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Sundays with Shep

Shep vs. Coke Machine" (June 5, 2022)

Published June 5, 2022 at 1:21 PM CDT
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Young Jean gets more than a dime's worth of Coke from the company vending machine.

Delivering mail to the Inland Steel home office in Chicago was thirsty work for young Shep. In this program from June 5, 1971; he recalls how "The Pause that Refreshes" turned into a flood of cola in the executive office.

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