[News Script: Texas sizzles as heat hits new peak] (open access)

[News Script: Texas sizzles as heat hits new peak]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about north Texas residents coping with the high summer heat. A new high of 107 was reached in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Accident] (open access)

[News Script: Accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident involving thee cars and six injured persons. Those injured include John C. Knox, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Knox Senior, Edward W. Ewing, Mary Pritchett, and William Joe Morton.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU gets microfilm] (open access)

[News Script: SMU gets microfilm]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fondren library at Southern Methodist University receiving a gift of microfilm chronicling the Sears Roebuck catalogs from 1892 through 1956.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rape] (open access)

[News Script: Rape]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of a suspect wanted in a rape incident. Four boys, including Don Mitchell and Frank Sexton, found a couple parked on a secluded road. Two boys beat the man and two others raped the woman.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rescue] (open access)

[News Script: Rescue]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a search team looking for an African American boy who jumped over the Belknap street bridge railing in Fort Worth.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Train truck accident] (open access)

[News Script: Train truck accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man, Tiny Jordan, escaping from an impending collision between his truck and an oncoming freight train.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hot rods of past vie at Arlington] (open access)

[News Script: Hot rods of past vie at Arlington]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a competition of antique vehicles in Arlington, put on by the Horseless Carriage Club.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Addison] (open access)

[News Script: Addison]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John Milton Addison being charged with theft and retaliating with a four million dollar suit against the state.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men at P.G.W. Convention]

Photograph of people at the P.G.W. Convention. A group of men in suits are sitting at tables and having a meal together.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Five men in suits]

Photograph of five men wearing suits and ties standing in a room. The two men on the left are facing the men standing in the middle. The three other men are looking at the camera.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People at P.G.W. Convention]

Photograph of people at the P.G.W. Convention. The space is filled with people dressed in formal attire and making conversations with one another. In the center, a woman is shaking hands with a man wearing glasses.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Roy Bacus and group at long table]

Photograph of Roy Bacus and a group of men sitting and eating meals together at long tables. There are many plates and cups on the table. Behind them, the walls are covered in plant wallpaper. Everyone is wearing formal attire.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Roy Bacus engaging in conversation]

Photograph of Roy Bacus sitting in the middle with two men on either side of him. They appear to be in a conversation and Bacus is looking at the camera. Ashtrays, snacks, napkins, and many others can be seen on the table in front of them. Everyone is dressed in suits and ties.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph of a Formal Dinner]

Photograph of a formal dinner at a business convention. Many men sit around two long dinner tables eating in a formal dining room as a presentation is showing on a large screen in the background. The men are focused on their food. not the presentation. Servers in white coats stand about the room as the businessmen eat. The dining table on the right has a few empty chairs in the foreground. The projector for the presentation is to the left of the camera.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People engaging in conversation]

Photograph of men and women sitting at a table, and having a meal together. They are all dressed in formal attire and engaging in conversations. To the far right, there are two people standing at a podium. There is a sign on the podium that reads "Sheraton - Dallas."
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Man with microphone at podium]

Photograph of a man standing at a podium with a microphone. There is a sign on the podium that reads "Sheraton - Dallas." The man is wearing a suit, a tie, and glasses.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Vandervoort's Royal Ice Cream slide]

Photograph of a slide advertising Vandervoort's ice cream. The writing says, "Foil wrapped Vandervoort's Royal Ice Cream, stays fresher, colder, longer." The writing is in black font on a white background. "Vandervoort's" is written as the logo for the company, and which has the to O's interlocked and a large V behind the writing in a black box.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[P.G.W. Convention]

Photograph of people at the P.G.W. Convention. Four men in suits are standing next to each other and having a conversation. A man is visible in the background.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Men and women at P.G.W. Convention]

Photograph of a group of men and women at the P.G.W. Convention. They are standing next to a table laid with food and posing for the camera. People are visible in the background.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photo of man at a podium]

Photograph of a man standing at a podium, speaking into a microphone. There is a sign on the podium that reads "Sheraton - Dallas." The man is wearing a suit, a bow tie, and glasses.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Roy Bacus with two projectors]

Photograph of Roy Bacus and an unidentified man with film projectors. They are having a conversation inside a room. A table and three chairs can be seen to the left of the image. There is a double door in the background.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Roy Bacus with projectors]

Photograph of Roy Bacus and an unidentified man with film projectors. They are having a conversation inside a room. A table and three chairs can be seen to the left of the image. There is a double door in the background.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[People dining at P.G.W. Convention]

Photograph of men sitting at tables, and having a meal together. They are all dressed in formal attire and making conversations with each other.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Dining at P.G.W. Convention]

Photograph of people at the P.G.W. Convention. A group of men in suits are sitting at tables and having a meal together. Behind them, there is a pull-down projection screen.
Date: July 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library