[The John Milligan Special - Slingshot]

Narrative by Junebug Clark: Photograph of a "John Milligan Special" slingshot. It lies on a table with four steel ball bearings, used for precise target shooting, beside it. John Milligan, a machinist in Detroit, Michigan who was also the “country’s greatest slingshot expert. “He won local fame by shooting the marks out of playing cards, hitting objects in mid air and bagging game in the field.” Joe took John national with his photos documenting his talent and accuracy. To assure accuracy, he has designed his own precision-built aluminum sling, called the Milligan Special. Additional photos and information can be found in the Clark Family Collection. Photos from this series appeared in eight national publications. Here you can find articles in “Life Magazine . February 3, 1961. Pages 80-83. And in a fifteen page pictorial in the book “Photojournalism” by Joe Clark, HBSS. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
Date: October 21, 1950
Creator: Clark, Joe
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Texas news review] captions transcript

[News Clip: Texas news review]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: October 21, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: October 21, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Brazilian Navy Chief Honored] captions transcript

[News Clip: Brazilian Navy Chief Honored]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bridge fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bridge fire]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Economic resources] captions transcript

[News Clip: Economic resources]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Sadie Hawkins Day Celebrated] captions transcript

[News Clip: Sadie Hawkins Day Celebrated]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Woman Loses Life In Fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Woman Loses Life In Fire]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Women Golfers Open Tourney] captions transcript

[News Clip: Women Golfers Open Tourney]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 21, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 1953 (open access)

The Campus Chat (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 21, 1953

Weekly student newspaper from the North Texas State College in Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: Kirkland, Tom
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: East Texas Day at State Fair] captions transcript

[News Clip: East Texas Day at State Fair]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the annual East Texas Day program at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hunt] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hunt]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first antelope hunt on the Texas Panhandle in nearly 50 years.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Brief - Bridge] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Brief - Bridge]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the tearing down of the old East Fourth Street Bridge in Fort Worth in order to build a new one.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: SA Cops] captions transcript

[News Clip: SA Cops]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the San Antonio police department using FBI methods to train new officers.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: East Texas day at State Fair] (open access)

[News Script: East Texas day at State Fair]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the annual East Texas Day program at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hunt] (open access)

[News Script: Hunt]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first antelope hunt on the Texas Panhandle in nearly 50 years.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News brief - Bridge] (open access)

[News Script: News brief - Bridge]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the tearing down of the old East Fourth Street Bridge in Fort Worth in order to build a new one.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SA Cops] (open access)

[News Script: SA Cops]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the San Antonio police department using FBI methods to train new officers.
Date: October 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a crash between a car, driven by Willie James Dancer, and a sand truck, driven by J. E. Campbell, injuring Jimmy Lou Masters, a passenger in Dancer's car.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bob Peddiford, cripple] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bob Peddiford, cripple]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Bob Pediford, a Dallas man crippled by rheumatoid arthritis who successfully runs a sales business from his bed, using only two fingers of his left hand -- the only part of his body not paralyzed by his disability.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hagler in again, awaits hearing] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hagler in again, awaits hearing]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about David Hagler returning to jail for the third time within a week.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Joe Bonds] captions transcript

[News Clip: Joe Bonds]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas nightclub operator Joe Bonds facing accusations of sodomy committed against two teenage girls.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Railway] captions transcript

[News Clip: Railway]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a construction project to build a new railroad link between Dallas and Denton.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Steer] captions transcript

[News Clip: Steer]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a longhorn arriving at the Forest Park zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: October 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library