[News Script: 49th division] (open access)

[News Script: 49th division]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas 49th armored division who says their goodbyes as they leave to Fort Polk, Louisiana.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Blakley-tower] (open access)

[News Script: Blakley-tower]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about William Blakley, who lost to Tower in a runoff.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Camel driver] (open access)

[News Script: Camel driver]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about Vice President Johnson meeting with Pakistan camel-driver Bashir Ahmad.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas desegregates] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas desegregates]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about desegregation that came to Dallas school son September 6.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Davis rape trial] (open access)

[News Script: Davis rape trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a woman who is trying to convince the jury that she was raped by Tony Davis. He was found not guilty.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Sam Rayburn] (open access)

[News Script: Sam Rayburn]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Sam Rayburn, a well known representative in Washington who died of cancer.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: The light side] (open access)

[News Script: The light side]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about various "lighter side" news stories, including: 1) A new amusement park in Arlington called Six Flags over Texas, which opened on August 5th, 1961, and had over 600,000 people visit in it's short, 1st season of 16 weeks; 2) The Texas visit of Pakistan camel-driver Bashir Ahmad, invited by Vice President Johnson; 3) A new fad among college students - bed pushing; 4) Mrs. Rex Cromwell of Dallas and her problems with neighbors over the many dogs she owns; 5) Dixie comedian Dave Gardner, visiting Fort Worth in February.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Year in Review Sports] (open access)

[News Script: Year in Review Sports]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three major sports events from the year: 1) the November 18, 1961 UT Longhorns vs TCU Horned Frogs football game at Memorial Stadium in Austin, with the Frogs winning 6 to nothing; 2) At the Dallas Open Golf Tournament in September, which Earl Stewart Jr. won, becoming the first club pro to win a tourney on his home course; 3) In May, Doug Sanders won the National Invitation Golf Tournament in Fort Worth.
Date: December 31, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Escaper] (open access)

[News Script: Escaper]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young boy who escaped a jail is back in custody.
Date: December 30, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire deaths] (open access)

[News Script: Fire deaths]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three black children who were killed in a fire at an apartment house in Dallas.
Date: December 30, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hall of fame] (open access)

[News Script: Hall of fame]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the honoring of four famed athletes who are going to be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Date: December 30, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mississippi-Texas] (open access)

[News Script: Mississippi-Texas]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival at Love Field of the Mississippi Rebels for their upcoming Cotton Bowl football game against the the University of Texas Longhorns; both team's are commented on, and Mississippi is a three point favorite.
Date: December 30, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas fire] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that took place at the Walnut Hill Shopping Center in Dallas.
Date: December 29, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mule] (open access)

[News Script: Mule]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mule who was banned from participating in the Nationals Finals Rodeo in Dallas.
Date: December 29, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Pack retires] (open access)

[News Script: Pack retires]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man who is retiring after being in the in the firm for 53 years.
Date: December 29, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Criswell] (open access)

[News Script: Criswell]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about W. A. Criswell who held a conference to announce a marathon sermon.
Date: December 28, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Death sentence] (open access)

[News Script: Death sentence]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the sentencing of Leo Daniel Luton for the murder of Francis Bryant during the armed robbery of her husband's grocery store by Luton and his partner Robert Thomas Day; Luton is given a death sentence, although his attorney is preparing an appeal for the Supreme Court.
Date: December 28, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about opening night of the National Finals Rodeo at the Fair Park Coliseum in Dallas.
Date: December 28, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bonds issued] (open access)

[News Script: Bonds issued]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a delivery worth five-million dollars that are sold for construction of a new County Courthouse.
Date: December 27, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mesquite band] (open access)

[News Script: Mesquite band]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Mesquite High School Marching Band leaving for California, as one of 8 non-California bands invited to march in the Rose Bowl's Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year's morning; the 138-piece band will travel by train to El Paso, then bus to Los Angeles.
Date: December 27, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cave in] (open access)

[News Script: Cave in]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cave-in that took place in Dallas due to a worker that got trapped in dirt.
Date: December 26, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Flight school] (open access)

[News Script: Flight school]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a school that serves up post-graduate courses for pilots in Dallas.
Date: December 26, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a robbery at the Fowler Drive-In Grocery, where manger S.G. Walley and two others were forced at gunpoint into a cooler; police quickly identified and took into custody two men, one the owner of the get-away car, who claims not to have known anything until it happened, and Melvin "Butch" Morales, who confessed to being the gunman.
Date: December 26, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tax check] (open access)

[News Script: Tax check]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about M.J. Greene vice president of Southern Trust and Mortgage Company, delivering a check for $1,737,009.12 to the Dallas city tax office as the real estate tax for more than 12,000 property owners; Most of the city's tax revenue comes from commercial firms, with Dallas Power and Light being the biggest single taxpayer in Dallas, with about $3,500,000 in property taxes and another $2,000,000 in gross receipts taxes.
Date: December 26, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library