[News Script: Hijacker] (open access)

[News Script: Hijacker]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man named David Lee Lytle who drunkenly robbed a hotel and stole a car.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sonny Evans] (open access)

[News Script: Sonny Evans]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of teenager Sonny Evans, who was found in a car near the scene of a tavern where somebody had torn off the back screen, supposedly in a burglary effort.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tree-Watering Device] (open access)

[News Script: Tree-Watering Device]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a homemade tree-saving device, created by Fort Worth police detective T. M. Wood.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gorilla] (open access)

[News Script: Gorilla]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a 16-pound baby girl gorilla, from New York, at Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Democrats] (open access)

[News Script: Democrats]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about disagreements between conservative democrats and liberal democrats in Fort Worth.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cobras from India Make Bow at Zoo] (open access)

[News Script: Cobras from India Make Bow at Zoo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about new snakes at Fort Worth's Forest Park Zoo.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River] (open access)

[News Script: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the drowning deaths of eighteen-year-old Mike Lathrop and his cousin, eight-year-old Carolyn Rhyan.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stricken Girl Gets Wish -- French Poodle] (open access)

[News Script: Stricken Girl Gets Wish -- French Poodle]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Gayle Teague, a young girl with muscular dystrophy. She has been given a poodle by Doctor Estell White.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pope] (open access)

[News Script: Pope]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Calvin Pope, an ex-convict who is a suspect for the recent robbery of a Safeway store in Fort Worth. During the robbery, ten employees of the store were locked in a cold-storage vault.
Date: November 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Negroes, etc.] (open access)

[News Script: Negroes, etc.]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about protests in the Morningside section of Fort Worth. Whites worry about the encroachment of African Americans into their neighborhoods. Signs which read "This property is not for sale to Negroes" are placed in front of buildings.
Date: October 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News Briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about local approval for President Eisenhower's proclamation that Victory over Japan Day, Victory in Europe Day, Armistice Day, and Pearl Harbor Day be combined into a single observed holiday: Veteran's Day.
Date: November 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Explosives] (open access)

[News Script: Explosives]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two boxes of dynamite found in Singing Hills. Police blow up the dynamite in a quarry.
Date: October 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stars visit Fort Worth] (open access)

[News Script: Stars visit Fort Worth]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three Hollywood stars visiting Fort Worth to promote the film "Flight to Hong Kong." They are Rory Calhoun, Dolores Donlon, and Vic Orsatti.
Date: October 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Suspect Admits Theft of Jewelry] (open access)

[News Script: Suspect Admits Theft of Jewelry]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J. D. Whitley, who admits to stealing $2,500 worth of jewelry.
Date: December 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Commissioners Save Courthouse Trees] (open access)

[News Script: Commissioners Save Courthouse Trees]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tarrant County Commissioners saving two small Magnolia trees on the west side of the courthouse. A new civil court house will be built where the trees were planted.
Date: December 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Building] (open access)

[News Script: Building]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about plans for a new building for the Mutual Savings and Loan Association. The Association President, Lacy Bogges, says the building will be on the site of the old Star Telegram building.
Date: November 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: TCU - Arkansas] (open access)

[News Script: TCU - Arkansas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between TCU and the University of Arkansas. TCU wins.
Date: October 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Toy] (open access)

[News Script: New Toy]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a toy called a Space Loop. The toy was developed by Bill Donahue, a Convair engineer from Fort Worth.
Date: December 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Slums] (open access)

[News Script: Slums]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Fort Worth's Housing and Sanitation Board to discuss the problem of slums in the city.
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Unusual fish placed in Fort Worth aquarium] (open access)

[News Script: Unusual fish placed in Fort Worth aquarium]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a venomous Pterois fish, commonly known as a lionfish, at the James A. Record Aquarium in Fort Worth.
Date: June 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: One dead in blast, fire at refinery] (open access)

[News Script: One dead in blast, fire at refinery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion and fire at a Fort Worth oil refinery, resulting in the death of an employee and extensive damage to the facility.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cousins Drowned in Trinity River]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the drowning deaths of eighteen-year-old Mike Lathrop and his cousin, eight-year-old Carolyn Rhyan. The video shows the bodies being taken away from the river. The second half of the clip covers a news story about retired Army Captain William Cox petitioning President Eisenhower to grant clemency to a marine sergeant that was court-martialed for the deaths of six trainees.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tree-Watering Device, Student Pilot Dies When Plane Crashes, News Briefs -- Patty, Pumpers Won't Drink Dallas Tap Water, Sonny Evans, Democrats, Gorilla] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tree-Watering Device, Student Pilot Dies When Plane Crashes, News Briefs -- Patty, Pumpers Won't Drink Dallas Tap Water, Sonny Evans, Democrats, Gorilla]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a homemade tree-saving device, created by Fort Worth police detective T. M. Wood; Captain Charles Walker, a student pilot from Perrin Air Force Base, who crashed his T-33 jet training plane and died; the brief appearance of singer Patty Page in Dallas, Texas, en route to marry movie director Charles O'Curran; the salty drinking water in Dallas, which comes from the Red River; the arrest of teenager Sonny Evans, who was found in a car near the scene of a tavern where somebody had torn off the back screen, supposedly in a burglary effort; disagreements between conservative democrats and liberal democrats in Fort Worth; and the arrival of a 16-pound baby girl gorilla, from New York, at Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: September 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bus Hijacking] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bus Hijacking]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about police searching for two gunmen who took a Fort Worth bus hostage and robbed the driver and a passenger.
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library