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But now from January 5th of 1952, here is the John Dodson murder case.

Music John Dodson, murder case. Drawways, my beat, from Times Square to Columbus Circle, the gaudiest, the most violent,

the lonesomest mile in the world.

Broadway's My Beat with Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.

The... In the first week of the new year, Broadway is beside itself with promises.

The new leaves have been turned over, the resolutions made, the wife has been kissed in the morning.

It's the time of only one martini before dinner, the high-protein diet, and let the blonde stroll by without lifting

your hat. Also, it's the week of the clearance sales. Good slightly handled and non-returnable,

but at a bargain. So buy something. Live it up. It's 1952.

The year the boat will come in.

It's got to be the year.

And in the corridor where I was, the new year was a thing that came and went,

paced off with the quiet steps of nurses,

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