Local Personal News Highlights From Biddeford Area
A roundup of residents and visitors in Biddeford and nearby towns. Names include Lewis Polakewich of Saco in Webber Hospital Biddeford. Alfred Denneault visiting Ernest Paquet in Biddeford. vacationing Ernest Pinette from Portsmouth Navy Yard. Edgar M. Landry returning from Avon after a visit to Saco. Mrs. Ralph Smith of West Kennebunk and Mrs. Hervey Paul of Saco undergoing surgeries. Additional entries cover crossings to Hartford for a family death, Miss Laura Rose Jeffrey visiting Old Orchard Beach, and Randall Cole’s family from New York staying with relatives in Old Orchard Beach. Other items list Emmanuel College student Joan Perrault, diocesan council attendees, and diversos visits to Waterville, Van Buren, and California trips by Biddeford residents.
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Lewis Polakewich
Main Street
Saco
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Alfred Denneault
Central Falls
R. I
Ernest Paquet
Harrison Avenue
Ernest Pinette
Alfred Street
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Edgar M. Landry
Avon, Conn
Ralph Smith
West Kennebunk
Maine Medical Center
Hervey Paul
Promenade Avenue
Notre Dame Ital
Eugenia Landry
the Center Hospital
Port
Philip Mengert
Stephen
Philadelphia
Robert Ellevue
Grove
Washington Avenue
Old Orchard Beach
Randall Cole
Honeoye
Falls
N. Y
Elizabeth Richardson
Union Avenue
Thomas Stover
Union Street
Thomas ©. Stover
Tarrytown
Catherine Ki
Joan Perrault
Oscar Perrault
Maine
Catholic Women’s Council
van Buren
Elizabeth Seidel
James Dineen
Kittery
York County
Rene Paquette
Heve
San Diego
Calif
Richard L. Gove
Auburn
Trooper
Ronald
A Hiltz
Karin Sue
Dixfield
Celina Tremblay Dies After Long Illness in Biddeford
Celina Tremblay 72 widowed of Jules Tremblay died yesterday at a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Born in St Fortena P Q she was a Pepperell Manufacturing worker and a longtime member of Ste Ann Sodality and Holy Child Society. Survived by five daughters including Sister Marie Celine and Mrs Blanche Collard, three grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral set for 8:30 a m Wednesday at St Joseph church Biddeford with viewing at Sansoucy Funeral Home today from noon to 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celina Tremblay
Jules Tremblay
Elm Street
Biddeford
St. Fortena
P. Q
George and
Mary (Delorge) Demers
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Ste. Ann Sodality
The
Holy Child
Diocese of Portland
Marie Celine
Good Shepherd
St. Joseph Parish
Blanche Collard
Lauie Paquette
Rose Boucher
Cecile Bergeron
Louis Demers
Victoria Ville
Edward Demers
Rosalie Plourde
New Britain
Conn
Deneige Telletier
Bid
Crash Causes Heavy Damage on Carl Avenue Beachside
An Old Orchard Beach crash yesterday caused extensive damage when Margaret V Caouette driving a car at 1 Hoffman Street struck two parked vehicles on Carl Avenue. Goode and Car of 32 Carl Avenue owed one car pushed through a fence into Edward Brann s yard at 18 Carll Avenue. Car totaled.
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Carl
Old Orchard Beach
Margaret V Caouette
Hoffman Street
Paul FE
Carl Avenue
Earl Goode
Project Street
Old Orchard
Goode
Edward Brann
Carll Avenue
Chipsa MacFarland Died At 78 In Old Orchard Beach
Chipsa MacFarland age 78 died this morning after a long illness in an Old Orchard Beach nursing home. She lived in the area seven years, born in Solon to Summer and Caroline Rowell. She was a Solon Methodist member. Surviving are Leroy Rowell of Ocean Park, a brother, and Mrs. Albert Lowd of Milton Mills, a niece. The body will go to Solon Wednesday morning. committal prayers at Evergreen Cemetery Solon at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chipsa R. MacFarland
Old Orchard Beach
Solon
Summer
Caroline (Roundy) Rowell
Death of George Rizas 79 in Greece. Biddeford native
Word has reached Biddeford of the death of George Rizas 79 while visiting Chios Greece He was a Becon Street resident a retired Pepperell Manufacturing employee born June 10 1890 in Turkey came to America 1910 and Biddeford 1911 He died July 22 was buried in Chios Greek Orthodox rites Survivors include a daughter Mrs Anthony Hadgis two sons Arthur and Michael Rizas a grandson Anthony and a granddaughter Michelle Rizas Her wife Mary Rizas died in Biddeford 1951.
