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[News Script: The Week in Review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the weekly news report about the NAACP, visiting senators, bank refund, a gas explosion killing two in Southmayd, Texas, court cases, a man murdered by a 14 year old, and two plane accidents.
Date: October 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Draftee]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the induction of Edward Thomas Murphy into the army. He is personally accompanied by Colonel Morris B. Schwartz, the State Director of Selective Service, because Murphy is the one-hundred-thousandth draftee in Texas since the Korean War.
Date: July 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Brief--Train]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident concerning a five-car Fort Worth connection of the Katy Texas Special train near Denison.
Date: February 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bank building]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the new First National Bank in Sherman. They are preparing for its opening.
Date: September 11, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Margaret McDonald at Mrs. Tuckers Shortening Plant]

Description: Photograph of Margaret McDonald and another woman in a kitchen. The woman is holding a silicone spoon in her hands. They appear to be in a conversation and dressed in formal attire. Behind them, there is a glass window into another room. They are at Mrs. Tuckers Shortening Plant in Sherman, Texas.
Date: August 6, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Margaret McDonald at Mrs. Tuckers Shortening Plant]

Description: Photograph of Margaret McDonald and Laura Albertine Barry at Mrs. Tucker’s shortening products. They are both facing one another and dressed in formal attire. Behind them, two women are visible working at machinery stations at Mrs. Tuckers Shortening Plant in Sherman, Texas.
Date: August 6, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dog Hero]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tang, the dog who saved the lives of children by pushing them out of the path of oncoming cars.
Date: August 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Oil wells]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Shell Oil Company drilling wells in Lake Texoma in an attempt to find oil while the water level is low due to drought.
Date: July 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Tree-Watering Device, Student Pilot Dies When Plane Crashes, News Briefs -- Patty, Pumpers Won't Drink Dallas Tap Water, Sonny Evans, Democrats, Gorilla]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a homemade tree-saving device, created by Fort Worth police detective T. M. Wood; Captain Charles Walker, a student pilot from Perrin Air Force Base, who crashed his T-33 jet training plane and died; the brief appearance of singer Patty Page in Dallas, Texas, en route to marry movie director Charles O'Curran; the salty drinking water in Dallas, which comes from the Red River; the arrest of teenager Sonn… more
Date: September 7, 1956
Duration: 10 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Texoma Park]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about dedication ceremonies at the Eisenhower State Park near Denison.
Date: May 18, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Activities of the Week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas relating a news story about the Colonial National Invitation Golf Tournament held in Fort Worth where thirty-five golfers compete for fifteen thousand in prize money. The champion, Slammin' Sammy Snead took home the prize money. Austin College in Sherman marked its 100th commencement with dedication ceremonies which featured the appearance of Speaker of the House Representatitve, Sam Rayburn.
Date: May 17, 1950, 7:10 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Von Braun]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the joint conference of the American Rocket Society and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers with guest speaker Wernher Von Braun.
Date: March 18, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dog is star of school pageant]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Denison Collie named Tang honored at the Centennial Cavalcade of Texas Teaching convention in Dallas. Tang is credited with saving the lives of several children.
Date: September 5, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bridge is damaged in freak accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a railroad bridge collapsing near Denison, sending nine cars off the tracks. The accident was caused by a car crashing into one of the train cars and sending it into the bridge. A man and woman in the car were injured.
Date: August 10, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Heroes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about telephone company workers, E. L. Kinkead and R. F. Sides, being honored for their heroism in saving the life of M. R. Campbell after a car wreck in Grayson County.
Date: July 31, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Deweys in Texas for funeral]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival in Dallas of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, in Texas to attend the funeral of his mother in Sherman.
Date: May 14, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Activities of the week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a visit to Texas by New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey to attend his father-in-law's funeral in Sherman, former Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Jack Medford shooting his wife and son to death before turning the gun on himself, and military reserve units called to active duty at the Dallas Naval Air Station.
Date: March 4, 1951, 6:45 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Vacation season]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of spring fishing season at Lake Texoma near Denison.
Date: April 6, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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