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19.1.06

IT'S NOT THE POLICE BLOTTER. Coach Mom sent "The Day in Sports" from the 10 January Green Bay Press-Gazette. The first three headlines: Stanley charged with sexual assault. Vick arrested on gun charges. Bradley, N. Dakota to keep nicknames.
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"Cold Spring Shops" was the name of the primary repair and car building facility of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company ... builders of trolley dining cars and the Christmas parade train ... perhaps I can be that creative too.

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