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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:29:22 -0600
From: "Michael L. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Halfway, Oregon goes the whole hog? <fwd>
Sender: "Michael L. Smith" <[log in to unmask]>




There is a press release at: http://Half.com/19991220.html

Looks like this has already happened, though the change is for
year 2000 only--so don't go changing all your maps of Oregon.


> >From today's (Fri 14 Jan 00) Melbourne "Age":
>
> "People of Halfway seek a net gain", dateline Los Angeles
>
> There is no shortage of towns with weird names in the US - Boring, Needy,
> and Truth or Consequences are all registered municipal names. But next
> tuesday, the good people of Halfway, Oregon, will brave 1.2metre-high snow
> drifts to decide whether their town should become the first to be named
> after an internet company.
....
> Brendan Whyte
> University of Melbourne
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