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[News Script: Grand jury]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Dallas County grand jury returning its final report on their investigation of insurance and investment frauds resulting in 15 indictments.
Date: April 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shivers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Governor Shivers addressing the zone-five meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in Dallas.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grand Jury at Waco Hears Ramsey, Smith]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the McClennon County grand jury finishing its investigation of the failure of the U.S. Trust and Guaranty Company in Waco. The grand jury also investigates the case of Lieutenant Governor Ramsey and his campaign expenditures during his 1954 run for office.
Date: February 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Jury selected for Hagler murder case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about jury selection in Sulphur, Oklahoma, for the trial of David Fred Hagler, a Fort Worth man accused of murdering another man in an attempt to fake his own death in an insurance fraud scheme.
Date: April 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Butler trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of Charles John Butler, a Dallas man accused of killing his wife for insurance money. The jury returns a guilty verdict and gives Butler the death penalty.
Date: April 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Butler]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about proceedings in the trial of Charles John Butler, a Dallas man accused of killing his wife in an insurance scheme.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the jury trials of T. L. Carleton v. 5 insurance companies. Carleton is suing the companies for $108,000 that cover the loss of his property due to a fire. He had been under investigation arson then cleared of charges before he sued the companies.
Date: June 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Hagler case goes to jury tonight]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the conclusion of arguments in the Sulphur, Oklahoma, murder trial of David Fred Hagler, a Fort Worth man accused of killing another man in an insurance scheme.
Date: April 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Phillips Calls for Open Investigation]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about State Senator Jimmy Phillips, who expresses his belief that an investigation of political influence in a state insurance scandal should not be kept behind closed doors.
Date: January 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Auto insurance]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about insurance agents meeting to go over details of the new Texas Safe Driving insurance plan that will be instituted the upcoming year.
Date: November 9, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Benjack Cage hearing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hearing for insurance promoter Benjack Cage's $7,500 appeal bond.
Date: September 10, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farm and Home advertisement]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement of a cartoon man smiling and holding his hands out to his sides. He is wearing a suit ad hat. Around his head are four circles. Within the circles from left to right are a television set, a house, a coin, and a car. The sign is taped to a safe that is set into a wall.
Date: May 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Insurance advertisement]

Description: Photograph of an advertisement with a cartoon man on a Pogo stick. He is holding onto the Pogo stick with his left hand, and lifting his hat off his head with his right hand. There is a dotted line showing that he hopped over each of the three circles behind him. The circles have pictures in them which from left to right depict a plus sign, a card with a face on it, and a coin. The man is facing the camera and smiling. The advertisement is taped to a safe that is set into a wall.
Date: May 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of insurance poster]

Description: Photograph of a black poster with a small, white circle on the bottom half. On the rim of the circle it says, "Federal savings and loan - insurance corporation." In the middle there is a black ribbon with "insured" written in white. Between the rim and the ribbon, "Safety of your savings up to $10,000," is written. The poster is tacked to a large, dark canvas.
Date: January 19, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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