[News Script: Youth admits 39 church burglaries] (open access)

[News Script: Youth admits 39 church burglaries]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Fort Worth gang leader confessing to 39 church burglaries in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
Date: October 1, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Jet plane into boat works] (open access)

[News Script: Jet plane into boat works]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, looking back at the top local news stories of the past year.
Date: December 31, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Youths confess armed robbery] (open access)

[News Script: Youths confess armed robbery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Fort Worth high schoolers arrested after confessing to an armed robbery at a Dallas cafe.
Date: September 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mesquite man is drowned in lake] (open access)

[News Script: Mesquite man is drowned in lake]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Mesquite man's body recovered from Grapevine Lake after he fell from a boat and drowned the night before.
Date: November 12, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Baby dies in gasoline flame] (open access)

[News Script: Baby dies in gasoline flame]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about fires in Dallas and Fort Worth. The Dallas fire, caused by an accident with gasoline, resulted in the death of an infant.
Date: October 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: One dead, two hurt in accidents] (open access)

[News Script: One dead, two hurt in accidents]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between a 58-car Santa Fe freight train and an automobile in Oak Cliff, as well as two other automobile accidents in the metroplex.
Date: August 13, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Another Dallas robbery solved] (open access)

[News Script: Another Dallas robbery solved]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of Don Pigford, a young man who confesses to multiple robberies around Dallas and Fort Worth.
Date: September 29, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Body of woman is identified] (open access)

[News Script: Body of woman is identified]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the identification of a woman's body found on the bank of the Trinity River in Fort Worth. The woman is found to be Anna Marie Breaux, a Dallas prostitute.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mayors extend holiday greetings] (open access)

[News Script: Mayors extend holiday greetings]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Christmas messages to the people of Dallas and Fort Worth delivered by the mayors of each city.
Date: December 24, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: First snow of season is light] (open access)

[News Script: First snow of season is light]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a massive snowstorm in Northwest Texas that petered out to a sprinkle as it reached the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Date: December 29, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: St. Claire death ruled suicide] (open access)

[News Script: St. Claire death ruled suicide]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the suicide of one of the two defendants in an ongoing murder trial in Fort Worth.
Date: December 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident in Fort Worth involving a truck, two pick-up trucks, a fireplug, and a cafe; also covered, three Chinese Nationalist generals stopping by Dallas after a 30-day tour of the U.S. War College.
Date: July 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bunche NAACP] (open access)

[News Script: Bunche NAACP]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nobel Prize winner Dr. Ralph J. Bunche visiting Dallas as the keynote speaker for the NAACP's 45th annual convention.
Date: July 4, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Gulf storm ends Texas hear wave] (open access)

[News Script: Gulf storm ends Texas hear wave]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall caused by a tropical storm ending one of the most severe July heat waves in Texas history. The rain also caused several traffic accidents around the DFW area.
Date: July 30, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about comedic duo Martin and Lewis and singer Patti Page stopping in Love Field in Dallas; also covered, a story about singer Julius La Rosa performing at the Baker Hotel in Dallas and judging the Dallas-Fort Worth News Photographers Association beauty contest, Lady Milford-Haven stopping in Dallas en route to New Jersey after her "quickie divorce" from her British nobleman husband in Mexico, and a car accident in Fort Worth.
Date: May 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Heat's on but shoes are off] (open access)

[News Script: Heat's on but shoes are off]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hot weather in Dallas and Fort Worth.
Date: June 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about five Mexican Civil Air Patrol cadets touring Fort Worth as guests of the city's CAP squadron; also covered, a story about the funeral of Mrs. Faye Demand, the wife of a prominent business man who was charged with murdering their neighbor.
Date: August 3, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Texas news review] (open access)

[News Script: Texas news review]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering major Texas news stories from the past week.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Airport battle due in Washington] (open access)

[News Script: Airport battle due in Washington]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas and Fort Worth officials flying to Washington to discuss airport facilities in the DFW area.
Date: September 9, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lady bullfighter autographs books] (open access)

[News Script: Lady bullfighter autographs books]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Patricia McCormick arriving in Fort Worth to promote the sale of her new book.
Date: November 2, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Football] (open access)

[News Script: Football]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a college football game between the freshman teams of Southern Methodist University and Texas Christian University. SMU wins the game 41-13.
Date: November 23, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Violence marks holiday weekend] (open access)

[News Script: Violence marks holiday weekend]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of traffic accidents in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, a grass fire in Fort Worth, a robbery in Dallas, and a manhunt following another Fort Worth traffic accident.
Date: September 5, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Storm FW] (open access)

[News Script: Storm FW]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about tornado-like winds striking Fort Worth and Dallas. The storm caused hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage and numerous injuries, but no deaths.
Date: April 30, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Reeves new head of Texas league] (open access)

[News Script: Reeves new head of Texas league]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about about John L. Reeves, former Fort Worth Cats president, elected as head of the Texas League baseball association at a meeting in Dallas.
Date: January 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library