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Town uses Stock Exchange hoax to spotlight poverty
W Murray Smith, bank president of Clay County West Virginia population 496, joked that Clay might host the New York Stock Exchange to draw attention to its welfare culture and lack of industry. He sent a satirical telegram to Stock Exchange president Keith Funsten and sparked inquiries from firms coast to coast.
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