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[News Clip: McKeon Court Martial is Called Mistake ; Marciano ; Tarrant County 4-H Club Fair Opens ; Police Identify Amnesia Victim ; Bird and Cat]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany five news stories. The first is 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. Next is a story about Rocky Marciano and his relationship to a real estate company that is developing Lake Echo. The third covers the first annu… more
Date: August 10, 1956
Duration: 8 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: G.O.P.]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Tarrant county Republicans, and their campaign for Eisenhower-Nixon.
Date: September 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Tornado]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado and severe weather in Cleburne, Midlothian, and Britton, and the damage that was sustained.
Date: August 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Vote Count]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a probe into alleged voting fraud in Tarrant County's August 25th Democratic runoff.
Date: September 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Carrier Model Gets Chance Vought Planes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Grand Prairie's Chance Vought Aircraft gift of twenty model planes for display in a larger model of the aircraft carrier Forrestal in Minneapolis.
Date: September 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Conservatives]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a voting fraud case, where eight conservative democrats were called before the Tarrant County Grand Jury as witnesses.
Date: September 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grand Jury urges voting machines]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Tarrant County Grand Jury's recommendation for the purchase of voting machines, which would help eliminate voting fraud.
Date: September 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Liberals Walk Out of Demo Convention]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about liberal Democrats walking out of the Tarrant County Democratic Convention following consolidation of conservative power within the convention.
Date: August 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Police Await New Bomb Threat Clues]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an investigation into a bomb threat linked to a complex, "treasure hunt" extortion plot against an unnamed chain store in Texas.
Date: August 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Grass Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about grass fires that are occurring in Tarrant County, Texas.
Date: August 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Pair Indicted for Illegal Stock Sale]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about three indictments placed against Roman H. McPherson and Linden Binion. The men are accused of unlawful sale of unregistered securities.
Date: December 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News Briefs; Poll Taxes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Tarrant county residents paying their poll tax. Robert L. Brooks and Mrs. Harold Davis are among the first to pay their taxes.
Date: October 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Vote]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an impending vote in some precincts of Tarrant county. The vote will decide whether or not these precincts will be allowed to sell liquor.
Date: October 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fires]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about firefighters working to kill fires at Pioneer Palace in Tarrant County. Volunteer firefighters use the fire for training purposes.
Date: October 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Airport]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about severe wind damage in Dallas and Tarrant Counties. The White Rock Airport in Dallas County suffered at least five-thousand dollars in damage. In Rendon, property belonging to Floyd Clowdus is destroyed.
Date: July 24, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Commissioners]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the voted pay raise from the commissioners to the works in comparison to the commissioners themselves.
Date: December 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Commissioner Loses Air Conditioned Cars]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Tarrant County Commissioner Henderson, who is denied the purchase of two air-conditioned cars he wanted to purchase for his employees. He maintains that air conditioning would ensure the health of his employees.
Date: November 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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