Southwest Retort, Volume 7, Number 8, May 1955 (open access)

Southwest Retort, Volume 7, Number 8, May 1955

This publication of the Dallas-Fort Worth Section of the American Chemical Society includes information about research, prominent scientist, organizational business, and various other stories of interest to the community. Published monthly during long academic semesters.
Date: May 1955
Creator: American Chemical Society. Dallas/Fort Worth Section.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Queen chosen for Boys Baseball, Inc.] (open access)

[News Script: Queen chosen for Boys Baseball, Inc.]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about opening-day ceremonies for the 1955 season of Boys Baseball, Incorporated.
Date: May 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ex-president of France in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Ex-president of France in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former French president Vincent Auriol stopping at Love Field in Dallas on his way to Mexico for a vacation with his wife. Auriol spoke no English and did not want to speak to reporters.
Date: May 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hot rod] (open access)

[News Script: Hot rod]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth jalopy racer being honored in Dallas for saving the life of another racer.
Date: May 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baby killed in car truck crash] (open access)

[News Script: Baby killed in car truck crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between a car and a truck hauling gravel near Garland, killing an infant girl and injuring her young brother.
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Schools] (open access)

[News Script: Schools]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Supreme Court's decision to end segregation in schools.
Date: May 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas transit strike reset for Friday] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas transit strike reset for Friday]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about wage negotiations between the Dallas transit company and their employees to stave off a strike.
Date: May 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Corsi] (open access)

[News Script: Corsi]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by Edward Corsi, former special assistant to the Secretary of State in New York.
Date: May 31, 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: Vandals] (open access)

[News Script: Vandals]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about vandals smearing red, yellow, and white paint on Highland Park High School in Dallas.
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Margo wins court decision on play] (open access)

[News Script: Margo wins court decision on play]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Margo Jones, manager of Dallas Theater 55, winning a court case against New York producer Herman Shumlin. Shumlin sought to prevent Jones from staging Inherit the Wind, a play he was currently producing on Broadway but had opened in Dallas earlier in the year.
Date: May 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Janet Leigh and her fashions] (open access)

[News Script: Janet Leigh and her fashions]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a show at the A. Harris and Company department store in Dallas showcasing the fashion designs of actress Janet Leigh.
Date: May 24, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hubbell arrives to inspect Eagles] (open access)

[News Script: Hubbell arrives to inspect Eagles]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about baseball pitcher Carl Hubbell visiting the Dallas Eagles.
Date: May 24, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pope freed on bond in knifing case] (open access)

[News Script: Pope freed on bond in knifing case]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man, Harry Raymond Pope, being freed on bond after knifing another man in a street fight over a woman. Also covered, a story about an ex-convict from Florida being found sick and injured on the side of a road near Mountain Lake south of Grand Prairie.
Date: May 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Woman police dispatcher] (open access)

[News Script: Woman police dispatcher]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. May Horak, the first female radio dispatcher in the history of the Dallas Police Department.
Date: May 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs - woman] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs - woman]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 20-year-old expectant mother Berry Ruth Rogers, who was sentenced to a year in prison for possession of a single amphetamine tablet, having bail posted by a local real estate man and seeking a new trial.
Date: May 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Postmen to collect palsy donations] (open access)

[News Script: Postmen to collect palsy donations]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about over 850 Dallas postmen participating in the "Postman's Walk" to raise funds for the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Dallas County.
Date: May 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas youth to be on TV forum] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas youth to be on TV forum]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Rex Brock Jr., a Dallas youth from Hillcrest High School, taking part in the New York Times Youth Forum in Washington, D.C.
Date: May 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Public gets view of military might] (open access)

[News Script: Public gets view of military might]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Armed Forces Day in Dallas.
Date: May 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reunion] (open access)

[News Script: Reunion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a reunion of 500 Bryan High School graduates in Dallas.
Date: May 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Log jam] (open access)

[News Script: Log jam]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a log jam in the Trinity River. The log jam threatened a railroad bridge.
Date: May 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Elephant dies in crash] (open access)

[News Script: Elephant dies in crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a circus hand and an elephant dying in an automobile crash on highway 75 north of Dallas.
Date: May 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU coliseum] (open access)

[News Script: SMU coliseum]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of a new sports coliseum on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas.
Date: May 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU coed chosen 1955 Miss Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: SMU coed chosen 1955 Miss Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Judy Moon being named Miss Dallas of 1955.
Date: May 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library