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[News Script: F.F.A. champ] (open access)

[News Script: F.F.A. champ]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Cleburne high school student, Garland Leon Caroll, awarded top honors at the state Future Farmers of America convention for his agricultural projects.
Date: July 19, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Review] (open access)

[News Script: Review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories of the past week.
Date: July 22, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Train wreck] (open access)

[News Script: Train wreck]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a train derailment and wreck with unknown cause in Alvarado.
Date: March 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Old settlers see parade, contest] (open access)

[News Script: Old settlers see parade, contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the parade for the 61st annual Johnson County Old Settler's reunion in Alvarado.
Date: August 11, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Todd trial moved to Cleburne] (open access)

[News Script: Todd trial moved to Cleburne]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Jack Todd, a Dallas man accused of shooting another man after a bar fight. To ensure a fair trial, Judge Henry King moves the proceedings to Cleburne.
Date: December 8, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jack Todd is on trial for murder] (open access)

[News Script: Jack Todd is on trial for murder]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Dallas ex-convict Jack Todd, accused of fatally shooting a man following a bar fight. Todd's trial is moved to Cleburne by Dallas District Judge Henry King to ensure fairness.
Date: February 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Haircuts brand football indians] (open access)

[News Script: Haircuts brand football indians]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about players of the Alvarado High School football team getting mohawk haircuts as a team trademark.
Date: September 9, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Flares fizzle] (open access)

[News Script: Flares fizzle]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a test of aerial photographic flash flares by the Chance Vought Aircraft company in the skies over Cleburne and Midlothian.
Date: September 22, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cleburne receives Santa Fe engine] (open access)

[News Script: Cleburne receives Santa Fe engine]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Santa Fe railroad company presenting an antique steam locomotive to the town of Cleburne, to be placed as a monument in one of the city's parks.
Date: April 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Alvarado cools off for hot reunion] (open access)

[News Script: Alvarado cools off for hot reunion]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Mayor of Alvarado ordering all male residents of the town to wear Bermuda shorts as a publicity stunt for an upcoming reunion.
Date: July 5, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Uranium] (open access)

[News Script: Uranium]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about uranium being found near Cleburne, Texas.
Date: August 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Crop duster lives but plane wrecked] (open access)

[News Script: Crop duster lives but plane wrecked]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about crop-dusting pilot Robert Lee Bowman being critically injured in the crash of his bi-wing plane.
Date: October 2, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Three dead, five hurt in Burleson crash] (open access)

[News Script: Three dead, five hurt in Burleson crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident in Burleson that left three people and a dog dead and five others injured.
Date: December 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Soil conservation field day is held] (open access)

[News Script: Soil conservation field day is held]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a soil conservation field day at the Ernest Barton farm in Joshua, Texas.
Date: March 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Contestant still in running] (open access)

[News Script: Contestant still in running]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Celladore Tulie Poinsetta Houston Crockett, a Cleburne, Texas woman who will be a contestant on television's "The 64-Thousand Dollar Question."
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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 Cleburne car dealer shot to death outside a tavern. Police believe the victim, Charley Monroe Reynolds, was fatally struck by a bullet meant for the tavern's owner, Bill Anderson. Several suspects are questioned regarding the murder, but the investigation is still open.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Burleson man loses third of business] (open access)

[News Script: Burleson man loses third of business]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Burleson feed store owner losing a portion of his building after Johnson County officials route the path of a new highway interchange through his property.
Date: May 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Navy] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Navy]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a military-sponsored "Miss Navy" beauty contest in Lake Whitney.
Date: June 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss Texas rides train to contest] (open access)

[News Script: Miss Texas rides train to contest]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jo Dodson, who will represent Texas in the Miss Universe contest. She boards a train for the contest in Long Beach, California.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reunion] (open access)

[News Script: Reunion]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ten thousand settlers assembling for the 64th annual Johnson County Old Settlers Reunion.
Date: August 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Banker Fails to Identify Robbery Suspects] (open access)

[News Script: Banker Fails to Identify Robbery Suspects]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a banker who was robbed by two men. The robbers took the banker's money and $254 in change from his bank. The banker is unable to identify the men in a police lineup.
Date: August 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tornado] (open access)

[News Script: Tornado]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mansfield] (open access)

[News Script: Mansfield]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mansfield's dedication of a new city hall.
Date: September 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Wreckage is Cleared from MKT Rail Line] (open access)

[News Script: Wreckage is Cleared from MKT Rail Line]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about clearing 16 smashed railroad cars from the Missouri-Kansas-Texas line north of Grandview.
Date: September 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library