[News Script: News Briefs; Poll Taxes] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs; Poll Taxes]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tarrant county residents paying their poll tax. Robert L. Brooks and Mrs. Harold Davis are among the first to pay their taxes.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fair Park] (open access)

[News Script: Fair Park]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about workmen preparing for the opening of the State Fair of Texas. New features this year include a monorail and two river boats.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Big Cake] (open access)

[News Script: Big Cake]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an eight-hundred pound cake being made at the Aston Bakery in Dallas. The cake is for the Hesse Envelope company's fiftieth anniversary.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: NAACP] (open access)

[News Script: NAACP]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a court battle between the NAACP and the Dallas school system. Dallas does not want their schools to be integrated. A separate suit may be filed, because evidence that some children involved in NAACP testimonies did not have proper parental permission has been uncovered.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stadium to be Ready for Saturday's Game] (open access)

[News Script: Stadium to be Ready for Saturday's Game]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction at TCU's Amon Carter Stadium. Workmen say it will be complete in time for the game between TCU and Arkansas on Saturday.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Humpty Dumpty Truck Has a Great Fall] (open access)

[News Script: Humpty Dumpty Truck Has a Great Fall]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an ice cream truck that fell in a ditch. Elvis Cox was driving the truck and fell into the ditch when trying to avoid a car.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fender Gets Three New Assistants] (open access)

[News Script: Fender Gets Three New Assistants]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three new assistants being added to the staff of Tarrant County District Attorney Fender. William C. Pannell, William L. Hughes, and John McLean are sworn into office.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Husband Slain, Wife Claims Self Defense] (open access)

[News Script: Husband Slain, Wife Claims Self Defense]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fight between a Fort Worth couple that ended in the husband's death. Willa Mae Golasinski states that she was acting in self-defense when she shot her husband, Ben Thomas Golasinski.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kefauver Launches Campaign in Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Kefauver Launches Campaign in Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a campaign launched by the Democratic vice president nominee, Senator Kefauver of Tennessee. He makes a brief speech to a crowd of supporters.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pheasant hunt] (open access)

[News Script: Pheasant hunt]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a pheasant hunting resort near Carrollton.
Date: October 1, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fuller trial] (open access)

[News Script: Fuller trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of W.C. Fuller in Dallas.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sam dedicates] (open access)

[News Script: Sam dedicates]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about dedication ceremonies for Terrell's new federal building.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas flood] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas flood]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about flooding due to heavy rains in Dallas.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Larry Morrell with flowers]

Photograph of Larry Morrell holding a bouquet of flowers in front of a Gordon Boswell Flowers sign. He wears a suit and tie. Morrell looks directly at the camera and smiles.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People holding cups]

Photograph of a man and a woman each holding a small cup of refreshments. They are standing behind a table laid with cookies and many others.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Larry Morrell with a ballot box]

Photograph of Larry Morrell putting a piece of paper into a ballot box. He is standing to the right of a Gordon Boswell Flowers sign. He wears a suit and tie. Morrell looks directly at the camera and smiles.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Larry Morrell holding a bouquet of flowers]

Photograph of Larry Morrell holding a bouquet of flowers. He is standing in front of a Gordon Boswell Flowers sign. He wears a suit and tie. Morrell looks at the camera and smiles.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Herman Clark handing gifts]

Photograph of Herman Clark handing wrapped gifts to an unidentified woman. She is holding gifts on one hand while holding a cowbell with the other. They look at each other and appear to be speaking.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Roy Bacus handing out cowbells]

Photograph of Roy Bacus handing cowbells to Johnny Sullivan and an unidentified woman. Bacus is standing in the middle of the group, and has his arms crossed left over right on his chest and in each hand he holds a cowbell. Sullivan and the woman are both reaching out to grab the cowbells from Bacus. Sullivan is in profile and is looking off to the left while Bacus and the woman are looking straight at the camera. They are standing behind a table with stacks of cups, a fake plant, and a coffee pot on it.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Larry Morrell with a bouquet of flowers]

Photograph of Larry Morrell holding a bouquet of flowers in front of a Gordon Boswell Flowers sign. He wears a suit and tie. Morrell looks at the camera and smiles.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man resting his hand on Johnny Sullivan's shoulder]

Photograph of Johnny Sullivan and an unidentified man at a party. Sullivan is wearing a vertical striped blazer and is holding a cowbell and an envelope, which he is looking at. The other man has his left hand on Sullivan's shoulder and is looking off to the right of the image and smiling. They are standing behind a table that has stacked cups and a plant on it.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Party on set]

Photograph of a high angle view of a large group of people socializing at a party on set. On the right, there is a table laid with cookies and many others.
Date: October 1, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Youth admits 39 church burglaries] (open access)

[News Script: Youth admits 39 church burglaries]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Fort Worth gang leader confessing to 39 church burglaries in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Admiral speaks at rose festival] (open access)

[News Script: Admiral speaks at rose festival]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual rose festival in Tyler, with a speech by U.S. Navy Admiral Robert Carney.
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library