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Dislaimers
The Bennington Vale Evening Transcript is a satirical newspaper. The Bennington Vale Evening Transcript uses invented names in all its stories except in cases when public figures are being satirized, or in reference to characters that are the licensed property of Thomas Pynchon and HarperCollins Publishers**. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.

*San Narciso County, California, does not exist. The zip code is an open code within the California postal system, which has no affiliation with the Thurn and Taxis mail carriers nor the shadowy brotherhood of the Trystero. Thomas Pynchon made up the town. We have exploited and expanded upon his creation. Do not attempt to send mail to the addresses listed in articles with local/regional themes. Do not send us mail or try to visit us. We don't live in San Narciso, which again does not exist. We cannot emphasize this point enough.


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