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[News Script: Dallas Council]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas city council meeting. A policy that only allows lawn watering between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. is adopted. Mrs. Addie B. Frazier also demands city buses force segregation of whites and blacks.
Date: July 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Segregation Suit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hearing on a suit to force the Dallas Transit Company to reinstall segregation signs.
Date: October 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Russell]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jane and Bob Russell visiting the Merchandise Mart. They visit Dallas to promote the film "Run for the Sun."
Date: July 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Negro Kid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unclaimed boy found at the Dallas bus station after arriving from Austin, Texas. The mother was late to pick him up and the boy was already in custody, they were reunited shortly after.
Date: December 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Buses]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the desegregation of Dallas city buses after a Supreme Court ruling.
Date: April 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Coe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of Dallas County convict Lonnie Coe after he escaped from jail and fled to Fort Worth.
Date: June 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about bus driver John D. Hearon receiving three awards from the Department of Public Safety and the American Motorist Insurance Company for saving the lives of his passengers during a blizzard.
Date: June 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trestle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dismantling of the Dallas streetcar viaduct, as the city's streetcars are replaced with buses.
Date: April 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Applewhite inducted]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charlie Applewhite, television singer from Fort Worth, being inducted into the Army after being drafted.
Date: March 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bus accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas city bus spinning out of control on wet streets during a rainstorm and striking the wall of an underpass. Three of the eight passengers aboard suffered minor injuries, along with the driver.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Chisholm Trail]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two buses from San Antonio stopping by Fort Worth on their way to a tour of the Chisholm Trail.
Date: May 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Buses]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas and Fort Worth continuing to segregate buses as usual despite the recent Supreme Court ruling which outlawed racial segregation on city buses.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bus accident]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a Dallas city bus spinning out of control on wet streets during a rainstorm and striking the wall of an underpass. Three of the eight passengers aboard suffered minor injuries, along with the driver.
Date: May 31, 1956
Duration: 58 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Buses]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about buses in Dallas running as usual despite the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation on city buses.
Date: April 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Dallas Sees Last of Old Streetcars]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the end of Dallas streetcar service and the beginning of a new bus service.
Date: January 15, 1956
Duration: 2 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Applewhite inducted]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Charlie Applewhite, television singer from Fort Worth, being inducted into the Army after being drafted.
Date: March 26, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bus Hijacking]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about police searching for two gunmen who took a Fort Worth bus hostage and robbed the driver and a passenger.
Date: March 7, 1956
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Arrival]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 15, 1956
Duration: 31 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bus Hijacking]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police searching for two gunmen who took a Fort Worth bus hostage and robbed the driver and a passenger.
Date: March 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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