[News Script: Gloves tournament opens at Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Gloves tournament opens at Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening round of the Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Dallas.
Date: January 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cinerama] (open access)

[News Script: Cinerama]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about celebrities arriving in Dallas to promote a new production in the Cinerama series, a method of wide-format film projection.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Smog] (open access)

[News Script: Smog]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the city of Dallas attempting to curb the air pollution issue.
Date: January 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Youth confesses he set theater fires] (open access)

[News Script: Youth confesses he set theater fires]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Dallas theater usher confessing to setting four separate fires at two movie theaters in the city.
Date: January 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Designer presents holly fashions] (open access)

[News Script: Designer presents holly fashions]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the latest designs of Oleg Cassini being showcased at the Neiman-Marcus salon in Dallas.
Date: January 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Liberty Broadcasting hearing] (open access)

[News Script: Liberty Broadcasting hearing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the bankrupt Liberty Broadcasting System accepting a settlement from Major League Baseball teams, who Liberty had charged with forcing them into bankruptcy.
Date: January 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Count Yogi] (open access)

[News Script: Count Yogi]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Count Yogi, the self-proclaimed greatest athlete in the world, visiting Tenison Golf Course in Dallas to demonstrate his golfing prowess.
Date: May 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jess Barker flies to Susan] (open access)

[News Script: Jess Barker flies to Susan]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actor Jess Barker departing Dallas on a flight to Los Angeles to see his sons and estranged wife, actress Susan Hayward, who recently attempted suicide.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Silversmith] (open access)

[News Script: Silversmith]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Allan Adler, master silversmith, demonstrating his workshop procedures at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Marines get mascot] (open access)

[News Script: Marines get mascot]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 4-point-5 Marine Reserve Rocket Battalion in Dallas adopting an 11-month-old bulldog named Demus as their mascot.
Date: June 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Woman reservist is honored by Marines] (open access)

[News Script: Woman reservist is honored by Marines]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Captain Mary E. Roddy, assistant platoon leader in the Marine Corps reserves with nine years of active duty to her name, being honored in Dallas.
Date: June 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wakely] (open access)

[News Script: Wakely]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about singer Jimmy Wakely stopping in Dallas en route to a personal appearance in Fort Worth.
Date: June 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ducks] (open access)

[News Script: Ducks]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a drunken woman smuggling two ducklings into jail under her blouse.
Date: June 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Margo Jones funeral] (open access)

[News Script: Margo Jones funeral]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about funeral services for Margo Jones, a Dallas theater producer who died of kidney failure after inhaling fumes from carpet cleaning chemicals in her apartment.
Date: July 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl] (open access)

[News Script: Girl]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stop in Dallas by Susan Bryan, a woman taking a trip around the world by airline as part of a publicity stunt for the new San Francisco International Airport.
Date: July 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Knifing] (open access)

[News Script: Knifing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Floyd Richter being injured in an unprovoked knife attack in Cole Park in Dallas.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stars arrive for Cotton Bowl show] (open access)

[News Script: Stars arrive for Cotton Bowl show]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about the cast of the musical "Plain and Fancy" arriving in Dallas for a week of performances at the Cotton Bowl, actor Kirk Douglas arriving in Dallas to promote his latest movie, "Indian Fighter," and former general manager of the Cleveland Indians, Bill Veeck arriving in Dallas en route to the Orange Bowl football game.
Date: December 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nine year old boy is drowned in lake] (open access)

[News Script: Nine year old boy is drowned in lake]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Dallas boy drowning in Lake Dallas during a camping trip. The body is later recovered by the Denton Fire Department.
Date: July 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Explosion and fire wrecks Dallas firm] (open access)

[News Script: Explosion and fire wrecks Dallas firm]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire and explosion at a chemical firm near Dallas. No one was injured, but the building is completely destroyed.
Date: July 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Woman is rescued from lake waters] (open access)

[News Script: Woman is rescued from lake waters]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a woman rescued by fishermen after falling into White Rock Lake in Dallas. The script goes on to describe a car accident in Dallas that crushed a bystander's leg, which was then amputated.
Date: October 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shivers] (open access)

[News Script: Shivers]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a medical examination in Dallas for Texas Governor Allan Shivers, who is presented with a clean bill of health before his return to Austin.
Date: October 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Transportation Union Leader Arrives in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Transportation Union Leader Arrives in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about The President of Transportation Workers of America, Michael J. Quill, arriving in Dallas, Texas. Quill was en route to negotiations in San Francisco.
Date: October 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Youth in trouble with law again] (open access)

[News Script: Youth in trouble with law again]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jessie Cleveland Smith being accused of transporting a woman across state lines for "immoral purposes."
Date: October 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Explosion] (open access)

[News Script: Explosion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion that destroyed a one-room cinder block house in Dallas. Also covered, a fire that destroyed a ten-room home in Fort Worth and another fire at the wreckage of an old bus garage, also in Fort Worth.
Date: December 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library