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Bob Hoffman, 15, a sophomore at Bishop Gibbons High School, didn't have to check the headlines to know the Capital Region was in a deep winter freeze in January 1968 -- he could feel the chill every morning when he walked his 150-paper delivery route. Hoffman had company; at the time, 600 teens were delivering the Schenectady Gazette in five counties.GAZETTE FILE PHOTO

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