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[News Script: Cubans]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 4 Cuban refugees in Fort Worth; Brothers Ignacio and Vicente Perez, Louis Canizares and Jose Gonzales were on their way to California to find jobs when they broke down in Fort Worth and liked it so much they decided to stay. The youths left Cuba to escape serving in Castro's militia, two of them escaping in a rented rowboat with 3 others and rowing and drifting the 100 miles to Miami.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Flower Drum Song]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth premiere of The Flower Drum Song at the Palace Theater; This first Fort Worth premier since the early 1950s was provided free by Universal International Pictures, Decca Records, and Interstate Theaters so that all proceeds can be split between two charities - Goodfellows, sponsored by the Star Telegram, and Santa Pals, sponsored by the Fort Worth Press. As part of the festivities, a coin toss decides that the Press's Jack Gordon will pull a rickshaw carrying the Star Telegram's Elston Brooks - although the coin Gordon provided had two heads.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kim sisters]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the singing Kim sisters who arrive to Dallas.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Priests ordained]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ordination of 5 new priests at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church in Fort Worth; The Right Reverend C. Avery Mason, Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas officiates at the ceremony, where the Reverends Robert McCrory, James Garrard, Jared Foster, Paul Bigger and Phillip Gill complete the process of becoming priests, which has included 4 years of undergraduate study, 3 years in a seminary, and six months apprenticeship.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Robbery]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the robbery that took place in a loan company in Fort Worth.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rodeo stock]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Finals Rodeo that takes place a the State Fair Livestock Coliseum.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shooting]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the investigation of a shooting.
Date:
December 21, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gem burglary]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the burglary of very expensive gems in a home.
Date:
December 20, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hijacker]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles Ernest Eaves, who comes out of his jail cell to talk to newsmen.
Date:
December 20, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Poisoner]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a woman who admitted that she poisoned her sister and her brother in law.
Date:
December 20, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Raid]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
Date:
December 20, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Toys]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about students who wait for the marines to come so they can continue the toys for tots project.
Date:
December 20, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Trinity Canal hearing]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a public hearing held at the Hotel Texas in Forth Worth regarding the Trinity River Improvement Plan; The $712,000,000 project will provide flood control and make the river navigable from Fort Worth to the Gulf of Mexico says Colonel R.P. West, district army engineer. Over 1,000 people attend, with almost universal approval, including from Congressman Jim Wright, Congressman John Dowdy of Athens, Fort Worth oil distributor Barney Holland, publisher Amon Carter Jr., Dallas Mayor Earle Cabell, and representatives from Lubbock, Amarillo and Childress, who said their taxpayers would be willing to help pay part of the cost; the only dissent is from railroad spokesmen.
Date:
December 20, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: A&P Hijacking]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an armed robbery at the Arlington Heights A&P Grocery Store just before 9pm; a masked and armed man later identified as Charles Ernest Eaves carjacked the wife of an employee who had arrived to pick up her husband forcing her inside the building and taking money from the cashier cage, fleeing just as police arrived. Shots were fired, two more officers joined the chase, and the by then wounded thief was tracked by a police dog from the sheriff's department and captured.
Date:
December 19, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fatal accident]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the death of George McMasters in a traffic accident, the 70th traffic fatality in Dallas in 1961; McMasters and another city employees, James B. Sherman, were riding in a truck hauling dirt and rock when they were hit by a car driven through a stop sign by by Obra Norman. At Parkland Hospital, Sherman and Norman are in fair condition, with Norman later jailed for investigation.
Date:
December 19, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Guns]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about "Lucky" McDaniel, who is in Carrollton teaching his "instinct method" of shooting; Watched by various onlookers, Lucky teaches Mrs. William Fuller of Fort Worth to shoot with his methods, and by the end she is hitting various small thrown targets with air rifle and shot gun.
Date:
December 19, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Santa]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Christmas shopping for kids, and the problems of deciding what gifts to get; the department store Santa Clause hears what the children want, but occasionally has problems too.
Date:
December 19, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shelter]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the problems being had in installing fallout shelters, as typified by Mrs. Mary Youngblood, who hired a firm to install an 18-person shelter for her rooming house in Dallas; Said her sister, Miss Merle Thomasson, the work was promised to continue rain or shine, and when the rain started, the shelter stopped, and now the excavation has caved in, as have others.
Date:
December 19, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Worth food robbery]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Worth Food Market that got robbed by a black male.
Date:
December 19, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Balloon]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 2 balloon flights in the area: 1) the end of a weather balloon's flight from Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo to Dallas, which was exploded by radio control, and the instrument package recovered for analysis; 2) a display at the Casa Linda Shopping Center, where balloonist Don Piccard, how is promoting the movie Mysterious Island, on which he advised - unfortunately the gusty winds are too strong to fly his balloon for day.
Date:
December 18, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Burglars]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about burglars who stole nearly three thousand dollars from a church.
Date:
December 18, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Car house collision]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car that crashed into a home of a family.
Date:
December 18, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Christmas lights]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about decorating for Christmas, in particular the lights rimming the skyline of Fort Worth; Trans America Life Insurance began the practice 3 years ago, and this year 38 of Fort Worth's downtown buildings have 18,000 lights, set 4 feet apart, festooned along the skylines - even the gas company, although their lights use gas, says the Downtown Fort Worth Association.
Date:
December 18, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a plane crash in Highland Park.
Date:
December 18, 1961
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library