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[News Script: Brucker] (open access)

[News Script: Brucker]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army. He arrives for ceremonies concerning the transition of Wolters Air Force Base to Camp Wolters, an army installation.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Army secretary inspects Wolter AFB] (open access)

[News Script: Army secretary inspects Wolter AFB]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker inspecting the Wolters Air Force Base to determine if it will remain in business.
Date: March 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Helicopter repair service is started] (open access)

[News Script: Helicopter repair service is started]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first helicopter repair business in Mineral Wells, located at the city's municipal airport.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane Crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane Crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a plane crash that took the lives of the pilot, Dr. James C. Loery, and a nurse, Nancy Saulsman.
Date: June 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hill climb] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hill climb]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the annual motorcycle hill climbing competition in Mineral Wells.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Airport] captions transcript

[News Clip: Airport]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Student parade in school week event] (open access)

[News Script: Student parade in school week event]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade of students and teachers marching through the downtown district in Mineral Wells to begin the city's observance of Texas Public Schools Week.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Unit History of 845th Engineer Aviation Battalion: 1 January 1956 to 29 February 1956 (open access)

Unit History of 845th Engineer Aviation Battalion: 1 January 1956 to 29 February 1956

This document gives a narrative of the activities of the 845th Engineer Aviation Battalion, as they prepared to leave one station (England Air Force Base, Louisiana) for their new headquarters at Wolters Air Force Base in Texas. There is a description of their drills, inspections, and preparations as well as an appendix with the original movement orders. The motto beneath the shield translates: "We build a nest."
Date: March 1956
Creator: Myers, William L. & Allison, A. G.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956 (open access)

The United States Army Welcomes You to its Newest Aviation Training Center, 13 July 1956

This pamphlet was a program for the activities surrounding the formal reconstitution of Camp Wolters as an Army installation. It includes a greeting from Colonel John L. Inskeep, a brief history of Camp Wolters, a list of the day's events, and two sketched maps of the camp and parade grounds.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: United States. Army.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Army secretary inspects Wolter AFB] captions transcript

[News Clip: Army secretary inspects Wolter AFB]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker inspecting the Wolters Air Force Base to determine if it will remain in business.
Date: March 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Brucker] captions transcript

[News Clip: Brucker]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army. He arrives for ceremonies concerning the transition of Wolters Air Force Base to Camp Wolters, an army installation.
Date: July 13, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from W. P. Cameron to parolee - January 4, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from W. P. Cameron to parolee - January 4, 1956]

A letter written to a parolee in Abilene, Texas, from W. P. Cameron, Chairman Palo Pinto County Parole Board, Mineral Wells, Texas, dated January 4, 1956. Carmeron advises Subject 130,969 that the transfer to Abilene is in progress instructing Subject to show this letter to the Taylor County Parole Board Chairman and to report to him in the future.
Date: January 4, 1956
Creator: Cameron, W. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Helicopter repair service is started] captions transcript

[News Clip: Helicopter repair service is started]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the first helicopter repair business in Mineral Wells, located at the city's municipal airport.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Student parade in school week event] captions transcript

[News Clip: Student parade in school week event]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a parade of students and teachers marching through the downtown district in Mineral Wells to begin the city's observance of Texas Public Schools Week.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hill climb] (open access)

[News Script: Hill climb]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual motorcycle hill climbing competition in Mineral Wells.
Date: May 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

Nazareth Hospital 25th Anniversary 1931-1956

We have here a copy of the cover of a booklet marking the 25th anniversary (1931 - 1956) of Mineral Well's Nazareth Hospital. The brochure contains pictures of the religious, medical, nursing and administrative staff, with interior scenes of departments, patients and equipment. The Mineral Wells Clinic was built soon after the current Crazy Hotel opened in 1927 to replace the Crazy Flats that burned in 1925. In 1931, the Holy Sisters of the Nazareth purchased the 46-bed facility for $135,000 and moved into the top floor of the building to live and minister to the patients. The staff began with a staff of six Sisters, one R.N., a janitor, and twelve doctors. They admitted 304 patients, of which 30% were paying patients, 23% were only partial payers, and 47% were charity cases. Eight were neonates. The staff expanded in 1939 to thirteen Sisters, (of which two were R.N.'s, and another was an anesthetist) four Graduate R.N.'s, two Nurses' Aides, a male nurse, a janitor and two handy-men. They had admitted 649 patients, of which 66 were neonates. 53 3/4% paid their way, 17% part-paid, and 29% were charity cases. The hospital ran on three 8-hour shifts twenty-fours a day …
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1956 (open access)

The Burro, Yearbook of Mineral Wells High School, 1956

Yearbook for Mineral Wells High School in Mineral Wells, Texas includes photos of and information about the school, student body, teachers, and organizations.
Date: 1956
Creator: Mineral Wells High School (Mineral Wells, Tex.)
Object Type: Yearbook
System: The Portal to Texas History