Ex-Paratrooper recounts 18 hour sea ordeal near Miami
Donald McNeal a 28 year old former paratrooper and father of four told how he was swept from his small sailboat 20 miles off shore and spent 18 hours in the stormy Atlantic before rescue. He drifted in heavy seas, drank salt water, and was found exhausted by the charter boat Prowler after a day long ordeal.
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Miami
UPI
Donald McNeal
Atlantic Ocean
McNeal
Prowler
Spencer
Fowey Light
Coast Guard
Fowey Rock
Sex Experience Status Symbol To British Girls
A 17 year old girl says British teens view sexual experience as a status symbol while shunning promiscuity. She estimates about a third of her grammar school classmates will graduate having lost their virginity, and most 18 year olds she knows are not virgins. Boys she knows are typically non virgins at 17, and two months of dating often leads to intercourse.
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London
UPI
Family Planning
Legion Leader Criticizes U S Foreign Policy
Don ald E. Johnson American Legion national commander decries U S policy arguing to mend relations with Allies before engaging the Soviet Union He urges solidifying the Atlantic Alliance and warns against further concessions to the Reds while opposing inviting Soviet leaders to the United States Johnson 40 from West Branch Iowa spoke at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles with a civic lunch club and in a news conference prior to the event.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Donald E. Johnson
American Legion
Civic Lunch Club
Biltmore
Johnson
United States
Soviet Russia
American Legions
Towa
Legion
America
Russia
Three Men Fined and Jailed for Alabama Blas
In Montgomery three men James M. White Donald B. Sanders and Henry Alexander were fined 200 each and given 10 days in county jail after pleading to disturbing a religious service. The balloon explosion outside First Baptist Church Dec 13 led to reduced charges from explosives near an occupied building. No injuries were reported.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
James M. White
Donald B. Sanders
Henry Alexander
Dave Crossland
Larry H. Williams
First Baptist Church
Recorder's Court
D Eugene Lee
Filibuster Debate Continues on Senate Rules Change
The article discusses continued filibuster discussions into the session, with Vice President Hubert Humphrey potentially presiding. Liberals say Humphrey could influence ruling to end debate on a rules change, while Russell doubts that outcome.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Humphrey
Russell
Hubert Humphrey
The
United States
Dean's Pills for fast relief of backache and pains
An ad describing Dean's Pills as fast relief for backache headaches and muscular pains from over exertion. It claims soothing bladder irritation and diuretic action to improve kidney output and promote restful sleep, urging readers to ask for the large size.
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Dean
GOP Meeting Reboot With Ev and Jerry on Tap
Republican leaders plan joint policy meetings early next week with an aftershow starring Ev and Jerry. The first conference may propose a GOP coordinating committee to frame policy via task forces on major issues. Everett Dirksen will join Gerald Ford. Charlies Halleck is off the billing.
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Washington
Charlies A. Halleck
Ind
Ford
Charlie
Dirksen-Halleck
Senate
House
Concord Faculty Recommends Suspension for Weimar
A letter states the suspension of Weimar was based on unsatisfactory attitude toward academics and willful off campus conduct. Marsh said readmission could occur after one semester, but admission is never automatic, with the action unanimously recommended by the Concord faculty committee on social standards.
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Marsh
Weimar
Ignesaeimar
Concord
Statue of Sam Rayburn Unveiled by Lady Bird
The bronze bust of Sam Rayburn was unveiled in Washington at a courtyard of a costly new office building. Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson prepared the dedication speech as the structure’s office space is being allocated.
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Sam Rayburn
Lady Bird
Washington
UPI
Texas
Moserers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Obscenity Case Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
New York publisher Ralph Ginzburg appealed to the Supreme Court seeking review of his Philadelphia obscenity conviction for mailing magazines. The government identified Eros, a $25 yearly issue, Liaison, and the Housewife's Handbook on Selective Promiscuity. Ginzburg faces five years in prison and fines totaling $42,000. the appeals court upheld the verdict last November. The case targets federal obscenity prosecutions, with the government alleging mailing from Middlesex, New Jersey.
