[News Script: Robberies] (open access)

[News Script: Robberies]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Benjamin Henry Pruitt, a student at Polytechnic High School, admitting to three armed robberies. Pruitt was free on bond, after his five-year prison sentence for murder was overturned.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Waples-Platter Hijacking] (open access)

[News Script: Waples-Platter Hijacking]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a forty-year-old man robbing five-hundred dollars from the Waples-Platter wholesale company. Arial Smith and Dillard Ames recount the events.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Curtis Injury Minor] (open access)

[News Script: Curtis Injury Minor]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Chuck Curtis, the Quarterback for the TCU Horned Frogs. He suffered a minor kidney injury, but is expected to play in the upcoming game against Baylor.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: City Council] (open access)

[News Script: City Council]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas City Council meeting, where the sale of six-and-a-half-million dollars worth of bonds is approved. The bonds are for improvement to Love Field, including the addition of a new terminal. The Fort Worth City Council meets to discuss issues on the city's water supply. The council approves of a plan which would create two reservoirs near Corsicana.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ghosts and Goblins Parade in Ft. Worth] (open access)

[News Script: Ghosts and Goblins Parade in Ft. Worth]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about downtown Fort Worth being roped off so that children can trick-or-treat. Police officers watch over the children.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Old employee] (open access)

[News Script: Old employee]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ninety-three-year-old George W. Parker, Fort Worth's Federal District Court Clerk. He ends his sixty-one year career with the final official act of logging in a district court suit. Parker is retiring due to a new federal law, which sets the retirement age at seventy.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: B-58] (open access)

[News Script: B-58]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about news cameramen and other onlookers gathering at the Convair plant in Fort Worth. They hope to see the first flight of the B-58 bomber.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Veteran] (open access)

[News Script: Veteran]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about retiring veteran U.S. Marshal Guy Cross' surprise farewell party in Fort Worth.
Date: October 31, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Halloween party] (open access)

[News Script: Halloween party]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Halloween party that took place at John Peter Smith hospital for the children in there.
Date: October 31, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oswald] (open access)

[News Script: Oswald]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about R. L. Oswald, brother of Lee Harvey Oswald, reacting to the news of his brother renouncing his American citizenship in Moscow.
Date: October 31, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baylor knocks Frogs from race] (open access)

[News Script: Baylor knocks Frogs from race]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Baylor University beating TCU in a football game.
Date: October 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Betsy Rawls wins golf tournament] (open access)

[News Script: Betsy Rawls wins golf tournament]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Open women's golf tournament. Golfer Betsy Rawls wins the competition.
Date: October 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hatters (mad)] (open access)

[News Script: Hatters (mad)]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three of Europe's most famous hat designers showcasing their designs in Dallas.
Date: October 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Senator guest at beef week supper] (open access)

[News Script: Senator guest at beef week supper]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Beef Council launching its second annual Beef Week, a promotional campaign designed to increase beef sales across the state of Texas.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Video tape machine] (open access)

[News Script: Video tape machine]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first color videotape recorder in Texas being installed in WBAP-TV's control room.
Date: October 31, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Students coached by opera singer] captions transcript

[News Clip: Students coached by opera singer]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about opera singer Dorothy Warrenshold visiting fifth graders at North Hi Mount school.
Date: October 31, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Steel strike] captions transcript

[News Clip: Steel strike]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a strike at the Lone Star steel plant in East Texas.
Date: October 31, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gas blamed for home explosion] (open access)

[News Script: Gas blamed for home explosion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas explosion completely destroying a Fort Worth home. No one was in the home at the time of the explosion.
Date: October 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Guy Madison and new Mrs.] (open access)

[News Script: Guy Madison and new Mrs.]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about film star Guy Madison arriving in Fort Worth with his new wife, actress Sheila Connolly.
Date: October 31, 1954
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 auto accident in which Edward Hunter died after crashing into a home in Fort Worth.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Halloween spooks ride again] (open access)

[News Script: Halloween spooks ride again]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Goblin Night in Fort Worth.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Air police admit attempted robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Air police admit attempted robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an attempted robbery of two persons at Carswell Air Force Base.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Candy Freed on New Bond] captions transcript

[News Clip: Candy Freed on New Bond]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas woman charged with the possession of narcotics.
Date: October 31, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bawdy House] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bawdy House]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Howard Martin Davis accused of 66 indictments of operating a brothel or "bawdy house" in downtown Dallas.
Date: October 31, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library