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House asks return of Gunsmoke to TV
Call your lobbyists in 'Topcake, Gunsmoke fans — you may be seeing ole' Matt Dillon next season after all.
A resolution introduced to the Kansas House this week would, if passed, urge the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to continue its 12-year-old Gunsmoke series.
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CBS announced it intends to cancel the program, starring James Arness as U.S. marshal in Dodge City, Kan., this season.
THE RESOLUTION, introduced by Representatives Glenn Winkelman (D-Bloom) and George Fowler (D-Kalvesta), asks CBS "to reconsider its programing decision such that Gunsmoke continue to be televised so long as the Arkansas River flows to the Gulf and red blood flows in American veins."
In a long series of "whereas"
clauses, the resolution states that
POINTING OUT THE "thousands of visitors" the program brings to Dodge City's Boot Hill recreation area each year, the resolution says "these visitors have told to the world the virtues of our smog-free atmosphere and the beauty of Kansas sunsets."
"this program has captured the virility and rugged character of the old West and has instilled in our contemporary thinking a respect for the hardships and privations of our pioneer parents who founded the great state of Kansas.
"The rugged physique of Matt Dillon has not only stood for law and order but also caused a TV screen to seem larger," the resolution says.
The resolution provides that, if passed, copies be sent to CBS and "Matt Dillon, alias James Arness."
Lima, Peru-(UPI)-A club for bashful people has been formed here, known as the Club of the Timid Ones. Its object is to help members overcome their shyness. An average of four persons a day have been signing up for the club. An equal number make inquiries but apparently are too bashful to join.
Daily Kansan 5
Thursday, March 2, 1967
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