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The News from October 30, 1982
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The News from October 30, 1982

10.30.82

Election day was soon approaching and Dorothy at the Chatterbox put up a sign that said no politics. In Lake Wobegon, you need to be decisive, choose a side and take a stand. Lutherans tended to be Republicans and Catholics were Democrats. One year, leading up to the election, Hubert Humphrey came to the Farmer Labor Union picnic. Even though it…

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Garrison Keillor and Friends
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