*p. 361-413 on disk from King Features Syndicate.
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- January 1 - February 25: Julie Rockwell (see 1968)
- February 25 - March 10: Melissa returns from her journey
- Melissa returns from her vacation with June; June is still travelling
- Melissa hopes June marries Willie Rodell, international playboy
- March 10 - July 17: Lea Foster, retrograde amnesia, murder
- The police bring a woman to the hospital who was found at a bus station wearing only a thin dress, and didn't know who she was
- Dr. Glenn David, the lady's doctor, gets emotionally involved, and Rex has her transferred to psych
- Rex and Glenn give her an IV injection to help her remember - all they get is her first name, Debra (see image)
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| Rex Morgan, MD - April 3, 1969 © King Features Syndicate |
- Rex hears from police: a newlywed couple, Lea and James Peter Foster, have been missing for three weeks following their honeymoon; husband was found murdered
- Rex identifies a mole on Debra that confirms she is Lea
- Lea is the major suspect for her husband's murder as her fingerprints were found on the weapon; Glenn backs her up
- Lea's brother-in-law (Jason Wilson) correctly identifies her, and also defends her (initially) before being creepy and telling individuals that he actually thinks she's the murderer
- Lea's memory returns, and her story points to Jason; he confesses to Lea that he did it so that his wife would inherit family money, not James & Lea
- July 17 - August 9: June returns!
- Melissa is laying it on thick, telling June she should marry Willie
- August 9 - 16: Ectopic pregnancy
- A couple comes in with an emergency; the wife is in shock, Rex suspects an ectopic pregnancy
- She has emergency surgery
- August 16 - January 14, 1970: June... will she marry Willie?
- Ginny has to leave work because her mother is ill - June agreed to step in temporarily
- Willie flies from London to see June, worries she's still in love with Rex
- June's true feelings come out: she's far more excited about medicine than money and fortune, 9/20/69 (see image below)
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| Rex Morgan, MD - September 20, 1969 © King Features Syndicate |
- Willie is involve in cutthroat business - caused a man to commit suicide
- June shoots down Willie's marriage proposal
- Willie's associate, Don Wallace, has an acute attack of chest pain when pressured by Willie
- Rex reminds the reader that an accurate history is the doctor's best piece of information, 11/3/69, (see image)
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| Rex Morgan, MD - November 3, 1969 © King Features Syndicate |
- Rex confronts Willie and tells him how awful a person he thinks he is
- Christmas post gives a shout-out to man landing on the moon, 12/25/69
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| Rex Morgan, MD - December 25, 1969 © King Features Syndicate |
- Willie's evil plan to further aggravate Don's condition backfires when Don is thrilled to be fired
- Willie's plan is unveiled to June, and she turns him down immediately as he heads back to New York
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