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Washington
UPI
New York
Ralph Ginzburg
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Eros
Ginzburg
Ralph C. Body
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. Attorney
Post Office Department
Justice Department
Middlesex
Soviet Press Critiques Johnson War Stance and US Disarmament Hurdles
Pravda denounces Johnson's Vietnam policy as a bloody aggression and criticizes the State of the Union address for neglecting disarmament and European security. It notes the Soviet line on imperialism and class struggle while diplomatic sources indicate Kosygin may visit the United States, though not this year.
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Washington
Pravda
Johnson
South Viet Nam
U.S.A
Y. Arbatov
America
Alexei Kosygin
United States
GOP to Invite Ike and 4 1940s rivals to Chicago meeting
Republican National Chairman Dean Burch asks Dwight D. Eisenhower Barry Goldwater Richard Nixon Thomas Dewey and Alf Landon to attend the GOP national committee session in Chicago January 22 23. A decision on whether Burch remains in his post is expected at the meeting.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Burch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Chicago
Eisenhower
Burch
Barry M. Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Thomas E. Dewey
Alf M. Landon
National Committee
First Lady dedicates statue to new Congress members
The First Lady spoke to House members, dedicating the statue to all new members of the 89th Congress and future Congresses. She urged them to labor under the Capitol dome with faith in the people and nobility of purpose, echoing Sam Rayburn.
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Sam Rayburn
Final rites for Mrs Rebecca Short 80 at Rose and Quesenberry
Mrs Rebecca Short 80 of Glen Daniel died after an extended illness at Beard Hospital. Final rites are set for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev B L Moss presiding. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. The body is at the funeral home for callers.
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Rebecca Short
Glen Daniel
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
B. L. Moss
Sunset Memorial Park
Death notices span two families in Beckley and Bald Knob
Mrs. Sarah Coleman of 1141 South Fayette Street died at 1 a.m. after a long illness. Born in Chatham Virginia on Sept 22 1881 she was a daughter of Frank and Elizabeth Strain and a Central Baptist Church member. Survivors include sons Lonnie and Henry. daughters Goldie Jennings and Grace Penn. siblings Robert Strain and Annie Greene. eight great grandchildren and two grandchildren. The body is at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home pending arrangements. Also noted is a separate obituary for Burton and Gilbert Cook Ray and Howard Cook Hester Williams Anna Perry Ollie Pauley Ruby Keene Martha Mitchell with 33 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. The body will be at Valley Funeral Home Whitesville then church prior to funeral.
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Sarah Sprain Coleman
South Fayette St
Chatham
Frank
Elizabeth Strain
Central Baptist Church
Lonnie Coleman
Beckley
Henry Coleman
Detroit
Mich
Goldie Jennings
Grace Penn
Robert Strain
Annie Greene
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Coal River
First Presbyterian Church
Colcord
Burton
Gilbert Cook
Bald Knob
Ray
Howard Cook
Patterson
N. J
Hester Williams
Dorothy
Anna Perry
Ollie Pauley
Biggs
Ruby Keene
Longview
Wash
Martha Mitchell
Oakwood
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Funeral Arrangements for Alva Brooks Peterson
Alva Brooks Peterson 57 of Union died Tuesday after a short illness in a Ronceverte hospital. Born October 8 1907 in Upshur County, he was a farmer and WVU graduate, member of Buckhannon Methodist Church and Alpha Gamma chapter. Survived by wife Grace Tomlinson Peterson a daughter Martha Ann Windon seven sisters and one granddaughter. Body at Broyles Funeral Home Union.
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Alva Brooks Peterson
Union
Ronceverte
Upshur County
Jake
Martha Peterson
Buckhannon Methodist Church
Wesleyan College
West Virginia University
Alpha Gamma Chapter
Grace Tomlinson Peterson
Martha Ann Windon
Fairlea
Farley Rites Set for Charles Garrett Farley
Final rites for Charles Garrett Farley, 35, Sophia, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Kia First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dewey Wilson presiding. Burial follows. Farley died at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday at his home after a nine year disability from an automobile accident. Williams Funeral Home in Sophia handles arrangements and friends may call. He will be taken to the church one hour before services.
