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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.).[News Script: Briscoe speaks at university],
script,
May 21, 1973, 8:25 a.m.;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1740930/m1/1/:
accessed July 10, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.