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[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.)

[News Script: Health Center]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about protestors at the city council chambers in Fort Worth. Many citizens are concerned about the proximity of the new health center with the Amon Carter Memorial site.
Date: November 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Briefs; Dope Raid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a raid by Dallas police on an Arcadia Park home. Five people are arrested, and several narcotics are seized in the raid.
Date: December 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Country Store]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Jones's Country Store in Weatherford. The store has been returned to how it would look in the 1890's, complete with authentic antique merchandise.
Date: July 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Miss Flame]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Miss Flame contest at the state fair grounds. Girls from the fifteen cities and fire departments in Dallas county compete.
Date: October 14, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Skeet Club]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the upcoming Pan American International Skeet Championships in Dallas.
Date: December 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Soaring]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the National Soaring Competition in Grand Prairie. Glider pilots from twenty states and five foreign countries compete.
Date: July 31, 1956
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 game for the district 4 high school football title. The Carter-Riverside Eagles play against the Polytechnic Parrots at Farrington Field in Fort Worth. Carter-Riverside wins.
Date: October 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Suds]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a shaving cream fight at TCU between the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority.
Date: October 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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