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Word: ahlstedt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their furnace. But the fuel pump broke; the couple, both deaf mutes, were unable to signal neighbors for help and froze to death. Near Pendleton, S.C., Margaret Swaney's new wood-stocked heater malfunctioned and started a fire; her three teen-age children were killed. Herbert Ahlstedt, 54, of Level Plains, Ala., was knocked unconscious by falling, ice-heavy tree limbs. Face down in the snow, he froze and died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Numbing of America | 1/25/1982 | See Source »

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