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Old Vikings mourn their pals, and badly want one more victory

Paul and Pamela Krause arrived in the Twin Cities in 1968 after Paul changed job locations, being traded from Washington to the Vikings for linebacker Marlin McKeever and a seventh-round draft choice.

Odd trade in retrospect, considering Krause was a second-round draft choice (18th overall) out of Iowa in 1964 and, as a free safety, he had 28 interceptions in four seasons for Washington.

"We lived in Bloomington for a year, and then we bought 40 acres in Lakeville in 1969," Krause said this week. "It was just countryside, with a lake on the property. We built our house on five acres and there were 20 home lots.