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[News Script: News Brief; Ice]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a coat of ice on a Model T Ford owned by Jack Stout, a plumber in Handley. A lawn sprinkler sprayed the car all night in below-freezing temperatures.
Date: December 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Water Council Story]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about complaints that Fort Worth has not seen much rain. Improvements to the water system are mentioned.
Date: July 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Krick]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dr. Irving Krick, a Denver meteorologist who recently had a rain-making contract with Dallas. His contract was cancelled, but he plans to continue making forecasts and conducting research.
Date: December 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fort Worth joins civil defense test]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth's addition to a massive civil defense drill named "Operation Alert." The scenario for the drill involves a hydrogen bomb attack on Carswell Air Force Base, requiring the evacuation of Fort Worth residents.
Date: July 20, 1956, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rain]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about rainfall across Texas after a period of drought.
Date: November 4, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a storm destroying a new home owned by W. R. Ellis.
Date: July 6, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: New blast fails to dislodge log jam]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a jam of logs created in the Trinity River near Dallas after several days of heavy rain. City officials attempt to dislodge the jam with dynamite and a winch truck, but neither approach succeeds at clearing the obstruction.
Date: May 3, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Award]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about bus driver John D. Hearon receiving three awards from the Department of Public Safety and the American Motorist Insurance Company for saving the lives of his passengers during a blizzard.
Date: June 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Freeze nips fruit, makes driving risky]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about heavy sleet and freezing rain conditions across North Texas, resulting in heavy losses for local fruit crops and dangerous driving conditions.
Date: March 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rainmaker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth City Council meeting to discuss the pros and cons of rain-making.
Date: April 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Bus accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Dallas city bus spinning out of control on wet streets during a rainstorm and striking the wall of an underpass. Three of the eight passengers aboard suffered minor injuries, along with the driver.
Date: May 31, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Scouts]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a parade put on by the Boy Scouts in observance of Boy Scouts Week in Grand Prairie.
Date: February 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Weather]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the weather radar pan at Fort Worth's Carswell Air Force Base and it's contributions to the aviation in the area. The story talks about the specifications of the machine and crew behind it's maintenance and function.
Date: June 28, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Location: 32.769165 -97.441391
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Council approves rainmaking tests]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth City Council deciding to utilize cloud seeding to produce rain for the city, which resulted in flooding in the Westgate section of Fort Worth.
Date: April 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News Briefs--Wind Damage]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about wind which caused damage at Les Butler's South Dallas Battery and Electrical Service.
Date: February 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rainmaker]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a scientist experimenting with a cloud seeding device at the Grand Prairie Airport.
Date: May 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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