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Charles Garrett Farley
Sophia
Kia First Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Farley
Williams Funeral
Services set for Mrs Bessie Kincaid at Oak Hill
Mrs. Bessie Kincaid 68 of Route 1 Oak Hill will have services at 11 a.m. Thursday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev. Freddy Steele. Burial in Chestnut Cemetery Route 1 Fayetteville. She died at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday in an Oak Hill hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born August 19 1896 in Fayette County she was daughter of the late William Patrick and Mary Catherine Cole Likins. Survivors include sister Mrs. Hardy Fleshman of Minden two daughters Mrs. Irene Ryan of Scarbro and Bertha Kincaid of Oak Hill Route 1, 17 grandchildren and a great grandchild. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today.
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Bessie Kincaid
Route 1
Oak Hill
Tyree
Oak Hill Hill
Freddy Steele
Chestnut Cemetery
Fayetteville
Kincaid
Fayette County
William Patrick
Mary Catherine Cole Likins
Hardy Fleshman
Minden
Irene Ryan
Scarbro
Bertha Kincaid
Bonanno Probe Advances No Leads in Kidnapping Case
A federal grand jury probing the Bonanno kidnapping case yielded little progress as sons Salvatore and Joseph Jr offered little cooperation and daughter Catherine Genovese failed to appear due to illness. Salvatore was briefly questioned behind closed doors while another physician was ordered to examine Catherine in San Mateo California.
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New York
UPI
Cosa Nostra
Joseph
Joe Bananas
Salvatore
Charles F. Tenney
Bonanno
Catherine Genovese
San Mateo
Calif
Acord Infant Graveside Rites Conducted in Slab Fork
Infant Harless Lee Acord, son of Herbert and Rosie Riley Acord of Lincoln Park Michigan formerly Slab Fork, was buried today at 2 p.m. in the Acord Family Cemetery at Slab Fork with Rev. Sherman Snuffer officiating. The child died Monday night in a Lincoln Park hospital. Survivors include grandparents Paul Acord of Slab Fork and Jim Riley of Glen White. Williams Funeral Home of Sophia arranged the services.
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Harless Lee Acord
Herbert
Rosie Riley Acord
Lincoln Park
Mich
Slab Fork
Acord
Sherman Snuffer
Paul Acord
Jim Riley
Glen White
Williams
Sophia
Martin L Mitchem Funeral Services Held For 66 Year Old Miner
Funeral services for Martin Luther Mitchem 66 of Princewick were planned for 2 p m Thursday at the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Everett R Shaffer in charge. Burial followed in Clark Cemetery at Dunns. Mitchem died last Thursday in Winston California from an apparent heart attack. He was a retired coal miner last employed by Lillybrook Coal Company born February 19 1898 a son of Billie Mitchem and Adeline Birchfield Mitchem Corns Princewick. He was preceded in death by his wife Edna in 1953 Survivors included five daughters Mrs Jack Mattox Winston California Mrs Jack Farley New Mexico Mrs Curtis Bowles Princewick and Garnet and June Mitchem both of Dur ani California three sons Jim Mitchem Winston Martin Mitchem with the Armed Forces at Fort Knox Kentucky and Don Mitchem Chicago Illinois a stepdaughter Mrs Guy Sinsel Parma Ohio two stepsons Alfred Crews with the Armed Forces in France and Andrew Crews Ypsilanti Michigan a half sister Mrs Beecher Garretson Princewick and 15 grandchildren. Pallbearers named Jack Spear Lee Crawford Dennis Crawford Manuel Blanco Posey Stanley and Willie Pigg.
