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PROTECTING the INTERESTS OF OUR PEOPLE WLS helps find a stolen truck. ..quickly "I want to thank you from the depths of my heart for your promptness and cooperation," writes Mrs. Alex Kedas of Westville, Illinois. The farm family truck had been stolen and they needed it. At 10 a.m., Mrs. Kedas called WLS. At noon, the stolen truck was described on WLS Dinnerbell Time. Mrs. Kedas continues: "Before your program went off the air, the whereabouts of this truck was reported to the sheriff of Kankakee County by one of your listeners." Undamaged, the truck was located near Manteno, Illinois, 100 miles from Westville, and returned to its owners. More dramatic than the day to Jay assistance and entertainment WLS gives its audience, this story of a stolen farm truck points up the long-established fact WLS SERVES THE PEOPLE OF MIDWEST AMERICA