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Trail of aluminum tabs reaches Texas cautionary tale
A Texas tab collecting rumor uncovers a far flung chain from Lufkin to Ohio. Robbie Click started saving tabs after hearing of a Amarillo girl with kidney disease. Lufkin editors traced the tale through Pasadena and Nacogdoches to Batavia and Cincinnati, finding no clear recipient and labeling the drive as likely rumor.
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Lufkin
Robbie Click
Amarillo
Click
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches
Lufkin Daily News
Phil Latham
Texas
Ohio
Mark Simons
Batavia
Simons
Latham
Pasadena
Mildred Williams
Williams
National Campers and Hikers Association
Lake Palestine
Redkoph
Glenda
Sunday Church of Christ
Stanley
Randy Quirk
Kathy
Mark Taylor
Oxford
Layman
Valley View High School
Germantown
Toni Layman
Mount Crab
Cincinnati
Linda Something