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The Line Up: The Wild Wild Woman Case (EP0968) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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well, now it is time for today's episode of the Lineup, the
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Wild Wild Woman Case. Ladies and gentlemen, we take you now behind the
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scenes double police headquarters in a great American city. We're under the cold,
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glaring lights were fast before us. The innocent, the vagrant, the thief,
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the murderer. This is the Lena I have been your victims. Chillien
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still waiting smoke, yeah, yeah, May I have your retention On the
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other side of the line in the audience room, may I have your attention.
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Please thank you. My name as grab Sergeant Matt Greb. I'll explain
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the line up to you. Each and a suspect you will be send for
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me sticking around here than what do you know their identification? And just in
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time it's the Chadwick Sadans. I asked the questions you could have used the
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jail line that the officers have took your name will assist you. They seated
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among you. Please be pop with your questions are identifications. When the prisoners
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leave here, they are sent to the washroom and dressed back in the the
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jail clothes. It makes it quite difficult to bring them back after they leave
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here. The questions I asked these suspects and many to get an actual tone
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of voice, so do not pay too much attention to their answers as they
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often lie. Bring on the line. All right, boys, all away
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into the inter station. Come on all the way to the end. That's
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right now. Turning me front, hands out of your pockets, down at
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your size and look straight ahead. That's I think it. Now I'm gonna
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ask each of you some questions. I want you to stand out, talk
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up so the people in the back of the room. Can hear you?
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It's a long way back there, So talk up. Number one folly O'Mahoney
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and narcotics. What is it folly, O'Mahony or O'Mahoney. Oh mohoney's at
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it? Speak up? Come on? What's the addressing game? The shitch
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is in Captain self ass again and that's my um say that's my address.
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Where's the last place you slept? And about me ship, says the Embrew
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queen. She's at Pier forty. You're a merchant seaman, right, you
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say how long you've been in town? Two days? Those the clothes you
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were in when you were arrested. Oh, yes, said these are my
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shore clothes. That's my best, my good stand up straight. Anyone arrested
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with him? Here he is here, it's happney and Megan, Sir Megan,
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that's number seventeen being American here and he said, oh, how long
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you know? On him? For all? Melisa, we shipped together.
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What are you using now, PAULI? Heroin, cocaine morphine? What?
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Oh said? I'm not using a anythings all right? Number two Edward Bible
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Grand Theft dot Org. Where do you live? Edward oh Man yes,
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you, I lived with my sister. I can't hear him, sorry,
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jns day, can't hear you out there, Edwards. You'll have to speak
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about it. Tell him where you live again? Fifteen fifty LONGTHI Luffy es
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three. When the two officers signaled you to pull over to the side of
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the road, why didn't you stop instead of making them chasing? Well,
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like I told you, old boy upstairs, I didn't know they would.
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They were policemen. You didn't recognize their uniform power car. I have trouble
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with my eyes. They go back on me, just just like that sometimes,
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Yeah, I said, I ain't never been in no trouble, never
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except once once arrestnized. Suspicious, that's all just thus suspicious, suspicious.
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Huh. That's why. What about your conviction when June seven, nineteen forty
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eight, two years for burglary? Oh you know, sergeant, I forgot
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all about that, alright, Number three. I just flowed at all in
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my bills without miss sergeant. What I thought it was a missed on my
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dog on a tar, right, all right, that's enough, dwichlie down
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to the end of the line. Yes, just one of these folks,
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you know, you know yes, right, Number three, John Tynan robbery.
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Where do you live? John? Forty two hundred Larama Street? What's
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that the Silver Moon Motel? How long you lived there? Three days?
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Where'd you live before? To pick a Kansas keep your hands with your sides?
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How long you been in town? Got in last Sunday? Come by
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bus train? Playing? And what? I drove in with a man from
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Kansas City who shared expensive and split the driving. What's your work? John
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Electrician? Were you carrying a weapon when the officers arrested him? Yeah?
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Revolver? What kind of thirty eight? Who's Steele rad? What Nickel played
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it? How long you had it? Well? I bought it for the
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trips. I didn't know the man I was traveling with, and I thought
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I had have something to protect myself with. Where'd you buy it from?
