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Community letters apology for erroneous engagement notice
The writer apologizes for last week's false engagement item about Mrs Dorothy Mattmueller that embarrassed the innocent. The note condemns the phone hoax and vows to find the perpetrator, while reflecting on memory aids and telephone numbering changes. It discusses Illinois letter-number prefixes and the shift to seven digit numbers and area codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Mattmueller
Secretary of State
University of Ilinois
Springfield