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94b">Binoculars hanging from my neck, I entered the tower.</p><p id="d77b">The radio had been left on a classical station. Changing it to KSMA “All dedication Friday,” I phoned in my request: “If… You … See … Kay — tell her I love her.”</p><p id="8dc2">And then, this 15-year-old, began scouring the nighttime sky, a smile on my face, waiting to hear “Hank the Howlmeister” read it aloud ….</p><p id="929b">Life was good!</p></article></body>

My Personal Tower of Fame

Making America safe for democracy

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1954. 8 PM.

I climbed the ladder to the observation tower. “Ike” called it our American responsibility. To my imagination, America was one point behind: ninth inning, Jay at the plate, bases loaded, 3 and 2. The whole world was cheering around their TVs. “Go, Jay! Make Democracy safe again.”

Binoculars hanging from my neck, I entered the tower.

The radio had been left on a classical station. Changing it to KSMA “All dedication Friday,” I phoned in my request: “If… You … See … Kay — tell her I love her.”

And then, this 15-year-old, began scouring the nighttime sky, a smile on my face, waiting to hear “Hank the Howlmeister” read it aloud ….

Life was good!

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