Resource Type

[News Script: Freak accident] (open access)

[News Script: Freak accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident involving two trucks. One truck, driven by R. J. Holt, ran into the truck of James McEnturff at a stoplight. Holt's truck was carrying an artillery piece for the army.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cash register robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Cash register robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two men who stole a cash register from a service station near Irving.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas girl wins third skating title] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas girl wins third skating title]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Annette Hamblen, a seven-year-old who recently became a national champion in her age division at a competition by the United States Championship Skating Association.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Furniture market underway in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Furniture market underway in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the thirty-third annual Southwest Furniture Market in Dallas. Buyers visit the market to select the new lines they will carry in their furniture stores.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stunt Driver Tries for Marathon Mark] (open access)

[News Script: Stunt Driver Tries for Marathon Mark]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jimmy Frazier performing a publicity stunt for a Garland auto dealer. He lies in a bed of ice for one hour, then attempts to drive for one-hundred-and-twenty hours without sleeping.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Snakes] (open access)

[News Script: Snakes]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new bushmaster snake at the Forest Park zoo. Harry Jackson, a herpetologist, is in charge of the snake.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sonny Evans] (open access)

[News Script: Sonny Evans]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two young men being questioned about beatings to four men inside a jail cell. The men in question are Robert Lee Campbell and Sonny Evans.
Date: July 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hero honored] (open access)

[News Script: Hero honored]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the wife and son of missing Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Walter S. King receiving medals in his honor.
Date: July 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about Leon D. Abbott, a Fort Worth ex-convict, pleading guilty to a charge of assaulting a woman with a knife. Abbott is sentenced to life in prison. The second story is about a special boat cruise on White Rock Lake to promote the premiere of a new musical at a Dallas theater.
Date: July 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Meeting] (open access)

[News Script: Meeting]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hundreds of people meeting at St. John's Baptist Church in North Dallas to be updated on the bombing of African American's homes.
Date: July 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Teenager named Casino Queen] (open access)

[News Script: Teenager named Casino Queen]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Beverley Burmeister winning a beauty pageant held in celebration of the casino on Lake Worth's 25th anniversary.
Date: July 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driver gives up in hit-run case] (open access)

[News Script: Driver gives up in hit-run case]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about William F. Johnston confessing to the hit-and-run murder of Joseph J. Morton in Dallas.
Date: July 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder and suicide] (open access)

[News Script: Murder and suicide]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an Oak Cliff woman who killed her husband and then herself over his alleged infidelity.
Date: July 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rainmaker aloft; streets flooded] (open access)

[News Script: Rainmaker aloft; streets flooded]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainmaking over Fort Worth causing a torrential downpour and flooding in some areas of the city.
Date: July 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Now we have four outdoor girls] (open access)

[News Script: Now we have four outdoor girls]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about four young women in Fort Worth receiving a prize of a vacation to New York in a contest. The prizes are announced by actor James Stewart, visiting to promote a film.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ten cadets get AF commissions] (open access)

[News Script: Ten cadets get AF commissions]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ten ROTC cadets being given their Air Force commissions at Perrin Air Force Base near Sherman, Texas.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jorgenson seeks national rating] (open access)

[News Script: Jorgenson seeks national rating]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Port Arthur boxer Paul Jorgenson arriving in Fort Worth to compete in a state title bout.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amusing antics] (open access)

[News Script: Amusing antics]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of unusual incidents in Dallas and Fort Worth, including a runaway pig pursued by local police, an intoxicated man stuck on a roof rescued by firemen, and a woman promoting an interior decorating company by walking down the street in a swimsuit with advertising material.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: 12-year-old winner in soap box derby] (open access)

[News Script: 12-year-old winner in soap box derby]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual soap box derby race for Fort Worth youths.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mail deliver is started at Hurst] (open access)

[News Script: Mail deliver is started at Hurst]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Tarrant County town of Hurst starting mail delivery.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stab victims] (open access)

[News Script: Stab victims]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a knife fight at the Dallas Sportatorium that left three wounded.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: City council] (open access)

[News Script: City council]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth City Councilman Tommy Thompson's continuing feud with the Fort Worth Press over his proposed real estate deals.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Weather delays Love Field project] (open access)

[News Script: Weather delays Love Field project]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the continuation of the Love Field expansion program.
Date: July 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library