[News Script: Fire in Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: Fire in Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a house fire on South Harwood in Dallas.
Date: October 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bomb lift] (open access)

[News Script: Bomb lift]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new hydraulic bomb lift for the U.S. Air Force developed by a Dallas oilfield equipment manufacturer.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Plane crash] (open access)

[News Script: Plane crash]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small plane crashing near U.S. 75, killing Francis Thomas and Thomas Gilley.
Date: October 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: New tax chief] (open access)

[News Script: New tax chief]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T. Coleman Andrews, visiting Dallas.
Date: June 4, 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: Cub scouts at airport] (open access)

[News Script: Cub scouts at airport]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a group of Cub Scouts from Stephen Foster Elementary School in Dallas visiting the Greater Fort Worth International Airport.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Miss flame] (open access)

[News Script: Miss flame]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Nancy Boyd, Dallas' 1953 Miss Flam, reigning over Fire Prevention Week at a parade in downtown Dallas
Date: October 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Joe Louis turns song and dance man] (open access)

[News Script: Joe Louis turns song and dance man]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis visiting Dallas as part of a traveling stage show.
Date: August 4, 1953
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 Mrs. Loyd W. Doughty collecting clothes, betting, shoes, and oatmeal for children in Korea.
Date: September 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Girl gets pup from Roy Rogers] (open access)

[News Script: Girl gets pup from Roy Rogers]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Fort Worth polio victim, Pamela Tuttle, receiving a gift of a puppy from film actor Roy Rogers. Also shipped to Texas is a California sea lion, a gift to the Forrest Park Zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Bridges discounts demo victories] (open access)

[News Script: Bridges discounts demo victories]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Republican Senator Styles Bridges stopping in Dallas on his way to Colorado for a brief interview.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Tots taught to swim like experts] (open access)

[News Script: Tots taught to swim like experts]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Woodrow Wilson High School science teacher and part-time swimming instructor Howard Kitchen teaching swimming skills to very young children at a pool in Dallas.
Date: August 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Murder suspects prove negative] (open access)

[News Script: Murder suspects prove negative]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about investigators coming up empty in a case where Selma Ullman was killed in her Highland Park home.
Date: September 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Blast damages Dallas school] (open access)

[News Script: Blast damages Dallas school]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas explosion at Crozier Technical High School in downtown Dallas.
Date: November 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: News brief - Cotton Bowl queen] (open access)

[News Script: News brief - Cotton Bowl queen]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Elsa Jean Holland becoming the Cotton Bowl Queen for the game between Rice and Alabama University.
Date: December 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mustangs swamp Rams 105 to 70] (open access)

[News Script: Mustangs swamp Rams 105 to 70]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a basketball game between Southern Methodist University and Texas Wesleyan University in the Perkins Gymnasium at SMU.
Date: December 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: SMU rally] (open access)

[News Script: SMU rally]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about SMU students holding a pep rally to cheer the Mustangs on for their football game with Notre Dame.
Date: December 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: West Dallas] (open access)

[News Script: West Dallas]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annexation and cleanup effort of the slums in West Dallas, just across the Trinity River from downtown.
Date: January 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Frogs win SW basketball title] (open access)

[News Script: Frogs win SW basketball title]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a basketball game between the University of Texas and Texas Christian University. TCU wins the game 68-50. The script goes on to describe a basketball game between Rice University and Southern Methodist University. SMU wins the game 68-64.
Date: March 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Methodist bishop honored] (open access)

[News Script: Methodist bishop honored]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dinner honoring Methodist Bishop William C. Martin, recently elected president of the National Council of the Churches of Christ.
Date: January 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Couple found shot in home] (open access)

[News Script: Couple found shot in home]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man shooting his wife in an altercation, then turning the gun on himself. The husband, John Ely, survived the attempted suicide.
Date: March 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Ex gangster] (open access)

[News Script: Ex gangster]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Christian youth rally led by evangelist Dick Shurtz.
Date: January 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Script: Mark Clark] (open access)

[News Script: Mark Clark]

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about retired general Mark Clark arriving in Dallas en route to San Francisco.
Date: December 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library