Local Telethon Effort Pulls in a Bundle for Jerry's Kids

Despite high gas prices and the outpouring of support for victims of Hurricane Katrina, the 40th installment of the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon brought in nearly $55 million, a figure that Lewis said was higher than he was expecting. The program was carried locally on KMTV for the 35th consecutive year.Looking better than he has in nearly five years, a noticeably thinner, more vigorous Lewis