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The News from January 5, 1985
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The News from January 5, 1985

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In Lake Wobegon this week, the town’s holiday ornaments came down (some of heavy plywood ones with a big thud). A few New Year’s Eve plans went awry: Hjalmer and Virginia Ingqvist’s daughter and new baby came to visit. The plan was to host a gathering of friends, but when Hjalmer took a look at that baby he thought it looked like an old man and he…

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