Telefon Page #3

to the downfall of the Hittite empire.

Excuse me.

MAN [oN PA]:
Your attention, please.

Flight 102, formerly boarding at Gate 15...

...now boarding at Gate 34.

- Hi, darling.

- I'll just put this in the back.

Let me see your wedding ring.

I now pronounce us man and wife.

well, you could have done a lot worse.

I suppose I could have too.

For an American agent,

you're not entirely repulsive either.

- How much money did they give you?

- Fifteen thousand.

So it's gonna be that kind of marriage.

Gregg doesn't trust Barbara.

what about the gun?

.357 Magnum, with your carry permit.

what orders did they give you?

To follow your orders blindly without

question. If necessary, to the death.

Then do me a favor

and don't be so damn cheerfuI.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

- what's your citizenship?

- U.S. citizen.

- And birthplace?

- Sioux city, Iowa.

- Your citizenship and birthplace, sir.

- American from Pennsylvania.

- what do you have to declare?

- Nothing at all.

- Thank you. Go ahead.

- Thank you.

MAN [oN RADIo]:
Once more an effort

to put the pending water-bond issue...

...before Great Falls voters failed,

at least temporarily...

- Drive through.

- I've already paid two nights.

Drive through.

- thirteen of 17 speakers

urged the committee...

...to place the controversial measure

on the ballot.

Ultimately, Committeeman Roger Endis

failed in an attempt to introduce a motion...

...instructing the city attorney to draft

the charter amendment for next June-

You can relax. I always drive

with one eye on the rearview mirror.

we are all alone.

- ruled that the hearing

was confined to public testimony.

Enders is the leader of the committee-

carefuI is one thing. Paranoid's another.

Even though I might be paranoid,

it doesn't mean we're not being followed.

- four dollars and twenty-one cents

for every Great Falls taxpayer.

- Pull in there.

- The taxpayers simply refuse...

...to accept the urgency of the situation.

They will not face the fact-

what we do in the name of socialism.

- I'll need more ammunition.

- In my suitcase.

You seem to have good anticipation.

I've known some men

who've misinterpreted that.

They see this gleam in my eye,

but I'm only thinking ahead.

what is your thinking

about why I'm here?

I don't know.

And the resident claims he doesn't know.

He doesn't. There's no reason

why you should...

...and many reasons why you shouldn't.

The resident's not gonna like that.

You're not to have any more contact

with the resident.

or any other of our people.

That's an order.

If you do exactly as I say,

we'll get along fine.

Yes, sir.

If you make an effort to contact

the resident or anybody else, I'll kill you.

You have a terrific way

with women, Gregg.

You'll find nothing in there

except your profile.

Your work history, qualifications...

...all your little quirks,

even your sexuaI history.

Tacky.

My wallet is in the inside pocket

of my jacket.

woMAN:

Saint Damien's.

I would like to speak

with Father Stuart Diller, please.

One moment.

There's a phone call for you, Father.

working out there in the damp night air.

It'll be the death of you.

You know that, don't you?

Remind me to teach you

the last rites, Mrs. Maloney.

- This is Father Diller.

- I want you to listen carefully.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep

But I have promises to keep

And miles to go...

MAN [oN TV]:

- a substantial drop in business activity...

...coupled with this week's government

figures on diminishing retail sales.

The brokers claim the downhill slide

in the market...

...is nothing more

than a healthy correction.

And now a look at sports.

Tonight's activity in the

National Basketball Association...

...saw the Boston Celtics pull

within four games...

...of the idle division-leading

New York Knicks...

...with a 114- 106 win

over the Philadelphia 76ers.

In other games,

Buffalo got by Atlanta 96-90...

I don't mind buying

The New York Times...

...and the Chicago Tribune

and The Atlanta Journal...

...and The Denver Post

and the L.A. Times...

...if you just tell me

what it is you're looking for.

I mean, I might even be able

to suggest alternative publications...

...like The Tiburon Lark

and The Santa Monica Breeze.

Did you really read this whole paper?

oh... Do you believe this story

about the Iranian ambassador's suicide?

There is no story

of the Iranian ambassador.

Is it some mnemonic trick,

or do you really have totaI recall?

what does the number 113208819

mean to you?

Uh...

- Not a damn thing.

- well, it should.

It's your SociaI Security number.

You know, you're a mildIy attractive man.

You are also a pain in the ass.

Now, we'll return

with local sports in a moment...

...but first, an important news bulletin

just in.

Earlier this evening,

a Father Stuart Diller...

...pastor of the church of Saint Damien's,

blew up the main switching circuits...

...of the telephone company's long-lines

operations center in West Lost Angeles.

Henry Alfaro has more

on that story from the scene.

HENRY:
The mystery here tonight

is why Father Diller...

...a well-known and local priest...

...would have single-handedly destroyed

a major telephone center.

Unfortunately, the Father himself

can shed no light on his action...

...since he was shot by security guards

during the alleged sabotage.

Right now, Father Diller is being sent

to St. Mark's Hospital...

...in nearby Santa Monica.

Police surgeons say

that he may survive his multiple wounds...

...but up to this moment,

he still remains in a coma.

And so the proverbial and peaceful city-

call the airport. Get two seats

on the next flight to Los Angeles.

woMAN:
Operator.

- Yes, get me the airport, please.

Thank you.

Good night.

woMAN [oN PA]:
Dr. Norton,

please call nurse's station Four West.

Dr. Norton, please call nurse's station

Four West.

Dr. Treadman, you are wanted

in the blood lab, Four West.

Dr. Treadman, you are wanted

in the blood lab, Four West.

DocToR:
You can bring in

the recording equipment.

UntiI I personally tell you to go ahead,

I don't want anyone trying to get him to talk.

- If he's going to die anyway-

- He is not going to die.

we've already got him stabilized...

...and we're gonna bring him through,

and you'll just have to, by God, wait.

Dr. Dorman, you are wanted

in Emergency. Dr. Dorman.

- Marvelous dressing. Phisohex and vinegar.

- Let's take a walk.

There are bars on the window

and FBI at the door.

- How do you know they're FBI?

- How do I know a bear from a yak?

why do you want to kill him?

You need my help, don't you?

A woman in a nurse's uniform could do it.

one more nurse, broad daylight...

...a quick hypo of air,

an embolism straight to the heart.

That's the only way it can be done.

I can think of things

you might order me to do.

Some I would, some I might.

Some I would not.

And killing this priest

clearly falls into category three.

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