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[News Script: Atheletes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. Olympics Association President Tug Wilson stopping over at Amon Carter Field in Fort Worth en route to the Pan-American Games in Mexico City.
Date: March 8, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Safety]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about members of the 20-30 club marking the intersection of Peach and North Henderson in Fort Worth as the scene of 24 fatal accidents, in hopes of inspiring caution.
Date: January 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Flower show]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a flower show at the Dallas Garden Center.
Date: March 16, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ward workers vote for union]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about retail workers at the Montgomery Ward department store in Fort Worth voting to unionize by joining the Teamsters organization. The workers threaten to strike if negotiations with store management break down.
Date: March 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Negroes ask strict enforcement of laws]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about negro leaders in Dallas petitioning local police to increase enforcement efforts against black-on-black crime in the city, saying that officers and newspapers only occupy themselves with black-on-white crimes.
Date: January 21, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Change or go broke, cattlemen warned]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual convention of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association in Dallas, with a speech by National American Cattlemen's Association President Jay Taylor on the state of the beef industry.
Date: March 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Knowland believes DAG's trip failure]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a speaking engagement by California Senator William Knowland at a dinner of the Institute of International Education in Houston.
Date: January 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Taft urges lower trade barriers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles P. Taft speaking at the second annual meeting of the Texas Council of Churches and calling for lower tariffs.
Date: January 5, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shepperd]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Attorney General John Ben Shepperd arriving in Fort Worth to address a banquet of the Tarrant County Medical Society.
Date: January 4, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Crouch wins sportsmanship award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Fort Worth Kiwanis Club athletic banquet honoring local college athletes. The club presents its 1954 season sportsmanship award to TCU football captain Johnny Crouch.
Date: January 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Leaflets showered on cities of area]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a campaign in North Texas by the Civil Air Patrol, dropping leaflets from airplanes over towns in the area soliciting donations for the Radio Free Europe project.
Date: February 22, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Engineer of year honored at dinner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dinner of the Fort Worth chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, honoring this year's "Engineer of the Year."
Date: February 24, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Cyclists]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a hill climbing competition held by the Mustang Motorcycle Club in Dallas.
Date: February 27, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Chinchilla roundup]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a chinchilla show and breeder convention at the Texas Hotel in Fort Worth.
Date: February 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Boneheads enlist in tree program]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a stunt by the Dallas Bonehead Club, a parody of charitable civic organizations, responding to a request by Gov. Allan Shivers to beautify the state by attempting to plant a tree in the center of a busy street in downtown Dallas.
Date: February 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Expert says more changes in Russia]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Pulitzer Prize-winner Hanson Baldwin speaking in front of the Knife and Fork Club in Fort Worth about political changes in Russia.
Date: February 8, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Loud tie contest held by civitans]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a contest held by the Fort Worth Civitan Club to determine the member with the ugliest necktie. The ties are later auctioned for charity.
Date: February 15, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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