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[News Script: Airplane accident] (open access)

[News Script: Airplane accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a plane crash at Eagle Mountain Lake near Fort Worth. Pilot Dave Longbrake suffered minor injuries after his plane failed to clear the landing strip upon takeoff.
Date: September 20, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ancient weapon] (open access)

[News Script: Ancient weapon]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the Dallas Archaeological Society debating the origins of a weapon found on the banks of the Trinity River.
Date: September 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Better mousetrap] (open access)

[News Script: Better mousetrap]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about W. A. Uttz inventing a device making it easier to load mousetraps.
Date: September 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bull and Dahliah] (open access)

[News Script: Bull and Dahliah]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a publicity event using a bull and an ice skater to promote the State Fair.
Date: September 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cheetah the chimp] (open access)

[News Script: Cheetah the chimp]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth zoo employee, Clyde Smith, raising an orphaned chimpanzee named Cheetah with the help of his family.
Date: September 20, 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 two news stories. The first story is about drivers for the Safety Convoy and Car Transportation Company in Dallas going on strike after contract negotiations fell through. The second story is about a former government inspector, Harry Herman Slackman, on trial in Dallas for accusations of accepting bribes in exchange for allowing the sale of defective khaki pants to the Army.
Date: September 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Airline inaugurates new service] (open access)

[News Script: Airline inaugurates new service]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the inauguration of new Delta-C & S Airlines service from Dallas to Detroit and Dallas to Indianapolis at Love Field.
Date: September 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baugh Honored for Grid Feats] (open access)

[News Script: Baugh Honored for Grid Feats]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas Christian University honoring former-TCU football player Sam Baugh after Baugh was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.
Date: September 20, 1953
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 an accident between an automobile and a teenager riding a motorcycle at an intersection in Dallas. The rider suffered an injured leg. The script goes on to describe a collision between two automobiles at a highway intersection in Dallas, slightly injuring two women passengers. The driver of one of the cars fled the scene of the accident.
Date: September 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texan invents farm machinery] (open access)

[News Script: Texan invents farm machinery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank W. McLarty, who invented a tractor with adjustable attachments to limit the amount of farm equipment a small farmer might have to purchase.
Date: September 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Annual ceremony observed at TWC] (open access)

[News Script: Annual ceremony observed at TWC]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a yearly mock wedding ceremony between old and new students at Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth.
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: McGowan trial] (open access)

[News Script: McGowan trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three murder trials and one rape trial in Fort Worth, Dallas, and Waco.
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Minnow counter] (open access)

[News Script: Minnow counter]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dr. A. L. Shook implementing his invention, the "Shookster Minnow Counter" to count minnows being sold to fishermen on Lake Texoma.
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murphy] (open access)

[News Script: Murphy]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Joe Preston Murphy, the brother of decorated U.S. Army veteran and actor Audie Murphy, enlisting in the Army at a Dallas recruiting station.
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs - girls] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs - girls]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two movie starlets, Gloria Rhaodes and Eugenia Paul arriving in Fort Worth to promote their new film, "Treasure of Pancho Villa."
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Saginaw judge] (open access)

[News Script: Saginaw judge]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Saginaw judge, G.S. Welch, being charged with stealing money from the town to use for his own benefit.
Date: September 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Can Company Plant Holds Dedication] (open access)

[News Script: Can Company Plant Holds Dedication]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of the American Can Company, or Canco, in Arlington, a business which will employ 170 people.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Captain Tom Hits Trail for Waco Fair] (open access)

[News Script: Captain Tom Hits Trail for Waco Fair]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Captain Tom Hickman, a Texas Ranger and retired peace officer, and his trip on horseback to Waco.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tire fire at the Hicks Rubber and Salvage Company near Meacham field in Fort Worth.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ike's Bandwagon rolls in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Ike's Bandwagon rolls in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about presidential candidate "Ike" Eisenhower's arrival in Dallas for a campaign parade downtown.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Laffoon Sentenced] (open access)

[News Script: Laffoon Sentenced]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Leroy Laffoon, a Fort Worth man who took part in the Justin Bank robbery, and his decision to plea guilty for burglary charges.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Public Works Chief Here for Convention] (open access)

[News Script: Public Works Chief Here for Convention]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Edward P. Decker, president of the American Public Works Association, arriving at Carter Field for the Public Works Congress and Equipment Show in Fort Worth.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Strike Idles Swift Worker at Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Strike Idles Swift Worker at Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike at the Dallas plant of Swift and Company, where 175 workers have stepped out of the job.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Suicide] (open access)

[News Script: Suicide]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the suicide of Harry Trentman Junior, who shot himself in his Ridglea home in Fort Worth.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library