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[News Script: Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at a Dallas home that left three children dead. Three other children in the home were saved from the blaze by their babysitter.
Date: November 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Joe Bonds jailed on morals charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the surrender and arrest by Dallas police of nightclub operator Joe Bonds, accused of sexual offenses against teenage girls and liquor code violations at his downtown nightclub.
Date: October 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: "Atomic Healer" ordered to jail]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the jailing in Dallas of self-styled alternative healer William Estep, accused of fraud and violation of state medical practices after claiming his "atomotrone" device could cure any disease.
Date: September 17, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a traffic accident between an automobile and a dump truck at an intersection in Dallas. A passenger in the car suffered serious injuries, but injuries to the drivers of both vehicles were minor.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Mustangs beat TCU Frogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Southern Methodist University Mustangs defeating the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Date: November 28, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Miss red garter]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a visit to Dallas by "Miss Red Garters," a model hired to promote the motion picture "Red Garters."
Date: January 27, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Officers continue probe of murder]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the investigation of a murder allegedly committed by John Edwin Roberts, a Dallas man. Officers believe Roberts stabbed a woman to death near the Cedar Crest Country Club after an argument.
Date: August 11, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Pet show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the fourth annual pet show at Fair Park, inviting children to enter their pets for various prizes.
Date: August 22, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Stratton]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about former big league baseball player Monty Stratton, who lost one leg after a hunting accident in 1938, visiting a camp for crippled children in Cedar Hill near Dallas.
Date: August 26, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Safe]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the discovery of a safe taken from the American National Insurance company in Dallas.
Date: November 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at an office building in Dallas. The building is almost completely destroyed by the blaze.
Date: November 5, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Fashions]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fashion show at the Neiman-Marcus department store in Dallas, featuring women's styles by French designer Christian Dior.
Date: August 27, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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