Radio: Jackpot

In seven years of married life, Betty Bowen had borne her Air Force husband four children (aged 17 months to six years) and had managed to follow him from post to post across the U.S. Last week the family was threatened with separation. Captain Kenneth Bowen had been assigned to duty in Europe, but the strained family budget could not accommodate all the other big & little Bowens.

At this critical moment, Captain Bowen appeared on Break the Bank (Wed. 10 p.m., NBC-TV), answered a string of questions about aviation, finally got to the big one: What was the name of the B50 that last year made the first nonstop flight around the world? For answering Lucky Lady, he won the biggest cash jackpot in TV history—$8,870. As Mrs. Bowen packed last week to follow her husband overseas, Captain Bowen observed: “This seems like God has answered my prayer.”