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Cargo Cults, Hell Bound Train
Airdate: Monday - July 9, 1962 (Airdate Confirmed)

WOR Show
Original Airing

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(NOTE ABOUT TIME REFERENCES: Since there are many different copies of shows out there from different sources, all time references are from the beginning of one single recorded copy, since various copies, depending on when the recordee started recording, had news at the beginning or shortened themes. The times would vary from copy to copy.)

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Listen, speaking of choking up. . .
Opening of show is missing - these are first words of the available recording.

Show Description

Baseball - choking up When you were a tadpole Shep reads article from the Evening Bulletin in Phil from 6/12/1962 about cargo cults in New Gunea. Shep reads Hell Bound Train The practical policy test

[ Courtesy: Gary Hines - - ]   
  Cargo Cults, choke-ups, cargo cult natives from WW2, Hellbound Train, Politically correct quiz.      
  

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 15:31	Speaking of strange native gods, this is WOR AM and FM New York. . .

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 26:58	Mandarin House

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
•	Signs and Alarms
• 05:36	Leyenda
• 15:13	Dayung Kihan

Engineers, Staff, and Guests in Booth

Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	None Mentioned

Instruments and Special Effects Played During the Show

Instruments Played

None

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Hell Bound Train
• 09:54	People		Grubbage, H.G.

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

This Show

		Date	Title
		July 9, 1962	Cargo Cults, Hell Bound Train	Original Airing

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