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George Rizas
Chios
Greece
Biddeford
Sepenber
Becon Street
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Turkey
America
Pepperell
St. Demetrios
Anthony Hadgis
Sophie, Rizas
Arthur Rizas
Michael Rizas
Funeral services for Miss Margaret Fogg Milliken
Funeral services were held Saturday at 1 30 p m from the Dennett and Craig funeral home Saco for Miss Margaret Fogg Milliken Rev Stanley Bennett pastor of the Saco United Baptist church officiated and burial was in Laurel Hill cemetery
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Dennett and Craig Funeral Home
Saco
Margaret Fogg Milliken
Stanley Bennett
Saco United Baptist Church
Laural Hill Cemetery
Fremont club auxiliary meeting to pay respects
The Fremont club auxiliary will hold a 7:30 p m gathering on Tuesday evening at the Sansoucy funeral home 1 Stone Street Biddeford to pay respects to Mrs Celina Tremblay mother of auxiliary member Mrs Rose Boucher.
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Fremont Club
Sansoucy
Stone Street
Biddeford
Celina Tremblay
Rose Boucher
Church notes Prayer Fellowship meets at parsonage
The Prayer Fellowship group of the Lyman Baptist church will meet Tuesday at 9 30 a m at the parsonage. The Home League Ladies Group of the Saco Salvation Army will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m
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Prayer Fellowship
Lyman Baptist Church
The
Saco Salvation Army
Market settles after noon shift with narrow gains
New York stocks eased after an early uptick as most issues showed small moves in both directions. The Dow rose 1.15 to 617.88 at noon while the AP average stood at 216.10 with slight changes across sectors as oil and steel posted mixed results and Republic Steel reported a 38 percent six month earnings drop.
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New York
Republic Steel
Republic
Jones & Laughlin
Lukens
Youngstown
Motor
Dow Jones
Associated Press
Portland Weather: Partly Cloudy With Warms This Week
A weather summary for Portland and nearby towns reports partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures this afternoon, with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight will be fair and milder, winds SW 5 to 15 mph. Tuesday brings more sun and warmth with SSW 10 to 20 mph. High near 80, lows in the mid to upper 50s. city and regional overnight lows range from 37 to 59 depending on location.
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Portland
Caribou
Eastport
Greenville
Old Town
Rumford
Mt. Wash
Concord
Halifax
Montreal
Veterans of Foreign Wars Meeting in Biddeford Tonight
The Biddeford post will convene tonight at 7 30 in the City building. Past Presidents Parley and American Legion Auxiliary led by Mrs Ulrica Barnes will meet at 6 30 with a cook-out before officer installation at the Biddeford home on Alfred Street.
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Biddeford Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Parley
Tighe- Beaudoin-Farley
American Legion Auxiliary
Ulrica Barnes
Alfred Street
Biddeford
Seadragon Sets Out On Under Ice North Pole Crossing
Seadragon leaves Portsmouth to attempt first east west crossing under the North Pole aboard the 268 foot nuclear submarine with 94 crew and scientists. Cmdr George P Steele II leads the voyage before joining the Pearl Harbor fleet.
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Portsmouth
N. H
North Pole
George P. ‘Steele II
Washington, D.C
Pearl Harbor
Memorial drive to honor Biddeford coach Steve White
Students and alumni launch a project to name the new gymnasium after Steve White, longtime Biddeford High School coach and athletic advocate who died in 1959. White, a 1912 Biddeford graduate and army veteran, shaped school sports from 1922 to 1939 and remained active with youth programs and community athletics.