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A man? Topeka? Okay? John? Number four? Carl Powers are
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soap faced front of streak up? Carl? Do you remember sixteen or one
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Cherry Street? Yeah? How long youn? That year? The report says
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you were breaking furniture at that address that ganged up in me. Oh,
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Mike and his wife Mike? Who's Mike? Mike? But some double jointed
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name I never could say Mike boller this game. He's here too, you
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know. I know Mike's got quite a shine of Carl, so is his
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wife. So Vye, maybe I will be a better layoff the loops the
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next time you play cards. Any questions are identificing about him? Dwick Number
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three fits the general description your game. Any questions are I never know,
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I just don't you think so? We tennant? Tennant? I think Sagan?
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Okay, run them off, bring on the next line five or four,
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and even stephen Man thirty ten, thirty five, thirty seven and W
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D Park No. Nine over all right, Crogan, all good? Number
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sixteen? Yeah, didn't that to fail? Who knows you got anything again?
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All right? Let me know? Hi? Hi, you finished already?
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Yeah? Not many today? Chadwick didn't come through. Huh no,
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Yeah, take a look at this. All these places. Yeah, I'm
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always exactly the same. They got a little neighborhood jewelry store. She stays
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on the outside, He goes inside and cleans the place. I hit once
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and scrambled the next time. Then these descriptions are all pretty much alike,
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including the one. We got some Chadwick. Hey, what about that?
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I thought sure Tynan was our boy. Well, let's keep hauling them in.
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Okay, Well, how'd you come out sixteen? How about you thirty
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three? I'll have to wait two more years for another exam unless they two
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sergeants quit the boys. You you get a chair. So not much.
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I've never made more than fourteen appointments in the two year period. That's the
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way it goes with a civil service. Well, at least the waitness over.
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Huh, that's something sticky, some gamer. What do you mean some
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gameh storry? You got ring? Yeah? Denver? M Well, hold
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on, Matt, what about tiling back at the city jail. It's going
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to be arraigned on concealed weapons this afternoon. It's okay, thanks, Ryan,
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Tilon may still be our boy, Matt. Keep a police in Denver
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wants us to hold jewelry store man. They're identified the picture we put on
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the wire last night. Get Chadwick up here, and he's down looking through
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a mug file. Long, Lieutenant, I've been away from my store all
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morning. It won't take too long, mister Chadwick. We just want to
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clarify a few matters. You want us to get the man and woman who
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held up your store. Don't yes, of course, then why have you
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been wasting my time, your time, the department's time, mister Chadwick.
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What last Saturday morning a man and woman stuck up your jewelry store, happening
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approximately eleven thirty in the morning before you went to the bank. Now just
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a minute, we'll kind of lat hey, you finish and then you can
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talk. Besides a sizeable amount of jewelry stock, you also reported that over
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eight hundred dollars in cash was taken from your safe. It's a matter of
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routine. Our robbery division found out that you haven't deposited more than four hundred
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dollars in cash on any Saturday morning within the last eight months. But we
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gave you the benefit of the doubt. Seemed in good faith and anxious to
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cooperate with us. Not hand me. Then hey, I ben thanks.
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This is a picture that went out with the Yre last night. So man
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you saw in the lineup this morning, his name is John Tynan. A
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victim in Denver identified this picture of the man working with an unidentified woman who
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held up his store with pretty certain he's the same man who held you up.
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Well, what have you got to say, all right, I guess
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I've caused you an awful lot of trouble. It isn't the first time a
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victim hasn't identified a thief because of the money hoped to collect on his casualty
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policy. Well how, mister Chadwick. Yes, yes, he's the man
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who helped me up. Will I be booked or something? How much cash
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did he actually get? Three hundred and sixty dollars? How much did you
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claim? Eight hundred plus him, informed Matt, so we can verify this
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identification. I don't understand people. Sometimes they hope and holler and cry for
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law and order and protection. When they have an opportunity to do something active
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in the way of apprehending criminals, they passed it up, signed him,
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mister Chadwick. Yeah, and this copy to him. Oh fie, you
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better call you a lawyer, mister Chadwick. Insurance companies don't like to be
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lied to either. Yeah. I got it too, And there's a couple
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of retirements coming up next month. Yeah, congratulations, clean, Yeah,
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thank you man. Lord, you've been sweating it out, heaven't we all?
