[News Script: News Briefs - Gas Leak] (open access)

[News Script: News Briefs - Gas Leak]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a police barricade in Fort Worth, Texas, to prevent a possible gas explosion - Lone Star Gas company workmen accidentally broke a gas main, sending fumes into the neighborhood.
Date: September 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mansfield School Opens] (open access)

[News Script: Mansfield School Opens]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the failure of a court order in forcing Mansfield high school to admit African American students, and the demonstrations at the school by both those supporting and those opposing the court order.
Date: September 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Teenagers ambush negro] (open access)

[News Script: Teenagers ambush negro]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an African American man being ambushed and threatened by a group of white teenagers.
Date: September 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News Briefs - Gas Leak] captions transcript

[News Clip: News Briefs - Gas Leak]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a police barricade in Fort Worth, Texas, to prevent a possible gas explosion - Lone Star Gas company workmen accidentally broke a gas main, sending fumes into the neighborhood.
Date: September 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Teenagers Ambush Negro] captions transcript

[News Clip: Teenagers Ambush Negro]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an African American man being ambushed and threatened by a group of white teenagers.
Date: September 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driver Injured in Three Truck Crash] (open access)

[News Script: Driver Injured in Three Truck Crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three truck collision in Fort Worth. J. W. Wright is injured.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Parade] (open access)

[News Script: Parade]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the fifth annual Fourth of July celebration and parade in the Lake Como neighborhood of Fort Worth.
Date: July 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Park Board Delays Health Unit Action] (open access)

[News Script: Park Board Delays Health Unit Action]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of the city park board. They delay further action on the construction of the new health unit in Fort Worth.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boots] (open access)

[News Script: Boots]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Idaho governor Robert Smylie getting fitted for cowboy boots. His host is Roy Simms, who is making a traffic safety film for the state of Idaho. The film will be narrated by Smylie.
Date: October 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Kennedale Rodeo] (open access)

[News Script: Kennedale Rodeo]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fourth of July rodeo in Kennedale.
Date: July 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Suds] (open access)

[News Script: Suds]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a shaving cream fight at TCU between the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
Date: October 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Hillbilly Musician to Play in Prison] (open access)

[News Script: Hillbilly Musician to Play in Prison]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Benny Cortez Rye, who pleads guilty to five charges of burglary. He is in a band called the Ozark Drifters. John Edward Gravenmier is also in court. He is accused of attempting to pass hacksaw blades to prisoners.
Date: October 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boxing] (open access)

[News Script: Boxing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Midget Gloves boxing tournament at the Panther Boys Club. Children compete in the matches.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Rain] (open access)

[News Script: Rain]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall across Texas after a period of drought.
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Shooting] (open access)

[News Script: Shooting]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a sixteen-year-old Fort Worth boy shooting his stepfather. The boy is Charles Duncan Lawrence and the victim is J. T. McCrary.
Date: July 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Arlington] (open access)

[News Script: Arlington]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Arlington State Junior College football team. They leave for Pasadena, California to compete in the Little Rose Bowl.
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Land is Cleared for Downtown Expressway] (open access)

[News Script: Land is Cleared for Downtown Expressway]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about buildings being torn down to make way for a new expressway through downtown Fort Worth.
Date: October 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Carpenters at work as house is moved] (open access)

[News Script: Carpenters at work as house is moved]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth builder's association remodeling an old home as a gift to a local family who lost their house and possessions in a fire.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: "Opened by Mistake" Store is Closed] (open access)

[News Script: "Opened by Mistake" Store is Closed]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the closing of a 7-11 store in Richland Hills.
Date: January 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Golfer] (open access)

[News Script: Golfer]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth welder playing 11 rounds of golf in one day to set a new world record.
Date: June 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: North Texas girls in splash day contest] (open access)

[News Script: North Texas girls in splash day contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about women from North Texas leaving aboard a flight to Galveston to compete in the annual Splash Day beauty contest.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mosquitos] (open access)

[News Script: Mosquitos]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Trinity River in Fort Worth being sprayed for mosquitoes.
Date: April 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Frogs] (open access)

[News Script: Frogs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the honoring of Abe Martin, football coach at Texas Christian University, with a Dateline Award.
Date: January 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Two are still tied for colonial lead] (open access)

[News Script: Two are still tied for colonial lead]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dow Finsterwald and Peter Thompson being tied for the lead in the Colonial National Invitation golf tournament.
Date: May 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type: Script
System: The UNT Digital Library