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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
3
A dinner with Jane and Fred leads to a cut anecdote about love and sacrifice as Fred faces blindness. Jane speaks about a future with or without sight while discussing plans and a possible marriage after a failed operation.
In Dexter Al Slater runs for state representative against Tyler Jenkins. Al encourages the highway commission to route a new road through Dexter to win votes, while Tyler counters with local labor promises. A shifting Capitol story and a road-delay news leak reshape the race.
News notes the deaths of film star Hedy Lamarr, actor Van Johnson and band leader Elliot Lawrence. Jane Wyatt is puzzled by travel mishaps as Don Ameche plans an early Christmas with his two boys in Iowa before joining his wife in New York for Manhattan broadcasts of the Zip program.
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