[News Script: 110-year-old visits state fair] (open access)

[News Script: 110-year-old visits state fair]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to the State Fair of Texas in Dallas by a 110-year-old man, Walter W. Williams, the oldest living Confederate Civil War veteran.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Airliner brings Santa to Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Airliner brings Santa to Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a large amount of used donated toys being donated to the Salvation Army and Goodwill Industries for repair and distribution at Christmas time.
Date: November 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Andrews tax man] (open access)

[News Script: Andrews tax man]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by U.S. Internal Revenue Service Chief T. Coleman Andrews to deliver an address to a group of financial services workers.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Art show] (open access)

[News Script: Art show]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ninth annual River Art Show, held in San Antonio.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Attempted robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Attempted robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an attempted robbery at a Fort Worth supermarket, with the masked gunman injuring several people before escaping.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Binion to plead guilty at Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Binion to plead guilty at Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Benny Binion being sentenced on four counts of income tax evasion and receiving 5 years in prison and a $20,000 fine, as well as 4 years for pleading guilty to operating a policy racket at the state level.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bishop Martin to tour far east] (open access)

[News Script: Bishop Martin to tour far east]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Methodist bishop William C. Martin leaving for a tour of Japan and Korea to spend Christmas with American troops.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Blaze destroys clothing factory] (open access)

[News Script: Blaze destroys clothing factory]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three-alarm fire at a Dallas garment manufacturing company. Seven employees escaped without injury.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Braniff airline overshoots field] (open access)

[News Script: Braniff airline overshoots field]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Braniff Airways passenger plane overshooting the runway at Love Field. No one was seriously injured in the crash landing.
Date: May 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bridge piers] (open access)

[News Script: Bridge piers]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Guard preparing to pull down the concrete piers that once held the Nine Mile Bridge.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brief No. 111] (open access)

[News Script: Brief No. 111]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the planning of a World's Fair for 1956, near the San Jacinto Battleground, east of Houston. The Fair would never take place.
Date: September 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Captain Eddie] (open access)

[News Script: Captain Eddie]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a World War I ace, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, making a speech in Fort Worth.
Date: February 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Central school] (open access)

[News Script: Central school]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Central Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, electing to use female flight attendants rather than males aboard its planes.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Chicken] (open access)

[News Script: Chicken]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of trained chickens performing at an attraction in the State Fair of Texas in Dallas.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Children's Zoo] (open access)

[News Script: Children's Zoo]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about construction on the Children's Fairyland Zoo in Forest Park.
Date: April 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cops of the month news brief] (open access)

[News Script: Cops of the month news brief]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Officers R. L. Smith and C. A. Dennis being cited for their rescue of three people from an auto wreck.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas cops] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas cops]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas Police Chief W. S. Brogdon resigning from the force and being succeeded by inspector J. E. Curry.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas expressway] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas expressway]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a six-and-a-half mile link of the Dallas expressway between Grand Avenue and Northwest Highway being completed and opened to the public.
Date: April 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Deputy trial] (open access)

[News Script: Deputy trial]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of former Tarrant County Deputy Sheriff Vernon Johnson, accused of assaulting a man after shooting him allegedly without provocation.
Date: October 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dogs] (open access)

[News Script: Dogs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a contest for dogs, called the State Championship Retriever Field Trials, being held in Houston.
Date: September 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Driver charged in fatal crash] (open access)

[News Script: Driver charged in fatal crash]

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.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Drowning] (open access)

[News Script: Drowning]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two people drowning in Lake Bridgeport, near Jacksboro, after their boat capsized in a windstorm.
Date: March 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Engineer chief sees floodway] (open access)

[News Script: Engineer chief sees floodway]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Army Corps of Engineers Chief Major General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr., inspecting flood control projects in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Date: April 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fire] (open access)

[News Script: Fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Christian University field house being completely destroyed by fire.
Date: December 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library