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Pay phone jackpot echoes slot machine thrill in Fresno
Weldon Brown a Fresno CHP sergeant described a pay telephone windfall that paid 25 quarters and a dime after he inserted a dime and notified Pacific Telephone for repair. He turned over the $6.35 jackpot to the phone company. The item closes with a forecast about 1980 family earnings.
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Fresno
Calif
Weldon Brown
Brown
California Highway Patrol
Pacific Telephone Co