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Pen-pal friendship thrives for 52 years
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Wistful "write soon" phrases have kept two women connected across the Atlantic Ocean for 52 years.
One from the Midwest and one from Finland, they met on paper in 1957.
Lois in Wisconsin picked Anja in Finland from the list of students who wanted pen pals in The Weekly Reader, a newspaper circulated among elementary schools.
It was a difficult correspondence...
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