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[News Script: Add to Wilson] (open access)

[News Script: Add to Wilson]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a military parade at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Military Funeral for Carswell Co] (open access)

[News Script: Military Funeral for Carswell Co]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a funeral with full military honors for Colonel Roland R. Haile.
Date: August 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pro-AM Golf] (open access)

[News Script: Pro-AM Golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a team of top golfing amateurs matched against a team of professional golfers in the Texas Cup Matches tournament on the Oak Cliff Country Club course in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ft. Worth City Council] (open access)

[News Script: Ft. Worth City Council]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth city council's decision regarding giving continued police protection to an African American family who moved into a home on an all-white street.
Date: September 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: No Negroes Enroll at Wichita Falls] (open access)

[News Script: No Negroes Enroll at Wichita Falls]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the lack of enrollment of African American students in Wichita Fall's schools, despite the recent integration of the school system.
Date: September 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas Voters Hear Visiting Officials] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Voters Hear Visiting Officials]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Al Gore visiting Dallas en route to Lufkin. He says the H-bomb controversy is helping the Democratic cause, and that public awareness of the issue will lead them to support presidential nominee Stevenson. Former Oklahoma Governor Roy Turner and Oklahoma Senator Monroney also visit Fort Worth.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Watermelon Check is Cashed by Bank] (open access)

[News Script: Watermelon Check is Cashed by Bank]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Larry Bomer. He performed a television stunt in which he took a watermelon with a check on its side from California to the Fort Worth National Bank to cash it in.
Date: November 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football] (open access)

[News Script: Football]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between Highland Park and Wichita Falls.
Date: December 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Paschal Abilene] (open access)

[News Script: Paschal Abilene]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the Paschal Panthers and the Abilene Eagles at Farrington Field in Fort Worth.
Date: December 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wichita Falls youth drowned in lake] (open access)

[News Script: Wichita Falls youth drowned in lake]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Benny Malone, a seventeen-year-old, who drowned in Lake Worth. He was swimming with his cousin, Calvin Hopkins, of Fort Worth.
Date: July 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football] (open access)

[News Script: Football]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between Crozier Tech and Highland Park.
Date: November 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ordination] (open access)

[News Script: Ordination]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ordaining of nine men inside St. John's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth to allow them the authority to preach the Gospel in the Church of God. The nine men are: William L. Burkhardt, James L. Considine, Jr., Edward Hendricks, Norman V. Hollen, James R Maceo, Robert S. Park, Charles D. Brand, Joseph G. Frazer, and James J. Niles.
Date: June 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hijackers Captured After Gun Battle] (open access)

[News Script: Hijackers Captured After Gun Battle]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about James Amon Crawford and Birley Ayers, Jr., who robbed a liquor store and hijacked a vehicle.
Date: January 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gloves] (open access)

[News Script: Gloves]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the final night of the 20th Annual Star-Telegram Golden Gloves State Tournament. Competitors include Dalton Park, Raul Ramirez, Tom Crump, and Ferrall Snider.
Date: February 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bowlers] (open access)

[News Script: Bowlers]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a clinic at Lakewood Bowling Lanes in Dallas. Leading the clinic are two of the country's top bowlers, Buddy Bomar and Bill Lillard.
Date: February 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Man held in theft of 2,000 half dollars] (open access)

[News Script: Man held in theft of 2,000 half dollars]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an Arlington man being arrested on federal theft charges after allegedly stealing a bag of 2,000 half-dollar coins from a Railway Express office in Oklahoma.
Date: June 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Activities of the week] (open access)

[News Script: Activities of the week]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news stories of the past week, including a scandal at city hall in Fort Worth after the private papers of murdered gambler Nelson Harris, revealing that several police officers were on his payroll; the death of Johnny Sides, a Dallas police officer shot by car thieves during a chase; an outbreak of criminal vandalism in Oak Cliff after more than two dozen automobiles had their emergency brakes released at the top of hills and were let loose, a dedication ceremony for a new school of theology at Southern Methodist University, and the beginning of spring football drills at Texas Christian University.
Date: February 11, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Marines sworn in] (open access)

[News Script: Marines sworn in]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mass enlistment ceremony for the United States Marine Corps in Dallas, with 172 new recruits sworn in.
Date: January 30, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Activities] (open access)

[News Script: Activities]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news stories of the past week, including a Tarrant County grand jury probe into alleged gambling and corruption among county offcials; a series of raids on Fort Worth nightclubs suspected of owning slot machines, an police investigation into a bombing at a house in Arcadia Park in Dallas, the opening of a county price stabilization office in Fort Worth, and the results of the state Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Fort Worth.
Date: February 25, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: College ceremony] (open access)

[News Script: College ceremony]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Southern Methodist University having a dedication ceremony for its new Perkins School of Theology.
Date: February 9, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week, including the swearing in of a new federal judge in the eastern district of Texas, Joe Warren Sheehy of Tyler; a plane crash in Oak Cliff that claimed the life of a young boy, a strike by unionized aircraft workers at the Texlite factory for B-36 components, and a convention of the Texas State Chiropractic Association in Fort Worth.
Date: June 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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 four news stories. The first story is about a Wichita Falls woman suffering injuries after her car fell from a road atop the Eagle Mountain Lake Dam. The second story is about a man injured after crashing his car into two other parked vehicles. The third story is about a visit to the Amon Carter YMCA camp by a YMCA official from the Philippines. The fourth story is about a Dallas woman purchasing a prize cat from England.
Date: May 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Review] (open access)

[News Script: Review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories of the past week.
Date: July 22, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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 Ted S. Petty being arrested in Fort Worth for the shooting murder of his wife, two Dallas police officers entering into seminary, and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children it's 28th memorial service.
Date: May 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library