[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: 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: 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: 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: 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
Convairiety, Volume 9, Number 22, Wednesday, October 31, 1956 (open access)

Convairiety, Volume 9, Number 22, Wednesday, October 31, 1956

Bimonthly newsletter published for employees of the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing work-related information, updates about employees, and other news.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: General Dynamics Corporation. Convair Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 278, October 31, 1956 (open access)

Convair Supervisory Newsletter, Number 278, October 31, 1956

Weekly newsletter written for supervisors working at the Convair Division in Fort Worth containing news about events and activities, workplace reminders, and other relevant information.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: Esenwein, August C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: B-58] captions transcript

[News Clip: B-58]

Video footage 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: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ghosts and goblins parade in Fort Worth] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ghosts and goblins parade in Fort Worth]

Video footage 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: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Waples-Platter hijacking] captions transcript

[News Clip: Waples-Platter hijacking]

Video footage 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: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Old employee] captions transcript

[News Clip: Old employee]

Video footage 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: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library