369     January 20, 1960
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Three women all named Helen Luth and all from Newman, Illinois: “We share the same telephone party line”                 
In the introduction, Garry lists several other things the Luth women have in common, including that they all have two children, go to the same church and are married to farmers.  Two of the women married brothers, and the third married a cousin of the other two.  Party lines, especially in rural areas, were a staple of early wired telephone service deep into the 1970s.  Multiple telephone subscribers shared a single circuit, and if one person was using the line, no one else could.  That presented challenges even in the best of circumstances, and was probably even more confusing for the various Luth families.  The Luth trio returned to the show with the same Secret in 1965 ( E590 ) for the special episode featuring the panel from To Tell The Truth.   


Howard Millar from Murfreesboro, Arkansas: “I own the only diamond mine in the United States”                 
Diamonds were first discovered in Arkansas in 1906, creating a ‘diamond rush’ to the area around Murfreesboro even though traditional mining never proved to be particularly productive.  Millar took over the property in 1951 and renamed it “Crater of Diamonds,” operating it for two decades as a tourist attraction.  Amateur geologists could pay admission and dig for diamonds by hand.  The state of Arkansas would purchase the property in 1972 and operates it today as Crater of Diamonds State Park, retaining its pay-to-prospect appeal.  In honor of the unique mine, Arkansas’ state flag and state quarter both depict a diamond among their imagery.
  

Special Guest Edmund O’Brien has had his picture taken with each of the panelists during the week, each time in a different disguise.  O’Brien is starring in the syndicated crime drama Johnny Midnight (1959-60) in which he plays a private detective who occasionally dons various disguises to solve crimes.

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