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SPORTS INTRO
LIVE MATSON,,... . AL UNSER gave himself a extravagant birthday present today
when he won the Indianapolis 500 Auto Race for the second
straight year,
STILL PICT:PACE CAR....THERE WERE A SERIES of wrecks today and the first one occurred
when the pace car skidded into a photographers' stand
in the infield. Amm Astronaut John Glen Junior was in theLIVE MATSOI...
pace car, but neither he nor any of the othe# passangers
were injured. The photographers were iot so lucky. Six
recieVed injuries that necessited them being taken to a
hospital. 3mik Twelve other persons were taken to thehospital on the speedway infield.
Ron could you fill us in
on the rest of the race.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Sports intro], script, May 29, 1971, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1434273/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Transportation+-+Automobiles%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.