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[News Clip: Fall fashion mart opens] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fall fashion mart opens]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas Merchandise Mart opening for fall shopping.
Date: May 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: $5,000 award goes to top farmer] captions transcript

[News Clip: $5,000 award goes to top farmer]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Texas Research Foundation and the accompanying award ceremony.
Date: May 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Life saver comes in neat package] captions transcript

[News Clip: Life saver comes in neat package]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a flotation device that could be easily carried and would inflate when pressure was applied.
Date: May 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Polio party] captions transcript

[News Clip: Polio party]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a birthday party at a Fort Worth hospital for a young girl suffering from polio.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter and List of Texas Newspapers:  From T. N. Carswell "to the Editor" regarding Judge Ralph Yarborough] (open access)

[Letter and List of Texas Newspapers: From T. N. Carswell "to the Editor" regarding Judge Ralph Yarborough]

A letter To the Editor, written by T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas, dated August 19, 1954. The letter asserts that "'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', has come to Texas, not in fiction, but in the person as Judge Ralph Yarborough, candidate for Governor." An attachment includes a list of Texas newspapers to receive the Letter to the Editor written by T. N. Carswell. The list is handwritten on business notepad paper advertising Maxwell Steel Co., Fort Worth 1, Texas.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convairiety, Volume 7, Number 10, Wednesday, May 19, 1954 (open access)

Convairiety, Volume 7, Number 10, Wednesday, May 19, 1954

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: May 19, 1954
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Hagler case] (open access)

[News Script: Hagler case]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about proceedings in the case of David Fred Hagler Jr., a Fort Worth businessman accused of burning a still-unidentified man to death in a car near Davis, Oklahoma.
Date: October 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reward offered for python Pete] (open access)

[News Script: Reward offered for python Pete]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an escaped python named Pete at the Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth. Pete is still at large, and a cash reward is offered for his safe return by Fort Worth Star-Telegram publisher Amon G. Carter.
Date: September 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Missing girl] (open access)

[News Script: Missing girl]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a missing young girl in Fort Worth, with kidnapping charges filed against her uncle. The girl's whereabouts are still unknown after her uncle is apprehended.
Date: November 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Burglaries] (open access)

[News Script: Burglaries]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Fort Worth teenagers admitting to burglarizing a local grocery store, then setting it on fire in an attempt to hide the evidence of their robbery. The building is lightly damaged.
Date: November 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Blast wrecks old elevator] (open access)

[News Script: Blast wrecks old elevator]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the destruction of an old grain elevator to make room for a United States Cold Storage Corporation plant.
Date: September 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Polio party] (open access)

[News Script: Polio party]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a birthday party at a Fort Worth hospital for a young girl suffering from polio.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Parade signals start of circus] (open access)

[News Script: Parade signals start of circus]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade of Shriners members in downtown Fort Worth to commemorate the opening of the Shrine Circus in the city.
Date: November 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Residence fire at 300 Harding] (open access)

[News Script: Residence fire at 300 Harding]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a 2-alarm fire at a home in Fort Worth. The building is completely destroyed, but no one was injured in the blaze.
Date: December 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1954 (open access)

Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1954

Weekly Jewish newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: Wisch, J. A.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 06, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 19, 1954 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 06, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 19, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: October 19, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1954 (open access)

The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 19, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth, Texas that includes campus and local news along with advertising.
Date: January 19, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Tire executive in Fort Worth] (open access)

[News Script: Tire executive in Fort Worth]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Fort Worth by three executives of the General Tire Company, to attend the opening ceremonies at the remodeled tire dealership in the city.
Date: October 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Senator Johnson] (open access)

[News Script: Senator Johnson]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lyndon B. Johnson stopping in Fort Worth en route to Austin.
Date: November 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Crime] (open access)

[News Script: Crime]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two service station robberies in Fort Worth.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Frog cagers win over Bears 73-60] captions transcript

[News Clip: Frog cagers win over Bears 73-60]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a college basketball game between the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs and the Baylor University Bears. The Frogs win 73-60.
Date: January 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Christmas tree] captions transcript

[News Clip: Christmas tree]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Fort Worth Lions Club transplanting a large cedar tree to a site in the city, in order to create a permanent community Christmas tree for young people.
Date: February 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: B-36 background for style show] captions transcript

[News Clip: B-36 background for style show]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fashion show presented by a Fort Worth department store for wives of officers stationed at Carswell Air Force Base.
Date: February 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library