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Be Nailed by the Beagles of Beckley College Heist
A local column satirically notes four microscopes stolen from Beckley College last week. The piece mocks the burglars, jokes about insurance payouts, and riffs on infantile paralysis, with detours through Mt Airy North Carolina and a field trip by seven aviators to Tolley field.
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Beckley College
Boston
Hartford
Insurance Company
Mt. Airy
N. C
Beckley
Bluefield
Wythe Ville
Jackson's Ferry
Shot Tower
Hillsville
Carolina Line
Doughty
Sam Antonio
Herbert Sessler
Guy Bolt
Don Snuffer
Leo Harvey
Howard Mann
R. S. Alba
Tolley Field