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[News Script: Sexton Given 42 Year Prison Term]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Frank Sexton Junior being sentenced for forty-two years in prison. He is found guilty of raping a young woman from Rylie.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: MeadowBrook Club Destroyed by Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire that devastated a clubhouse and all its contents. Only a dog was killed by the fire.
Date: December 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: NAACP]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial in Tyler, which will decide the fate of the NAACP in Texas. The state asks for a temporary restraining order against the organization, which would freeze their operations until issues are settled in court.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[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.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. A. L. Nation, who was shot in a double shooting. Theodore Charles Bilger shot Mrs. Nation, then killed himself.
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Christmas for dogs at animal shelter]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dogs held for adoption at the animal shelter.
Date: December 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Ground breaking]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the groundbreaking for a new sanctuary at Lovers Lane Methodist Church in Dallas. The sanctuary is the third step in a four-phase building program, which was initiated by the church in 1945.
Date: July 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Tarrant Commissioners]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the construction of new wings to the Tarrant county courthouse. County commissioners decided to add the new wings rather than build a separate site.
Date: July 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Machine Permits Heart Operations]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new machine called a pump-oxygenator. The machine has been tested in heart surgeries on animals, and it may eventually help save human heart patients.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Youth Not Guilty in Mother's Death]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles Everett Cole, who was on trial for the murder of his mother, Nora Jane Price.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: TCU and Colts Tie in Freshman Game]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between TCU and SMU.
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Orphan]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new addition to the home of Lieutenant Norman K. Donahoe in Pasadena. He recently adopted a son from Greece.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Blast]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion which destroyed the Southmayd school in rural North Texas. Two people were injured.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Fish Lured to Doom by Sneaky Turtle]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Mata-Mata turtle from Brazil at the James R. Record Aquarium.
Date: December 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Negro Kid]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an unclaimed boy found at the Dallas bus station after arriving from Austin, Texas. The mother was late to pick him up and the boy was already in custody, they were reunited shortly after.
Date: December 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Tonight cast rehearsal]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Steve Allen and the cast of the Tonight Show rehearsing for an airing from Fort Worth.
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Handy Gadgets Shown at Dallas Exhibit]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a variety of products being exhibited at the Exposition of Modern Living in Dallas.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Miramar May be Sold to Negroes]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the S. S. Mirimar, which is up for sale in Highland Park, after a lengthy court battle concerning its custody. Also for sale is the home of Doctor and Mrs. F. H. Newton, in which the yacht is stored.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Swink]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth Jaycees naming TCU's halfback Jim Swink the outstanding amateur athlete of the year.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Dogs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about trained dogs teaching Dallas children about safety.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Lavin]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Charles Lavin arriving in Fort Worth to help the Ambassador hotel restructure their management system to make housing more affordable for the elderly.
Date: February 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Rally]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the year's largest rally for the Dallas MG Car Club that involved a total of 48 cars participating.
Date: April 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Church]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dispute between a church and nearby citizens over the church's noise level and bus location.
Date: May 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Victim is Charged in Fake Hijacking]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Maxie Leon Lee, an eighteen-year-old who led a hijacking hoax and ended up in the Dallas County Jail.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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