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[News Script: Arson]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the questioning of Cathryn Christene Hall and Bill Ferguson, who admit to setting a car and house on fire for insurance money.
Date: September 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Interracial Committee]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the first meeting of Mayor Garrison's ten-man interracial committee in Fort Worth, as well as criticism from the city's Riverside neighborhoods.
Date: September 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Highway post office shown at convention]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mobile post office being shown at the National Postal Transportation Association convention. The mobile post office is a converted bus, where clerks sort mail as it is being delivered.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Boys Scouts]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the end of the second "Buckskin Conference," a two-day event for explorer scouts at Hensley Field. The scouts learn about how to put out fires with the help of firemen.
Date: November 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Commissioners]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the voted pay raise from the commissioners to the works in comparison to the commissioners themselves.
Date: December 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Woman is jailed in slaying of gambler]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Betty Barry accidentally killing "Chicken" Louie Ferrantello, an ex-gambler, in Dallas. Barry says that she wanted to shoot herself, but Ferrantello tried to take the gun away from her. She fired at him during the struggle.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Buffalo]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the addition of buffaloes to the Nocona Junior Chamber of Commerce Rodeo. The buffalo yearlings will be ridden and roped in contests.
Date: November 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Young Demos]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Young Democratic Club in Dallas. They have announced their support of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Date: October 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Dogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the eighth annual Specialty Dog Show in Dallas. 566 dogs compete.
Date: November 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Cardinal]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Bishop Thomas K. Gormon of the Dallas-Fort Worth diocese and his twenty-fifth anniversary of his consecration as a bishop. Several bishops from around the country arrive to celebrate the occasion.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: Aggies - Rice]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between Texas A & M and Rice University. Texas A & M wins the game.
Date: November 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

[News Script: City planner]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a luncheon for Dallas businessmen, builders, and architects. Frederick T. Aschman speaks about how the rivalry between Dallas and Fort Worth is damaging the two cities.
Date: July 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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