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[News Script: $60,000 in Jewels Missing from Vault]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about $60 thousand dollars worth of jewels, which went missing from the Statler-Hilton hotel in Dallas. 39 police officers work on the case.
Date:
November 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sexton]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the coming trial of eighteen-year-old Frank Sexton Jr.. Sexton is accused of beating and raping a woman with three other youths. The state is expected to ask for the death penalty.
Date:
July 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dogs]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of Dallas county commissioners on how to get rid of the county's rabid dogs. J. M. Pickard presents a potential solution, but not everyone agrees with his ideas. A decision will be made at a later date.
Date:
July 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shriners Stage Fort Worth Parade]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade of Shriners advertising the arrival of the Shrine Circus in Fort Worth.
Date:
November 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sexton Given 42 Year Prison Term]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank Sexton Junior being sentenced for forty-two years in prison. He is found guilty of raping a young woman from Rylie.
Date:
October 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: MeadowBrook Club Destroyed by Fire]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that devastated a clubhouse and all its contents. Only a dog was killed by the fire.
Date:
December 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: NAACP]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial in Tyler, which will decide the fate of the NAACP in Texas. The state asks for a temporary restraining order against the organization, which would freeze their operations until issues are settled in court.
Date:
October 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Country Store]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jones's Country Store in Weatherford. The store has been returned to how it would look in the 1890's, complete with authentic antique merchandise.
Date:
July 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shooting]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. A. L. Nation, who was shot in a double shooting. Theodore Charles Bilger shot Mrs. Nation, then killed himself.
Date:
November 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Christmas for dogs at animal shelter]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dogs held for adoption at the animal shelter.
Date:
December 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ground breaking]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the groundbreaking for a new sanctuary at Lovers Lane Methodist Church in Dallas. The sanctuary is the third step in a four-phase building program, which was initiated by the church in 1945.
Date:
July 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tarrant Commissioners]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of new wings to the Tarrant county courthouse. County commissioners decided to add the new wings rather than build a separate site.
Date:
July 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Machine Permits Heart Operations]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new machine called a pump-oxygenator. The machine has been tested in heart surgeries on animals, and it may eventually help save human heart patients.
Date:
October 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Youth Not Guilty in Mother's Death]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles Everett Cole, who was on trial for the murder of his mother, Nora Jane Price.
Date:
October 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: TCU and Colts Tie in Freshman Game]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between TCU and SMU.
Date:
November 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Orphan]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new addition to the home of Lieutenant Norman K. Donahoe in Pasadena. He recently adopted a son from Greece.
Date:
October 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Blast]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion which destroyed the Southmayd school in rural North Texas. Two people were injured.
Date:
October 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fish Lured to Doom by Sneaky Turtle]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Mata-Mata turtle from Brazil at the James R. Record Aquarium.
Date:
December 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Negro Kid]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unclaimed boy found at the Dallas bus station after arriving from Austin, Texas. The mother was late to pick him up and the boy was already in custody, they were reunited shortly after.
Date:
December 23, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Displaced youth]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
August 23, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas killer cop]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about John Singletary being charged with murder.
Date:
June 23, 1972, 6:30 a.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mahon]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about Eldon Mahon succeeding Joe Estes.
Date:
June 23, 1972, 6:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Democrats Smith Shriver]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
October 23, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Collection]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
October 23, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library