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Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 241, February 15, 1956 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 241, February 15, 1956

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: February 15, 1956
Creator: Reed, B. G.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 267, August 15, 1956 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 267, August 15, 1956

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convairiety, Special Report, Monday, October 15, 1956 (open access)

Convairiety, Special Report, Monday, October 15, 1956

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a accident involving two vehicles.
Date: December 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Alligator escapes, spoils VFW gesture] captions transcript

[News Clip: Alligator escapes, spoils VFW gesture]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an alligator that was meant to be a gift from J. T. Lindenberg of the Dallas chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars. The alligator was meant to be donated to the James R. Record Aquarium in Fort Worth, but it fell out of the car in which it was being transported and was hit by another vehicle.
Date: July 15, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Baby's Death is Ruled Murder] captions transcript

[News Clip: Baby's Death is Ruled Murder]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the death of a new-born baby found floating in the Trinity river is ruled a murder.
Date: December 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bank Bandits Jailed Hour After Holdup] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bank Bandits Jailed Hour After Holdup]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth police rounding up two gunmen who robbed the University State Bank near Texas Christian University hours before.
Date: March 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bank closed after shortage revealed] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bank closed after shortage revealed]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the closing of the River Oaks state bank, following the disclosure that the bank is short of funds. The bank's assets are turned over to the state banking commissioner for liquidation.
Date: October 15, 1956, 10:30 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Billy Graham] captions transcript

[News Clip: Billy Graham]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the arrival of evangelist Billy Graham in Fort Worth. He will address a rally at Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum, then he will move on to Dallas.
Date: November 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cap Cadets Try Survival Tests] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cap Cadets Try Survival Tests]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about cadets learning to survive in the wilderness using military survival kits.
Date: December 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Congressmen] captions transcript

[News Clip: Congressmen]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Mississippi congressman John Bell Williams, Georgia congressman John J. Flint, Jr, Mississippi Senator James Eastland, and other segregation leaders meeting in Fort Worth to speak against desegregation.
Date: March 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Councilman watches rainmaker at work] captions transcript

[News Clip: Councilman watches rainmaker at work]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Fort Worth City Council viewing a cloud seeding demonstration.
Date: April 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: County building delay is sought] captions transcript

[News Clip: County building delay is sought]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Tarrant County commissioners voting to continue negotiations for the purchase of a local park, to be used for the site of a new county courthouse building.
Date: March 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dope sale trials begin in Fort Worth] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dope sale trials begin in Fort Worth]

Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about trials for sixty-two cases for narcotics-related charges. Attorney Dexter Scurlock claims one case should be dismissed on the grounds of entrapment.
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Football] captions transcript

[News Clip: Football]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a football game between female students at Handley High School.
Date: February 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Groundbreaking] captions transcript

[News Clip: Groundbreaking]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about groundbreaking ceremonies in Arlington for a new dam on Arlington Lake.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hijacker] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hijacker]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Westbrook Johnny Jack Beaty, a Fort Worth soda-jerk. He is suspect in three robberies.
Date: July 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jaycees] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jaycees]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Jaycees, who have started a fundraiser to help diabetic children attend a special summer camp in Gainesville.
Date: January 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Light Plane Crashes at TCU Airport] captions transcript

[News Clip: Light Plane Crashes at TCU Airport]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a plane crash at a TCU airport, which sends Doctor Roy Lee Brock to the hospital with several injuries.
Date: January 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Mice at Children's Zoo] captions transcript

[News Clip: Mice at Children's Zoo]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Mouseville, a new addition to the Children's Zoo in Fort Worth's Forest Park. Twenty-six mice populate the tiny city.
Date: November 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Shooting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Shooting]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Cleburne car dealer shot to death outside a tavern. Police believe the victim, Charley Monroe Reynolds, was fatally struck by a bullet meant for the tavern's owner, Bill Anderson. Several suspects are questioned regarding the murder, but the investigation is still open.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Strangled Woman] captions transcript

[News Clip: Strangled Woman]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the mysterious murder of Ramona Henderson.
Date: December 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: TCU basketball] captions transcript

[News Clip: TCU basketball]

Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the TCU basketball time as it gets ready for the 1956 season.
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Traffic is Jammed as Truck Overturns] captions transcript

[News Clip: Traffic is Jammed as Truck Overturns]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a trailer truck loaded with 12,000 lbs of corrugated paper flipping over after failing to make a turn at the intersection of Vickery and Hemphill street.
Date: June 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library