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The News from August 15, 1981
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The News from August 15, 1981

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8/15/81

It’s that time of year when you walk around town later at night and you can pick out conversations — and good stories — from all the front porches. Every now and then, the voices rise and then fall to a whisper. Sometimes you hear people practicing beautiful piano music, like “To a Wild Rose,” as well as the yelling from upstairs to downstairs be…

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