[News Script: Chicken Race]

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

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[2] p. ; 28 cm.

Creation Information

WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) June 6, 1969.

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This script is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 39 times. More information about this script can be viewed below.

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  • NBC5/KXAS-TV

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Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.

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[2] p. ; 28 cm.

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  • Preferred Citation: NBC 5/KXAS News Scripts (AR0787), University of North Texas Special Collections

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KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection

This collection contains photographs, video, and scripts from news stories produced by the KXAS-NBC 5 station.

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  • June 6, 1969

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  • May 8, 2018, 9:50 a.m.

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  • May 26, 2020, 1:11 p.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Chicken Race], script, June 6, 1969; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1148048/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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