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Trask
Stephen Francis White
White
Waterhouse
BHS
High School Alumni Association
Biddeford High
Army
Biddeford Boosters Club
Biddeford High School
BHS Field Association
Hamp Bryant
Waterhouse Field
Steve White
Biddeford
St. Louis High School
St. Louis
Legion of
Like Chicken Well Done A Biddeford Oven Fire
A Biddeford fireman says a roast chicken was overcooked when it caught fire in an oven at the home of Philip Mathieu on West Cutts Street. Firefighters arrived to find no other damage beyond the chicken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Philip Mathieu
West Cutts Street
Premier Tage Erlander replies to Eisenhower remarks
In Stockholm Premier Tage Erlander indirectly answered President Eisenhower’s comments on personal crisis reports drunkenness and lack of ambition in a European Socialist country. He urged delegates at an international miners’ meeting to observe Sweden’s efforts to solve its problems while avoiding direct reference to the American leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Tage Erlander
Eisenhower
Europe
Trio Fined For Assaulting OOB Police Officer
Three men from Falmouth Berwick and Somersworth were fined 35 dollars each by Trial Justice Wesley Mewer in Old Orchard Beach court after pleading guilty to assault and battery against Officer William Sullivan at the Playland amusement area. Each received a suspended 30 day jail sentence and one year probation plus pay for all damages. Officers Cote and Clark assisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Mewer
Old Orchard Beach
Donald Fozzard
Falmouth
Francis W. Dyer
Berwick
Lucien Chase
Somersworth
N. H
Mewer
William Sullivan
Playland Amusement Area
Sullivan
Ferdinand Cote
John Clark
Date Of Nixon Visit Set For Maine Campaign Tour
Camden AP reports Republican State Chairman David Nichols said the exact date for Vice President Richard Nixon’s Maine visit will be announced within a week or 10 days. Nichols met with Nixon planners in Chicago who predicted a short window before the itinerary is formed. Nixon and Democratic nominee Senator Joan Kennedy of Massachusetts have both promised Maine stops.
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Camden
Richard Nixon
Maine
David Nichols
Nichols
Nixon
Chicago
Joan Kennedy
Mass
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Newport
R.I
West Coast
Hawaii
Robert H. Finch
Rockefeller
U.N
Henry Cabot Lodge
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Lodge
Herbert G. Klein
Finch
Kennedy Sees Steel Sector Strain As Election Campaign Looms
Kennedy estimates 100000 union members unemployed and 300000 working under a 40 hour week while 1100000 members exist in the union. He urges housing legislation and school construction aid, plus looser credit to aid sectors seen as economic bellwethers. McDonald contrasts Nixon’s mixed help to industry and labor, noting Nixon aided industry more. Nixon maps campaign steps with Eisenhower and Rockefeller, planning Newport talks with Eisenhower and a Nixon campaign director meeting Rockefeller to secure participation.
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Try
Kennedy
Congress
McDonald
Nixon
MecDonald
Noted Italian physician dies in plane crash near Belluno
In Belluno, Italy, noted physician Aldo Arienti, 51, was killed Sunday when his single engine plane crashed on a mountainside near the town and burst into flames. Arienti was an expert in his field and widely respected in medical circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belluno
Italy
Here
Aldo Arienti
Martell Held In $10,000 On Assault Charge
Henry Martell of Lim Ernest? no, Lim erick is charged with assault with intent to kill his son Charles 20. He appeared before Trial Justice Ivory H. Smith in Waterboro and was bound over to the September term of Superior Court in Alfred. Bail set at $10,000. Also charged with assaulting State Trooper Ralph Waters and with intoxication. He faces two other warrants and awaits defense counsel before sentencing on two counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Martell
Limerick
Ivory H. Smith
Waterboro
Martell
Superior
Alfred
Charles
Donald Hastings
Limington
Martel
Henry
Pete
Ralf Waters
Smith
Biddeford Man Fined After Officer Assault Charge
A Biddeford man Conredi Cantara, 30, was fined 60 dollars on two counts in Biddeford Municipal Court after being found guilty of assaulting Officer Theodore Drouin and of intoxication. The assault charge carried 60 days, or 50 dollars, while intoxication brought 30 days in jail or a 10 dollar fine. Other actions included Arthur Martel, 45, guilty of assault on his wife with a 30 day suspended sentence and probation, and Roland A. Chaloux, 43, Wells, fined 15 dollars for passing on the right.
