[News Script: News brief - accident] (open access)

[News Script: News brief - accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Lancaster man getting seriously injured after getting hit by a truck in Dallas.
Date: July 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident in Fort Worth involving a truck, two pick-up trucks, a fireplug, and a cafe; also covered, three Chinese Nationalist generals stopping by Dallas after a 30-day tour of the U.S. War College.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News Briefs - Pat] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs - Pat]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about movie actress Pat Crowley visiting Dallas.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bunche NAACP] (open access)

[News Script: Bunche NAACP]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nobel Prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche visiting Dallas as the keynote speaker for the NAACP's 45th annual convention.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Community support asked to get team] (open access)

[News Script: Community support asked to get team]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the Dallas community trying to get a major league baseball club in the city.
Date: July 7, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Storm news brief] (open access)

[News Script: Storm news brief]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about storm hitting the Dallas area.
Date: July 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Suspect charged in Dallas slaying] (open access)

[News Script: Suspect charged in Dallas slaying]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cement worker, Lewis Burnett, surrendering to police in Dallas after the shooting death of Dr. Jack W. Sharpe. Burnett admits to shooting the physician after an argument over a suspected relationship between Dr. Sharpe and his patient, Mrs. Nona Bird.
Date: July 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Irving residents get typhoid shots] (open access)

[News Script: Irving residents get typhoid shots]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about citizens of Irving getting typhoid fever vaccinations after six members of the community were struck by the illness.
Date: July 13, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Yarborough gets Cyclone's support] (open access)

[News Script: Yarborough gets Cyclone's support]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Cyclone Davis, perennial gubernatorial candidate, being defeated in the Democratic primary and choosing to support Ralph Yarborough's bid for governor.
Date: July 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gulf storm ends Texas hear wave] (open access)

[News Script: Gulf storm ends Texas hear wave]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall caused by a tropical storm ending one of the most severe July heat waves in Texas history. The rain also caused several traffic accidents around the DFW area.
Date: July 30, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News Briefs - Man in manhole] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs - Man in manhole]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about city water department employee, Delma Gene Anthony, collapsing while working in a manhole, due to the heat.
Date: July 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Suspect held in back yard murder] (open access)

[News Script: Suspect held in back yard murder]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police arresting a man suspected of shooting and killing a West Dallas bus driver.
Date: July 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Officers tell of ledge rescue] (open access)

[News Script: Officers tell of ledge rescue]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Dallas policemen saving a would-be suicide from the ledge of the Hotel Dallas.
Date: July 15, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs - Hoover] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs - Hoover]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former President Herbert Hoover stopping in Dallas.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about comedic duo Martin and Lewis and singer Patti Page stopping in Love Field in Dallas; also covered, a story about singer Julius La Rosa performing at the Baker Hotel in Dallas and judging the Dallas-Fort Worth News Photographers Association beauty contest, Lady Milford-Haven stopping in Dallas en route to New Jersey after her "quickie divorce" from her British nobleman husband in Mexico, and a car accident in Fort Worth.
Date: May 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baby sitters on job at ball park] (open access)

[News Script: Baby sitters on job at ball park]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two women, Mitzi Walsh and Leta Buckner, offering a baby sitting service during baseball games at Burnett Park. The service was used by both fans and baseball players.
Date: May 18, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Runaway car is chained to tree] (open access)

[News Script: Runaway car is chained to tree]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas homeowner chaining a car to a tree in her yard after the driver crashed it through her fence and abandoned it. The homeowner, Mrs. Lucile Price, seeks money from the driver before she says she will release the car.
Date: June 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: You're never too young to swim] (open access)

[News Script: You're never too young to swim]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Howard R. "Pop" Kitchen offering swimming classes for young children at his home in Dallas.
Date: June 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cop on trial in civil rights case] (open access)

[News Script: Cop on trial in civil rights case]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Dallas police officers, William Stafford and Ed Blackwood, on trial for beating a black prisoner, Roosevelt Jordon.
Date: June 22, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tired Hogan back from tournament] (open access)

[News Script: Tired Hogan back from tournament]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about golfer Ben Hogan returning from the National Open Tournament, where he finished 6th. Hogan had been battling an illness and was unsure of his future in golf.
Date: June 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Carrollton hit by damaging fire] (open access)

[News Script: Carrollton hit by damaging fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that destroyed a Carrollton grocery store and hospitalized two firefighters. The fire was estimated to have caused $50,000 worth of damage and caused a hotel to be evacuated and a neighboring drug store to be damaged.
Date: June 20, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Facsimile machine is demonstrated] (open access)

[News Script: Facsimile machine is demonstrated]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a push-button facsimile machine at the Western Union in Dallas.
Date: June 16, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brothers charged in extortion] (open access)

[News Script: Brothers charged in extortion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a pair of brothers being arrested in connection with a plot to extort $200,000 from 20 prominent Jewish families in Dallas.
Date: May 11, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas launches opera season] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas launches opera season]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of opera season in Dallas, with four productions planned at the Fair Park Auditorium.
Date: May 9, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library