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    See Red Skelton, lii person,-at thp lndiana State, FairatTndiartapaljs, September l--2^3. Watch ?╟úThe Red Skelton S'hovy?╟Ñ inits new one-hour- version on CBS-TV, starting Sept. 25. EE WALKED ALL' ALONE that night through the streets <^f Montreal, Canada. He-was lostein jdeep thought. And the thoughts weren?╟╓t good. Things were going from bad to worse for the tall, husky redhead. His copiedy act just wasn?╟╓t doing well. Audiences were skimpy, and mostly lukewarm. He?╟╓d have ,ter move on. But where? And how? He was almost broke. He saw a coffee stand and went in for a cup. As he sipped, lie cast an eyridown the counter. And there he. saw a dough- nut dunker! Clumsy, careless?╟÷but com- pletely determined. The redhead watched , ?╟÷amused, then fascinated, ?╟úThis could beidt,?╟Ñ he thought. And it was! Red Skelton?╟╓s genius for pantomime, his instinct for comic exaggeration; turned that evening?╟╓s incident into his hilarious ?╟údoughnut dunker routine.?╟Ñ Tt became a howling success. He soon was booked into the New York bigtime. Then came radio and movies. And his. greatest triumph, television.*r ?╟╓ Today, millions forget their troubles for a while as they laugh at the antiqs of this ' gifted clown,oh. their TV screens. And this has been the goal of Red Skelton siiice his boyhood days in Vincennes. . ?╟ú We?╟╓-reMll put on earth for a purpose? and minq is to make people laugh." ?╟ú^he Red Skelton Show,?╟Ñ or any other network TV show, is viewed here through the use of many:Indiana Bell facilities. In* fact, Bell Telephone Research has played" .an important part in television since the ' ?╜ start.. The first public demonstration of television was made-fry the Bell System back'in Today, many Bell, System technical i achievements -are vital* to jbeHeVision broadcasting: the coaxial cable, tjfe coast*- ~M fg-coagt microwave radio relay, system T and the electronic transistor, for example! Arid nowTelstar is-m the news! ?╟  A revo- lutiopary advance which has proven that i . world-wide telecasting is possible by means oFspace satellites. And the best is ?√ßyet to come. , SPECIAL HOOSIER NIGHT RATES ?√ßTake advantage of the special Long Dis- tance bargain rates in effect through- out the state. Any night after 9:00 P.M. you can call Long Distance?╟÷statioft-to- statipp?╟÷anywhere in Indiana and talk twice as long and pay no more., -f\ You can talk 6 minutes for the price of jtfrcr usual 3. ff you talk longer, say for 10 minutes, you pay for only 5 min/5 ijjtds,*and so on. .If you like a good bar- gain, call tonight, or anyH| night, after 9:00 P.M. and/falk longer for less! INDIANA BELL 21,000 tfOOSIERS SHARE IN THE OWNERSHIP OF THE BELL SYSTEM tt-10-7-62?╟÷CP6697?╟÷Nsprs., Aug., 7,1962?╟÷RT?·-p446?╟÷G No. 189?╟÷9y/ x 280 li. Prepared by J. Walter Thompson Co. Chicago