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[News Script: Skouras]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Spyros Skouras, the president of 20th Century Fox, and his wife stopping over in Fort Worth.
Date: October 12, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Burglar]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a serial burglar being apprehended in Dallas.
Date: October 7, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Lineup]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas homicide detectives conducting a lineup to strengthen their case against two suspects involved in the robbery-murder of a bus driver.
Date: October 4, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Sign company]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about The Federal Sign Company placing the "Sheraton-Dallas" sign to the new Dallas hotel.
Date: October 21, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Pheasant hunt]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a pheasant hunting resort near Carrollton.
Date: October 1, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: SDX]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas' chapter of Sigma Delta Chi honoring their Newsman of the Year, Presley E. Bryant, in Dallas.
Date: October 4, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Golfer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about golf player, J. J. Johnston breaking his record of surpassing 321 holes from the year before.
Date: October 24, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Handicapped]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a company that exclusively employed workers with a 50% or more disability.
Date: October 4, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Veteran]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about retiring veteran U.S. Marshal Guy Cross' surprise farewell party in Fort Worth.
Date: October 31, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: State fair]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 73rd anniversary of the Big State Fair in Dallas. A roller coaster in the fair malfunctioned and injured several children.
Date: October 4, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Burglary]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth postal service was robbed 30 cents overnight.
Date: October 25, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bus Strike]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about employees of the Continental Bus Company continuing their bus strike over the matter of retirement and a disability plan.
Date: October 19, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Protestants]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Protestants observing the Reformation Sunday holiday at the First Methodist Church in Dallas.
Date: October 26, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Baby chimp]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a baby chimp being born at the Dallas Zoo.
Date: October 16, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Car hits house]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car who crashed into a house. The conductor, Guy Henry Collins did not know how to drive the vehicle, the reason being he crashed.
Date: October 18, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Motor scooter wreck]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a motor scooter that collided with a car. George Wade Jones, the owner of the scooter remains unconscious and in poor condition.
Date: October 25, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Bus-Truck]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident involving a truck and an occupied school bus that took place in Fort Worth.
Date: October 4, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Little fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small storage building in Fort Worth burning down.
Date: October 30, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Prayer service]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an interfaith prayer service in Dallas.
Date: October 1, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 29 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Assault suspect]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Dallas police investigating Buster Burke for pulling a gun at a woman at the Sanger Brother Preston Center store.
Date: October 1, 1958
Duration: 1 minute
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: No pep rally]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the discontinuation of the downtown pep rallies due to the clutter and violence that these rallies cause.
Date: October 3, 1958
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Shakespeare robber]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Poly Utility Pay station, which also deals in used books and magazines was the target of hijackers. Miss Ala Sanders who operates the business at 1904 Vaughn Boulevard says two black men came in and inquired about a Shakespeare book, pointed a pistol at her and demanded her money which was about $235 from the cash drawer before they fled in a car.
Date: October 1, 1958
Duration: 56 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Cave-In]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about 47-year-old T.B Driver, who gets buried for 20 minutes at a sewer line project, but gets pulled out.
Date: October 1, 1958
Duration: 41 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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