[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: November 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Eating crow] (open access)

[News Script: Eating crow]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a friendly fire prevention competition between the Houston and Dallas Chambers of Commerce. Whichever city suffered the fewest fires over a period of time would receive a banquet provided by the other city. Dallas wins the competition.
Date: March 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Armed forces day observances held] captions transcript

[News Clip: Armed forces day observances held]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the observance of Armed Forces Day in Texas, with military events in cities around the state.
Date: May 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: New lakes get first big rise] captions transcript

[News Clip: New lakes get first big rise]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about lake levels in Dallas and Fort Worth rising after recent rainfall.
Date: May 19, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Phone strike] (open access)

[News Script: Phone strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike of Southwestern Bell Telephone workers, with employees in cities across Texas walking off their jobs in support of higher wages.
Date: August 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mona] (open access)

[News Script: Mona]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stop in Dallas by actress Mona Freeman en route to Houston to celebrate Mardi Gras. Also headed to Houston are actor Robert Stack and New York Yankees Outfielder Irv Noren.
Date: February 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: McCarthy makes Dallas visit] (open access)

[News Script: McCarthy makes Dallas visit]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Senator Joseph McCarthy visiting Dallas with his wife. McCarthy was in Texas for a speaking engagement on San Jacinto Day at the San Jacinto memorial in La Porte.
Date: April 14, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Houston's envoy completes tour] (open access)

[News Script: Houston's envoy completes tour]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Houston geologist, Barney McCandless, traveling to every city in the nation with a population of over one million and handing out souvenirs to publicize the fact that the population of Houston now exceeds one million. McCandless wraps up his trip in Dallas.
Date: July 18, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ledge rescue] (open access)

[News Script: Ledge rescue]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a foiled suicide attempt by a Houston postal worker on the ledge of a Dallas hotel, along with a plane crash at a boat company in Grand Prairie that killed two workers.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Mother confesses gruesome slayings] captions transcript

[News Clip: Mother confesses gruesome slayings]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a mother killing and dismembering her two sons and a Dallas man stabbing and killing a loan collector.
Date: February 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mother confesses gruesome slayings] (open access)

[News Script: Mother confesses gruesome slayings]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mother killing and dismembering her two sons and a Dallas man stabbing and killing a loan collector.
Date: February 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Houston woman held in narcotics case] (open access)

[News Script: Houston woman held in narcotics case]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Houston woman, Ardella Giordenello, being arrested for selling heroin to an undercover federal agent.
Date: June 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mansfield is Quiet After Demonstration] (open access)

[News Script: Mansfield is Quiet After Demonstration]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the admittance of African American students into schools in Mansfield and the angry demonstrations on school registration day by those opposed to the court order.
Date: August 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU Football] (open access)

[News Script: SMU Football]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the SMU football team and which of the previous year's starters returned.
Date: September 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Neiman-markup circus] captions transcript

[News Clip: Neiman-markup circus]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Neiman-Marcus stores in Dallas and Houston turning into a "Circus Spectacular" to reflect their inspiration for high-type fashions.
Date: April 22, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Neiman-markup circus] (open access)

[News Script: Neiman-markup circus]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Neiman-Marcus stores in Dallas and Houston turning into a "Circus Spectacular" to reflect their inspiration for high-type fashions.
Date: April 22, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Splash Day] (open access)

[News Script: Splash Day]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Splash Day, a celebration and beauty pageant marking the beginning of vacation season for Galveston's beaches.
Date: May 5, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Eagles win to stay in series] captions transcript

[News Clip: Eagles win to stay in series]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas Eagles beating the Houston Buffs in a Texas League baseball playoffs game.
Date: September 25, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Eagles win to stay in series] (open access)

[News Script: Eagles win to stay in series]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Eagles beating the Houston Buffs in a Texas League baseball playoffs game.
Date: September 25, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: The week in review] (open access)

[News Script: The week in review]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a gas explosion that blew apart a house in North Dallas and injured two women, a district judge ruling against a new garbage pickup schedule proposal by the City of Dallas, a visit to Texas by actress Kathy Grant, new wife of Bing Crosby, the sale of a decommissioned bridge over Lake Dallas on an unused stretch of State Highway 24, the announcement of a new president of the Fort Worth Cats baseball team, and further updates on the ongoing marijuana possession trial of Dallas exotic dancer Candy Barr.
Date: November 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Texas League] captions transcript

[News Clip: Texas League]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Texas League baseball club discussing whether to allow the Dallas and Houston branches of the club to seek a higher league affiliation. The request is denied after debate.
Date: November 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas League] (open access)

[News Script: Texas League]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas League baseball club discussing whether to allow the Dallas and Houston branches of the club to seek a higher league affiliation. The request is denied after debate.
Date: November 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: The week in review] captions transcript

[News Clip: The week in review]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story stories of the past week, including the loss of Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz and Iowa State Coach Jim Meyers as prospective replacement football coaches for Texas A&M University after the departure of Paul "Bear" Bryant, an announcement by Texas State Senator Charles Herring that he might run for governor, a visit to Fort Worth by Randolph Churchill, journalist and son of the famous former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and a speech by famous Houston criminal lawyer Percy Foreman regarding Texas law.
Date: January 18, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: The week in review] (open access)

[News Script: The week in review]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news stories of the past week, including the loss of Navy Coach Eddie Erdelatz and Iowa State Coach Jim Meyers as prospective replacement football coaches for Texas A&M University after the departure of Paul "Bear" Bryant, an announcement by Texas State Senator Charles Herring that he might run for governor, a visit to Fort Worth by Randolph Churchill, journalist and son of the famous former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and a speech by famous Houston criminal lawyer Percy Foreman regarding Texas law.
Date: January 18, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library