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[News Script: Senator guest at beef week supper]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Beef Council launching its second annual Beef Week, a promotional campaign designed to increase beef sales across the state of Texas.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Dillon Anderson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a meeting of the Dallas council on world affairs with Dillon Anderson speaking.
Date: September 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Football]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Stamford High School Bulldogs football team facing off against the New London High School Wildcats in the semifinal game of the Texas Interscholastic League's Class Double-A Playoffs.
Date: December 16, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Bateman sworn in as city secretary]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Roy A. Bateman succeeding E. S. Birdsong as Fort Worth's city secretary.
Date: December 7, 1955
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 an auto accident in which Edward Hunter died after crashing into a home in Fort Worth.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Now we have four outdoor girls]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about four young women in Fort Worth receiving a prize of a vacation to New York in a contest. The prizes are announced by actor James Stewart, visiting to promote a film.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Big Bend National Park is dedicated]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of Big Bend National Park.
Date: November 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Ten cadets get AF commissions]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ten ROTC cadets being given their Air Force commissions at Perrin Air Force Base near Sherman, Texas.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Location: 33.708942 -96.661902

[News Script: Order of film for anniversary program]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the 7th anniversary celebration of television news in the Southwest broadcast through the WBAP-TV station.
Date: September 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News Briefs - Planting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the East Side Kiwanis Club planting a variety of plants on East Lancaster Street.
Date: September 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Negro to seek money without NAACP aid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas man discovering a large sum of money while digging a sewer ditch under a house in the city, and subsequently being arrested by local police who believed he had stolen the money.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Ol' Diz gets real New Orleans dinner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about New Orleans restaurant owner bringing a pre-cooked Creole meal for Dizzy Dean to eat in Dallas.
Date: August 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Former convict talks]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Ennis Kiwanis club sponsoring a crime prevention class, featuring a talk by former convict Ralph W. Hedrick, who spent nine years behind bars.
Date: September 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Orchid tree tops florists's display]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a display of flower arrangements in the lobby of the Fort Worth National Bank, created by local florists in observance of National Flower Week.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News brief -- accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision in Fort Worth between a commercial produce truck and an automobile that ended with the truck upside down atop the car. No one was injured in the accident.
Date: July 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Senator Johnson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Senator Lyndon B. Johnson arriving in Fredericksburg, Texas for vacation.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Wives of officers are fashion models]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fashion show at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, with the wives of the officers as the models.
Date: September 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Jorgenson seeks national rating]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Port Arthur boxer Paul Jorgenson arriving in Fort Worth to compete in a state title bout.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Gobblins]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the fourth annual painting of downtown Dallas storefronts by students.
Date: October 31, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Injured policeman appears at trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Bennie B. Nelms, a Dallas man accused of driving while intoxicated and severely injuring a motorcycle police officer in an accident.
Date: July 19, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Jury is still out on McGowan trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of rodeo performer Raymond McGowan, who was accused of killing his estranged wife and her lover in a Waco hotel room.
Date: September 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Fite trial]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the trial of Flaudell Fite, a Dallas man accused of raping a Garland teenager. Fite is found guilty, and sentenced to the death penalty.
Date: September 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Amusing antics]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a series of unusual incidents in Dallas and Fort Worth, including a runaway pig pursued by local police, an intoxicated man stuck on a roof rescued by firemen, and a woman promoting an interior decorating company by walking down the street in a swimsuit with advertising material.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: 12-year-old winner in soap box derby]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an annual soap box derby race for Fort Worth youths.
Date: July 17, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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