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[News Script: Girl disappears]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the disappearance of Leslie Janice Ward. Leslie was kidnapped as she was on her way to her Highland Park school.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: First expanded summary]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating news stories about the Irish and the British, and Israel. Members of the Irish Republican Army said the IRA planted the bombs that exploded in London. The explosion killed at least one person and injured 243. The Israeli military said its troops killed three Arab guerillas in a clash in the Gaza Strip.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Typhoid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about typhoid. A congressional subcommittee looked into the handling of a typhoid fever outbreak at a migrant camp in Florida. Doctor John Frey charged that treatment would have been faster if people had been white instead of Mexican-American.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bus crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a bus crash. The Texas Department of Public Safety was trying to identify three of the seven people who died in a fiery crash of a bus and a truck. A total of 23 people were injured in the collision.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Constitutional revision commission]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the constitutional revision commission. The deadline to get a majority of the members of the House and the Senate to sign a petition rejecting commission was on this day. At this point, only 31 House members and one Senator had signed a petition to choose a new commission.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Land gift]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a land gift. The Amon G. Carter and Sid Richardson foundation gifted a tract of land for a school for the mentally retarded. Due to Governor Briscoe's tight budget, there were no funds for construction at the school.
Date: March 9, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trinity vote]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the vote for the Trinity River Canal bond. Absentee voting ended this afternoon. The bond was worth $150 million in funds for the construction of the canal.
Date: March 9, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Petroleum fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a petroleum fire. The fire forced the evacuation of an elementary school and several homes located near the fire. A special fire-fighting foam was requested.
Date: March 9, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New top Texas weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a Texas weather report. Cloudy skies were seen over most of Texas. Drizzle and fog were reported in the southern sections of the state. Only a few points of sunshine were reported.
Date: March 9, 1973, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Kidnapping]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a kidnapping in Highland Park. Authorities reported no new leads about the kidnapping of Leslie Ward. Leslie was kidnapped while walking to school.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Carr Osorio]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the trail of Waggoner Carr and John Osorio. Audy Byram, president of the RIC corporation, testified that the court was in bad financial shape. The company was owned by both Carr and Osorio.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Employment discrimination]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about employment discrimination. Pam Bates, an employee of the State Department of Public Welfare, filed a class-action lawsuit against the agency claiming sex discrimination. Bates claimed that discrimination existed in salaries, promotion, and wages.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Land gift to A&M]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a land gift to Texas A&M. Sid M. Kyle of Pecos donated 15 thousand acres of land to the university.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Housewives]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about an increase in wholesale prices of foods. Both Democrats and Republicans said that Nixon's economic controls aren't working.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Microwaves ovens]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about microwaves. Testimony was held in the Senate in regard to microwaves. An eye doctor said that cataracts can from exposure to radiation. Another dog said that there has never been a case of injury to humans, in regard to mircowaves.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Wall street]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Wall Street. The Stock Market skidded downward as investors waited to for more information on the currency crisis negotiations. The Dow Jones and the New York Stock exchange were down as well.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: London bombing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story London bombings. A security chief was called in to discuss precautions against future bombings. One man was killed and 243 were injured. The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility.
Date: March 9, 1973, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Tease]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating two news story teases. Stories about absentee voting and the Trinity River Canal were teased.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Voting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about voting. This day was the last day of absentee balloting on the Trinity River Bond issue. More than 700 absentee ballots were reported along with 200 in-person votes.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Briscoe hall]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Governor Briscoe and Governor Hall. Both governors were in Arlington for an area chamber of commerce gathering to promote the Trinity River project. Briscoe said Texans must not let the project fail while urged approval of the project.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fulcher]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Gordon Fulcher. Fulcher said that the Texas Water Quality board will continue to abate and prevent pollution on the Trinity River.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Victoria fatals]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a three-car pileup. The victims, four adults and one child, were not immediately identified. Two of the cars smashed into each other head-on. A third car smashed in the wreck which then caught fire. 9 people in total were killed in the wreck.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bus truck crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a bus-truck crash. The death toll from the accident rose to nine. Two more passengers died from burn injuries.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Code of ethics bill]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a code of ethics bill. The bill passed the House in a 101 to 21 vote. The bill was then sent to the Senate.
Date: March 9, 1973, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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