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Okay, what's that book number again? Due to six eighty nine?
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Let him up? For your line up today? Uh huh, how's mommy?
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Good? Hey? Hey Sarge, Hey, hey Sarge, I got
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to see him. Assist a minute. I got something to your add later.
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Hey. Ay, but supports Stager and don't don't forget Hell's age?
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All right, come get three? Have you been? Lieutenant? Fine?
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Thank yourself? Good? Hey lieutenant, why don't you get him to put
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radios in these places? At least? File the series is on? Alright,
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alright, knock it off, your guys, knock it off. Some
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people want to get some sleep around here, you know, Cannan. Ye,
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come on now, what this ray? There's no phone in here,
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Ben, we won't need one, thanks being sh sit down, John Smoke,
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Sure why the visit? They're identified John Denver Police. Wan't you for
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the same thing we picture up on here? And mister Chadwick here in town's
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identified you too, man showan, Yeah, we come over. Well Si,
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what does it mean that depends on you? Ever been in trouble before?
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Now? How old I am? Twenty three? Well, with or
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without a statement, you'll be in dibted for grand theft and robbery. They
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can also throw in transporting stolen property, carrying concealed weapons be easier if you
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cooperate with us. How long it's up to the judge of the Superior coin,
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but we'll be there to tell him how much you helped us or how
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much you didn't. Name's Irene Oldham. You can pick her up at the
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Albany Hotel. She's registered under the name of it Missus, Dick McBride,
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hella, when here's my desk smoked down. Thanks, we'll get some facts
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first, he can take to each other. Wait a minute, they pick
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up Irene yet we're doing it now. I don't want to see when they
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bring her in. Lieutenant, have to see her when you're a ring,
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but I don't want to see her now. Okay, Well let's go ahead,
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and how long have you known Irene Oldham. I met her two months
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ago where my hometown to peak it going John. We liked each other,
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Irene and mean I decided to pull some jobs together. Or was it all
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idea? Your idea, both of us, I guess. But she figured
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out a way to do it. The idea was to hit and run.
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So we took her car and went on the road. We'd go into jewelry
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store and pretend like we're gonna get married and wanted to pick out a ring.
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We'd until the store cleared if there were customers in there. Nobody suspected
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us, even though Irene's almost thirty. We both looked the same age.
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I guess. Well, when we had our chance, I'd gunned the storman
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and Irene keep a lookout in front. That's the way we planned it all
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the time. We'd stay in different places each town. Where were you last?
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Saturday morning? At eleven thirty, When I was with Irene at a
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jewelry store in Eastern Avenue in this city named the Storm the Elite Jewelry Company,
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we robbed it. I used a gun thirty two revolvers that I bought
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him to pick a Kansas My accomplice. Accomplice and robbing. This robbery was
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Irene Oldham. She looked out the front while I stuck up the man inside.
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I took everything in the open cases in the store that looked valuable to
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me, and then I forced the man to open the safe. I remember
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it was three hundred and sixty dollars because the man had it already deposit in
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the bank. I went outside then and yeah, a hold attunel well checked
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out an hour ago. Just mister, I'll tell manage to report of the
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big nice looking guy came and got her bag and baggage girl of a cat
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at fifty one. Dorman thinks sixty two are first, and the license numbers
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heard her call him, Frank. Let's see what you can do with license
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registration coin and get out an APB on him and can't get too fun right,
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all right, go ahead, John. I gave the money and the
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jewelry to Irene, like I've been doing in all the jobs. Irene was
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saving it all for us. This was our last stop. We were going
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to get married and go to South America. When we finished, I'll throw
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the Monika file on at Frank. Anyway, Oh, that's sixteen possibilities from
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the description being worked on friends in her room matched up. She's a hometown
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girl where she fall from Fis County first time January nineteen forty one, bottomobile.
