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[News Script: Commissioners okay probation office] (open access)

[News Script: Commissioners okay probation office]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Tarrant County commissioners court establishing an adult probation office.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas municipal auditorium] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas municipal auditorium]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the building of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rumanian princess is Dallas visitor] (open access)

[News Script: Rumanian princess is Dallas visitor]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Rumanian princess Catherine Caradja visiting Dallas during her trip to visit scores of former American POWs she befriended during World War II.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Top young farmer given purebred bull] (open access)

[News Script: Top young farmer given purebred bull]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a 21-year-old named the nation's top young farmer coming to Texas to get a purebred bull from a Parker county breeder.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Torme] (open access)

[News Script: Torme]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about singer Mel Torme arriving in Fort Worth on his way to the West Coast.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Butler denied bond in murder of wife] (open access)

[News Script: Butler denied bond in murder of wife]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles John Butler, accused of murdering his wife and making it appear as though it were a robbery. He is denied bail and held for grand jury action.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Color radio] (open access)

[News Script: Color radio]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas radio station, KLIF, using an advertising gimmick touting color radio, with the help of actress Martha Hyer.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Freyre] (open access)

[News Script: Freyre]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Victor Fabio Freyre asking for a new trial for his part in an attempted burglary in which he was convicted of four years prior. He now has statements from fellow convicts who confess to have attempted the burglary.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golf] (open access)

[News Script: Golf]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a golf match for the benefit of the Babe Zaharias Cancer Fund in Houston.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Grand jury] (open access)

[News Script: Grand jury]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a grand jury in Dallas recommending the establishment of an additional district court to try drug cases and expand probation programs.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Optical clinic] (open access)

[News Script: Optical clinic]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new optical clinic opening in Oak Cliff.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reward is offered for Wills' slayer] (open access)

[News Script: Reward is offered for Wills' slayer]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a reward being offered for information leading to the killer of policeman Marvin Wills on Christmas night.
Date: December 28, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hit n run] (open access)

[News Script: Hit n run]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Kleberg man being charged with murder after the hit and run death of a 3-year-old boy from Mesquite.
Date: December 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Killer still sought as policeman buried] (open access)

[News Script: Killer still sought as policeman buried]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the funeral service for a murdered Fort Worth policeman.
Date: December 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder hearing is set for tomorrow] (open access)

[News Script: Murder hearing is set for tomorrow]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the preliminary hearing of Charles John Butler, who was accused of murdering his wife.
Date: December 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Patti Page] (open access)

[News Script: Patti Page]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about star Patti Page heading to Palm Springs, California, from spending Christmas with her family in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Date: December 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Queen] (open access)

[News Script: Queen]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 21 teenage girls competing for the title of Cotton Bowl Invitational High School Basketball Tournament Queen.
Date: December 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Explosion] (open access)

[News Script: Explosion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion that destroyed a one-room cinder block house in Dallas. Also covered, a fire that destroyed a ten-room home in Fort Worth and another fire at the wreckage of an old bus garage, also in Fort Worth.
Date: December 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Killer of police officer is hunted] (open access)

[News Script: Killer of police officer is hunted]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the search for the murderers of Fort Worth police officer Marvin E. Wills.
Date: December 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lubbock girl seeks Cotton Maid title] (open access)

[News Script: Lubbock girl seeks Cotton Maid title]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Revis Jordan of Lubbock, Texas going to Memphis, Tennessee to compete for the national Maid of Cotton title.
Date: December 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Stars arrive for Cotton Bowl show] (open access)

[News Script: Stars arrive for Cotton Bowl show]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news stories about the cast of the musical "Plain and Fancy" arriving in Dallas for a week of performances at the Cotton Bowl, actor Kirk Douglas arriving in Dallas to promote his latest movie, "Indian Fighter," and former general manager of the Cleveland Indians, Bill Veeck arriving in Dallas en route to the Orange Bowl football game.
Date: December 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Babe in Fort Worth for Christmas visit] (open access)

[News Script: Babe in Fort Worth for Christmas visit]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about female golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias visiting Fort Worth from battling cancer in a Galveston hospital.
Date: December 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Decker's truck] (open access)

[News Script: Decker's truck]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas County Sheriff Bill Decker receiving an emergency communication truck and traffic control trailer as a gift from the Sheriff's Reserve of Dallas County.
Date: December 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Frogs put up fight but lose to chiefs] (open access)

[News Script: Frogs put up fight but lose to chiefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the TCU Horned Frogs losing a basketball game to the Oklahoma City University Chiefs.
Date: December 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library