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[News Script: Allee on stand in Parr hearing] (open access)

[News Script: Allee on stand in Parr hearing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hearing in Houston for political figure George Parr, who claims that two Texas Rangers threatened to kill him while he was serving as the sheriff in Duval County.
Date: February 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Anti aircraft unit arrives] (open access)

[News Script: Anti aircraft unit arrives]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 546th Army Anti-Aircraft Batallion arriving at Carswell Air Force Base.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Arlington church damaged by fire] (open access)

[News Script: Arlington church damaged by fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at the First Methodist Church of Arlington. No one is injured in the blaze, but the church is virtually destroyed.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Basketball] (open access)

[News Script: Basketball]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a college basketball game featuring the TCU Horned Frogs versus the Austin College Kangaroos in Fort Worth.
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Body of woman is identified] (open access)

[News Script: Body of woman is identified]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the identification of a woman's body found on the bank of the Trinity River in Fort Worth. The woman is found to be Anna Marie Breaux, a Dallas prostitute.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bond hearing for Petersen goes on] (open access)

[News Script: Bond hearing for Petersen goes on]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a bond hearing for accused murderer Keith Lewis Petersen in Dallas. Petersen was previously ruled mentally unfit to stand trial, but is now judged sane.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boxing] (open access)

[News Script: Boxing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the AAU boxing tournament in Dallas. Winners of the tournament were selected to represent Texas in the national AAU tournament.
Date: April 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Candidates make final vote pleas] (open access)

[News Script: Candidates make final vote pleas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the day before election day in Texas, with candidates making final campaign stops throughout the state. Governor Allan Shivers, seeking a third term, makes a statewide radio broadcast from the Adolphus Hotel in Dallas.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Christine opens night club stint] (open access)

[News Script: Christine opens night club stint]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about transgender performer Christine Jorgenson performing an 8-day nighclub engagement at Dallas.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Christmas party happier this year] (open access)

[News Script: Christmas party happier this year]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Christmas party hosted by American Airlines employees for the son of an airline maintenance worker recovering from leukemia.
Date: December 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: FCC commissioner] (open access)

[News Script: FCC commissioner]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the spring convention of the Texas Association of Broadcasters in Dallas, with employees from hundreds of television and radio stations attending to hear a speech by Federal Communications Commissioner Robert T. Bartley.
Date: April 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fender's Raid] (open access)

[News Script: Fender's Raid]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about District Attorney Howard Fender requesting special funding in order to combat the return of gambling to Fort Worth.
Date: September 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire destroys church building] (open access)

[News Script: Fire destroys church building]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that destroyed a negro church just outside of Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: September 23, 1954
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 college football game between the freshman teams of Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University. SMU wins the game 41-13.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Garland women seek jury duty] (open access)

[News Script: Garland women seek jury duty]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs campaigning for the right to serve on juries in the state.
Date: September 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl Scout camp is dedicated] (open access)

[News Script: Girl Scout camp is dedicated]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of Camp Timberlake, a Girl Scout camp in Tarrant County.
Date: May 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Iron Horse nears end of trail] (open access)

[News Script: Iron Horse nears end of trail]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the retiring of a steam locomotive and its replacement Diesel locomotive, in Fort Worth.
Date: June 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jack Todd is on trial for murder] (open access)

[News Script: Jack Todd is on trial for murder]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Dallas ex-convict Jack Todd, accused of fatally shooting a man following a bar fight. Todd's trial is moved to Cleburne by Dallas District Judge Henry King to ensure fairness.
Date: February 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jail break] (open access)

[News Script: Jail break]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the prisoners escaping the Parker County Jail in Weatherford.
Date: April 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jail break plot] (open access)

[News Script: Jail break plot]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an attempted jailbreak foiled by officers at the Dallas County Jail.
Date: September 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jones boys sentenced] (open access)

[News Script: Jones boys sentenced]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the sentencing of brothers James Hollis Jones and Ralph Franklin Jones for attempting to extort large amounts of money from prominent Jewish families in Dallas. Both are sentenced to time in federal prison.
Date: September 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jury sought for trial of Walker] (open access)

[News Script: Jury sought for trial of Walker]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Criminal District Court seeking out unbiased jurors for the murder trial of Tommy Lee Walker, who was accused of stabbing Mrs. H.C. Parker of Dallas to death.
Date: March 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lake dragged for missing fishermen] (open access)

[News Script: Lake dragged for missing fishermen]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the search for two fishermen, E.L. Beall and Paul Simpson, on Possum Kingdom Lake. The men's boat was found on the edge of the lake after they failed to meet with a third fishing partner, J.B. Sparkman, who reported them missing.
Date: March 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Larosa crowns photog queen] (open access)

[News Script: Larosa crowns photog queen]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Julius LaRosa serving as a judge in the press photographers beauty contest in Dallas.
Date: May 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library