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[News Script: SDX]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the newspaperman of the year party, held by the Sigma Delta Chi fraternity. Ethel Solomon, a student at Texas State College for Women, is given a two-year journalism scholarship. Ed M. Pooley, editor of the El Paso Herald, wins the newspaperman of the year award.
Date: October 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Blind Columnist to Address Convention]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Victor Riesel, a newspaper columnist, who was blinded earlier this year by a youth who threw acid at him. He arrives in Dallas on his way to Fort Worth, where he will address the Texas Manufacturers Association's thirty-fourth annual conference.
Date: November 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trailer yields no clues to ex-cons]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police searching for Edward Eugene Townley, Betty Jo Townley, and Wilbur Jay Hunt. A gang member and ex-convict, Townley bought a trailer on credit, but doesn't seem to have lived there for nearly a month.
Date: July 12, 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: Grand Jurors Hear Radio Announcer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dick Smith, a radio announcer for KCUL, presenting the Tarrant County grand jury with what he believes to be evidence supporting Laredo Times publisher William Prescott Allen.
Date: February 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Publisher jailed in gambling probe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the jailing of William Prescott Allen, publisher of the Laredo Times, for false charges of gambling and bribe taking against Fort Worth police officers.
Date: February 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grand Jury quizzes newsman on gaming]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an editorial in the Laredo Times, which charged a group of police officers with taking payoffs on vice and gambling in Fort Worth. A subpoena has been issues for the Laredo Times publisher, William Prescot Allen, because the charges are apparently unfounded.
Date: February 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Allen out of jail, city bans pinballs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the continued trial of William Prescott Allen, publisher of the Laredo Times, which ran an editorial charging Fort Worth police with rampant gambling and taking bribes.
Date: February 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bad man's body in forgotten grave]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the forgotten grave of Clyde Barrow in a small cemetery in Dallas.
Date: May 26, 1954
Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Advertisement for Star-Telegram Youth Spotlight]

Description: Photograph of three slides advertising the Star Telegram Youth Spotlight. The two slides on the left are facing the same direction but the slide on the right is facing the opposite direction. The slide on the left has a clipping from the Star Telegram. This clipping has the title of the column, "Fort Worth Star Telegram Youth Spotlight", with an illustration of a light in a black box at the top and a photograph below this in which two ladies wearing hats are visible. The bottom left corner of t… more
Date: September 14, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Window Display]

Description: Photograph of window display for Total TV. A large sign in the middle says "Total Television Something for Every Television Taste." The large sign is surrounded by pictures of people and television programs with their names written across them. On each side of the large sign there are flags saying "Total TV NBC/WBAP." In the middle sitting on the ground is a newspaper tilted towards the window. The background is covered by a black drape.
Date: September 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tom Graham and another man advertising cigars 2 of 3]

Description: Photograph of Tom Graham and an unidentified man advertising Muriel Coronella cigars. The man on the left has a lit cigar in his mouth and is holding a pack of the cigars with one hand and the top of the newspaper with the other. The other man is wearing a fedora and is holding a lit cigar in one hand and the bottom of the newspaper in the other. The men are standing in front of a WBAP-TV film camera and on the wall behind this is an advertisement for Muriel Coronella that reads "New Muriel Cor… more
Date: April 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Illustration of a man with a coin head]

Description: Photograph of a slide with an illustration of a man with a coin for a head. He is wearing a suit and fedora, holding a briefcase, and is positioned as if he is running. There is a dollar sign on the face of the coin and the man's actual face is on the edge of the coin with his nose protruding from the edge. To his right is text that reads "For Pennies a Day!" in black letters. The slide is taped to a black board that is hanging on the wall.
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Phone number for the Star Telegram]

Description: Photograph of a slide advertising the phone number for the Fort Worth Star Telegram. The background of the slide is black and the text, which reads "ED 2-4131 Fort Worth Star Telegram", is white. The slide is taped to a canvas board with a piece of tape on each corner.
Date: July 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Tom Graham and another man advertising cigars 1 of 3]

Description: Photograph of Tom Graham and an unidentified man advertising Muriel Coronella cigars. The man on the left has a lit cigar in his mouth and is holding a pack of the cigars with one hand and the top of the newspaper with the other. The other man is wearing a fedora and is holding a lit cigar in one hand and the bottom of the newspaper in the other. In the newspaper, an advertisement for Muriel Coronella is visible. The men are standing in front of a WBAP-TV film camera and on the wall behind this… more
Date: April 13, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Star-Telegram Pulling Power]

Description: Photograph of a printed paper that reads, "Pulling Power is greater from Classified Ads in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram" and "The newspaper with the largest circulation in Texas. Over 236,000 daily. Over 215,000 Sunday" with an illustration of a bird pulling an earthworm out of the ground. The print is taped against a wall.
Date: November 8, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Thaine Engle at his desk]

Description: Photograph of Thaine Engle sitting at his desk. He is wearing a suit with a patterned tie and is holding a pen in his right hand. His desk has some papers scattered around it and has bins on the front corners that are holding stacks of papers. Behind his desk, on the right side of the image, is a table that has stacks of paper on it along with a telephones and a box that says "...Cooking". In the background of the left side of the image, there is a stand that has newspapers stacked on top of i… more
Date: July 16, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photo of people around a Christmas tree]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered around a Christmas tree on a desk. They are posing for the camera. One of the men appears to be talking on the phone. Everyone is dressed in formal attire. There is a clock against the wall. In the background, there is an open door and a coat rack with a hat on it. There is a display of newspapers in the foreground.
Date: 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of people around a Christmas tree]

Description: Photograph of a group of people gathered around a Christmas tree on a desk. They are posing for the camera. Everyone is dressed in formal attire. There is a clock against the wall. In the background, there is an open door and a coat rack with a hat on it. There is a display of newspapers in the foreground.
Date: 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Newsmen honored]

Description: Video footage from he WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an awards ceremony for Fort Worth journalists hosted by Sigma Delta Chi, a journalism fraternity.
Date: June 13, 1951
Duration: 1 minute 26 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Boxing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Golden Gloves boxing tournament in Fort Worth.
Date: February 17, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Carter funeral]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about funeral services for Amon G. Carter, prominent Fort Worth newspaper publisher, philanthropist, and owner of the WBAP-TV station.
Date: June 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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