States

[News Script: County budget] (open access)

[News Script: County budget]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting that is held in the Dallas county auditors office to talk about the 1960 budget mid speculation of a two-cent tax reduction.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Maria] (open access)

[News Script: Maria]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about opera star Maria Callas returning to Dallas to perform in Medea.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss flame] (open access)

[News Script: Miss flame]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the selection of the Dallas County Miss Flame, that took place at the annual State Fair event.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truman at church] (open access)

[News Script: Truman at church]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former President Harry Truman addressing the congregation at the Elmwood Methodist Church in Oak Cliff.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Beatniks] (open access)

[News Script: Beatniks]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a beatnik coffeehouse boom in Dallas.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Beatniks] (open access)

[News Script: Beatniks]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three beatniks appearing in a Dallas court for disturbing the peace.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Fortune teller] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fortune teller]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Absentee Voting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Absentee Voting]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Woman explorer] captions transcript

[News Clip: Woman explorer]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: March 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: High cotton] (open access)

[News Script: High cotton]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bill Hancock, a cotton grower in Dallas.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Elec. brain] (open access)

[News Script: Elec. brain]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Magnolia Petroleum Company Headquarters in Dallas getting $2.5 million worth of IBM computing equipment.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mrs Roosevelt] (open access)

[News Script: Mrs Roosevelt]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Eleanor Roosevelt, who arrives at Love field to address at the Dallas United Nations Association
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Car in creek] (open access)

[News Script: Car in creek]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car that got stuck in the creek. Fortunately no one was hurt, not even the car itself.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Toys] (open access)

[News Script: Toys]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the firefighters, who work together to repair toys for children who may not get toys this Christmas.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Auto accidents] (open access)

[News Script: Auto accidents]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about several car accidents, a few of them fatal, in Dallas.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Food poison] (open access)

[News Script: Food poison]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about food poisoning that occurred in Dallas. The cause for the food poisoning is due to the eclairs that were being sold at Fair Park.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Machine gun trial] (open access)

[News Script: Machine gun trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Charles W. Morrison for possession of a machine gun.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Williams extradited] (open access)

[News Script: Williams extradited]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Alan Walter Williams being extradited back to Massachusetts after illegally flying to Texas.
Date: January 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Williams extradited] captions transcript

[News Clip: Williams extradited]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Alan Walter Williams being extradited back to Massachusetts after illegally flying to Texas.
Date: January 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1959 (open access)

The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 18, 1959
Creator: Sindik, Nicholas J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1959 (open access)

The Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1959

Weekly newspaper from Carrollton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 18, 1959
Creator: Sindik, Nicholas J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flipped Car]

Photograph of two men attending a car flipped in the woods.
Date: November 18, 1959
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from N. Alex Bickley to Truett Latimer, March 18, 1959] (open access)

[Letter from N. Alex Bickley to Truett Latimer, March 18, 1959]

Letter from N. Alex Bickley to Truett Latimer showing appreciation for their visit in Austin.
Date: March 18, 1959
Creator: Bickley, N. Alex
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Catholic procession] (open access)

[News Script: Catholic procession]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Feast of Christ the King procession in downtown Dallas.
Date: October 18, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library