Resource Type
Serial/Series Title
States
[News Script: Sam Houston the fourth]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Sam Houston the fourth, great-grandson of Sam Houston, heading out for Army duty in El Paso.
Date:
July 16, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Robbery]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a drive-in grocery store at Fitzhugh and Abbot being robbed.
Date:
June 25, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New book given Dallas library]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a luncheon in Dallas honoring author Francis Mitchell for his new novel, "The Wing and the Yoke."
Date:
August 14, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sports outslug Cats in opener]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a baseball game at LaGrave Field between the Fort Worth Cats and the Shreveport Sports. The Sports win the game 13-9.
Date:
June 17, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Snake eggs]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an employee of the Fort Worth Children's Museum attempting to hatch a collection of rat snake eggs discovered near the museum.
Date:
July 2, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Benson arrives to study drought]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival in Fort Worth of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson, touring the drought-afflicted Southwest to determine the allocation of federal relief funds.
Date:
June 26, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Navy secretary inspects bases]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Secretary of the Navy, R. B. Anderson, arriving at the Dallas Naval Air Station to attend the State Bar convention in Fort Worth.
Date:
July 3, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fort Worth names soap box champ]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual soapbox derby in Fort Worth, with young racers from across Texas competing in homemade cars.
Date:
July 5, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Trucker sought in fatal crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of an Amarillo truck driver involved in a hit and run accident that killed a woman in Fort Worth.
Date:
July 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Slaying suspect awaits transfer]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the extradition of accused murderer Fernando Espinosa to Colorado, to face charges of murdering a young Houston girl.
Date:
July 7, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Treasure hunters seek lost gold]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of treasure hunters searching for a legendary gold cache buried near a pecan tree in Ellis County.
Date:
June 24, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shivers reviews 36th division]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas Governor Allan Shivers inspecting National Guard troops at Fort Hood.
Date:
July 5, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Teams arrive for football weekend]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the University of Oklahoma Sooners arriving for the Texas/OU football game at the Cotton Bowl.
Date:
October 9, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Casey Stengel]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about New York Yankees baseball manager Casey Stengel visiting Texas to attend the Texas-Oklahoma football game.
Date:
October 9, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Minutes of Special Meeting of Executive Committee - October 27, 1953]
Proposed transcript of the minutes of special meeting of executive committee.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Imperial Sugar Company
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Script: Pro grid stars leave for camp]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Doak Walker and Bobby Layne leaving Dallas for training with the Detroit Lions and to prepare for the start of the football season.
Date:
July 15, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jury ends probe of Dallas police]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a jury probe of police corruption in Dallas.
Date:
July 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Snakes]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth Children's Museum employee Mearl Carson successfully hatching a large amount of newborn snakes in captivity in order to supply a reptile exhibit at the museum.
Date:
July 15, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weed]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an Irving man arrested after police caught him watering a large field of marijuana.
Date:
June 18, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cops]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an investigation of Dallas police officers for a police burglary conspiracy.
Date:
June 26, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Water well]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of mishaps during the digging of a well in Dallas to assist the city's water supply.
Date:
July 15, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Battered Bossie]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cow belonging to a needy family in Fort Worth being beaten with a board by unknown abusers.
Date:
July 3, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: C A P girls at Lackland]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the women's branch of the Civil Air Patrol training at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base.
Date:
June 25, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Children's zoo]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the Fort Worth Children's Zoo, with descriptions of various animals housed there.
Date:
June 18, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library