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Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 1
Airdate: Monday - June 6, 1966

WOR Show
Original Airing

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First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

Just three days ago, I'm lying in my sack see. . .

Show Description

"I'm forever blowing bubbles" Shep begins by explaining that he has just spent the past 2 weeks in the Middle East and describes the desert wind playing over his forehead while lying in the sack. "A strange world which is so completely removed from our world" Talks about 1st time he went in the late 50's and visited Syria, Lebanon, and the Negev Desert. Shep describes the trip through the Desert, seeing camels from Jordan, experiencing the heat, A Roman fort of the 3rd Legion, the going past King Solomons Mines, the Dead Sea, and on towards the Red Sea.

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•	Rover 2000
•	Tar Gard

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Time	Engineer, Staff or Guest
•	'Corny' - Elga Cornell Brown

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Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	General Topics		Travel
•	Travel	May 1966	Middle East

Record: 586 / ID: 19660606W0586

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	Date	Title
	June 6, 1966 Recno: 586	Shep's Trip to the Middle East - Part 1	Original Airing

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
1966 Set 4	217a	Cassette

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Database ID #:	19660606W0586	Sponsors up to date:	Yes
Record Created:		Sources up to date:	Yes
Last Update:	None	Station ID up to date:	No
Show Redated From: See Dating Notes		Engineers up to date:	No
Music up to date:	No	Instruments up to date:	No
Description up to date:	Yes

Known Recordees

Rudy Wirsching

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September 25, 2001

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Schmidco Sets - 1 found

Set Name	Show #	Media	File Name	Source
1966 Set 4	217a	Cassette	0 Running Time: 0

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	Recordee			¹ Shortened Theme: 55 seconds ² Audibly Dated: By recordee or other ³ Modified Theme: Theme added by Gary Hines ⁴ Syndicated Intro: Intro broadcast as part of Synd Shows
	This copy used for summary time references		Inventory File Name coding explained

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Schmidco

Running Time: 44:08

Recordee:
501 - Rudy Wirsching

Inventory Name: 1966 06 06_W0586_022-600 Trip to Middle East part 1 - Back from Israel.mp3
Source description: Back From Israel
Source set: 1966 Set 4
Source ref number: 217a
Station: WOR

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Running Time: 46:00

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Inventory Name: 1966 06 06_W0586_500_M2001-09-25 Trip to Middle East 1.mp3
Station: WOR

Comments: Mass Backwards recording

Gary Hines

NEED A COPY OF THIS RECORDING Source description: 6-6-66 Negev Desert Middle East Trip
Station: WOR

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