Did Mathews Have Woman Accomplice? Statehouse Robber To Undergo Lie Box Test
Charleston AP report on Earl Mathews accused of stealing over 350000 from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Investigators consider a possible female accomplice. Mathews to take a lie detector test amid new details. He claims poverty drove him to crime to feed his children.
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Statehouse
Charleston
Earl Mathews
Department of Motor Vehicles
E. L. Roush
Roush
Mathews
J. D. Baisden
Kanawha River
South Charleston
Rush Creek
Waives Hearing Posts Bonds For B and E
Three men waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate Cotton White and were released on $500 bonds in a Raleigh County B and E case at Coal City. Arnold Davis Sophia Akers and Carl Akers and Kenneth Pack face Raleigh County Grand Jury action on charges of breaking and entering. They allegedly stole cigarets razor blades soft drinks and cigaret lighters from Birchett's Grocery.
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Cotton White
Birchett’s
Coal City
Arnold Davis
Sophia
Carl Akers
Kenneth Pack
Raleigh County
Grand Jury
Beckley
Frederick Guy Thornton
White
Vernon Fernatti
Sylvester
Williard Albert Gwinn
Slab Fork
Hugh Brooks
Crab Orchard
Harry L. McCreery
West Virginia Delegation Eyes Kennedy Leads in Ballots
Delegation members including Dr Ward Wylie and Frank J Maxwell weighed Kennedy strength in West Virginia. Wylie predicted Kennedy 19% on first ballot, Maxwell trimmed to 14 or 15%. Some members remain cool on Johnson and favor Stevenson as strongest alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Bailey
Neville
Kennedy
Smith
Stevenson
Stuart Symington
Johnson
Wylie
Massachusetts
Frank J. Maxwell
Clarksburg
Maxwell
Congo Crisis: Lumumba Kasavubu In Flight To Quell Mutiny
Premier Patrice Lumumba and President Joseph Kasavubu departed in a Belgian plane to Luluabourg and Elisabethville to calm mutinous troops and anxious whites amid reports of Congo mutinies. Stanleyville faced rebels disarming European officers, while Leopoldville remained comparatively calm as a USAF Globemaster prepared to evacuate refugees from Salisbury to Kamina base.
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Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Luluabourg
Elisabethville
Stanleyville
Equator
Leopoldville
Congo
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Katanga
Graley Waives Hearing On Charge Of Murder
Frank Bud Graley 21 of Wolf Pen waived to grand jury action on a murder charge before Magistrate W P Wilson in Pineville. Graley is accused of shooting Frank Ashley 18 of Wolf Pen on Saturday. Bond not set. remanded to jail.
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Pineville
RNS
Frank Bud Graley
Wolf Pen
W. P. Wilson
Graley
Frank Ashley
Pineville Man Fined After Altercation at Hearing
Pineville resident Donald Byrd, about 35, was fined 10 dollars and costs for fighting at a hearing before Magistrate W. P. Wilson. Byrd allegedly struck Bill Burton, about 50, in the face last Saturday. Deputy James Gibson arrested Byrd. Burton faced no charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Donald Byrd
W. P. Wilson
Byrd
Bill Burton
James Gibson
Burton
Rescue Squad Called For 87-Year-Old Heart Condition
Beckley Fire Department rescue squad answered at 11 a m to administer oxygen to Mrs Roxie Zofer 87 of 905 S Kanawha St who suffered a heart condition She was treated by a local physician.
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Beckley
Democratic platform pledges civil rights and sit-in sympathy
Demos ready the racial field and promise to grant authority for injunctions against constitutional rights infringed by race color or creed. It also backs permanent status for the Civil Rights Commission and its power to investigate discrimination complaints. The plank supports peaceful sit-in demonstrations and outlines programs to strengthen industry welfare science and research to bolster America’s global image.
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Civil Rights Commission
South
Ervin
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Resolutions Committee
America
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Convention Starts Brown backs Kennedy in early roll call
Brown announced support for Kennedy and said delegates could vote independently but denied a release from voting for him on the first ballot. California and other states could decide if Kennedy wins on the first tally or needs extended contests. A poll placed Kennedy at 16 percent with the rest split among Symington, Johnson, Stevenson, and absent voters. Kansas and Iowa delegates faced shifting loyalties as other candidates rallied.