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All right, I came up with us and names Irene Kingston alias Irene
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king Irene Kensington, Irene Bradley, Helen Diamond. Got a mother living here,
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Missus Edith Kingston. You get a making one on this iren end as
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she's holding it for you downstairs. She's got a red flag since nineteen forty
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eight. What's the challenge, mardy, Missus Kingston Police. I'm telling Guthrine,
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that's Sergeant Graham. We'd like to talk to him. Irene, Yes,
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come in, sit down just a minute. I'll turn this thing.
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What is it this time Irene's in town? Missus Kingston, Well, I
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haven't seen her. She hasn't contacted you at all. She hasn't contacted me
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since she was sixteen. Sergeant Do you mean you haven't seen your daughter since
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she was sixteen? Missus Kingston? I mean yes, I've seen her.
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She's lived here with me at different times when she wasn't running around or in
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prison. And when was the last time you saw her? Three years ago?
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She hasn't contacted you in all this time. I saidn't home before,
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Lieutenant. I can't help you here. Maybe you can, Missus Kingston.
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Do you know any of Irene's friends here in town? I told you I
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haven't seen her for three years. We mean some old friends she might have
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known when you were seeing her, when she lived here with you. I
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don't know any of them. They'd come here now and then. I I
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never wanted them in the apartment. Some I remember, some I don't.
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I guess, Well, this is our job, Missus Kingston. I had
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warned us, and be somebody else your daughters wanted for robbery and murder.
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Trying to get a line on anyone she knew at all, anyone she might
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see while she's in town, any place you might stay. Have you got
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the listener? Oh? Yeah, there's several names in her file downtown of
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people she associated with him. Maybe you know some of them. Can tell
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us where we can locate them. I told you I can't help you.
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Well, let's try anyhow. A man named how Aims. No, I
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don't even recognize that name. Blowie Wenbury. No, William Doyle was that
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amaze. She went to high school with Irene she died last year in childbirth
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and Johnny by Benny Dip which you don't recognize any of those names. And
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no, no, no, I'm not good at names at all. Maybe
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if I saw the faces, I could tell you something about them. Missus
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Kingston hiring came in town last weekend with a boy named John Tynan. We
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haven't in custody already. She was staying at the Albany Hotel, calling herself
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Missus Dick McBride. She checked out just before we got there, and then
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she called Frank picked her up. Do you know anybody she used to call
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Frank? No our descriptions. He's a big man, over six feet around
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two hundred pounds of better dark hair. I can't help your bid I've never
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been able to help the last. I've never been able to help iRED.
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She got a taste as a gutter one since she liked that's it. Don't
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you understand? Don't you understand? Thanks Missus Kingston, come on, Mann,
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bye bye. I must get someone on this place twenty four hours a
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day, three days now, man, yea, I wish we'd get something.
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We will. We had that ap b out on her and the Frank
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lesson an hour after this startum and then all the roads cover at airports,
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bus stations, hub and don't forget her mother's apartment. Don't forget that.
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I hate to keep so many men's side up here. I'm at Ben high
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fine Joe thirteen jan Yeah you want it? Sign here all right? Okay,
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barked about halfway down the line. I see you, thanks, Joe,
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see Joe. Yeah, you know this baby could stand at page you
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hold it man, Joe's way, what do you want? Joe Kline's on
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the phone. Ben. I thought it'd saved time and stay at ten forty
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one? Right, you got me? M quinn Okay, thanks Joe,
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did you Ben? Clients picked up Frank out at the airport. Let's go
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man, any trouble clan now like a lamb. Bought two tickets for the
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five o'clock to play an. He was the name, mister and missus Frank
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Peterson. That was an ad license to Frank Peterson, be any lucky,
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checked it through already. And what did he say? Not a word?
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As you got him here? I am at Ben all right, are you
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Frank Peterson? Well, let me tell you you are Frank Peterson. You've
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already bought two tickets and checked your luggage. You're gonna meet Irene Kingston here.
