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[News Script: TCU building]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about completion of a new religious studies building at Texas Christian University.
Date: June 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News brief (Helicopters)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Western Hills motel in Fort Worth, utilizing their heliport and gaining a reputation for it, as "The Western Hills Helicopter Motel."
Date: July 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Driver loses cab]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U. R. Benton, a cab driver who claimed to have been robbed by Ray Bilbo and Melvin Young, resulting in the evacuation of his cab.
Date: October 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Explosion wrecks fireworks plant]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion at a Fort Worth fireworks plant destroying several buildings and seriously injuring one employee.
Date: June 19, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fort Worth man shoots wife, self]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth woman's estranged husband shooting and killing her, then turning the gun on himself. The husband, L.J. Saling, survived the shot to the head.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rainmakers on job: city drenched]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the city of Fort Worth conducting a rainmaking experiment.
Date: July 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Lake Worth emergency corps]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Lake Worth Emergency Corps, a volunteer disaster relief and rescue unit, raising money for additional equipment.
Date: July 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Sports outslug Cats in opener]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a baseball game at LaGrave Field between the Fort Worth Cats and the Shreveport Sports. The Sports win the game 13-9.
Date: June 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Snake eggs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an employee of the Fort Worth Children's Museum attempting to hatch a collection of rat snake eggs discovered near the museum.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Benson arrives to study drought]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival in Fort Worth of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson, touring the drought-afflicted Southwest to determine the allocation of federal relief funds.
Date: June 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fort Worth names soap box champ]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual soapbox derby in Fort Worth, with young racers from across Texas competing in homemade cars.
Date: July 5, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Trucker sought in fatal crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of an Amarillo truck driver involved in a hit and run accident that killed a woman in Fort Worth.
Date: July 10, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Teams arrive for football weekend]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the University of Oklahoma Sooners arriving for the Texas/OU football game at the Cotton Bowl.
Date: October 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Snakes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth Children's Museum employee Mearl Carson successfully hatching a large amount of newborn snakes in captivity in order to supply a reptile exhibit at the museum.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Battered Bossie]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cow belonging to a needy family in Fort Worth being beaten with a board by unknown abusers.
Date: July 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Children's zoo]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of the Fort Worth Children's Zoo, with descriptions of various animals housed there.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bank robber arraigned]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Leslie Ben Drake arraigned on charges of unsuccessfully robbing a bank in Trenton, Texas.
Date: July 8, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Driver charged in fatal crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a Burleson farmer charged with murder in a car accident caused by his driving while intoxicated that killed a Cleburne man. The second story is about a construction worker in Dallas killed after the bridge he was driving across in a tractor suddenly collapsed.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Official warns of A-bomb danger]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a civil defense seminar at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth, with a talk by defense expert Kenneth Edmunds on the danger of Soviet nuclear strikes in North Texas.
Date: July 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cyclists compete in field meet]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the slowest motorcycle race in Fort Worth, where bikers attempt to stay balanced while traveling at a slow speed.
Date: June 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rainmaker gets council goahead]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Forth Worth city council approving Jack Corn's attempt to create rain by flying above rain-bearing clouds and dropping silver iodine into them.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Boy drowned in swimming pool]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young boy drowning at Sycamore Pool in Fort Worth.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Brief - Jaycee Campaign]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Jaycees using a girl in a bathing suit to get the word out for everyone to swat flies.
Date: July 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Convair receives award for safety]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Convair Aircraft plant in Fort Worth receiving the nation's top safety award.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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