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Martin Luther Mitchem
Princewick
Caffee Funeral Home
Everett R. Shaffer
Clark
Dunns
Mitchem
Winston
Calif
Lillybrook Coal Company
Billie Mitchem
Adeline
Birchfield Mitchem Corns
Edna Mitchem
Jack Mattox
Jack Farley
New Mexico
Curtis Bowles
Garnet
June Mitchem
Durani
Jim Mitchem
Martin Mitchem
Fort Knox
Don Mitchem
Chicago
Ill
Guy Sinsel
Parma
Ohio
Alfred Crews
France
Andrew Crews
Ypsilanti, Mich
Beecher Garretson
Pepe
Mistrial in Fog Shrouded Youth Case Ends Term
A fog delayed drive and a back seat scuffle distracted the driver, leading to an emergency for which Hopkins was found not liable. Cook claims Hopkins recruited him and others who then bought liquor, drank at a college girl’s apartment and at Murphy’s home. After transporting a boy to MacArthur, a fog bank hid a curve causing the crash. All parties are minors. guardians were appointed for Hopkins and Cook. The case closed the November circuit term with jurors discharged.
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Hopkins
Cook
Miss Hopkins
Murphy
MacArthur
John Thomas Morgan
Edward P. Stansbury
Judith Dew
Michael
John C. Ashworth
W. H. File
Joseph Luchini
Circuit Court
Mrs Lucinda White Services Planned At Colcord Church
Mrs Lucinda C White, 78, of Dorothy, died after a long illness. Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Colcord Presbyterian Church with Rev Robert Rasmussen presiding. Burial in Henry Hill Cemetery at Dorothy. She was born April 16 1886.
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Lucinda C. White
Dorothy
Colcord Presbyterian Church
Robert Rasmussen
Henry Hill Cemetery
Two Men Charged With Rape Here
Roy Linkous Glen Morgan and Vincent Bragg were committed to Raleigh County Jail at 10 15 p m Tuesday on a rape charge. Sources said the trio and the woman visited a motel Monday night. The woman reportedly told police she was raped by Linkous and Bragg. Linkous waived a preliminary hearing and posted 2500 bond. Bragg waived to the grand jury and posted 1000 bond. Police said the investigation would continue.
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Roy Linkous
Glen Morgan
Vincent Ey
Beaver
Raleigh
Linkous
Paul Epperly
Bragg
Joe Rodriguez
GOOP Southern Coalition Back In Business
The Republican Southern Democratic coalition in the House shows it can still influence legislation. A Monday vote on rules changes for Johnsons Great Society program passed 224 to 201, with 208 Democrats and 16 Republicans in favor. Sixty nine Southern Democrats defected, and 18 additional Democrats from border states and Nevada joined the opposition. 17 Republicans from Southern states also opposed the changes.
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Washington
UPI
House
Congress
White House
Johnson
Old Confederacy
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Missouri
Nevada
Air Base Radar Ruined By Fire at Eglin Air Force Base
An estimated 30 million dollar space radar system at Eglin AFB burned out of control, leaving a total loss. The Bendix built radar, handed to the Air Force for a nine month trial, could view orbiting bodies and identify missiles. One firefighter was injured, and Airman Robert E. Chambers suffered a fractured rib from a hose nozzle. The fire was extinguished at 2:35 am EST.
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Eglin Afb
Fla
API
Robert E. Chambers
Bendix
Air Force
Convicts Praised For Aiding Stricken Guard in Georgia
Six prisoners on a Floyd County work detail aided their guard when he suffered a heart attack. They transported him to a farmhouse, called for help, and stayed with him while another rode in the ambulance. The guard died en route to the hospital. The warden commended the inmates in a letter to state boards. The six men faced sentences from six months to 40 years.
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Rcme. Ga
UPI
C. M. Caldwell
Floyd County Public Works
Board of Corrections
State Pardons and Paroles Board
Ray Shell
Shell
Medicare bill outlook and GOP chairman speculation
Washington Health Secretary Anthony Celebrezze says Medicare passage is near and a victory for humanitarian aims. New York reports Charles H. Percy, defeated Illinois GOP candidate, suggesting Robert A. Taft Jr. could become national GOP chairman to unify the party.
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Washington
Anthony Celebrezze
Far West flood threat persists amid hit levees
Civil defense director Norman Robert warns the Mad River remains bank-full as two levees endured damage in the prior flooding, signaling ongoing danger in the Far West.
