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From: davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske)
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Subject: Re: Where JJ Got The Idea (I Think)
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Date: 1 Jun 88 21:52:47 GMT
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In article <6008@cup.portal.com>, Patrick_A_Townson@cup.portal.com writes:
> Do any of you read Bob Greene, the syndicated columnist in the [Chicago
> Tribune]? He appears in several newspapers.
> 
> A few months ago, Greene got a letter from a college student at the University
> of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana with a similar scheme. This fellow also had a
> hard luck story about not being able to pay for school. He wanted everyone
> in the United States to mail him *a single penny each*.

There's an article in this week's Weekly World News (dated June 14)
about a 10-year-old whose dream is to go to medical school so he can
find a cure for diabetes.  He wrote a letter to the New York Daily
News, asking people to send him a quarter apiece, and so far has
received $1,000.

I also heard something about a company in Houston which manufactures
parts for oil drilling equipment.  With the depression in the oil
industry, they are in danger of going under, and have put ads in
newspapers asking people to give them money to keep the company going.
(They make it clear that donors will get nothing in return.)

This is getting monotonous.

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