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Adams II DEAR, ANOTHER OF THOSE major decisions has come up in my life. And they're so hard to make at 53. Mario Lewis, the executive producer-director at CBS Television in New York and also the producer-director of Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town" TV show, called to say that the job of emcee on CBS's "Morning Show" was open and would I be at all interested. A long-term contract could be worked out and the job could mean exposure for a lot of additional television work. There'd be news to read, acts to Introduce, features to work out and general all around hosting for the hour show five days a week.

He told mo to think it over for a few days and he'd call again. Have you ever had something like that to lurn over lit your mind over a period of time? It just about drives you daffy. First of all. you think about uprooting yourself after at least two-thirds of a Jifetlmo In one spot. Then you think of the switch from the minor leagues Into the majors.

What If you failed? But. what If you clicked? Is It better to accept the standing you have, remain In your own little niche, or go on ito try to establish yourself In the Big Time? I THOIT.HT BACK on those 13 week of television I did In New York four or five years ago. 1 thought of the pres. sure, the tempo one finds In New York. I thought of the hot breath of network executives and critics an they breathe down your back.

I remembered the competitive spirit, the envy, the scoffers who say, "Who ever dug up this provincial? New York's summer heat and humidity were easy to recall. So were the rush hour crowds, the racing commuters who have to spend two or three hours every day on trains and subways, the insolent cab drivers, the surly waiters, the lost and lonesome feeling you get as you Jostle your way among multitudes l'h( ur ihr Mar Ui larr llriila ol lh I ron uunlr Ind. pniirnt, Mrhll, Minn. Tornado on August Wobbema farm west of Marshall threw boy, 2, into tree, injured five other children and four adults Where Tornado Killed. Boy, The tornado uhidh roarpil afros the Arco-Ivanhok-Mur Honaltl apd four lirotlicrn and nishT were placing at the shall area In wrstrrn Minnesota Thursday picked up Konald farm home of Mr.

and Mrs. August Wohbema, nine miles I.nrison, 2-year-old twin on of Mr.and Mrs. Marlow Larson, WPSt of Marshall, when the Morm struck. Injured were the and swept him into a tree, where tils bmly was found later. other I -arson children, their parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Uolibi- ma and Gary Wohbema, 8. The twister smashed the farmhouse and demolished all other buildings on the farm. In the picture above, little but the chimney ran be Identified where the house stood. Debris hangs from a tree at right.

THERE WERE PLEASANT memories of New York. too. There's a thrill when you walk Into a hotel elevator and the operator Rays. "I saw you on TV last night." One gets a bounce out of standing in the lobby at CBS and seeing Garry Moore or Edward R. Mm row, or Arthur Godfrey or President Rill Paley or Betty Furness on their way to work.

It was exciting to finish the show and then Join Arlene Francis and Peter Donald at "21" for a late evening snack. The theater In which we did our "Prize Performance" show was located right on Broadway. One of the biggest kicks I ever got out of my so-called profession was to pull up In front of the theater In a cab and see my name on the theater marquee. It brings out the hamola in you, believe me. There's a wallop when the announcer finishes his warm-up of the studio -audience and you step out from the wings to take a bow and then wait for the red light that signals you're on the air.

It's fun to gather at Lindy'a after a show and sit around with the names of show business and listen to their anecdotes and gags and Big Talk mostly of themselves 1 1 ff'. MINNEAPOLIS AND MINNESOTA have their kicks, too. It's mighty gladdening to walk down the street and in one block have a dozen persons greet you by calling you by your first name. There's a thrill in walking out onto the stage of high school auditorium in Alexandria or Goodhue or Wlndoni and hear the applause, of those who have read you or listened to you or watched you. There's an exhilaration when a farm woman comes up to you and says, "I just wanted to shake your hand." Or when some grade-schooler approaches you with an autograph book.

Or when you get to the office to find a foot-high stack of mall from real friends. Or when one of your corny Jokes gets big yock from a grandstand crowd at a county fair CAN THE SMALLTOWN BOY adequately adjust himself to the Big City? How much more genuine satisfaction would there be in enlarging one's operations? Could living in Manhattan or in one of New York's suburbs compare with the quietude and beauty of Spit lake? What about friends? Could Mother stand the change? What would she do all day long in a place like New York? How about your own staff members, people who have devoted years of their life to helping you build your business and your following? Would you want to give up your six months a year on Lake Mlnnotonka? What about your brand new office at the Star? Where does happiness really lie? These and a thousand more unanswered queries have been whirling through my noggin. Sometimes I wish to heck he hadn't called. Cedric Adamt' column appears daily in the Minneapolis Star and in the Tribune Sunday. TTWi' -scST vos.

GRIN AND BEAR IT By Liclity 4s: -vU HHait s.m.'MitJm seat Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Kompelien injured here when tornado swept their house off foundation near Marshall lis "Stop worrying about that bill, Roscoe! Owing a doctor money is traditionally a part of the sacred doctor-patient relationship!" AT THE CROSSROADS OF TOWN Accounts insured up to $10,000 1 1 Hi rieK.A. Iiiiini urn -a, wsn i i SH SI-J Current dividend rate 3 Free parking for all patrons iwmmmwm SAVINGS A LOAN ASSOCIATION mmrr mww mmmm Barn on Roy Wilson farm near Marshall was lifted off its foundation (foreground) and dropped 20 yards away.