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Brown
Kennedy
California
Herschel C. Loveless
Iowa
Symington
Johnson
Stevenson
George Docking
Kansas
Massachusetts
Driver Cited After Morning Wreck in Beckley
A Beckley motorist, Robert N. McKever, 106 Mool St., was cited for failing to keep his vehicle under control after a 12:20 a.m. crash at Harper. His 1954 car left the road and plunged into an embankment, with damages about 500 dollars. Josh Chambers of Metalron was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital for multiple contusions.
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Beckley
Harper
Robert N. McKever
Teens Charged In Breakage At Drake's Esso Service Station
A 17-year-old Point Pleasant boy is held for grand jury on charges of breaking and entering Drake's Esso Service Station at Oceana on July 6. He was arrested Friday in Point Pleasant by Deputy Ward Sheppard and is jailed in Wyoming County. A 16-year-old Oceana youth faces the same charges.
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Pineville
RNS
Point Pleasant
Drake
Esso
Oceana
Ward Sheppard
Wyoming County
Bank Heist Spreads Alarm Across Youngstown
Two gunmen robbed the Cornersburg branch of Mahoning National Bank in Youngstown Ohio and fled with about 22000. A separate trio of tragic headlines reported two women leaping to their deaths from a burning Cincinnati apartment and London power workers striking causing subway chaos. State briefs note WV crime commission talks in New Cumberland. WV congressman Slack pressed for a two year tariff reduction moratorium.
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Las Vegas
RKO
Cornersburg
Mahoning National Bank
Youngstown
Ohio
Cincinnati
London
Beckley Labor Dispute Over Union Contract Proposed
Labor advocates in Beckley argue for a contract with contractors to organize non union workers and bring union men into the fold. They claim ample local labor, no travel costs, and readiness to meet contractors day or night. Contractors led by Robert Ashworth oppose signing, citing a Princeton outfit and fears of forced hiring halls.
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Beckley
R. E. Myers
Myers
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
Washington Ofice
Register
Wipperman Construction Co
Robert Ashworth
Ashworth
Princeton
Wipperman
Rice Elected President of State Board of Education
CHARLESTON AP Lacy I Rice a Martinsburg lawyer and banker was elected president of the State Board of Education succeeding James Ansel of Moorefield A Republican Rice had just completed a term as vice president Dr J H Murry of Gary McDowell County was elected vice president H K Baer was reelected executive secretary The board studied plans for six building projects costing about 3800000 at four colleges and opened bids for an 815000 208 bed women's dormitory at Glenville State College also considering projects at West Virginia Tech Marshall College and West Virginia State
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Charleston
Lacy I. Rice
Martinsburg
State Board of Education
Rice
James Ansel
Moorefield
J. H. Murry
Gary
McDowell County
H. K. Baer
Glenville State College
West Virginia Tech
Marshall College
West Virginia State
Eisenhower outlines new aid plan for developing nations
President Eisenhower presented a broad aid framework stressing joint efforts with other American republics to boost land reform housing and self reliance and improve human rights. He indicated only willing Latin nations would benefit and urged Congress on funding timing but offered no figures.
