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Man returns library book he checked out 53 years ago

FAIRLAWN, N.J. — A New Jersey man pushed the limit on the appropriate time to return a library book.

Harry Krame recently returned "The Family Book of Verse" by Lewis Gannet, a publication he checked out from his middle school when he was 13 years old.

The book was 19,345 days overdue.

The 65-year-old says he found the book recently while cleaning out his basement and started to feel guilty.

At 10 cents a day, Krame could have owed about $2,000 in fees, but school officials say they aren't looking to collect.

"When he asked my name, I told him I can't give it to him because I'm in the Witness Protection Program," Krame said jokingly to WCBS.

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