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

DATE: SATURDAY, January 16, 1993                   TAG: 9301180346
SECTION: EDITORIAL                    PAGE: A-11   EDITION: METRO 
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NO URGE TO MERGE

I READ with interest Alan Sorensen's column published Jan. 10 regarding reader's letters to the editor. Excessively long letters not often being published was noted.

Herewith my message to Roanoke's Mayor Bowers: Consolidation, not! MARTY PHILPOTT ROANOKE COUNTY

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