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[News Script: Another worker falls to death in Dallas]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Melvin Henry Hudgins, an iron worker who fell sixty feet and died. He was working on the new municipal auditorium in Dallas.
Date:
July 13, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Peters say law to end his career]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Louisiana bill which bans interracial sports. The bill may mean that Shreveport sports will be moved out of the Texas league.
Date:
July 16, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs - accident]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas driver, Jeff Reed Junior, who struck an elderly pedestrian, Noel Riddle. Riddle is not believed to have been seriously injured.
Date:
July 15, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Prank]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a prank played by the fifteen-year-old son of Mrs. Willis Murphy. A dummy U.S.A.F. detonator was planted for police to find.
Date:
July 26, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fall]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of Lester M. Wafford. He was doing construction work on the Exchange bank building in Dallas when he fell from the tenth floor.
Date:
July 9, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[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.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Moore]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tom Moore, the McLennan County District Attorney and his campaign for State Attorney General.
Date:
July 11, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Woman is jailed in slaying of gambler]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Betty Barry accidentally killing "Chicken" Louie Ferrantello, an ex-gambler, in Dallas. Barry says that she wanted to shoot herself, but Ferrantello tried to take the gun away from her. She fired at him during the struggle.
Date:
July 18, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bob Hope]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bob Hope's arrival in Dallas to promote the movie "That Certain Feeling."
Date:
July 12, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Miss Louisiana, Bobby Chachere, arriving in Love Field. While in Dallas, she will decide on the evening gown she'll wear in the Miss America pageant.
Date:
July 30, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brucker]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Wilbur M. Brucker, Secretary of the Army. He arrives for ceremonies concerning the transition of Wolters Air Force Base to Camp Wolters, an army installation.
Date:
July 13, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ahlberg]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lennert Ahlberg returning to Fort Worth. He is one of the survivors of the collision between the liners Stockholm and Andrea Doria.
Date:
July 29, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Old Folks Wedding]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a widow and widower getting married. The groom is S. E. Harris and the bride is Margaret A. Martin.
Date:
July 1, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: FFA Sweetheart]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the finalists for the Sweetheart of the Future Farmers of America award. Finalists include Myrna Thompson, Linda Liles, Gay Chandler, Betty Upchurch, and Judy Franklin.
Date:
July 27, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas girl seeks GI beauty crown]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Gloria Montoya, a fifteen-year-old Dallas girl who was chosen by a veterans association in Dallas to be their queen. She will represent them in the state GI Forum queen contest at Galveston.
Date:
July 1, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Man falls from bridge]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about J. B. Sterling, a worker who fell from the Dallas-Fort Worth toll road bridge. He suffers a leg injury, and he is the second man to fall from the bridge in twenty-four hours.
Date:
July 24, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crashes at Grand Prairie]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a single-engine plane that crashed into telephone wires while attempting to land at the Grand Prairie Airport. The pilot is Royce Brown, and he is detained by police for questioning.
Date:
July 6, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Explosion]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire and subsequent explosion that took place and the Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation tank-farm near Dumas. Nineteen men were killed.
Date:
July 29, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hog]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hog owned by Reverend C. H. Henderson, which looks like a Hereford. It is known as a "White Faced Hereford Hog."
Date:
July 6, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Minor]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident in Dallas. Truck driver Hubert Isham snapped a light pole, because his truck was too wide for the road.
Date:
July 11, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hijacker]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Westbrook Johnny Jack Beaty, a Fort Worth soda-jerk. He is suspect in three robberies.
Date:
July 15, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jaycees look over sites for banquet]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a banquet honoring the Jaycees' Ten Outstanding Young Men. The new coliseum at Southern Methodist University is one possible venue for the event.
Date:
July 15, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golf]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Jaycee Golf Tournament in Fort Worth. Bob Jones and Bill Crawford tie.
Date:
July 6, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Water Council Story]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about complaints that Fort Worth has not seen much rain. Improvements to the water system are mentioned.
Date:
July 25, 1956
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Script
System:
The UNT Digital Library