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Thanks to J. David Goldin's RadioGOLDINdex for these brief synopses.

7 PM EST Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 18, 1956. Part 3. CBS net. "The Ricardo Amerigo Matter." Sustaining. The results of a poker game, with the cards stacked against you. The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Sam Dawson (writer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Barney Phillips, Forrest Lewis, Eric Snowden, Herb Vigran, James McCallion, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor, violin). 13:57. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

7:15 Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. January 19, 1956. Part 4. CBS net. "The Ricardo Amerigo Matter." Sustaining. A trio of musicians...which one's story is playing a little flat? The system cue has been deleted. Bob Bailey, Roy Rowan (announcer), Jack Johnstone (producer, director), Sam Dawson (writer), Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Vic Perrin, Barney Phillips, Forrest Lewis, Eric Snowden, Herb Vigran, James McCallion, Amerigo Moreno (music supervisor, violin). 14:05. Audio condition: Excellent. Otherwise complete.

7:30 Dragnet. April 12, 1951. Program #96. NBC net. "The Big Threat." Sponsored by: Fatima. Louis Butler has been beaten and robbed, but doesn't want to tell the police about it, because of threats against his family. The show has won an award from "Radio Television Mirror" magazine. Jack Webb, Barton Yarborough. 29:36. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.

8:00 Gunsmoke. June 12, 1954. CBS net. "The Cover Up." Sustaining. Barnaby Hoffer plans to kills Art Long, but both of them are found dead! It looks like Sam Baxtin did it! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 12, 1957. William Conrad, Georgia Ellis, Joseph Kearns, Clayton Post, Roy Rowan (announcer), Howard McNear, Parley Baer, Norman Macdonnell (director), Rex Koury (composer, conductor), John Meston (writer), Helen Kleeb, Paul Savage. 25:29. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

8:30 Birds Eye Open House. May 3, 1945. NBC net, KFI, Los Angeles aircheck. Sponsored by: Birds Eye, Gaines Dog Food. The first tune is, "Candy." Dinah and Harry visit 79 Wistful Vista to visit Fibber McGee and Molly (the closet is heard!). Dinah Shore, Elvia Allman, Harry Von Zell, Howard Harris (writer), Jim Jordan, The Joseph Lilley Chorus, Marian Jordan, Robert Emmett Dolan and His Orchestra, Sid Zelinka (writer). 29:41. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

9:00 Escape. November 29, 1949. CBS net. "A Letter From Jason." Sustaining. An epistolary drama about a drunkard who is offered $25,000 to kill a man. Frank Lovejoy, George F. Wert (author), Merwyn Gerard (adaptor), Selig Lester (adaptor), William N. Robson (director). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

9:30 Dimension X. August 2, 1951. NBC net. "Universe." Sustaining. "The ship is all" to a group of interstellar travelers. The script was previously used on "Dimension X" on November 26, 1950 (see cat. #3837) and subsequently on May 15, 1955 (see cat. #1098 and #16915). The program was rebroadcast on "Monitor" during April, 1975. Albert Buhrman (music), Bill Chambers (engineer), Edward King (director), George Lefferts (adaptor), Manny Segal (sound effects), Mason Adams, Max Russell (sound effects), Norman Rose (host), Peter Capell, Robert Heinlein (author), Wes Conant (sound effects), William Welch (producer), Fred Collins (announcer). 29:26. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.

10:00 Suspense. May 1, 1948. CBS net. "The Blind Spot." Sustaining. A complex murder-mystery about an author who tries to solve the murder of an executive. Jeff Corey, Bud Widom, Bill Alley, Bruce Kamman, Francis Chaney, Paul McVey, Martha Shaw, Lois Eby (author), John Fleming (author), Joel Malone (adaptor), Anton M. Leader (producer, director), William Johnstone (announcer), Rene Garriguenc (composer), Lucien Moraweck (composer), Lud Gluskin (composer), Edmond O'Brien, Ralph Moody. 1 hour. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Complete.