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Eisenhower
United States
Herter
White House
Washington
Cuba
U.S
Congress
Fire In Holden WV Mines Faces Uncertain Restart
The Holden West Virginia mine fire prompted comments from Wilson noting the task in over 50 years of underground work as investigators from the State Department of Mines and the U S Bureau plan a joint inspection. The company would decide on resuming production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Local defendants face fines and capiases on crimes
Charles Dunbar pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer and received a capias after skipping sentencing. William Emmet Crawford of Cool Ridge was jailed for three days, fined $50, and had his license revoked for six months for driving while intoxicated after pleading guilty earlier. Kenneth Walter Carey and James Edward Crider were fined $25 each for destruction of property and remanded to jail until fines and costs are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dunbar
Capias
William Emmet Crawford
Cool Ridge
Kenneth Walter Carey
James Edward Crider
Final rites for Henry Lilly held at Beckley church
Death notices report Henry John Lilly, 35, of MacArthur, died in a coal mine earth slide near Amigo Saturday. Funeral at 2 p m today at First Christian Church Beckley with Rev Jennings Fast officiating. Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers listed. Keyser Bryant Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry John Lilly
MacArthur
First Christian Church
Beckley
Jennings
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Lilly
Amigo
John H. Wells
Carl Cook
Glen Cook
John Morgan
Jesse Stanley
Willie Pigg
Talmadge Pigg
Guy Amato
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Shaw Funeral services set for John W. Shaw
Funeral services for John William Shaw 58 of Midway will be at 2 p m Tuesday at Glenwood Primitive Church with Elder W E Branch and Elder L B Hylton in charge Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park He was a cartrimmer for Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Helen and died after a short illness Born September 24 1901 in Sparta NC he is survived by his wife Vernie a son Lee Gulfport MS three sisters and a brother plus two grandchildren The body was moved from Memorial Funeral Directory Princeton to his mother in law Mrs S J Priddy in Princeton Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Willliam Shaw
Midway
Glenwood Primitive Church
W. E. Branch
L. B. Hylton
Resthaven Memorial Park
Shaw
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Hellen
Sparta
N. C
Vernie Shaw
Lee Shaw
Gulfport
Miss
Vertie Walker
Lashmeet
Gertrude Harvey
Beulah ‘Fragile
Baltimore
Paul Shaw
Sophia
Princeton
S. J. Priddy
Harry Crotty
Nile Walker
Roy Martin
Clifton Lilly
Sam Farris
Gene Farris
One Time Beckley Lawyer J S Butts Dies at 70
J S Butts longtime Beckley attorney and former probation officer died Sunday night after a three month illness at a local hospital. Born June 4 1881 in Jarrett Virginia he studied at Howard University and Wayne University later moving to Beckley WV where he practiced law and served on state republican committees. He was active with the Ebenezer Baptist Church and King Hiram Abiff Lodge. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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J. S. Butts
Beckley
Jarrett
Benjamin Butts
Washington
Howard University
Pullman Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Butts
Detroit College
Wayne University
Michigan
Hugh Dunn
Republican State Executive Committee
Ellen Mariah Ferguson
Lynchburg
Raleigh County Centennial Committee
Red Cross
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Raleigh County Bar Association
Ebenezer Baptist Church
King Hiram Abiff Masonic Lodge
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Funeral service for Frank Ashley 18 of Wolf Pen
Final rites for Frank Ashley 18 Wolf Pen were set for 2 p.m. today at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Pineville. He was shot Saturday in the home of Frank Delano Graley 21 Wolf Pen. Burial in Rhodes Field Cemetery McDowell County. Born October 1942 in Wolf Pen he was the son of Velma Bishop Ashley and the late Alva Ashley. Survived by two brothers Charles and Albert in Detroit and a sister Elizabeth at home.
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Frank Ashley
Wolf Pen
Robertson and Foglesong
Pineville
Ashley
Frank Delano Graley
Rhodesfield
McDowell County
Velma Bishop Ashley
Alva
Pop) Ashley
Charles
Albert
Detroit
Mich
Elizabeth
Harris Infant Final Rites Held for Arista Girl
Graveside rites were conducted this afternoon for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James Harris in Jenkins Cemetery near Arista. The child died at 330 AM Sunday in Mullens hospital where she was born Friday. The body was at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home.
