Highway Patrol1955

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Narrator:
One of the functions off the Highway Patrol is the safeguarding of the public highways, for all kinds of carriers, all types of people. On march 23rd, a bus was carrying Ray Summers home from state prison, where he had served a sentence for armed robbery, first offense. Unknown to Summers, the bus was being trailed by Frank Brimmer, his ex-partner, who had not been caught in the robbery, and Brimmer's new partner, Sandy Hopak. An anxious wife in the town of Fairlane waited impatiently for a bus bringing her husband home from prison.

[Summers get off the bus and hugs his wife]

Ginny Summers:
Oh, Ray! Gee, you look good to me.

Ray Summers:
Well I... I feel pretty good.

Narrator:
Ray summers had served his time for a first-offense burglary. He had been a model prisoner and was now ready, with the help of his wife, Ginny, to start a new life.

[the Summerses get into their car and drive in the direction of home]

Sandy Hopak:
Going home, all right.

Frank Brimmer:
Any way of getting there ahead of them?

Sandy Hopak:
I can cut around Lexington Boulevard, but we have to step on it

Frank Brimmer:
OK, go ahead and try it.

Narrator:
Brimmer's anonymous tip to the Patrol had been responsible for Summers' imprisonment. Knowing that Summers had hidden the money before being captured, Brimmer intended to follow him until the hiding place was disclosed.