Resource Type
States
[News Script: Bike-riding boy]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas police intercepting 11-year-old Ronald Pope who was running away from home.
Date:
September 21, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oil strike ruins good water well]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Haltom City man attempting to drill a water well in his yard and discovering oil instead. The oil is believed to have leaked from a pipeline in the area.
Date:
August 12, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: One dead, three hurt in crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between a fire truck and two cars in Dallas, resulting in the death of one man and injuries to three others.
Date:
November 25, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 49th annual University of Oklahoma-University of Texas football game in the Cotton Bowl at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas. Oklahoma wins the game 14-7.
Date:
October 10, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Missing girl]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a missing young girl in Fort Worth, with kidnapping charges filed against her uncle. The girl's whereabouts are still unknown after her uncle is apprehended.
Date:
November 19, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder suspect is found sane]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a sanity hearing for Joe Martinez, a Dallas man accused of murdering a bus driver. The court rules Martinez of sound mind, forcing him to stand trial.
Date:
November 3, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Korean bishop gets 500 bucks]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bishop H. J. Lew, a Methodist churchman of Korea, meeting with Texas Wesleyan College to raise funds to rebuild churches damaged by war.
Date:
October 13, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sparrow in the treetop]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an English sparrow that lives near Tula Caffey's gift shop and responds to her calls.
Date:
August 17, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Woman and child killed by train]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a woman and young boy killed by a train in Fort Worth, after the two were struck while walking along a railroad overpass and thrown to the street below.
Date:
August 27, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mesquite man is drowned in lake]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Mesquite man's body recovered from Grapevine Lake after he fell from a boat and drowned the night before.
Date:
November 12, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gift hat travels by jet plane]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three veteran U.S. Navy pilots traveling to represent Dallas at the National Aircraft Show in Dayton, Ohio.
Date:
August 31, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: CIO support for Yarborough denied]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the CIO Communications Workers of America, a labor union, declining to endorse a candidate in the Democratic runoff for Texas governor between Governor Allan Shivers and Ralph Yarborough.
Date:
August 31, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[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: Cotton queen]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the crowning of the 1954 Cotton Queen beauty contest winner at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
Date:
October 12, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[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: Navy Cross goes to former POW]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former prisoner of war, Thomas H. Waddill being presented the Navy Cross.
Date:
November 3, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gems exhibit]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a collection of extremely valuable and rare diamonds in Dallas, to be displayed at the State Fair.
Date:
October 6, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Apartment house fire injures one]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in a two-story apartment house in downtown Fort Worth.
Date:
November 12, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fort Worth man given cow shower]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a luncheon paying tribute to T. J. Harrell for his prompt payment of claims after cattle losses following the distribution of contaminated feed.
Date:
October 14, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shrine parade]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade in downtown Dallas by the Shriners organization.
Date:
November 5, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Writ hearing]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hearing in the case of Bobby Joe Babb, a Dallas aircraft worker charged with maiming a police officer after striking an arresting officer in the eye while handcuffed and damaging his vision.
Date:
November 12, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gubernatorial race - flood waters]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories about Governor Allan Shivers winning re-election against Ralph Yarborough, and flooding Laredo and Neuvo Laredo.
Date:
December 31, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dog Hero]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tang, the dog who saved the lives of children by pushing them out of the path of oncoming cars.
Date:
August 17, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: One killed, one injured in car-truck crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision of a car and a truck killing one person and setting the truck on fire.
Date:
September 14, 1954
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library