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Frogs Confident, Mustangs Hopeful ; Bobby Boyd] captions transcript

[News Clip: Frogs Confident, Mustangs Hopeful ; Bobby Boyd]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about the TCU football team's beginning practice with a strong team, and their upcoming season. Second is a story about all-state halfback Bobby Boyd's decision to enroll at and join the University of Oklahoma's football team instead of SMU.
Date: September 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Water, Refugee] captions transcript

[News Clip: Water, Refugee]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the foul taste of the water from White Rock Lake. The footage also includes a story about a survivor of the Andrea Doria ship disaster and a refugee from Casablanca, Morocco, named Myriam Dahan.
Date: August 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: NAACP Hints Suit to End Segregation ; Gunsmith ; Como] captions transcript

[News Clip: NAACP Hints Suit to End Segregation ; Gunsmith ; Como]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany three news stories. The first is about the possibility of the NAACP filing suit against the Fort Worth Board of Education follow the board's decision to maintain segregation. The second is a news story about Scotty MacKenzie, an itinerant gunsmith. The last story in this clip is about Perry Como visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth area while on vacation.
Date: August 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Probe of NAACP in Dallas Coninues ; Magnolia ; Zonta ; Mrs. American Opens Building Project ; Yom Kippur ; Football Luncheon] captions transcript

[News Clip: Probe of NAACP in Dallas Coninues ; Magnolia ; Zonta ; Mrs. American Opens Building Project ; Yom Kippur ; Football Luncheon]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany six news stories. The first story is about an ongoing investigation into the NAACP's regional office in Dallas to determine if the organization was complying with tax laws, as well as other laws governing corporate political activities. Second is a story about the groundbreaking for an oil-field research building in Duncanville. The third segment covers Babe Zaharias, a woman athlete, receiving the World's Outstanding Sports Woman award from Fort Worth Zonta club members. Fourth is a story about the Shearith Israel congregation in Dallas, and the upcoming Jewish holiday Yom Kippur. The last story is about an honor banquet in Dallas for the Chicago Bears and New York Giants football teams.
Date: September 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Banker Fails to Identify Robbery Suspects ; Hijacker ; TV Performer to Tour Texas Cities ; Bonehads] captions transcript

[News Clip: Banker Fails to Identify Robbery Suspects ; Hijacker ; TV Performer to Tour Texas Cities ; Bonehads]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany four news stories. The first is about a banker who was robbed by two men. The robbers took the banker's money and $254 in change from his bank. The banker is unable to identify the men in a police lineup. After that is a story about John R. Walker, a man who was arrested for the theft of $103 and a car. The third is about Pinky Lee visiting Fort Worth and Dallas following his collapse during a television program. The final story is about the Dallas Bonehead Club making humorous suggestions regarding Dallas' fouled water.
Date: August 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Stewart Winner in Turnpike Tourney] captions transcript

[News Clip: Stewart Winner in Turnpike Tourney]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a golf competition at the partially completed Fort Worth - Dallas turnpike.
Date: September 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Telephone ; D'Angelo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Telephone ; D'Angelo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany two news stories. The first is about the celebration of 75 years of telephone service in Fort Worth. Second is a story covering Joseph D'Angelo, a twenty-year-old Brooklyn man charged with raping an eleven-year-old Dallas girl, and his attempt to plead guilty in the middle of the jury selection process.
Date: September 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Murder-Suicide ; Blanda Leads Bears Over Giants] captions transcript

[News Clip: Murder-Suicide ; Blanda Leads Bears Over Giants]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first is about Warren H. Foster's murder of his brother-in-law Homer Mattley, and his subsequent suicide. The second story covers the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas between the Chicago Bears and the New York giants.
Date: September 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tornado, Parade, Baseball] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tornado, Parade, Baseball]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained, a carnival to be held at the Fair Park Foods Building in Dallas, Texas, as a fund raising project for the National Polio Foundation, and a dinner honoring two Texas League baseball players who set and broke the home run record.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Air Travelers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Air Travelers]

Video footage from the NBC 5/KXAS station in Fort Worth, Texas. This B-roll footage features people in an airport and airplanes on the runway. This footage was shot for the 5:30 P.M. news broadcast.
Date: June 21, 1981
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Briefs, Princess arrives for Dallas visit, plenty of dough needed for cake] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Briefs, Princess arrives for Dallas visit, plenty of dough needed for cake]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a series of news stories about a jackknifed 18-wheeler, Princess Alexandra visiting Dallas, and a birthday celebration held at Cook Children's Hospital in Fort Worth. The footage shows interviews about the wrecked 18-wheeler, Princess Alexandra being greeted as she deplanes in Dallas, and children celebrating by eating cake and playing with balloons at Cook Children's Hospital.
Date: October 7, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Clip: Robbery Investigation, Blackstone Has New Operators, Tollway Opened (But It Isn't), Man Injured in Car-Truck Crash, Foreign Students Ft. Worth Visitors] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Clip: Robbery Investigation, Blackstone Has New Operators, Tollway Opened (But It Isn't), Man Injured in Car-Truck Crash, Foreign Students Ft. Worth Visitors]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a series of stories. The first is unnamed on the film, but shows what appears to be a robbery investigation, where an elderly man was handcuffed. The footage shows police taking him to get the handcuffs removed at a locksmith. The second story is about new owners at the Blackstone Hotel in Fort Worth. The third story is about the opening of the Dallas North Tolway. The footage shows cars drving through the original tollbooths. The fourth story is about a car and truck wreck, injuring a man. The footage shows the police investigating the wreckage. The fifth and final story is about foreign students visiting Fort Worth. The footage shows the students walking around Fort Worth, taking a duck boat tour, and driving through the country-side.
Date: December 21, 1967
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cheerleaders] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cheerleaders]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Shelley Kofler about the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and recent changes made to uniforms and other policies by Jerry Jones. Squad Director Debbie Bond discusses her disagreement with the changes that prompted her and cheerleaders to resign. The footage includes the Cheerleaders performing, an interview with Bond, a press conference with Jones,and an interview with a cheerleader who has also resigned.
Date: June 23, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jail crowding] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jail crowding]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Cindy Kuykendall about overcrowding at Dallas County and Tarrant County jails.
Date: November 14, 1988, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cheerleaders] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cheerleaders]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Shelley Kofler about the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders and recent changes made to uniforms and other policies by Jerry Jones. Squad Director Debbie Bond discusses her disagreement with the changes that prompted her and cheerleaders to resign. The footage includes the Cheerleaders performing, an interview with Bond, a press conference with Jones,and an interview with a cheerleader who has also resigned.
Date: June 23, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: MLK Closings] captions transcript

[News Clip: MLK Closings]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story by reporter Ramona Logan about the celebration of the first national Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday in Texas, where the holiday was not recognized. Footage includes interviews with employees Cecilia Thomas and Linda who chose to not take the holiday and Terry Harbin who chose to take the day off to observe the holiday. The story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: January 20, 1986
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Arena] captions transcript

[News Clip: Arena]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: October 2, 1997
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library