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James Harris
Arista
Jenkins Cemetery
Mullens Hospital
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Clara B. Clark Rites Set At Rose and Quesenberry
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Bryson Clark 60 of 1924 Harper Rd will be held at 2 p m Tuesday in Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Dr Alvin J. Cook officiating Entombment follows in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum She was a Raleigh County pioneer descendant born August 20 1899 at Maple Meadow daughter of Henry Bryson and the late Martha Shumate Bryson Her husband Horace Clark died in 1952 A Breckenridge Baptist Church member pallbearers named Richardsons Bailey Shumate and Stover
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Clara Bryson Clark
Harper Rd
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Clark
Raleigh County
Maple Meadow
Henry Bryson
Roanoke Woman Mrs Calvert Dies After Illness
Mrs A L Calvert died at her home in Roanoke Va at 10 am Sunday after a long illness. Surviving are her husband A L Calvert two other daughters two sons a sister and Mrs Albert F Hazelwood. Body is at Lotz Funeral Home with funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Albert L. Calvert
Franklin Roads
Roanoke
Albert F. Hazelwood
Harvey St
Hazelwood
A. L. Calvert
Lotz Funeral
Funeral for Amos Lee Belcher Held at Mount Horeb Church
Amos Lee Belcher 60 of Ingleside Road Princeton died after a heart attack at home. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Horeb Methodist Church Ingleside Road with Rev. Roby Belcher and Rev. Dwight Dickerson officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by two brothers Luther of Princeton Albert of High Bridge N J and four sisters Oreta Saunders Alice Parker Dora Lambert and Bessie Pennington. Belcher born February 11 1900 Falls Mills Va. He was a retired Ingleside postmaster.
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Amos Lee Belcher
McNutt Avenue
Princeton
Mount Horeb Methodist Church
Ingleside Road
Roby Belcher
Dwight Dickerson
Church
Belcher
Ingleside
Falls Mills
Charles M
Matilda Day Belcher
Luther
Albert
High Bridge
N. J
Oreta Saunders
Alice Parker
Dora Lambert
Crab Orchard
Bessie Pennington
Miss Julia Underwood Rites Held At Kee Street Church
Funeral services for Miss Julia Bane Underwood 72 of Princeton were conducted at 2 p m today at Kee Street Methodist Church with Rev Richard L Crickard in charge. Burial followed at Ballard Cemetery. She died Saturday in a Princeton hospital born December 18 1887 daughter of Sam and Virginia Jones Underwood. She is survived by a sister Mrs Cleo Smith of Beckley.
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Doris Virginia Manley
Route 1
Fayetteville
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Phillip Douglas
Montgomery Heights
Deepwater
Miss Manley
Barboursville
Mattie Manley
Margorie Gilliam
Beckley
Shirley Johnson
Kincaid
Charlotte Young
Oak Hill
Ethel and
Lou’ Manley
Julia Bane Underwood
Thorne Street
Princeton
Kee Street Methodist Church
Richard L. Crickard
Ballard
Miss Underwood
Sam
Virginia Jones Underwood
Cleo Smith
William Walker Hambrick obituary funeral plans announced
William Walker Hambrick 55 of Fayetteville died Sunday at Oak Hill Hospital. Born August 15, 1904 in Minden he was a son of Leander and Jenny Hambrick. Survived by wife Kathrine Smith Hambrick seven sons Mary Kathrine a daughter a brother two sisters and ten grandchildren. Body at Dodd-Payne Funeral Home.
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William Walker Hambrick
Fayetteville
Oak Hill
Minden
Leander
Jenny Fisher Hambrick
Union Carbide Metals Co
Alley
Fayettevile Baptist Church
Gauley Bridge Lodge
Kathrine Smith Hambrick
Robert
Richard
Joe
Columbus
Ohio
William
John
Ripley
Jim
Germany
Pat
Mary Kathrine
Everett
Belva
Eva Petry
Ana Martin
Huntington
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
RNS
Evans Rites Set for Mrs Gertie Evans
Mrs Gertie Evans 64 of Mullens Hill dies after heart attack at Caloric home of daughter Mrs Horace Milam Burial at Bud Cemetery Funeral services 3 pm Tuesday Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel Survivors include husband Jim sons Oscar Jesse Harold Rinehart two daughters Elva Byrd and Frances Byrd and sister Pearl Boyd from Gran coroe scene Funeral Home RNS
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Gertie May Evans
Collier Avenue
Mullens Hill
Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
Bud
Horace Milam
Grundy
Jacob
Laura Shortridge
Oscar Rinehart
Matheny
Jesse Rinehart
Otsego
Harold Rinehart
Homestead
Fla
Elva Byrd
Frances Byrd
Dayton
Ohio
Pearl Boyd
Gran and Foglesong
Robertson Cor Oroscene Funeral Home
RNS
Carrell, 61, Dies After Long Illness in Wise County
Charles C. Carrell of Tom's Creek Wise County Virginia dies after a long illness Sunday. Survivors include wife Susan two children a foster daughter June Grimm brother Walker and sister Annie Dickson. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday Mead's Chapel Herald burial Greenwood Cemetery Coeburn.
