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[News Script: Miss Texas (again)] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Texas (again)]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 1964 Miss Texas Pageant in Fort Worth, with the 1963 Miss Texas appearing despite measles; various contestants and the parts of the competition are discussed.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Beauty queen] (open access)

[News Script: Beauty queen]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Marilyn Hultquist, Miss Texas International of 1964, competing in the International Beauty Congress at Long Beach, California - formerly the Miss Universe Contest.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Water main break] (open access)

[News Script: Water main break]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a water main break in north Fort Worth; the hour and 45 minutes it takes to shut down the 75-foot geyser makes for that much unexpected playtime for the neighborhood kids who come to play in the water.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tippit bust] (open access)

[News Script: Tippit bust]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the unveiling of a bust of J.D. Tippit, who was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy; the bust is by Louis Lee, and was unveiled by Tippit's widow.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Trained bird] (open access)

[News Script: Trained bird]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a rescued sparrow who comes to eat at the home of its finders; Mrs. Charles Meador, mother of the children, feeds it dog food, which it seems to like.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driver charged] (open access)

[News Script: Driver charged]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Isidoro Garza, charged with murder while driving while intoxicated; Garza had jumped a curb and hit Sister Mary Michael, director of St. Joseph School of Nursing - the Roman Catholic nun died of injuries sustained.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane accident] (open access)

[News Script: Plane accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Marine Lieutenant Steve Mayian having to make an emergency landing in his F8E Crusader jet at Fort Worth's Meacham Field; the runway was too short, and the plane wound up over the embankment and stopping in a field of soft dirt, with no injuries.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Marina testifies] (open access)

[News Script: Marina testifies]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Marina Oswald's third appearance before the Warren Commission regarding Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy.
Date: July 24, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library