[News Script: Burglar-rape suspect] (open access)

[News Script: Burglar-rape suspect]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Police apprehending a suspect in a rash of burglaries, a murder, and a sexual assault.
Date: May 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas river] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas river]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Trinity River in Dallas cresting at 41 and 7/10 feet, forcing several families out of their homes.
Date: May 26, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: House in creek] (open access)

[News Script: House in creek]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small, one-story Dallas house being washed away in a flood. All three occupants escaped unharmed.
Date: May 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Truman] (open access)

[News Script: Truman]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former president Harry Truman arriving at Union Station in Dallas to give an address at Southern Methodist University.
Date: May 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas evacuation] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas evacuation]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about South Dallas neighborhoods being evacuated as the Trinity River began to flood.
Date: May 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Beer] (open access)

[News Script: Beer]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ongoing battle to reverse the laws prohibiting the sale of beer in Oak Cliff.
Date: May 15, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Garbage union seeks contract] (open access)

[News Script: Garbage union seeks contract]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas attorney Charles J. Morris asking the Fort Worth city council to recognize the Teamsters Union as bargaining agents for the city's garbage workers.
Date: May 15, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Washburn trial date set] (open access)

[News Script: Washburn trial date set]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the habeas corpus hearing for Harry L. Washburn, who was accused of murdering his mother-in-law.
Date: May 16, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cafeterias close] (open access)

[News Script: Cafeterias close]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the closing of two post office cafeterias in Dallas, in which federal integration was blamed.
Date: May 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: O'Connell] (open access)

[News Script: O'Connell]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Under Secretary of Labor, James T. O'Connell, meeting with newsmen in Dallas about the Texas highway programs.
Date: May 14, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Under-Secretary of State arrives for Dallas meeting] (open access)

[News Script: Under-Secretary of State arrives for Dallas meeting]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Under-Secretary of State William M. Roundtree arriving in Dallas for the National Conference on the Middle East.
Date: May 16, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mrs. America contestants] (open access)

[News Script: Mrs. America contestants]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 5 contestants in the Mrs. America pageant leaving Love Field in Dallas for the competition in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Date: May 2, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Splash Day] (open access)

[News Script: Splash Day]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Splash Day, a celebration and beauty pageant marking the beginning of vacation season for Galveston's beaches.
Date: May 5, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: War on mosquitos started in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: War on mosquitos started in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas spraying for mosquitoes due to the heavy rains.
Date: May 7, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Chimp's art displayed] (open access)

[News Script: Chimp's art displayed]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the display of a painting by Betsy, a chimpanzee artist from Baltimore, at the Dallas Kiwanis Club. The exhibit intends to raise interest in a fund drive for the Dallas Zoological Society.
Date: May 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Peterson] (open access)

[News Script: Peterson]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Val Peterson, federal administrator of civil defense, visiting Dallas to survey recent flood damage via helicopter and determine what the civil defense organization can do to assist in rehabilitation.
Date: May 11, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Twining] (open access)

[News Script: Twining]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Air Force Chief of Staff Nathan Twining coming to Texas to address a meeting of the executive board of the Civil Air Patrol.
Date: May 11, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Dallas Contest] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Dallas Contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 12 women competing for the title of Miss Dallas of 1957 - which was won by 19 year old Sharon Smith of Southern Methodist University.
Date: May 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jaycees] (open access)

[News Script: Jaycees]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Jaycees meeting six of the twelve candidates for Miss Dallas.
Date: May 8, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Randolph Scott makes Dallas appearance] (open access)

[News Script: Randolph Scott makes Dallas appearance]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actor Randolph Scott arriving in Dallas to promote his new movie, "The Tall T."
Date: May 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gorilla arrives in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Gorilla arrives in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of the Dallas Zoo's first gorilla.
Date: May 8, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: CAP] (open access)

[News Script: CAP]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a National Civil Air Patrol leaders conference held in Dallas.
Date: May 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire damages Dallas furniture store] (open access)

[News Script: Fire damages Dallas furniture store]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a two-alarm fire at a Northeast Dallas furniture store.
Date: May 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas wind] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas wind]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about high winds in Dallas County.
Date: May 13, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library