[News Script: Mansfield Continues to Defy Court Order] (open access)

[News Script: Mansfield Continues to Defy Court Order]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mansfield high school's resistance toward a court order for integration, and the community's prevention of any African American students attempting to register.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Parade] (open access)

[News Script: Parade]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a carnival to be held at the Fair Park Foods Building in Dallas, Texas, as a fund raising project for the National Polio Foundation.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tornado] (open access)

[News Script: Tornado]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baseball] (open access)

[News Script: Baseball]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dinner honoring two Texas League baseball players who set and broke the home run record.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tornado, Parade, Baseball] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tornado, Parade, Baseball]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained, a carnival to be held at the Fair Park Foods Building in Dallas, Texas, as a fund raising project for the National Polio Foundation, and a dinner honoring two Texas League baseball players who set and broke the home run record.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Robberies] (open access)

[News Script: Robberies]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Benjamin Henry Pruitt, a student at Polytechnic High School, admitting to three armed robberies. Pruitt was free on bond, after his five-year prison sentence for murder was overturned.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Waples-Platter Hijacking] (open access)

[News Script: Waples-Platter Hijacking]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a forty-year-old man robbing five-hundred dollars from the Waples-Platter wholesale company. Arial Smith and Dillard Ames recount the events.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Curtis Injury Minor] (open access)

[News Script: Curtis Injury Minor]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Chuck Curtis, the Quarterback for the TCU Horned Frogs. He suffered a minor kidney injury, but is expected to play in the upcoming game against Baylor.
Date: October 31, 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 quarantine for dogs in Fort Worth. The quarantine is a result of an increase in rabies cases.
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: City Council] (open access)

[News Script: City Council]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas City Council meeting, where the sale of six-and-a-half-million dollars worth of bonds is approved. The bonds are for improvement to Love Field, including the addition of a new terminal. The Fort Worth City Council meets to discuss issues on the city's water supply. The council approves of a plan which would create two reservoirs near Corsicana.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Soaring] (open access)

[News Script: Soaring]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Soaring Competition in Grand Prairie. Glider pilots from twenty states and five foreign countries compete.
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ghosts and Goblins Parade in Ft. Worth] (open access)

[News Script: Ghosts and Goblins Parade in Ft. Worth]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about downtown Fort Worth being roped off so that children can trick-or-treat. Police officers watch over the children.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that destroyed the Deuback Skating Rink in Dallas. The owner, John L. Deuback, his wife, and his son were burned escaping the fire.
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Old employee] (open access)

[News Script: Old employee]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ninety-three-year-old George W. Parker, Fort Worth's Federal District Court Clerk. He ends his sixty-one year career with the final official act of logging in a district court suit. Parker is retiring due to a new federal law, which sets the retirement age at seventy.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder Trial] (open access)

[News Script: Murder Trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Joe Ed Tissier. He is accused of the mistake killing of a Cleburne auto dealer, Charley Reynolds.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: TEMCO Ground Breaking] (open access)

[News Script: TEMCO Ground Breaking]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a groundbreaking ceremony at TEMCO's Garland plant. Robert McCulloch announces that a new engineering center will be built.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ice] (open access)

[News Script: Ice]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a contest by Reemaire conditioning. The contest entails people guessing when a forty-ton block of ice will melt.
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: B-58] (open access)

[News Script: B-58]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about news cameramen and other onlookers gathering at the Convair plant in Fort Worth. They hope to see the first flight of the B-58 bomber.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Moccasins] (open access)

[News Script: Moccasins]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about moccasins, which are made in Fort Worth and sold in Arizona. Nat Rakoover owns the Texas Sandal and Moccasin Company, which makes the shoes.
Date: July 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football] (open access)

[News Script: Football]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a football review for the Southwest Conference. Teams included are: SMU, Notre Dame, TCU, Arkansa, Oklahoma, UT, A&M, Rice, and Baylor.
Date: December 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Suspects] (open access)

[News Script: Suspects]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three men suspected of robbing a Fort Worth food market turning themselves over to police custody.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golf tournament opening is postponed] (open access)

[News Script: Golf tournament opening is postponed]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the Texas International golf tournament being delayed due to rain and lightning.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Art] (open access)

[News Script: Art]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a decision made by the Dallas Museum of Art to display paintings by Yasuo Kuniyoshi, as well as other art that may be considered to have communist themes. This decision is protested by Colonel Alvin M. Owsley and the Dallas County Patriotic Council.
Date: January 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fort Worth pools to be opened Saturday] (open access)

[News Script: Fort Worth pools to be opened Saturday]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth recreation board turning down a request by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to racially integrate pool facilities in the city.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library