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[News Script: $4,000 Taken From Church by Burglars]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a burglary at a church in Fort Worth resulting in damages and $4,000 stolen for the office safe.
Date: December 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 4-H club week]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 4-H club members activities and projects.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 4-H Clubs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual 4-H award ceremony, which takes place at the WBAP-TV studio. Top awards go to Yvonne Newton and Bruce Ray Carlin.
Date: November 18, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: $10,000 Bond Set on Bank Robber]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Yancy A. Batie being held at $10,000 bond for robbing a bank and taking close to $3,000.
Date: December 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 16 Left Homeless in Residence Fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a two-alarm fire that destroyed a duplex leaving two families homeless.
Date: December 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 20 Thousand Bond Upheld in Extortion Case]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a man attempting to reduce a $20,000 bond that was set following charges that he and his wife extorted a family for $300.
Date: August 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 30-day term given on pinball charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth tavern owner Homer Chokas being sentenced to 30 days in jail for allegedly making payoffs on a pinball machine in his tavern.
Date: May 17, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 30 million dollars in bonds are burned]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 30 million dollars worth of municipal bonds are burnt in an incinerator.
Date: March 9, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: $60,000 in Jewels Missing from Vault]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about $60 thousand dollars worth of jewels, which went missing from the Statler-Hilton hotel in Dallas. 39 police officers work on the case.
Date: November 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: $100,000 Bond Reset for Fraud Suspect]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Andrew George William Frederick, a man accused of jumping a thousand-dollar bond on mail fraud charges in Washington. In Fort Worth, he is given a one-hundred-thousand-dollar bond to assure he returns to Washington for a federal trial.
Date: January 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: 1918 Fliers Honored at Memorial Service]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual memorial service of the World War I Fliers Club for Canadian servicemen who died while training in the Fort Worth area. The Canadian fliers are buried in a section of Greenwood Cemetery.
Date: November 12, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: A. B. A. President]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about E. Smythe Gambrell, president of the American Bar Association, speaking about his tour of the Soviet Union.
Date: August 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: A&M thumps Raiders, 40-7]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the Texas A & M Aggies and the Texas Tech Red Raiders. Texas A & M wins.
Date: October 7, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: AA Landing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an investigation into an emergency landing made by an American Airlines passenger plane. One person, D. E. Hampton, received burns on his hands as he exited the plane on an emergency chute.
Date: October 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Abandoned children claimed by mother]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about two children who were left at a movie by their mother, who promised to return. When she did not return, the children were taken to the Lena Pope home, where their mother picked them up the next morning.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Abductor Sentenced on Assault Charge]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Garland Lee Creed, a Fort Worth house painter who pleads guilty to charges of assault with intent to rape a six-year-old girl.
Date: September 25, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Abilene Welcomes Olympic Champion]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a welcoming party for Bobby Morrow at Abilene Christian College. Morrow returns from the Olympic Games in Australia.
Date: December 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident between a pickup truck and a parked city dump trunk.
Date: August 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a motorcycle policeman crashing into a pickup truck.
Date: August 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident between a taxi cab and a car in Dallas. Mr. and Mrs. Robbie G. Blackburn were severely injured.
Date: December 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident involving thee cars and six injured persons. Those injured include John C. Knox, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Knox Senior, Edward W. Ewing, Mary Pritchett, and William Joe Morton.
Date: July 8, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Mrs. Effie Cochran, who was hit by a slow moving car in downtown Dallas. She suffered a fractured pelvis, possible back injuries, and bruises.
Date: November 21, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about damage to a home that was caused by a truck that came loose from a pickup truck towing it. Occupants of the house included Mrs. Jim Odom, her infant son, and Mrs. L. V. Giles.
Date: July 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[News Script: Accident]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a accident involving two vehicles.
Date: December 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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