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[News Script: Junior Achievement] (open access)

[News Script: Junior Achievement]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the finalists of a Junior Achievement contest.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Zoo Elephant is Booster for GOP] (open access)

[News Script: New Zoo Elephant is Booster for GOP]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young elephant purchased by Fort Worth Republicans for the Forest Park zoo.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Zonta] (open access)

[News Script: Zonta]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Babe Zaharais (Zaharis?), a woman athlete, receiving the World's Outstanding Sports Woman award from Fort Worth Zonta club members.
Date: September 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Youth Admits Fort Worth Holdups] (open access)

[News Script: Youth Admits Fort Worth Holdups]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two young men behind a crime wave in Fort Worth.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hose Burrowing Itself in Ground] (open access)

[News Script: Hose Burrowing Itself in Ground]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a garden hose that has been burrowed in the ground at the home of John R. Lopez in River Oaks. Other cases of burrowed hoses have been reported in DFW.
Date: November 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Workers at Convair Aid Lena Pope Home] (open access)

[News Script: Workers at Convair Aid Lena Pope Home]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ten-thousand dollar gift to the Lena Pope Home from Convair employees. The money will be used to help construct a new building.
Date: December 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bank] (open access)

[News Script: Bank]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ten-year-anniversary celebration at Riverside State Bank in Fort Worth. Mrs. Lloyd McCollum wins over three-hundred dollars.
Date: December 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dynamite] (open access)

[News Script: Dynamite]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about eighty pounds of dynamite found by Fort Worth police. Police believe the dynamite may have been taken from a construction site.
Date: November 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: McPherson Blames Bank for Troubles] (open access)

[News Script: McPherson Blames Bank for Troubles]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Roman H. McPherson seeking to reduce the bond he posted on indictment charges involved in the failure of River Oaks State Bank.
Date: December 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Captured Goal Posts Are Planted at ASC] (open access)

[News Script: Captured Goal Posts Are Planted at ASC]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a victory parade in downtown Arlington for the Arlington State College Rebels. The football team won the Junior Rose Bowl.
Date: December 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: TCU] (open access)

[News Script: TCU]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a pep rally at TCU in preparation for a football game against the University of Texas. Edithe Skitovich wins the title of homecoming queen.
Date: November 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a robbery at a Fort Worth Safeway. Four-thousand dollars were stolen and employees of the store were bound and locked up. Police search for the two robbers.
Date: October 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clown & Council] (open access)

[News Script: Clown & Council]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the appearance of Happy Kellam, a clown from the Shrine Circus, appearing at a Fort Worth City Council meeting. He requests that a law be passed which mandates that everybody in Fort Worth attend the Shrine Circus.
Date: November 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Duck Calls] (open access)

[News Script: Duck Calls]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a duck calling competition in Fort Worth. The winner is Terry Nail.
Date: November 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Micro Midget Racing] (open access)

[News Script: Micro Midget Racing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of micro-midget enthusiasts who race on a track on the Jacksboro Highway.
Date: October 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Six workers hurt in gasoline blast] (open access)

[News Script: Six workers hurt in gasoline blast]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion, caused by an open pan of gasoline, sending six negro employees at the Texcrete company in Fort Worth to the hospital.
Date: February 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Train Hits Stalled Bus] (open access)

[News Script: Train Hits Stalled Bus]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Y.M.C.A camp counselors, J.D. Bremer and Jack Scott, saving eight young boys after their bus stalled on to an upcoming train's tracks.
Date: June 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shooting] (open access)

[News Script: Shooting]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the mysterious shooting death of George T. Fox, a San Antonio carpenter, in front of the Delmar Hotel in Fort Worth.
Date: February 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Young antelope captured for zoo] (open access)

[News Script: Young antelope captured for zoo]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young antelope captured for the Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: May 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Council to study city payroll tax] (open access)

[News Script: Council to study city payroll tax]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth City Council formally moving to study the implementation of a payroll tax.
Date: March 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Deceptograph] (open access)

[News Script: Deceptograph]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tarrant County sheriffs testing a new polygraph lie detector machine, known as the "Detectograph."
Date: May 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Flag Day Ceremonies] (open access)

[News Script: Flag Day Ceremonies]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 179th anniversary of adopting the flag of the United States in Fort Worth's Botanic gardens and in Dallas's A. Harris Shopping Center in Oak Cliff. The event was hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Girl Scouts.
Date: June 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stork Gets Blamed for Residence Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Stork Gets Blamed for Residence Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about how after hearing the announcement that her great-grandchild was being born, J.F. Franken, was distracted long enough for her stove to catch fire. When she tried to pull the fan a nearby curtain caught the flame and the whole house went up as well. Franken escaped safely and after a reported loss of $1,200-1,500 she was still happy to see her new great-grandson.
Date: June 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Eggleston's widow suffers gun wound] (open access)

[News Script: Eggleston's widow suffers gun wound]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth woman attempting suicide after the death of her husband, gang figure Leroy "Tincy" Eggleston. She remains in critical condition after shooting herself in the stomach.
Date: March 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library