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[News Script: NAACP Attorney Protests Violence]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U. Simpson Tate's telegrams, from Dallas, Texas, to Governor Shivers and President Eisenhower, calling for help in getting African American students safely into Texarkana Junior College.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Jury being chosen for assault trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the beginning of jury selection in Dallas, Texas, for the trial of Joseph D'Angelo of Brooklyn, New York, accused of raping an 11-year-old Dallas girl on 4 February 1956.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Timothy Murphy, National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, visiting Dallas for the organization's 37th National Encampment. He campaigns for veteran's pensions and thinks the court martial of Sergeant Matthew McKeon is a mistake.
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Lawyer convicted on federal charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas attorney, Howard Daly, who is charged with failure to file an income tax return in 1954. He is given a five-hundred dollar fine and a probated prison sentence.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident between a taxi cab and a car in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Robbie G. Blackburn were severely injured.
Date: December 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Robbery]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a robbery at a liquor store in Dallas. An African American man robbed sixty-six-year-old P. M. Gendler of one-hundred dollar.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Judge Resigns Amid Appointment Rumors]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the resignation of Dallas County Criminal Judge Joe B. Brown. The resignation comes in the midst of dozens of courthouse rumors concerning the appointment of his successor.
Date: December 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Haggar Slacks Strike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a strike at the Haggar slacks plant. The Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union seeks several changes, included a fifteen cent hourly raise.
Date: October 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at the Pleasant Grove Bowling Alley. Damage is estimated at twenty-five-thousand dollars.
Date: October 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Girls]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 1956 National Model Airplane Championships and the Miss Model Aviation contest. The Navy's Blue Angels help with the events. Teddy Loss is one of the women chosen for the finals in the beauty contest.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Plumbers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union ending their thirteen-day meeting. They vote to return to work, and they decide to handle their problems in a legal manner at a later date.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New airplane]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new airplane, capable of extremely short takeoffs, on display in Dallas.
Date: June 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Women fliers off on first leg of race]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the departure from Dallas of the Women's National Aeronautical Association Air Deby, with thirteen female pilots competing for the fastest times on a flight to Arkansas.
Date: May 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Florence finally receives award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas Press Club award presented late to Republic National Bank President Fred Florence, who missed the original ceremony.
Date: May 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Woman and Son Jailed for Contempt]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the sentencing of Mrs. Bertha Cohen and her son, Joseph Klibanow, for contempt of court. The sentencing is a result of their actions during the trial of a damage suit in which a negro motorist won a three-hundred dollar judgement against Mrs. Cohen.
Date: February 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trees]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tree planting program, sponsored by four civic organizations in the Farmers Branch community.
Date: February 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News Briefs--Dress Snatchers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of two negro men and a negro women, Sammie Lee Davis, Wilbert Jefferson, and Ida Mae Houston. The three are charged with stealing sixty-six dresses from the car of a St. Louis salesman.
Date: February 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Singers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about several singers visiting Dallas, including Julius LaRosa, Blanche Thebom, and Richard Tucker. Thebom and Tucker are in the city to perform in a series of operas over the weekend at the State Fair Auditorium.
Date: May 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: DeAngelo trial is scheduled for May]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about attorneys for Joseph D'Angelo withdrawing their request for a sanity hearing and Judge McCormack setting a trial date in the near future.
Date: April 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Judy Garland's sister]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jimmie Garland, sister of singer and actress Judy Garland, performing in a musical production at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth.
Date: May 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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