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Biddeford
Conredi Cantara
Water Street
Theodore Drouin
Gerald R. Nason
Cantera
Drouin
Norman Poirier
Arthur Martel
Columbia Hotel
Mona
Nason
Martel
Lynette Davis
Testimony on Heating, Gas, and Building Piping in Biddeford Fire
Big Suit street shipper for the biscuit firm testified the heating furnace was shut off for a week and no volatile materials were on the premises. He said fuel oil was stored inside and he did not smell gas the night before. Green noted the company had not used gas in over a decade, while Emile Fontain, 79, owner of the building, testified there had been no piping changes since the 1925 erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Biddeford
Biscuit
Green
Emile Fontain
New firm plans expansion and high production shop
Tito, a new entrepreneur with 22 years in the field and Thornton academy training, announces a high volume parts shop in Saco Biddeford. He expects rapid growth in electronics and has leased a building amid strong local inquiries on prices. Davis Little of Biddeford Development cites faith in the project. In Sicily, Mount Etna subsided after a fourth major blast since July with smaller explosions at five per minute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tito
Thornton’ Academy
Industrial Engineering Association
Forest Street
Saco
Saco-Lowell
Biddeford
Davis Little
Biddeford Development Corporation
Little
Catania
Sicily
Etna
Traumatology Expert Dies in Fair Rally Collision
A trauma medicine specialist perished in a rally incident while his copilot Bianca Or Salti, 24, also died. The report notes both victims as part of the event's tragic outcome.
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Bianca Orsalti
Two Accidents In Saco Cause $375 Damage
In Saco two weekend crashes caused about 375 dollars in damage. Lucien Bouthillette 49 of 10 Irving Street collided with Ernest Raynor 57 of 5 Woodland Avenue as both left onto Main Street from Water and Pepperell Square. A second crash damaged Richard M. Lamont of Montreal whose car struck a utility pole at North and Elm Street.
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Waller
Main Streets
Saco
Lucien Bouthillette
Irving Street
Ernest Raynor
Woodland Avenue
Bouthillette
Main
Water Street
Raynor
Pepperell Square
Richard M. Lamont
Montreal
North
Elm Street
Ernest LeClair
Lamont
Typhoon Shirley threatens China after Pacific deaths and damage
TOKYO AP reports Typhoon Shirley hit Yonaguni with two dead and 30 homes destroyed, and Formosa fatalities rise to two with eight injured as nearly 11 000 Taipei residents evacuated. A Soviet commentator in Pravda ridicules Eisenhower on world vote. Iran-UAR crisis prompts Saudi envoy’s return. Harian Rakjat ban lifted in Indonesia. Makarios’ Patriotic Front gains Cyprus House majority. Two Marines die in Okinawa air crash.
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Tokyo
China
Ryukyuan
Yonaguni
Formosa
Taipei
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
V. Mayevsky
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Family Of Five Dies In Crash On Pennsylvania Turnpike
A three car crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike killed five members of an Ohio family and a Philadelphia man. Victims include David R. Sweeney 24 of Philadelphia Lee Roy Helton 30 of Springdale Shirley Helton 28 and three sons Timothy 3 Daniel 2 Kenneth 1. Edward A. Johnson 40 of Pittsburgh survived with minor injuries. The crash description quoted as It was like a big explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Philadelphia
Edward A. Johnson
Pittsburgh
David R. Sweeney
Lee Roy Helton
Springdale
Cincinnati
Shirley
Timothy
Daniel
Kenneth
Real Nice Month July Warm Weather Report Portland
The weather office describes July as a real nice month with an average temperature of 66.8 degrees, 1 degree below normal. The high reached 89 on July 12 and the low 45 on July 6 and 10. Sunshine totaled 76 percent of daylight hours, and tropical storm Brenda on Saturday brought 1.54 inches of the 3.06 inches of rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Brenda
FBI ties spur memory of escaped inmate in PennsylvanIa
Glendon Maline of Cozad found an FBI circular with a photo resembling Bennett, and linked it to Hudson, an escapee from Bellefonte State Penitentiary on August 2, 1957. Hudson had served six years of a 10 to 20 year term for the 1951 shotgun murder of John Ferguson in Fayette County, Pa, after a career of auto theft starting at age 11. He had been out on bond for involuntary manslaughter when Ferguson was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendon Maline
Cozad
FBI
Bennett
Hudson
Pennsylvania State Penitentiary
Bellfonte
John Ferguson
Fayette County
Ferguson
Johnson Out To Wrap Up Texas Vote
Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, campaigning in Austin, meets aides and party leaders as he prepares a Wednesday speech in Johnson City to rally about 300 district and county workers. Observers see the stop as a bid to seal Texas electoral votes for the Democrats, while Johnson accuses Republicans of innuendo targeting Democratic leaders and denounces farm surpluses as a national disgrace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Monticello