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Now, look, we'd rather pick her up where she's staying. Someone
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might get hurt around here. Where is she? Frank? Where's Irene Kingston?
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All right? Take him down and book him anything, man assure requin
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or covering the menute where being the cart or the parking mountain used it to
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cap stand and Blaker went over to the other terminal destination might have been the
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state semnutes to five. Something should happen pretty soon. If it's going to
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happen, And now she might end up been counting on a call from Frank.
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She ran out on tinning when he didn't call up. It's a chance
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some gall yeah out front. Yeah, I came in out of the cab.
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I tagged her right up and pulled up. But she had a gun,
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all right, my leg I was lucky. She picked off her shoes
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and ran for the field as he took out after he went, yeah,
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hey, you you there called an ambulance. Speak, come on, man,
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right through the fucking my pen. That's Pasha. Hey. You gotta
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can't figure why she was running for that food he said alive. Huh I
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was quiet Nick here, Okay, yeah, I'll get an ambulance. Yeah,
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well it's five o'clock. He must be there playing. I wonder what
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they were doing South America. The lineup where before you passed the innocent,
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the vagrant, the thief, the murderer. Listen again next week when we
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again bring you the line up. May I have your attention? Please?
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Right you people out there on the other side of the wine in the audience
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room, may I have your attention? Please? Thank you. My name
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is Greb so I should Matt Web. I'll explain the line up to you.
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Each of the suspects you will see will be numbered. I'll call off
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at number, then they even charge. If you have any questions or identifications,
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please remember the number of a sign of the pistolers. I call this
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Maiden and The line Up, starring Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Wally
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Mayer a sergeant Matt Grabb, was written by E. Jack Newman, with
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music composed and conducted by Eddie Dunsteader. Featured in tonight's cast were Peter Leeds,
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Hieverback her Butterfield, Howard mcneer, Gil Stratton Jr. Ray Hartman,
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and Jeanette Nolan. The lineup is produced and directed by him Delvayer. This
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Saturday, Joan Crawford stars in I Knew This Woman, a poignant drama of
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family life, when Stars Over Hollywood launches it's eleventh big season of dramatic hits
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on CBS Radio. Stars Over Hollywood has heard every Saturday in the daytime hours
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on most of these same CBS radio stations. Dan Coverly speaking and remember It's
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two hours of music the Nason's favorite songs every Friday evening on the CBS Radio
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Network Welcome Back. Well, I don't. It's kind of an interesting tactic
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in getting the witness to change their identification by telling telling the witness that they
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knew eligned, but also kind of an interesting scheme as well. I was
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a little confused by the Civil Service exam thing because it seemed like earlier in
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the show it mentioned Guthrie and Grabs having taken an exam and being ranked higher,
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and it seemed a little soon for another around of exams. But I
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may have missed that. If you remember the episode and I'm misremembering it somehow,
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let me know, all right, Well, listen or comments and feedback,
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and Joel says the composer is Shostakovich. I got it. I hope,
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I hope Shostakovich. As for the big size, it is his giant
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size. Really uh funny story tells his kids and not to me little.
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I assume that is the case, since no characters in the show make reference
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to twenty four but tall man with size nine hundred shoes. It's an odd
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and endearing program. Thanks for bringing it to me. Well, I'm glad
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you enjoy it, and I know it's a story for the kids. It
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just throws your imagination off first time you have it, you hear it.
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But then again, most of the detective shows they don't. The detectives rarely
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describe themselves. I've noticed. All right, well, this will actually do
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it for today. I do want to let you know about Mister Moto Mister
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Moto's Last Warning. It's the sixth movie and the Mister Moto series a pretty
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good entry. Only film Mister Moto film in the public domain, certainly,
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of course, I've released in the late thirties. It's certainly not gory or
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anything, but violence is a little heavier than in some of the other items
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we've played. But you know, I doubt you know, lead to a
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show movie getting more than a PG rating, but I'll just be advised on
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that. All right, Well, we will see you tomorrow for the movie
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and join us back here on Monday. We'll start again with yours, Truli,
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Johnny Dowler and the Meanwhile, send your comments to Box thirteen at Great
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