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[News Script: Acid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Dallas workers at Valley Steel Products being sprayed with sulfuric acid.
Date: August 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Train]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a train derailment of two train cars laden with propane gas in Allen, Texas.
Date: August 5, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Explosion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas explosion destroying a home in McKinney, Texas.
Date: August 30, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Richardson is Hit by Building Boom]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Richardson's recent growth due to the completion of the Central Expressway.
Date: September 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Shoemake]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about A. B. Shoemake being transferred to the Veterans Hospital in McKinney. On January 7th, he shot himself in the head during a probe of his defunct U. S. Trust and Guaranty Company.
Date: February 1, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Shoemake]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about A.B. Shoemake, the former head of the U.S. Trust and Guaranty Company, giving newsmen his first interview since he shot himself in the head the previous year.
Date: April 27, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Renner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Research Foundation's annual field day in Renner.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Jet ace honored]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about McKinney, Texas paying tribute to Air Force Captain James Jabara.
Date: June 20, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Farm awards]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual farming festival and award ceremony held by the Texas Research Foundation, a rural improvement organization, in Renner. The awards are presented to Dr. C. E. Marshall, an English chemist, for fertilizer research discoveries; and Russell N. Cash, a Texas farmer pioneering scientific agricultural techniques using his own crops.
Date: May 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Jet ace]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a McKinney celebration honoring Colonel Royal Baker, the top jet ace in the U.S. Air Force who shot down 12 planes in the Korean War.
Date: April 9, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Lavon dam work near completion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Army engineers nearing the end of construction on the Lavon Dam on the Trinity River, intended to provide water to nearby communities and create a lake for recreation.
Date: November 14, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Research foundation awards]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an agricultural open house at the Texas Research Foundation in Renner, with awards presented for research in modern farming science.
Date: May 21, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Lavon Dam]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of the Lavon Dam in Collin County.
Date: October 28, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: First Jet Ace back from Korea]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Major James A. Jabara returning home to his family in McKinney from Korea.
Date: July 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Storm]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of tornadoes striking towns across Texas, doing severe building damage but only killing one.
Date: March 25, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Bankers learn golf from expert]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about golfer Byron Nelson giving employees of the Republic National Bank golf lessons at the annual San Jacinto Holiday golf tournament.
Date: April 21, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Location: 33.196552 -96.712610

[News Script: News brief - fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that destroyed the residence of J. C. Wells in Collin County. J. C. Wells is the mayor of the community of Renner.
Date: November 27, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: McKinney blaze razes four homes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire in McKinney that destroyed four houses and damaged two others. Also covered, a three-alarm fire in Dallas that damaged a two-story house in Dallas.
Date: August 19, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Amateur circus closes career]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the final performance of the Gainesville community circus in Plano after 25 successful seasons.
Date: October 8, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Renner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Research Foundation at Renner hosting a farm research open house.
Date: May 18, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Airplane crash landing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two Air Force pilots, Richard D. Hayes and Richard W. Barber involved in a plan crash of a T-33 jet trainer, in Plano, Texas.
Date: July 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Wind damages McKinney area]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a tornado touching down in the south and east of McKinney and caused damage at Lovejoy School.
Date: April 28, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Cancer research]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a possible breakthrough in cancer treatments at the Veterans Hospital in McKinney.
Date: March 16, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a small airplane crash that left the pilot dead near Plano.
Date: September 1, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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