[News Script: News briefs]

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a record-breaking sweet potato grown by D.L. "Buck" Nelson in Fort Worth, weighing in at over six pounds. The second story is about Pete Vardas, a young Euless man facing charges for a bank robbery earlier in the year, also being found guilty of automobile theft.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) October 25, 1951.

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This item is part of the collection entitled: KXAS-NBC 5 News Collection and was provided by the UNT Libraries Special Collections to the UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 15 times. More information about this item can be viewed below.

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a record-breaking sweet potato grown by D.L. "Buck" Nelson in Fort Worth, weighing in at over six pounds. The second story is about Pete Vardas, a young Euless man facing charges for a bank robbery earlier in the year, also being found guilty of automobile theft.

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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

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[News Clip: News briefs] (Video)

[News Clip: News briefs]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a record-breaking sweet potato grown by D.L. "Buck" Nelson in Fort Worth, weighing in at over six pounds. The second story is about Pete Vardas, a young Euless man facing charges for a bank robbery earlier in the year, also being found guilty of automobile theft.

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[News Clip: News briefs], ark:/67531/metadc1749407

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  • October 25, 1951

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  • Sept. 2, 2015, 12:40 p.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: News briefs], item, October 25, 1951; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc701611/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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