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San Francisco
Civil Defense
Norman Robertson
Mad River
Hoffa Trial Tampering Case Near End in Tenn
Government poised to finish its case in the Raleigh County Hoffa jury tampering trial involving Huntington West Virginia residents Herman A. Frazier Alfred Nelson Paden and Albert P Cole. Jurors reported telephone calls the day before the 1962 conspiracy trial in Nashville and witnesses including the defendants expected to testify. The defendants ran a private detective agency hired to probe prospective jurors and the case stems from the 1962 Hoffa trial with an earlier mistrial. Hoffa was convicted in Chattanooga last year and appealed to the Sixth Circuit.
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Columbia, Tenn
UPI
West Virginia
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
U. S. District Court
Nashville
Herman A. Frazier
Alfred Nelson Paden
Albert P. Cole
Hun
Frazier
Paden
Cole
Huntington
Hoffa
Chattanooga
U. S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Congress Confirms LB Johnson, Humphrey Wins 1964 Election
Washington reports a joint session of Congress convening to tally state electors certificates and declare Lyndon B. Johnson president and Hubert H. Humphrey vice president. Johnson expected to receive 486 votes, Goldwater 52 votes from five states and DC.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
House
Senate
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
District of Columbia
Barry M. Goldwater
Burch's Position Said Untenable
Charles H. Percy said on a television program that Republican National Chairman Dean Burch is in an untenable position after the party’s disastrous defeat. He urged Burch to consider resigning and suggested former Rep. Robert A. Taft Jr. as a potential successor with broad support.
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New York
UPI
Charles H. Percy
Dean Burch
Percy
Burch
Illinois
Robert A. Taft Jr
Ohio
McGee Pushes Expanded Federal Coal Research Program
Senator Gale McGee of Wyoming vows a crash federal coal research program to convert vast low grade Wyoming reserves into energy and by products. He plans to testify before congressional committees to seek doubling or tripling current funding, beyond the Bureau of Mines Office of Coal Research roughly $10 million this fiscal year. Private industry also contributes funds to coal research through Co., Inc. in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Gale McGee
D-Wyom
Congress
Wyoming
McGee
Johnson
Committees of
Office of Coal Research
Department of Interior
Bureau of Mines
Research At Co., Inc
Pittsburgh
Solicitor Drops Gambling Charge Over 10 Cent Crap Game
Savannah UPI report says the Solicitor General's Office dropped plans to prosecute Howard Wheeler after learning the alleged crap game at a service station involved only 10 cents. The decision reflects the minimal stake and lack of substantial evidence for a criminal case.
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Savannah, Ga
UPI
Solicitor General's Office
Howard Wheeler
Fire alarm chief seeks new Buffalo building
Fire Commissioner Robert J Zahm Jr. seeks a new Buffalo fire alarm headquarters as the present site is deemed unsafe. The UPI report notes the initiative aims to modernize and improve response readiness for the city’s fire services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Hazard Buffalo
UPI
Buffalo
Robert J Zahm Jr
Georgia Indicts 1 W Va Men In Copeland Murder Case
Two Huntington West Virginia men Roy Chatterton and Woodrow Whitman were indicted in Georgia on murder and assault charges connected to the killing of textile executive Billy Copeland. They confessed to robbery and murder during a four state crime spree and face additional armed robbery and car theft charges in West Virginia. Copeland was killed after giving them a ride while en route to Berry College in Rome. His body was found in an abandoned shack following leads from the suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Copeland
West Virginia
Barwick Mills
Lafayette
Berry College
Rome
Viet Nam foes warn of swift purge if communists win
Purge fears rise as Vietnamese sources predict infiltrating North Viet Nam agents would liquidate non Communist Nationalist supporters of the nation's liberation front in the South if the Communists seize power. They cite 1954 bloodshed in the North as a warning and expect early elections to form a national assembly under Communist rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Viet Nam
National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
South
Lack of funds hinders Road Commission funds decision
Compromise near as fiscal year closes as the SRC and board wrestle with allocating the $6.3 million yearly general revenue grant. The SRC had said it would not need the funds after the Better Roads Amendment, while the Education Department eyed the money for a broad program, and Burl Sawyerson was to present a detailed breakdown of the proposed use.
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Road Commission
SRC
Education Department
Burl Sawyerson
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Posey Stanley
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