Iowa
Johnson City
Dallas
Johnson
Minor Injuries In Crash On Turnpike Near Saco
State Trooper David Knight reported a Turnpike crash at Mile 34 in Saco injuring several. Richard P. Rummey 20 Belfast dozed at the wheel and rear-ended Errol S. Page 19 Boston. Passengers Robert Green Newport R I and James Albert Augusta were treated at Saco Osteopathic hospital for cuts and bruises and released along with Edward Grenier 18 Augusta Kenneth Lostman 18 Boston and Lola Scott 38 Dorchester Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saco
David Knight
Richard P. Rummey
Belfast
Errol S. Page
Boston
Robert Green
Newport
R. I
James Albert
Augusta
Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Rummey
Page
Edward Grenier
Kenneth Lostman
Lola ‘Scott
Dorchester
Mass
Rumors Fly Over Castro Illness and Planned Treatment
The report discusses Castro’s suspected pneumonia with rumors of major surgery. Dr. Antonio Rodriguez Diaz, treating the Prime Minister, was abroad on professional business, fueling speculation of links to Castro’s health. Castro’s last public appearance was at the 7th anniversary of the 26th of July movement in eastern Cuba. Maj. Raul Castro returned from a European trip involving the Soviet Union and Khrushchev, denying claims he cut the trip short due to his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Rodriguez Diaz
Castro
Moscow
Cuba
Maj
Raul Castro
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
Raul
Congo Faces Belgian Withdrawals and Katanga Crisis
UN urged gradual Belgian troop withdrawal after psychological prep for Belgians in Leopoldville and other provinces. About 60 soldiers leave Kitona base. 300 remain in Kivu as Irish battalion moves in. 45 stay at Bunia as Ethiopian troops take hold. Equator province is free. Katanga’s independence declared without recognition, risking Congo’s economic crisis. Lumumba ends aid visit to US and Canada and prepares return via Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana, and Guinea.
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Leopoldville
Kitona
Kivu
Oriental
Bunia
Equator
Katanga
Congo
Antoine Gizenga
U.N
Hammarskjold
Soviet Union
Tass
Patrice Lumumba
United States
Canada
New York
Lumumba
Tunisia
Morocco
Ghana
Guinea
East Germany Demands Separate Peace Treaty
East Germany renewed its call for separate peace treaties for East and West Germany. In a memorandum to nations that fought Nazi Germany, it marks the Potsdam agreement's 15th anniversary. Deputy Foreign Minister Otto Winter disclosed the text, accusing the Western powers of breaking Potsdam and backing militarism in West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Nazi Germany
Otto Winter
Germany
United States
Biddeford Plans Partial Payment On Tax Note
Biddeford will pay one quarter of its tax anticipation note on Wednesday per City Clerk Ralph Binette. After this payment, $100,000 will remain of the $300,000 note, following $200,000 already paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
Ralph Binette
Binette
Pilgrims Hear Mass In Rain At World Congress
In Germany hundreds of thousands of Roman Catholics attend Mass in 103 churches during the 37th world eucharistic congress. Gray skies and intermittent rain mark the day as special trains continue to bring pilgrims from around the world except Communist nations. The event is expected to draw about a million by next Sunday when Pope John XXIII will deliver a radio message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
John XXII
Local Biddeford Couple Buys Fortunes Rocks Lots
Rev H Lewis Cutler and Mrs Cutler of Biddeford purchase two lots at the site of the old Tanner hotel in Fortunes Rocks from Charles V Tanner Jr. Harold Sykes of Fortunes Rocks handles the sale as realtor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Lewis Cutler
Circus Returns to Saco August 10 After Weather Cancelation
The Scott Brothers circus, canceled Saturday due to bad weather, will perform Wednesday August 10 at the Elks home grounds in Saco for two shows. Sponsored by Biddeford Saco Lodge of Elks to benefit the lodge building fund. Saturday tickets honored, matinee at 2 PM and evening at 7:30 PM. Children must be accompanied by an adult for the evening show. Tickets sold through lodge members and at the Elks home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Brothers Circus
Elks
Biddeford-Saco Lodge of Elks
Lodge
Car stolen from Imperial Street in Old Orchard Beach
A car was reported stolen Saturday afternoon from Imperial Street in Old Orchard Beach. The Old Orchard Beach notice lists the owner as Gerard A. Paquette of 165.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Street
Old Orchard Beach
Gerard A. Paquette
Cleaves Street
Biddeford
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OOB
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