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Madstones and Twisters

Description: Collection information about weather, plant and animal lore in Texas and Mexico. It also discusses folk remedies, folktales about tornadoes, information about prairie dogs, and ghost stories.
Date: 1958
Creator: Boatright, Mody Coggin
Partner: UNT Press

[News Script: Tornado]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about turbulent weather in Texas, including a tornado that touched down in LaCoste.
Date: May 3, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cedar Hill]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about baseball-sized hail falling on the town of Cedar Hill in Dallas County.
Date: April 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: High water]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about heavy rains causing families residing in northwest Fort Worth to seek higher ground.
Date: April 30, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Wind damages McKinney area]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado touching down in the south and east of McKinney and caused damage at Lovejoy School.
Date: April 28, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about this week in review including Jess Gray and Dwight Plemons' gravel pit scam going to trial, a robbery at the State Bank of East Fort Worth, three tornadoes over Wichita Falls that killed one and injured 13 people, and a Tyler jury clearing Harold Rhoden of murder charges.
Date: April 5, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Arlington Dam]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a flood filling Lake Arlington and Village Creek in Arlington with rain water.
Date: April 29, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Golf]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rains at Fort Worth's Colonial Country Club creating poor conditions for the upcoming thirteenth annual National Invitation golf tournament.
Date: April 29, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Snowmaker]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a snowmaker in Dallas.
Date: December 14, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a two alarm fire in a grain storage bin in Fort Worth.
Date: November 28, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 02 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Frat student]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Paul Recer recovering from a broke arm in Fort Worth.
Date: December 6, 1958
Duration: 49 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about blizzards expected to end in north Texas.
Date: December 30, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rain dampens gold hunt]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about buried treasure that was believed to be found under the home of the Gayton Family. Although originally excited about the idea, Mr. Gayton became reserved due to an attorney, Mr. John Plath Green coming forward with information that it was his family that had first lived in the home and that it was his brother that put Spanish Treasure marks all over the neighborhood 50 years prior.
Date: April 19, 1958
Duration: 3 minutes 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tornado]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado hitting the city of Midlothian, TX.
Date: April 22, 1958
Duration: 4 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tornado]

Description: Video footage the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado that caused destruction in Wichita Falls, Texas, in the community of Deandale.
Date: April 3, 1958
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rain]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainstorms in Dallas.
Date: April 26, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Ferguson]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about meteorologist James Ferguson retiring.
Date: September 30, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Rats]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a horrible rat infestation due to climatic conditions for the past two tears. The Fort Worth and Health Department Sanitation are doing everything they can to prevent it from becoming a menace to the public and their health.
Date: September 30, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: The week in review]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story covering a review of the week's most notable news stories.
Date: February 15, 1958
Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Snowmaker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a snowmaker in Dallas.
Date: December 14, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Frat student]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Paul Recer recovering from a broke arm in Fort Worth.
Date: December 6, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Weather]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about blizzards expected to end in north Texas.
Date: December 30, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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