Paul Harvey’s For What It’s Worth – Paul Aurandt, Jr.

 

Dr. Martin MacIntyre is sharing with our For What It’s Worth Department something very personal today … A note from his small daughter. Yesterday the Potomac, Maryland, dentist refused to allow his daughter Sara to go tot eh pool for the third time in one day … He just said no and that was that. So – Last evening – Sarah, age six, wrote a note in red pencil and lfet it on her daddy’s pillow. It said: Dad – I hate you. And it’s signed, Love – Sarah - September 13, 1977

 

The Kilgore, Texas, News-Herald reports to our For What It’s Worth Department … Motorist removed unconscious from his wrecked car and carried to a nearby gas station. Then he came to. Opened his eyes and began to struggle violently. Eventually he was subdued and removed to a hospital. Asked later why he had struggled to get away from his rescuers – he explained. They’d taken him to a SHELL station. And somebody was standing in front of the “S”. –March 15, 1979.

 

Our For What It’s Worth Department knows there’s a roadside sign on I-95 as you approach DeLand, Florida. The yellow diamond-shaped sign warns travelers: NARCOTICS INSPECTION AHEAD. There is no inspection. But drivers who see the sign panic and make an immediate illegal U-turn. They are stopped and search. The American Civil Liberties Union is objecting. –May 10, 1989.

 

Our For What It’s Worth Department understands B.J. Chandler is school superintendent in Dardanelle, Arkansas. Reports the junior high girl came to school wearing one red sock and one blue sock. When Mr. Chandler asked her the significance she said she was an “individualist”. She said, “I have a right to be different if I want to.” Then she added, “Besides, all the kids are doing it!” –December 1, 1981.

 

Our For What It’s Worth Department understands Bob’s Famous Ice Cream Parlor in Bethesda, Maryland, was robbed but … Manager Nathan Peabody was warned in time. By telephone: “You are the manager? Listen carefully, This is the police. You are going to be robbed. Do NOT resist. Let the robber have your money. Our police will be waiting for him right outside your store and we need to catch him with the money on him. Thank you for your cooperation.” Mr. Peabody cooperated. Man with scruffy beard and a knife came in, demanded money. Mr. Peabody emptied the cash register and gave it to him. The bearded man with the knife took the money and left the store and kept going and kept going … Then Mr. Peabody called police and said, “I have been had!” –March 26, 1986.