[News Script: Newsmen get taste of jet flying] (open access)

[News Script: Newsmen get taste of jet flying]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. Air National Guardsmen at Hensley Field in Grand Prairie hosting an open house and flight demonstration for local newsmen to promote its reserve training program.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fondling suspect] (open access)

[News Script: Fondling suspect]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John Alfred Hardingham, an Air Force pilot, arrested on charges of fondling a 5 year old girl.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl accidentally shot by brother] (open access)

[News Script: Girl accidentally shot by brother]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the accidental shooting of the four-year old daughter of Glen Burns of Fort Worth, by his six-year old son, Gerald.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Vaccine] (open access)

[News Script: Vaccine]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a second round of the Salk polio vaccine arriving in Dallas.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Three are Indicted in Assault on Girl] (open access)

[News Script: Three are Indicted in Assault on Girl]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three men being indicted for the sexual assault of a Garland girl.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sallies ship supplies to Tampico] (open access)

[News Script: Sallies ship supplies to Tampico]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Salvation Armies of Fort Worth and Dallas sending 6,500 lbs of supplies to Tampico, Mexico, a resort town, devastated by a hurricane.
Date: October 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stars] (open access)

[News Script: Stars]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about movie star Ray Milland and ice dancer Patti Greenup touring in Dallas. Milland to support his new film "A Man Alone" and Greenup to support Dorothy Franey's Ice Show at the Adolphus Hotel.
Date: October 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Negro sues Decker, others] (open access)

[News Script: Negro sues Decker, others]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an African-American man, Jackson Davis, suing Dallas county sheriff Bill Decker, two of his deputies, and a Dallas County cotton broker for allegedly stealing money from him and wrongfully imprisoning him.
Date: October 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs -- polio victim] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs -- polio victim]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Kiwanis Club and members of the Park City Baptist Church congregation building a new home for a young polio victim and her daughter.
Date: October 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Whitney] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Whitney]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about beauty pageant winners from various states passing through North Texas airports en route to Long Beach, California, to compete in the Miss Universe contest.
Date: July 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Painting Presented to School Students] (open access)

[News Script: Painting Presented to School Students]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about seventh grade students from the Christ the King Catholic school in Dallas accepting a thank you gift from an inmate they had offered support to.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Civil defense] (open access)

[News Script: Civil defense]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Fort Worth law enforcement officials to discuss civil defense and disaster readiness plans for the city.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a plane crash at the Dallas Naval Air Station in Grand Prairie. Lieutenant A. W. Burnsides, Jr., a U.S. Marine Reserves pilot, is critically injured after losing control of his jet during landing. He is not expected to survive.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Schoolboy gridders flying to Alaska] (open access)

[News Script: Schoolboy gridders flying to Alaska]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Hornets football team of Huntsville High School traveling to Anchorage, Alaska, to play the city's high school football team.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Escapees caught] (open access)

[News Script: Escapees caught]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a manhunt for two escaped Arkansas convicts in the Dallas area. The two escapees are captured by authorities and prepared for a return to police in Arkansas.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News Briefs - Car fire] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs - Car fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car belonging to Lewis Larue catching on fire while traveling down Harry Hines Boulevard.
Date: September 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ma Ferguson feted on 80th birthday] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ma Ferguson feted on 80th birthday]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Miriam A. "Ma" Ferguson, the only women at the time to have been governor of Texas, celebrating her 80th birthday in Austin.
Date: June 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Butler opens tour; feud flares] captions transcript

[News Clip: Butler opens tour; feud flares]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Democratic National Party Chairman Paul Butler coming to Dallas to begin a week-long series of speeches in Texas.
Date: June 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Governor and Hope in charity match] captions transcript

[News Clip: Governor and Hope in charity match]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Governor Allan Shivers and comedian Bob Hope participating in a round of golf to benefit Austin's Cerebral Palsy fund.
Date: June 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Convicts give up, return to cells] captions transcript

[News Clip: Convicts give up, return to cells]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the end of a strike by inmates at Huntsville State Prison after officials refuse to feed them three meals a day instead of only two.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bank teller foils attempted robbery] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bank teller foils attempted robbery]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an attempted robbery the Merchant's State Bank that was foiled by teller Sam Randlett Jr.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Blonde explorer] captions transcript

[News Clip: Blonde explorer]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Conover model Marilyn Phillips becoming an explorer.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Birdwatchers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Birdwatchers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the activities of a bird watching club at Bachman Lake in Dallas.
Date: April 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library