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[Photograph 2012.201.B0231.0477]

Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A former Oklahoma City woman has made good in Texas."
Date: March 18, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Clip: Tornado] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tornado]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. Audio for film clip begins at 2:31.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tornado] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tornado]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. Audio for film clip begins at 3:48.
Date: April 4, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-263 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: C-263

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Waggoner Carr, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Construction of Art. 666-32, V.P.C. in reference to a petition for a local option election in the City of Pleasant Valley.
Date: June 4, 1964
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Tornado (open access)

[News Script: Tornado

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the tornado which struck Wichita Falls around 3pm on Friday, April 3, 1964; description of the destruction and aftermath are given.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fatals] (open access)

[News Script: Fatals]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a violent crash that occurred last night that left three people killed.
Date: March 22, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that occurred through a residential area and caused more than 75 thousand dollars worth of damage in Wichita Falls.
Date: January 26, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tornado] (open access)

[News Script: Tornado]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the tornado which struck Wichita Falls around 3pm on Friday, April 3, 1964; description of the destruction and aftermath are given, along with plans to help the victims.
Date: April 4, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1006]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "UNIDENTIFIED SURVIVORS view destruction of deadly Wichita Falls tornado. Note the stripped trees."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1001]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "COCO, THE COCOA COLORED DOG, had just come nosing out from under a big pile of tornado rubble before Mrs. Shelby Thompson spotted her and grabbed the dog up in her arms."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0997]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Aftermath of Wichita Falls tornado is depicted in these individual scenes catured by photographer Don Brown. At upper right, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Lummer sit disconsolately on storm cellar in midst of cluttered debris which was once their home."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1002]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "First arrivals on the scene to park to side of devastated area, some to search for relatives, others to lend a hand in rescue operations that started immediately."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1005]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. A. MR. Lummer views destruction and is comforted by unidentified man."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0998]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "STEEL FENCE at Sheppard Air Force Base served as a catchall for tiny bits of rubble and debris-all that was left from nearly housing addition."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0995]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Left, tornado rubble wraps around trees, stripped of buds and leaves, leaving them standing grotesque scarecrows."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0999]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ten minutes earlier this expanse of rubble was a new housing addition in Wichita Falls."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1004]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "J.D. Dean views devastation but says thankfully, "I'm alive."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1007]

Caption: "TANGLED WRECKAGE of cars after the Wichita Falls tornado had to be probed for survivors" Man looking at twisted car in a ditch.
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.1003]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The military - both air force and national guard - stood guard in stricken area overnight to prevent looting."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0996]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "At upper left, the path of destruction is clear in what was once housing development but now resembles shattered mated boxes."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: Brown, Don
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1265.0994]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Stripped trees stand stark in devastation following tornado at Wichita Falls. Eight are dead."
Date: April 3, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
[News Script: Add -- naughty sheriffs] (open access)

[News Script: Add -- naughty sheriffs]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Wichita County Sheriff Hammett Vance's failure to appear for trial for forgery; after being found, he was found guilty and given a seven year probationary sentence on one charge, the other 11 remaining on the docket.
Date: July 20, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Ham Vance Declares Victory With "V" Sign]

Photograph of a smiling former Wichita County Sherriff Ham Vance, seated at a desk, holding up the victory sign with his fingers. He has won the 1964 re-election for Sheriff.
Date: 1964
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Ham Vance Standing in Front of Courtroom]

Photograph of former Wichita County Sheriff Ham Vance standing in the courtroom at his trial. A large crowd can be seen in the background gathered at his trial.
Date: 1964
Creator: Cochran, Jimmy W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History