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1968 Hilton Head Island – 1968

A quick slice of the late‑60s— 1968 Hilton Head Island in their own words. We want to tell you about a trip We took a year ago that took us into an area that my wife had been researching for some time Magazines began to be left open at my side of the table and up on my headboard And there was a kind of a concerted Education campaign for a place called Hilton Head Island And you know there still aren’t too many people who know where it is when the topic comes up people say Where’s that Hilton Head Island is in South Carolina, but just off the coast of Georgia and It’s a fabulous spot. It seems to me for a family vacation be great for couples but we took all of our children and we did it during spring vacation which I think is the duriest time of the whole year here because it isn’t really spring yet and Everybody’s sort of sick and tired of winter So it’s a good time to get away and the weather at that time of year at Hilton Head just spectacular We flew from Chicago down to Atlanta You can then pick up another flight and fly from Atlanta to Savannah Georgia But since we had not driven across that part of the southeast from Atlanta to coastline We rented a Hertz car piled our suitcases right in at the airport and then with our roadmap took off We got down to Atlanta about nine o’clock in the morning We run away by about 9 30 and it took the better part of the day. Yes, the roads are not great I mean there are no super highways that leads you directly to Hilton Head So if you don’t want to drive across Georgia, you’d better just fly all the way to Savannah And then it’s I think 20 or 25 miles from there and though it is an island There’s a bridge out to it.

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1968 Guest is Henry Ringling North – 1968

They keep it light and lively— 1968 Guest is Henry Ringling North in their own words. Oh, well, I won’t start being reminiscent But the other night Joe and I took our youngsters and we went down to the opening of the circus Ringling brothers Barnum and Bailey down at the amphitheater And you know you just sort of get swept up in nostalgia and watching these kids and very adult people too Who just work themselves to death then afterwards? So we want everybody to join in today My mother used to spend her summers in bearaboo when she was a little girl And so she was rather blasé about circus stuff, you know when I was a kid I had to fight to get to go to the circus because she just sort of thought everybody does But we’re we’re fascinated and have been for so long and we take our children up to bearaboo to the circus world museum Well, probably once a year just to see that and sort of keep in touch Do you ever get to bearaboo anytime the circus is playing near there when we’re in Madison or Well, I generally when we run from Minneapolis to Chicago. I was born here in Chicago But just because mother wanted to have me in the hospital and I was brought up in Baraboo between Baraboo and Sarasota, Florida What was it like?

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1968 Aspen Colorado – 1968

A quick slice of the late‑60s— 1968 Aspen Colorado in their own words. Now it’s time for Mal and Joe to be on the go and today we’re going to take you out to Aspen, Colorado This is the right time of year and you undoubtedly think we’re going...

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Quebec City (Part 1) – December 29, 1968

Short, warm, and very much 19xx— Quebec City (Part 1) in their own words. But the other day we got to talking about a trip we took two years ago to Quebec City, Carnival. And we couldn’t find a place to stay in one of the big hotels and then right now I’m very glad of it because we were able to stay in a private home. Yes and you really don’t park on the streets in Quebec City.

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Guest Polly Murray of McCormick Spices – 1968

A quick slice of the late‑60s— December 1968. Guest Polly Murray of McCormick Spices in their own words. And I wonder if anyone’s ever used or tried cinnamon in brownies, because chocolate and cinnamon go very, very well together. So this could be something they could be to put just a little bit of cinnamon in. And incidentally, if you’re having guests in for Christmas, let’s maybe cut little tiny squares of brownies, just bite-sized ones that are nice to eat, rather than the larger ones.

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Lincoln Park Zoo (Part 2) – September 8, 1968

Here’s one from the stack—easygoing and chatty: Lincoln Park Zoo (Part 2) in their own words. She was the first She was the first offspring in the first group batch of offspring of her mother and she came from the Bronx Zoo many years ago now her mother died a Few years ago and with 34 34 cubs to a record. She has had 33 So we hope now the old mate that she was with died of old age He was over 20 so we did trade do some decent did some trading with the Denver with the Denver Zoo And this we got this old male here now. They to zoo is at any rate.

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Lincoln Park Zoo (Part 1) – September 8, 1968

Short, warm, and very much 1968— Lincoln Park Zoo (Part 1) in their own words. See right there, he’s going through a display. Then in the afternoon, instead of like a lot of zoos, don’t give them a lot of fresh vegetable. In fact, this zoo has at least seven World Longevity Record animals.

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Gaelic Imports – September 8, 1968

They talk it through in their usual breezy way— Gaelic Imports in their own words. We told you about Emmer Morris and his wonderful pasties and all the good food that was kind of on the Gaelic side out in the western part of Chicago. Well, we should sort of edge you over to the bagpipe room and interest you in what they call a practice chanter, which is the instrument that you learn to play bagpipes on. Unlike so many other musical instruments, you can actually learn to play for a small investment of about $12.

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Vermont in the fall – September 5, 1968

They talk it through in their usual breezy way— Vermont in the fall in their own words. It’s been a long time since we’ve been to Vermont. Well, I’d always like to go but I think this is especially a good time of year because the colors are better in Vermont than they are probably anywhere else in the country except maybe this or maybe Aspen, Colorado. Well all right let’s take a little trip to Vermont then and let’s think of a good spot to stay and maybe do a little vicarious upping and dowing through the good old Vermont hills.

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