Deadline

2. State Scandal

Reporter George Thiem's dilemma: loyalty to a friend or respect for the law.

3. Pickup

A persistent newsman tries to prove that a mild-mannered salesman is the murderer of two women.

4. The Neon Touch

Two teen-agers scheme to get rich quick by passing bad checks.

5. Extortion

A respected doctor becomes the victim of an extortionist.

6. The accusing finger

Reporter Ed Mowery, certain that a convicted murderer is innocent, tries to have the case reopened.

7. Mass Murder

A plane explodes in mid-flight, killing everyone on board.

8. The Case Of The Stranger

Newsman Harry Romanoff tries to unmask a phony hero: he believes that the man committed a double murder.

9. Charm Boy

A sorority meeting and a missed bus spell death for a coed and her killer has an airtight alibi.

10. Old Man Lost

Don Hogan of the Boston Post tries to help an amnesic regain the will to live.

11. The Human Storm

It takes a violent prison riot and a crusading reporter to alert the authorities to the inhuman conditions at a penal institution.

12. Hot Stuff

To expose a shoplifting racket, fashion editor Trudy Prokop infiltrates the gang.

13. The Face of a Thief

A brilliant detective matches wits with a reporter trying to clear a man caught in a web of circumstantial evidence.

14. Murderess

A beautiful murderer proves true her claim that no jail built could hold her.

15. Chain Reaction

A pilot becomes mentally ill after he takes part in the bombing of Hiroshima.

16. Clean Kill

An unusual clue helps Gene Lindsey of the Phoenix (Ariz.) Gazette solve a murder.

17. Lonely Hearts Killer

Two newsmen track a lonely-hearts killer who has claimed three victims.

18. Return to Murder

Two teen-age gangs are on the verge of declaring peace when a boy returns from prison and stirs up fury anew.

19. Scramble

Reporter Matt Conklin tries to foster good feelings between a quiet Texas town and a new Air Force base.

20. Massacre

A berserk killer is on the loose in California.

21. The Blue Dahlia

A soldier confesses to the murder of a beautiful girl but a stubborn reporter refuses to believe him.

22. Checkmate

Police and reporters try to break a man suspected of having murdered a 15-year-old girl.

23. Jailbreak

Three convicts escape from a maximum-security prison by forging the warden's signature on pardons.

24. Mad Bomber

It's Christmas week in New York, and a mad bomber is stalking the city.

25. Character Witness

Reporter Leo Sheridan is called in as a character witness at the murder trial of his best friend.

26. Dumb Kid

A cub reporter stumbles onto two bandits.

27. A Story for Christmas

William Key helps a despondent young girl on Christmas Eve.

28. Birthday Present

A father and his son are hunting for a lost ball that rolled under their porch and discover a woman's body.

29. Suspicion of Murder

Bernice Freeman stands by her friend when he is accused of murder.

30. Thesis for Murder

A brilliant, but deranged, college student tries to carry out the perfect crime

31. Exposure

A photo studio is the cover for a racket swindling the citizens of Columbus, Ohio, to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars a year.

32. Pig Woman

A woman brutally murders a handy man after being named the beneficiary of his life-insurance policy.

33. To Move a Mountain

A reporter, nursed by two Burmese women during the war, fights to keep them from being forced back to Burma and certain death.

34. One Tall, One Short

A wild hunch helps reporter Clayton Darrah trap two phantom bandits. The only available description is "one short, one tall."

35. The Cave

A car parked outside an uncharted cave convinces a reporter that someone is lost inside.

36. The Two Ounce Trap

A rest home for alcoholics, scene of five deaths within a brief period, is investigated by newsman Paul Quick.

37. The Last Knockout

Reporter Ed Reid encounters an ex-fight manager, a singer and a boxer in his search for a missing sea captain.

38. Episode 38

39. Smoke Screen

The Erie, Pa., fire department is looking for the arsonist terrorizing the town.