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The Zero Hour starts us off this week with An Arm’s Length<\/em>, its story from May 13, 1974.<\/p>\n

(22:05) Then we’ll hear Diamonds At War<\/em>, from The Cavalcade Of America. That story originally aired July 26, 1943.<\/p>\n

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The Zero Hour starts us off this week with An Arm’s Length, its story from May 13, 1974. 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