[News Script: Hunt on for felon freed by mistake]

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Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth police embarking on a manhunt after a clerical error released a prisoner under a life sentence.

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2 p. ; 28 cm.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.) September 10, 1954.

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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 UNT Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 25 times. More information about this script can be viewed below.

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  • Main Title: [News Script: Hunt on for felon freed by mistake]
  • Series Title: NBC News Scripts

Description

Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Fort Worth police embarking on a manhunt after a clerical error released a prisoner under a life sentence.

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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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[News Clip: Hunt on for felon freed by mistake]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Fort Worth police embarking on a manhunt after a clerical error released a prisoner under a life sentence.

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  • September 10, 1954

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  • Nov. 11, 2015, 4 p.m.

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  • June 22, 2022, 5:25 p.m.

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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Hunt on for felon freed by mistake], script, September 10, 1954; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc771733/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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