[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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder Trial] (open access)

[News Script: Murder Trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Joe Ed Tissier. He is accused of the mistake killing of a Cleburne auto dealer, Charley Reynolds.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: TEMCO Ground Breaking] (open access)

[News Script: TEMCO Ground Breaking]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a groundbreaking ceremony at TEMCO's Garland plant. Robert McCulloch announces that a new engineering center will be built.
Date: October 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hospital Halloween Party] (open access)

[News Script: Hospital Halloween Party]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Halloween party at Cook Memorial Children's Hospital. The Fort Worth Jaycees host the party.
Date: October 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pickup Out for Paroled Convict] (open access)

[News Script: Pickup Out for Paroled Convict]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tommy English Bryant, an ex-convict who failed to show up at a Dallas court. He is wanted under seven separate criminal charges and wanted as a parole violator.
Date: October 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane Fire Truck Wreckage Cleared] (open access)

[News Script: Plane Fire Truck Wreckage Cleared]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between an airplane and a fire truck at Carswell Air Force Base. Robert E. Keilman was killed, and two others were injured.
Date: October 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sexton Sentenced to Prison Term] (open access)

[News Script: Sexton Sentenced to Prison Term]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank Sexton Junior, who was recently convicted of raping a woman from Rylie. He is sentenced to forty-two years in prison.
Date: October 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Burglars] (open access)

[News Script: Burglars]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two robbers, Eddie Lee Shelton and Leonard Kubick. They were captured by Fort Worth police as they robbed a drugstore.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cage Clinic] (open access)

[News Script: Cage Clinic]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual meeting of basketball officials from eleven major college conferences. Matty Bell, SMU athletic director, hosts the meeting, where the interpretation of basketball rules will be standardized.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Model T Ford] (open access)

[News Script: Model T Ford]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a 1924 vintage Ford Model T, which has been equipped with several modern additions, including a smokescreen. Jack Stout owns the vehicle.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder Trial] (open access)

[News Script: Murder Trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial for Jo Ed Tissier, who is accused of murdering Charles Reynolds, a used car dealer. Tissier is believed to have been partners in crime with Ovie J. Steward.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas Voters Hear Visiting Officials] (open access)

[News Script: Texas Voters Hear Visiting Officials]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Al Gore visiting Dallas en route to Lufkin. He says the H-bomb controversy is helping the Democratic cause, and that public awareness of the issue will lead them to support presidential nominee Stevenson. Former Oklahoma Governor Roy Turner and Oklahoma Senator Monroney also visit Fort Worth.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Vandalism] (open access)

[News Script: Vandalism]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about damage caused to several windows in the Wynewood shopping center in Dallas. It is believed that juveniles shot the windows with BB guns.
Date: October 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brown] (open access)

[News Script: Brown]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Elmer Brown, a Texas Christian University track trainer, as he leaves for the Olympics.
Date: October 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dulles] (open access)

[News Script: Dulles]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about State Secretary Dulles. He makes a foreign policy address at SMU's McFarlin Auditorium.
Date: October 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fires] (open access)

[News Script: Fires]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about firefighters working to kill fires at Pioneer Palace in Tarrant County. Volunteer firefighters use the fire for training purposes.
Date: October 28, 1956
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 celebrity exhibition match at Riverlake Country Club in Dallas. Proceeds from the match will benefit Cerebral Palsy victims. Celebrities include Mickey Mantle, Cary Middlecoff, and Doak Walker.
Date: October 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miami Trips Frogs in Listless Game] (open access)

[News Script: Miami Trips Frogs in Listless Game]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the University of Miami Hurricanes. The Miami Hurricanes won the game after an unimpressive performance by TCU.
Date: October 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library