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new husband. Private nurse Janet
Johnson is hired to care for Kathy and takes a liking to Dick, encouraged by Laura. As Kathy's health improves, so does her marriage to Dick, until he faces personal and professional crises at work. Dick leaves Cedars and Los Angeles for New York City, where he meets artist Marie Wallace, his new love interest. Eventually, Kathy seeks a divorce due to Dick's abandonment of affection. Cedars hires a new surgeon Dr. Paul Fletcher, and Marie almost has an affair with him when she learns she can't get pregnant. Paul discovers his biological father's identity and forgives him before his death. Anne Benedict enters Paul's life and helps him realize he deserves love. Anne and Paul get married, and she gives birth to Johnny, winning the approval of her wealthy parents.
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Kathy's former roommate Alice Graham, who threatens to reveal information about the accident. Kathy is put on trial for Bob's murder in 1953 but is acquitted when evidence is revealed that another mechanic had claimed to repair the brakes on Bob's car when he had not. Meanwhile, Joe, Meta, and Joey fade into supporting roles as Kathy and Dick's romantic troubles take center stage. Joe dies in 1955, and Joey disappears from the story after Joe's funeral. Meta and Kathy bond over their shared grief.
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Gertrude "Trudy." The original storyline followed Meta's career in modeling under the name Jan Carter, her romance with
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complications. Joe, a newspaper reporter who championed Meta's acquittal in her murder trial, falls in love with her, but Kathy, his daughter from a previous marriage, does not like her. Joe and Meta get married secretly, with only Trudy and Clyde knowing. Meta and Joe plan to live separately until they win over Kathy, but Meta struggles to get along with her when they return to Los
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Angeles. The family was led by the patriarch, Friedrich "Papa" Bauer, who immigrated from Germany and imparted his wisdom to his three children: William "Bill" Edward, Meta, and
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agrees that Bill needs to spend more time with
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ran on both CBS television and radio, with the actors performing, the same scenes but for different audiences, live twice each weekday. The live television performances were in the morning, and then in the afternoon the actors read for the live radio show. On July 2, 1956,
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broadcast. Phillips was not thrilled with the concept of color television, and thwarted the effort by CBS by having that day's episode take place entirely in a hospital setting with gray walls and white uniforms.
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