[News Script: Fires]

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in the Meadowbrook section of Fort Worth destroying the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burks, Major General Charles I. Carpenter arriving in Dallas to take part in the dedication of a new sanctuary at Lakewood Baptist Church, the president of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Harold S. Burdett, spearheading a drive to build churches in Germany for the use of persons fleeing from behind the Iron Curtain, groundbreaking ceremonies for the St. Paul Lutheran Church, and a DC-3 airliner that had one … continued below

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5 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) March 14, 1954.

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This script is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 56 times. More information about this script can be viewed below.

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in the Meadowbrook section of Fort Worth destroying the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Burks, Major General Charles I. Carpenter arriving in Dallas to take part in the dedication of a new sanctuary at Lakewood Baptist Church, the president of the American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Harold S. Burdett, spearheading a drive to build churches in Germany for the use of persons fleeing from behind the Iron Curtain, groundbreaking ceremonies for the St. Paul Lutheran Church, and a DC-3 airliner that had one of the fastest flights on record at 300 miles per hour.

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5 p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[News Clip: Legion Woman] (Video)

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  • March 14, 1954

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fires], script, March 14, 1954; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc726446/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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