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Charles C. Carrell
Tom's Creek
Wise County
Suzan
June Grimm
Walker
Princeton
Annie Dickson
Beckley
Mead's
Herald
Greenwood Cemetery
Coeburn
Detroit Ford executive dies of self-inflicted gunshot
William J. Reilly, 53, general manager of Ford Motor Co. steel division, died from a gunshot wound at his home on Saturday. Police indicate he apparently took his own life due to illness described as a heart condition. Dr. Ralph T. B. Todd, 68, long-time personal physician to the Rockefeller Jr. family, died Saturday at Tucson Medical Center.
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Detroit
Mich
William J. Reilly
Ford Motor Co
Tucson, Ariz
Ralph T. B. Todd
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Tucson Medical Center
Bennie H. Pinson Rites Held In Minden
Bennie H. Pinson 56 of Minden dies after heart attack. funeral at Oak Hill Methodist Church with Rev. Chenoweth and Rev. Donnelly. Burial in Highlawn Memorial Park. Pinson owned B H Pinson Coal Co and formerly worked for West Virginia Department of Mines. He leaves Katie Pinson four daughters two sisters and 12 grandchildren. Body at Thomas Funeral Home Oak Hill.
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Bennie H. Pinson
Minden
Oak Hill Methodist Church
R. J. Chenoweth
C. S. Donnelly
Highlawn Memorial Park
Pinson
Methodist Church
B. H. Pinson Coal Co
West Virginia Department of Mines
George
Margaret Thomas Pinson
Katie Pinson
Virginia Allen
Rose Mary Feazell
Baltimore
Patricia i‘Hinte
Huntington
Suellen Novicki
Oak Hill
Edith Rule
Oak ‘Hill
Gertrude Watters
Wilmington
Del
Thomas Funeral Home
Funeral Services for Elmer Lew is Staton in Mullens
Elmer Lewis Staton 63 Mullens dies in a Sunday car crash near Helen. He retired February 3 from Black Eagle Coal mine after forty years as a foreman. Burial at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens follows at Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Chapel. Survived by wife Hattie, three sons Ray Quentin Eldon, six daughters, one brother Leonard Staton, and 17 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lewis Staton
Mullens
Robertson and Foglesong
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Matheny
Staton
Helen
Lynchburg
Mullens Moose Lodge
Black Eagle
Hattie Staton
Ray
Quentin
Navy
Norfolk
Eldon
Washington, D. C
James Caudill
Pineville
Joy McKinney
Dixie Staton
Lewis Lucas
Pete Pease
Walter Bogan
Dayton
Ohio
Leonard Staton
Beard
Mead Cyclist Hospitalized After Bike Crash
An 11 year old Raleigh County girl Donna Sue Atwood was hospitalized with a brain concussion scalp cut and bruises after a bicycle wreck Sunday afternoon. She was listed in fair condition at Wyoming General Hospital. Her mother Ina Atwood said the girl lost control while returning from a store with soft drinks, dropped the bottles and fell on broken glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Rns
Raleigh County
Donna Sue Atwood
Wyoming General Hospital
Ina Atwood
Mead
Break-ins Reported in Raleigh County Sunday Night
Beckley State Police investigate two Raleigh County break ins on Sunday night. The Midway Tavern was entered but nothing stolen and a house owned by Paul McCoy Lego was burglarized. Details of each entry were not available at 12 30 p.m.
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Beckley State
Raleigh County
Midway
Paul McCoy
Lego
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Capitol
Lt. Roush
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B&e
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Piedmont
Louisville
Eastern Air Lines
Silver Falcon
Piedmont Airlines
Clifford
West Virginia Crime Commission
New Cumberland
New York, N. Y
Aston
Rep
U.S. Pat
Rice Heads State Education Board
Holden
Athey
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Ave
John William Shaw
Doris Manley
Harris Infant
Clara B. Clark
Julia Underwood
W. W. Hambrick
M.A.C
Boggs Tackle Shop
Raleigh
Gertie Evans
Sprague
Linda
Utah
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