[News Script: Dallas Jaycees name Miss Flame] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas Jaycees name Miss Flame]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Miss Flame beauty contest held in Dallas, to kick off Fire Prevention Week.
Date: August 26, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New book given Dallas library] (open access)

[News Script: New book given Dallas library]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a luncheon in Dallas honoring author Francis Mitchell for his new novel, "The Wing and the Yoke."
Date: August 14, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lions overwhelm pro grid Giants] (open access)

[News Script: Lions overwhelm pro grid Giants]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a charity professional football game between the New York Giants and the Detroit Lions at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, sponsoring a local camp for boys. The Lions win the game 38-7.
Date: August 30, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: POWS] (open access)

[News Script: POWS]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the ongoing repatriation of released prisoners of the Korean War, many stopping in Dallas en route to San Francisco.
Date: August 30, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU coaches] (open access)

[News Script: SMU coaches]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the start of the football season at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, under new Coach Chalmer Woodward.
Date: August 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bombing] (open access)

[News Script: Bombing]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a bombing at the Pay and Take grocery store in West Dallas.
Date: August 30, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Brief accident] (open access)

[News Script: Brief accident]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car and bus accident in downtown Dallas, that sent Glenda Kay Watts to the hospital.
Date: August 20, 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 a two-alarm fire at an apartment building in Dallas and a second fire at a house near Mountain Creek Lake. No one was injured.
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Accident news briefs] (open access)

[News Script: Accident news briefs]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car that lost control and hit a tree, injuring Paul Andrew Brown in Dallas.
Date: August 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs (accident)] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs (accident)]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car wreck, injuring Alfred Enzensperge and Sara Wright.
Date: August 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News briefs (shooting)] (open access)

[News Script: News briefs (shooting)]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank Redick being shot by Robert Jefferson in Dallas.
Date: August 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bakery] (open access)

[News Script: Bakery]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening in Dallas of the nation's largest bread baking plant for Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, Incorporated.
Date: August 28, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Patient mother greets POW son] (open access)

[News Script: Patient mother greets POW son]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ola Mae Esters and Velma H. Nevill being reunited with their sons being released North Korean POW camps.
Date: August 28, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Four alarm fire] (open access)

[News Script: Four alarm fire]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a four-alarm fire at a food processing plant in Dallas. No one was injured in the blaze.
Date: August 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Lange honored] (open access)

[News Script: Lange honored]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a reception honoring Fred M. Lange, vice president of the Dallas Community Chest organization.
Date: August 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Clues sought in mystery slaying] (open access)

[News Script: Clues sought in mystery slaying]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the unsolved murder of an unmarried Highland Park woman, Miss Selma Adele Ullman, who was beaten to death in her home. The script goes on to describe a separate incident of a nearly-blind Fort Worth man, Dean Washington McAdams, arrested for non-fatally shooting his teenaged son during an argument.
Date: August 30, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Dallas has 30th traffic death] (open access)

[News Script: Dallas has 30th traffic death]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 30th Dallas traffic fatality in 1953 after local man J. L. Craig dies of a broken neck and fractured skull after losing control of his car on an expressway.
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Child beater] (open access)

[News Script: Child beater]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man charged with physically abusing his infant stepdaughter.
Date: August 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Cop] (open access)

[News Script: Cop]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas police officer Homer Burris being reinstated after being suspended following the Dallas Police scandal.
Date: August 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Fireman dies as truck overturns] (open access)

[News Script: Fireman dies as truck overturns]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire truck overturning while answering a call, killing veteran fire captain Eugene V. Burress.
Date: August 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boy is drowned in gravel pit] (open access)

[News Script: Boy is drowned in gravel pit]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young boy drowning while swimming in a water-filled gravel pit in Dallas.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Giants in Dallas for Friday game] (open access)

[News Script: Giants in Dallas for Friday game]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by the New York Giants pro football team, to play a charity game against the Detroit Lions at the Cotton Bowl.
Date: August 27, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: German orphans meet new parents] (open access)

[News Script: German orphans meet new parents]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about five German war orphans beginning their new lives in Texas.
Date: August 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Boneheads] (open access)

[News Script: Boneheads]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of the Bonehead Club of Dallas, honoring Rosemary Kuhlman, leading actress in the State Fair Musical "New Moon."
Date: August 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library