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[News Script: Coke strike] (open access)

[News Script: Coke strike]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 230 members of the CIO Brewer Workers Union walking off the job at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Southwest Houston, demanding a 12.5 cent hourly raise.
Date: January 15, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Three killed in tavern gun fight] (open access)

[News Script: Three killed in tavern gun fight]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gunfight killing three in a Houston tavern, allegedly caused by a family feud.
Date: January 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pair held in Houston slaying] (open access)

[News Script: Pair held in Houston slaying]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the search for a gun used in a flower ship murder of a 53 year old grandmother.
Date: January 13, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs 1] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs 1]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank Lloyd Wright visiting Houston for the convention of the National Stone and Quarrymen's Association, and to address the local chapter of the American Institute for Architects.
Date: January 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane mishap] (open access)

[News Script: Plane mishap]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a disabled private plane coming in for an emergency crash landing at Houston's Municipal Airport.
Date: January 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 2 Year Old Skater] (open access)

[News Script: 2 Year Old Skater]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an Arlington Heights child who learned to roller skate at the age of two.
Date: January 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Two survive crash landing of jet] (open access)

[News Script: Two survive crash landing of jet]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the engine failure and crash landing of an Air Force Jet at Bryan Air Force Base near Houston. The instructor and student pilot on board the plane escaped unharmed.
Date: January 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rocket ship] (open access)

[News Script: Rocket ship]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a life sized space ship arriving in Houston for the March of DImes.
Date: January 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Top high school gridder cited] (open access)

[News Script: Top high school gridder cited]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Doyle Traylor, a high school footballer, honored by the University of Houston ex-students in Houston.
Date: January 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Two arrested in bank robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Two arrested in bank robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a bank robbery committed by four men at a Houston bank. Police apprehend two of the suspects, one of them an employee at the bank who pretended to be the victim of the robbery.
Date: January 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Houstonians take cruise] (open access)

[News Script: Houstonians take cruise]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of a Caribbean-bound French luxury cruise liner in Houston, the first cruise ship to dock there in several years.
Date: January 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lodge defends United Nations] (open access)

[News Script: Lodge defends United Nations]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a speech in Houston by U.S. delegate to the U.N., Henry Cabot Lodge.
Date: January 12, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Owls trump Frogs to climb in race] (open access)

[News Script: Owls trump Frogs to climb in race]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a basketball game between the Rice Owls and TCU Frogs. The Owls won the game with 69 points.
Date: January 13, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs Poil Mesta] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs Poil Mesta]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the former United States Minister to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, visiting Houston.
Date: January 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brainwashed Padre] (open access)

[News Script: Brainwashed Padre]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Houston stop of a lecture tour by Catholic priest Robert W. Greene. Father Greene's lecture describes his trial, imprisonment and eventual banishment from Communist China amid allegations of being an American spy.
Date: January 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Radar] (open access)

[News Script: Radar]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the installation of a radar dome atop the Federal Office Building in Houston for weather tracking and civil defense.
Date: January 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Top high school gridder awarded] (open access)

[News Script: Top high school gridder awarded]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an awards banquet for high school football players at the University of Houston, with a speech by Houston Coach Clyde Lee and awards presented to the top players of the year.
Date: January 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News Briefs - Firebug] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs - Firebug]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of a mentally ill boy named John Maurice Jordan who admits to setting 17 fires in Houston.
Date: January 27, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Houston school probe starts] (open access)

[News Script: Houston school probe starts]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Houston School Board being investigated after declining to renew the contract of Deputy Superintendent George W. Ebey amid rumors of his sympathy for communism.
Date: January 29, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: School probe at Houston assailed] (open access)

[News Script: School probe at Houston assailed]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of the Houston School Board and the National Education Association investigating the district for declining to renew the contract of an administrator after he was accused of communist leanings.
Date: January 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Knowland believes DAG's trip failure] (open access)

[News Script: Knowland believes DAG's trip failure]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a speaking engagement by California Senator William Knowland at a dinner of the Institute of International Education in Houston.
Date: January 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Home town welcome for Greek orphan] (open access)

[News Script: Home town welcome for Greek orphan]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lieutenant Norman Donahoe of Pasadena City returning home from Greece with his adopted infant daughter.
Date: January 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Track meet] (open access)

[News Script: Track meet]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Bluebonnet Indoor Invitational track and field meet in Houston.
Date: January 13, 1962
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library