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[News Clip: Lavin] captions transcript

[News Clip: Lavin]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Charles Lavin arriving in Fort Worth to help the Ambassador hotel restructure their management system to make housing more affordable for the elderly.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Lee slaying trial in hands of jury] captions transcript

[News Clip: Lee slaying trial in hands of jury]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the trial of Elsie May Lee ending and being handed over to the jury after Lee giving her testimony.
Date: May 23, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Man killed] captions transcript

[News Clip: Man killed]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas lumber company employee who was found crushed to death between his car and a stone wall.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Mistaken identity victim is freed] captions transcript

[News Clip: Mistaken identity victim is freed]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas man, Joe Herbert Hoskins, being released from a Kansas jail after being imprisoned for 49 days in a case of mistaken identity.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: NAACP to fight restraining order] captions transcript

[News Clip: NAACP to fight restraining order]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the NAACP's decision to fight a restraining order, which bars the organization from doing business in Texas.
Date: September 23, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Navy Commander] captions transcript

[News Clip: Navy Commander]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Buster E. Toon being named commander of the Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Dallas, Texas.
Date: August 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Negro Kid] captions transcript

[News Clip: Negro Kid]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany 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.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Nelson Eddy Sings With New Partner] captions transcript

[News Clip: Nelson Eddy Sings With New Partner]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Nelson Eddy and his partner, Miss Gale Sherwood, preparing for a show in the Empire Room of the new Statler-Hilton hotel in Dallas.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Briefs--Bell] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Briefs--Bell]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Arthur Ted Bell, who goes to court in Dallas to hear a ruling on his motion for a new trial. He was convicted in the murder of Billy Bob Benton and sentenced to twenty years in prison.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs -- blast] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs -- blast]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a diesel fuel explosion near Hutchins that sent a county employee to the hospital with severe burns.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Preston Hollow is Damaged by Blaze] captions transcript

[News Clip: Preston Hollow is Damaged by Blaze]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a fire that badly damaged the Preston Hollow Country Club.
Date: August 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rally] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rally]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the year's largest rally for the Dallas MG Car Club that involved a total of 48 cars participating.
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Sexton] captions transcript

[News Clip: Sexton]

Video footage 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.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Sexton given 42 year prison term] captions transcript

[News Clip: Sexton given 42 year prison term]

Video footage 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.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Spivak] captions transcript

[News Clip: Spivak]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Lawrence Spivak arriving in Dallas en route to Fort Worth where he will participate in a panel interviewing Governor Allan Shivers.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Trial] captions transcript

[News Clip: Trial]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Orson James Johnson, who is charged with burglary of a service station.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Victim is Charged in Fake Hijacking] captions transcript

[News Clip: Victim is Charged in Fake Hijacking]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Maxie Leon Lee, an eighteen-year-old who led a hijacking hoax and ended up in the Dallas County Jail.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: $60,000 in Jewels Missing from Vault] (open access)

[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.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Auction] (open access)

[News Script: Auction]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an auction of unclaimed stolen goods from the police property room in Dallas.
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bible] (open access)

[News Script: Bible]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Norman M. Yonan arriving in Dallas along with the Yonan Codex, the oldest known New Testament in existence at the time, which he donated to the Library of Congress.
Date: March 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Big Sisters] (open access)

[News Script: Big Sisters]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a benefit coffee being held in honor of Mrs. Lillie Wylie, and the beginning of a scholarship fund for needy girls through the Dallas Big Sisters organization.
Date: September 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cave In Follo] (open access)

[News Script: Cave In Follo]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a construction site in Dallas, where two men were buried under limestone yesterday. The rescue mission took nine hours.
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dogs] (open access)

[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.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dogs] (open access)

[News Script: Dogs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about trained dogs teaching Dallas children about safety.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library