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[News Script: Miss Flame]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the naming of the new Miss Flame. Beverly Thurman, a fifteen-year-old, wins the contest. All entrants will ride in a fire prevention parade.
Date: October 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Man Acquitted in Cattle Theft Case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about B. H. "Jack" Doggett, who was believed to have written a bad check for calves purchased from the Arlington Commission Company. He is determined to have not stolen the cattle.
Date: November 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: NAACP]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial in Tyler, which will decide the fate of the NAACP in Texas. The state asks for a temporary restraining order against the organization, which would freeze their operations until issues are settled in court.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Forgers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about four gang members sentences for the role they played in a forgery spree.
Date: December 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Ladies Jailed Over Dogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrest of two sisters, Beatrice and Katherine Hernandez, for violation of the city's sanitation ordinances. They were living in one room with five dogs and thirteen cats.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Mexicans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of Mexican Governor Salvador Sanchez Colin at Love Field. He will take part in the 1956 Pan American Livestock Exposition.
Date: October 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Boy killed by train]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about four-year-old Dwight Bernard Thomas who was hit by a train in a Dallas train yard. Accidental death was determined to be the cause.
Date: July 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Church Taken Over by Civic League]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a disputed church in the Morningside neighborhood of Fort Worth. The Southeast Side Civic League bought back a church which was purchased by an African American congregation.
Date: October 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Antique Show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an antique show at the Texas Hotel. The show is one of sixteen annual World Wide Antique shows arranged by Mrs. Ora Slout of Michigan.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Boxing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a boxing match between Buddy Turman and Emil Brtko. Buddy Turman wins the match.
Date: November 2, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Dam site]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new dam being built northwest of Meacham Field in Fort Worth. The dam is a Water Board flood control project.
Date: July 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Museum]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new totem pole at Fort Worth's Children's Museum. The totem pole accompanies a new exhibit about the evolution of man.
Date: October 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Road]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of State Highway 75, which will connect Dallas and Tulsa. Construction is moving northward from the northern edge of Dallas county.
Date: November 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Barn]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hen house that was destroyed during a freak gust of wind. No other buildings in Tarrant or Dallas counties were damaged.
Date: July 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Stock]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening of new officers for Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Beane in Fort Worth. An electronic board is included in the building, which shows the price changes in more than three-hundred stocks and commodities as they occur in New York.
Date: November 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Polar Bear]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a polar bear named Tundra. He has arrived at Marsalis Park Zoo in Dallas.
Date: November 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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