Resource Type

[News Script: Ike] (open access)

[News Script: Ike]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicating the Falcon Dam on the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas.
Date: October 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Millionth cow at stock yards] (open access)

[News Script: Millionth cow at stock yards]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the marking of the millionth steer unloaded in 1953 at the Fort Worth Stockyards, marking a new high in sales last reached in 1947. Stockyards Manager W. L. Pier blames the demand on ongoing drought conditions in the state.
Date: October 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Negroes have day at state fair] (open access)

[News Script: Negroes have day at state fair]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "Negro Achievement Day" at the State Fair of Texas.
Date: October 20, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clinic operator charged in death] (open access)

[News Script: Clinic operator charged in death]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth medical clinic operator charged with causing a woman's death while administering an illegal abortion.
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Extradition of Hagler granted] (open access)

[News Script: Extradition of Hagler granted]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the extradition of accused murderer David Fred Hagler to Oklahoma to stand trial in the mysterious burning death of an unidentified man.
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Joan Blondell] (open access)

[News Script: Joan Blondell]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Joan Blondell arriving in Fort Worth to begin rehearsals for the stage play, "Happy Birthday."
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Railway] (open access)

[News Script: Railway]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a construction project to build a new railroad link between Dallas and Denton.
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Students made honorary Jaycees] (open access)

[News Script: Students made honorary Jaycees]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas Jaycees meeting at the Adolphus Hotel.
Date: October 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Amateur attorney gets maximum term] (open access)

[News Script: Amateur attorney gets maximum term]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Victor Fabio Freyre being sentenced to four years prison for attempting to burglarize an auto agency garage.
Date: October 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Copter takes off, lands on trailer] (open access)

[News Script: Copter takes off, lands on trailer]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mobile heliport made for the Hawks Helicopter company in Fort Worth.
Date: October 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Narcotics hearing] (open access)

[News Script: Narcotics hearing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a senate sub-committee investigating narcotics traffic in Texas holding a hearing in Dallas.
Date: October 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Salvage lumber is destroyed by fire] (open access)

[News Script: Salvage lumber is destroyed by fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at the Morrow Wrecking Company in Fort Worth.
Date: October 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Train kills third Fort Worther in week] (open access)

[News Script: Train kills third Fort Worther in week]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Kern Brawner, who was killed when he fell on railroad tracks just before a passenger train struck him.
Date: October 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Adlai's Sister] (open access)

[News Script: Adlai's Sister]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a "Women for Stevenson" gathering. The sister of Adlai Stevenson, Mrs. Elizabeth Stevenson Ives, is present.
Date: October 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Panorama Contest] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Panorama Contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a beauty contest to find the new Miss Panorama. The contest is staged by the Home Builders Association of Fort Worth. Ann Wallis wins.
Date: October 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New Menasco plant holds open house] (open access)

[News Script: New Menasco plant holds open house]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an open house being held at Menasco Manufacturing Company in Euless. Menasco makes landing gear and components for guided missiles.
Date: October 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sexton Trial] (open access)

[News Script: Sexton Trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Frank Sexton Junior, who is accused of raping a Dallas mother. Sexton says he was drunk when he signed a statement admitting the crime.
Date: October 20, 1956
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 station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the events that week. Topics include the closing of River Oaks State Bank, a visit by a Missouri senator, and a Union decision by workers at TEMCO.
Date: October 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Egg laying contest] (open access)

[News Script: Egg laying contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an Egg-Laying championship in the poultry barn at the State Fair of Texas.
Date: October 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Firemen, hends in fair contests] (open access)

[News Script: Firemen, hends in fair contests]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a firemen competition at the State Fair in Dallas.
Date: October 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football Highlights] (open access)

[News Script: Football Highlights]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas A&M versus Texas Christian University in a highly anticipated football game.
Date: October 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football highlights] (open access)

[News Script: Football highlights]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Rice versus Southern Methodist University in the Cotton Bowl.
Date: October 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Love Field Celebrations] (open access)

[News Script: Love Field Celebrations]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas having a week-long celebration in honor of Love Field's completion.
Date: October 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: St. Patrick's Cathedral] (open access)

[News Script: St. Patrick's Cathedral]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ceremony inducting 20 new members to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Date: October 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library