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[News Clip: Pony express]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a reenactment of the Pony Express mail delivery ride from San Antonio to Austin, a promotional stunt for the San Antonio Stock Show.
Date: February 10, 1953
Duration: 4 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Big jail break attempt]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about three suspects in a store robbery planning to escape from Dallas County Jail, but being found out before the breakout.
Date: March 10, 1953
Duration: 1 minute 06 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Mary Martin made deputy sheriff]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about musical comedy star Mary Martin being named honorary deputy sheriff of Fort Worth.
Date: May 7, 1953
Duration: 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Star and Pool]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actress Marie Blanchard participating in the dedication of a new swimming pool at a swank motel.
Date: March 29, 1953
Duration: 44 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Three Dead in Jail Break Attempt]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about three convicts killed during a violent escape attempt from Tarrant County Jail.
Date: March 22, 1953
Duration: 4 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Sheriff's Charity]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Tarrant County Sheriff Harlon Wright helping to collect clothing for Korean orphanages.
Date: April 28, 1953
Duration: 34 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shivers tangles with FBI chief]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dispute between Texas Governor Allan Shivers and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover over the state or federal jurisdiction of civil liberties investigations in Texas.
Date: August 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Binion returns to face charges]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the return to Dallas and surrender to sheriffs of Nevada gambler Benny Binion, to face federal indictments of tax fraud.
Date: June 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Woman sheriff on Dallas visit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an elected female sheriff, Mrs. Bill Harpole of Mississippi, visiting Dallas to attend the extradition hearing of a prisoner.
Date: June 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sheriffs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a convention in Fort Worth of the Texas Sheriff's Association, with hundreds of law enforcement officers from around the state in attendance.
Date: August 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Child beater]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man charged with physically abusing his infant stepdaughter.
Date: August 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Silver dollars winner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an essay contest sponsored by the Doctor Pepper Company. A Victoria Deputy Sheriff, Floyd C. Evins, wins $6,000 in silver dollars.
Date: August 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Oak Cliff courthouse]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new building for the Dallas County court system opening in Oak Cliff.
Date: July 8, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Deputy trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of former Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff Vernon Johnson, accused of assaulting a man after shooting him allegedly without provocation.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News brief - Judo training]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the Tarrant County Sheriff Wright's Junior Deputies League being taught Judo by Gordon T. Wright.
Date: October 11, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sharpshooter shows sheriffs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an FBI sharpshooter, Leo L. Robertson, demonstrating his skills to members of the Texas Sheriff's Association during the organization's convention in Fort Worth.
Date: August 5, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Granbury manhunt]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three men, suspected of robbing a series of businesses in several small towns, being hunted by the police.
Date: November 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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