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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 2, 1992                   TAG: 9202030167
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: F-2   EDITION: METRO 
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A SHODDY LINE FROM DETROIT

LEMME GIT this all straight. The feller on my U.S. of A. television with its Japanese works is tellin me I oughter buy an American car built from Japanese steel.

Where wuz them American automakers while Pappy lost his job when the steel plants closed? I don't want no more tail fins, rear-deck spoilers or junk outta Detroit.

It's your dollar, spend it where you want. That's freedom. Watch out for shoddy merchandise. PHIL SMITH BOONES MILL

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