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Neb. newspaper prints edition backward

Associated Press, August 16, 2004

BROKEN BOW, Neb. -- Custer County Chief publisher Deb McCaslin admits her newspaper, at least for a week, was leftist. But not in the way most media critics would presume.

The weekly Chief was printed backward last week so the front page opened to the left instead of the right, as do most periodicals.

McCaslin said the newspaper matched the edition to International Left-handers Day. "Sometimes, you have to have fun," she said.

In addition to a story on products for left-handers on the shelves of stores in Broken Bow, the newspaper listed famous people who were known to be southpaws.

McCaslin said many people called to say they enjoyed the edition.

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