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[News Script: Love Me Madly]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an actress handing out advertisements for the movie Love Me Madly in Dallas.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Outdoor girls]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Miss Out-of-Doors beauty contest in Dallas. The contest was to promote the Jimmy Stewart film The Man From Laramie.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wells probed for missing boy]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the search for missing child Gary Dwayne Bray, who disappeared from the backyard of his Dallas home.
Date:
July 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Accidents]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of automobile accidents in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Date:
September 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fashion awards go to six at Dallas]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 18th annual Neiman-Marcus fashion expo in Dallas.
Date:
September 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Judge takes oath, has no courtroom]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the swearing-in of new Tarrant County District Judge Harold Craik, who will preside over the newly-created 153rd District Court.
Date:
September 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Segregation argued as school open]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the school semester starting in Dallas and Fort Worth. In spite of the Supreme Court's ruling against segregation, Texas schools were still not integrated.
Date:
September 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Women jurors]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first female jurors intentionally called to serve in Dallas county. They serve on the trial of Fred Thomas Leath, charged with assault with intent to commit murder.
Date:
September 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: General]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an inspection of a civilian jet engine shop by U.S. Air Force officials. The company, Southwest Airmotive, is contracted with the armed forces to overhaul military jet engines.
Date:
October 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jane makes pitch for toys for tots]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by actress Jane Russell, on a promotional tour for her next film.
Date:
October 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pioneer home falls victim of progress]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a condemnation lawsuit that would tear down Maud Wingfield's 1898 home to make way for Fort Worth's east-west freeway.
Date:
October 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ramsey chosen for Democratic post]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lieutenant Governor Ben Ramsey being named to the post of National Democratic Committeeman from Texas.
Date:
October 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Underpass]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of an underpass under the Cotton Belt railroad overpass on Oak Lawn, in Dallas.
Date:
October 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Aggies end Mustang championship hopes]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Aggies defeating the SMU Mustangs and retaining their first place lead in the Southwest Conference.
Date:
November 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clary found innocent]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about T. Clifton Clary being found innocent of murdering his wife and burning their house down to conceal the evidence.
Date:
November 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Field Marshal Montgomery]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery visiting Dallas for a speaking engagement.
Date:
November 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three houses destroyed by a fire in Fort Worth. No one was injured in the blaze.
Date:
November 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lost girl]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young girl found by police wandering the streets of Fort Worth, who refuses to speak until she is reunited with her mother hours later.
Date:
November 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Senate agricultural hearings]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee hearing in Fort Worth, discussing problems facing Texas farmers and the state of the local agricultural economy.
Date:
November 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Air conditioner fits hole in wall]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new type of air-conditioner that is flush with the outside of the home, yet still requires a hole in the wall.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bomb death trial on live television]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Harry Washburn, who was accused of killing his former mother-in-law by planting a bomb in her car, being televised. The trial was the first murder trial to appear on television.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Coach Boyd of Baylor]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Sam Boyd taking over as head football coach at Baylor University.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Little Rose Bowl team]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jones Junior college football team from Mississippi, stopping in Fort Worth, en route to the Little Rose Bowl in California.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stop in Dallas by Mexican actress Delores del Rio, en route to Mexico after a vacation in New York.
Date:
December 6, 1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library