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Here… take the shirt off my back…

March 10, 2012 by GuyHeilenman 
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While preparing to place a newspaper announcing the death of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (USA Today, May 20, 1994), we discovered another unrelated item which provided a bit of comic relief.  Please enjoy:

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