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Love stories from all over the globe tended to find their way into the Deseret News on a regular basis. Often they were the high-profile matches of Europe's gentry, but in this case, the woes of a young couple from Macon, Ga., were put on public display. After the bridegroom's mother had applied the switch to her son "unstintedly," he was convinced he really didn't want to be married after all. A couple who had served as "matchmakers" to the teenagers was arrested and charged with kidnaping.

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