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[News Script: Oil well on college campus]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont giving up their baseball field to Stanolind oil company for drilling.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Largest sign is lighted by mayor]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ford Motor Company lighting the largest neon sign in the Southwest, in Dallas, for their 50th anniversary.
Date: June 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Blaze destroys clothing factory]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three-alarm fire at a Dallas garment manufacturing company. Seven employees escaped without injury.
Date: July 15, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: 110-year-old vet takes plane ride]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 110-year-old veteran Walter Williams going on his first airplane ride.
Date: July 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: TCU building]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about completion of a new religious studies building at Texas Christian University.
Date: June 17, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Latest in hats for ladies shown]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three day millinery market in Dallas displaying the latest fashions in hats.
Date: July 14, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Amputee is blood donor]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a San Antonio blood drive organized by Korean War veteran and quadruple amputee Werner Reininger, who says he is determined to pay back his debt in blood donations to the U.S. Armed Forces for saving his life.
Date: July 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Burglary suspect faces dope charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about ex-convict Harris Peyton arrested in Dallas for burglarizing a pharmacy after a police officer remembered his face.
Date: July 10, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News briefs accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an automobile colliding with a commercial truck loaded with sand at a Dallas intersection. Both drivers escaped injury in the accident.
Date: June 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: News brief (Helicopters)]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Western Hills motel in Fort Worth, utilizing their heliport and gaining a reputation for it, as "The Western Hills Helicopter Motel."
Date: July 3, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Gas line explosion rocks Houston]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a gas line explosion in Fort Worth, badly injuring William J. Leben.
Date: June 19, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Driver loses cab]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U. R. Benton, a cab driver who claimed to have been robbed by Ray Bilbo and Melvin Young, resulting in the evacuation of his cab.
Date: October 23, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Explosion wrecks fireworks plant]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion at a Fort Worth fireworks plant destroying several buildings and seriously injuring one employee.
Date: June 19, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Girl charged in mystery slaying]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young woman charged in Decatur with two mysterious murders of unknown motive.
Date: July 2, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Trained seal act]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two trained seals, Jimmy and Guin, performing at the Fair Park Midway in Dallas.
Date: June 25, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Bank robbery]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mental hospital escapee captured shortly after attempting to rob a Dallas bank.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Tidelands pen goes to museum]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the pen used by President Eisenhower to sign the Texas tidelands bill being obtained by the Texas Memorial Museum in Austin.
Date: July 7, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Billy Graham]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Evangelist Billy Graham conducting a revival at the Dallas Cotton Bowl.
Date: June 19, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Fort Worth man shoots wife, self]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Fort Worth woman's estranged husband shooting and killing her, then turning the gun on himself. The husband, L.J. Saling, survived the shot to the head.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Rainmakers on job: city drenched]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the city of Fort Worth conducting a rainmaking experiment.
Date: July 16, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Chemical company wrecked by fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a three-alarm fire at a Dallas chemical company and neighboring paper warehouse. No one was injured in the blaze.
Date: July 12, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Lake Worth emergency corps]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Lake Worth Emergency Corps, a volunteer disaster relief and rescue unit, raising money for additional equipment.
Date: July 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Baseball star in golf tournament]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Don Newcombe playing golf at a Houston tournament.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Oil wells]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Shell Oil Company drilling wells in Lake Texoma in an attempt to find oil while the water level is low due to drought.
Date: July 1, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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