[News Script: Zonta] (open access)

[News Script: Zonta]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Babe Zaharais (Zaharis?), a woman athlete, receiving the World's Outstanding Sports Woman award from Fort Worth Zonta club members.
Date: September 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cancer Claims Life of Babe Zaharias] (open access)

[News Script: Cancer Claims Life of Babe Zaharias]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about woman athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias and her death of cancer.
Date: September 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: North Texas girls in splash day contest] (open access)

[News Script: North Texas girls in splash day contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about women from North Texas leaving aboard a flight to Galveston to compete in the annual Splash Day beauty contest.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ship] (open access)

[News Script: Ship]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the British Royal Navy flagship Kenya visiting Texas ports as part of an international relations event between countries.
Date: March 16, 1956
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 the annual Splash Day celebration at Galveston beach.
Date: May 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: May 13, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Off to Europe] (open access)

[News Script: Off to Europe]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. troops boarding transport ships in Galveston to join Atlantic Pact forces in Europe under General Eisenhower.
Date: July 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Queens crowned] (open access)

[News Script: Queens crowned]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about celebrations marking the start of summer beach season in Galveston, along with a brief story about beauty contests in Dallas.
Date: May 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Q 1/2 avenue] (open access)

[News Script: Q 1/2 avenue]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about confusion among postal workers in Dallas over a package sent to a mysterious address in Galveston.
Date: January 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Oklahoma City Indians] (open access)

[News Script: Oklahoma City Indians]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Oklahoma City Indians beginning their Texas League spring training in Galveston.
Date: March 13, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: December 23, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New refining unit dedicated] (open access)

[News Script: New refining unit dedicated]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of a new oil refinery unit within the Pan American Refining Corporation in Texas City.
Date: November 6, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Photographers select queen] (open access)

[News Script: Photographers select queen]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Splash Day in Galveston where close to 100,000 people came out for the opening of Galveston beach and the National Press Photographers Queen Contest.
Date: May 5, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Miss Texas beauty contest in Galveston.
Date: July 28, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Texas City] captions transcript

[News Clip: Texas City]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hydrofluoric acid spill. The footage shows evacuees at the Texas City Evacuation Center as well as a church, hospital, and community meeting. The story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: November 1, 1987
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Galveston seawall unit dedicated] (open access)

[News Script: Galveston seawall unit dedicated]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of a 3-mile extension of the Galveston sea wall, built to accommodate the expanding city.
Date: December 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas Eagles begin workouts] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas Eagles begin workouts]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Eagles undergoing spring training in Galveston.
Date: March 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New hospital is dedicated] (open access)

[News Script: New hospital is dedicated]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication ceremony for a new hospital at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.
Date: December 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Nixon] (open access)

[News Script: Nixon]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Galveston to speak at a convention of the Texas Press Association.
Date: June 12, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Splash Day opens Galveston Beach] (open access)

[News Script: Splash Day opens Galveston Beach]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the events of Splash Day at Galveston Beach.
Date: May 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Airman confesses murdering family] (open access)

[News Script: Airman confesses murdering family]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the extrication and arrest of airman Ellis Lauhon for the murder of Ruby McPherson, her son George McPherson, and her mother Zola Norman.
Date: July 3, 1955
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 Script: Explosion] (open access)

[News Script: Explosion]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion at the Union Carbide Company in Texas City, Texas taking 3 lives.
Date: March 30, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Storms of century] captions transcript

[News Clip: Storms of century]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about advances in technology that allow the more accurate prediction of severe storm movement and more advanced warning for communities in the storm path. The story also discusses storms that were on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) list of top weather events in terms of damage and cost including the 1900 hurricane in Galveston, Texas, the 1993 Hurricane Andrew in South Florida and Louisiana, the great Midwest flood of 1993, and El Nino related weather events in the early 1980s and late 1990s. This footage includes storm damage, archival footage of Galveston, meteorologists at work at the National Weather Service, and an unidentified man speaking about the history of weather systems. This footage was broadcast at 5pm.
Date: December 13, 1999
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library