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Show meeting I f jf due to i Upset 7-' ; He Pcfrgot to f Remember IVI y father, like most men, was good at forgetting dates, but lie was honest enough to admit ii So, as his family grew, he established a custom of giving birthday presents to everyone on his own birthday. He said it would be easier to remember. It was,a big day for all of us, just like Christmas, and inother always baked a Johnny uakecornbread) whicn r atner lovea. One year, for a Sunday dinner, Mother had pre- pared some Boston beans and baked a .Johnny Cake to go with it. When Father came to the table, he looked at the cake, then disappeared. He came back loaded with packages and laughed jovially, "I bet you thought I forgot what day it was." He had. We never told him he was a week early. Mrs. Richard E. Marsh, Fort Walton Beach, Fla. L. Settle Your Stomach in Seconds with Milk of Magnesia! 4 ,1 -- v r ? Draw Her a Picture. 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How about a rock 'n' roll Western, set in an I public a triple dose of what it wants. According to the experts, what it wants are double-tal- k lyrics, hired guns, and questions with answers valued astronomically before taxes. So open with a fast chorus of Purple people Eaters to Jack Barry on Front Street in Dodge City. And who is, that spitting, instead of bullets,, the principal products of Portugal? Why, it's our familiar friend, Wyatt Earp! Now, the gimmick is that, if he wins, he takes the Wagon Train to Cheyenne where Vint Bonner will be the challenger. Hal March, the emcee for this portion, will be assisted during the commercials by a group of unemployed Indians. Theme music? Witch Doctor. Any agency or networlconcerned with the public pulse will consider I have given the world a blessing greater than indoor plumbing. 4 Somehow I can't get over the notion I was born 30 years too soon. Or too late? string-twange- rs, 179 N. Michiaan Avt.. Chicaao I. III. Leonard S. Davidow. 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