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February 5, 1990

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shouts & murmurs

Corrections

Calvin Trillin

Shouts & Murmurs by Calvin Trillin: Because of a computer error, the early editions on Wednesday misidentified the person arrested for a series of armed robberies of kitchen-supply stores on the West Side of Manhattan.