Congress GOP Boasts Four Measures Blocked
Republican budget cutters say four frontier bills totaling more than 2 billion dollars are blocked as Congress enters week 12 without major business for floor votes. Actions include withdrawal of an administration debt bill, delays on youth employment and medical school aid, and a rewrite of the military pay bill.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Gerald Ford
R-Mich
Rules Committee
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
United States
Caroline Davis
United Auto Workers
Education and Labor
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Europe
illegal burning fine and multiple traffic citations
Several individuals faced fines and costs for traffic violations and an illegal burning charge. Fred Dinkler of North Sand Branch paid 20 dollars to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez. Carl Bostick of Beckley paid 5 dollars for a double solid line offense. Roy T. Cochran of Crab Orchard paid 10 dollars for speeding. David B. Mills of Sophia paid 10 dollars for speeding. William Conard received 5 dollars for nonsupport and was ordered to pay 30 dollars monthly. Authorities cited the cases from Route 16 and Route 21 and noted warrants and prior arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dinkler
North Sand Branch
Joe Rodriguez
Conservation
Carl Bostick
Beckley
Rodriguez
Roy T. Cochran
Crab Orchard
David B. Mills
Sophia
William Conard
W. A. Burke
Alberta Coward
George S. Maddy
Daniels
Burke
Outes
Typhoid Outbreak Faces Medical Association Criticism
The local medical association charged Sunday night that authorities failed to act adequately and promptly during the typhoid fever outbreak. Two deaths have occurred and more than 100 people have contracted the disease in the United States and Europe. Zermatt doctors demand Swiss Medical Association investigation. Returning vacationers have spread fever to the United States Britain West Germany Holland and France. Many stayers receive urgent family cables urging immediate departure.
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United States
Europe
Bied
Zermatt
Swiss Medical Association
Britain
West Germany
Holland
France
Plane Drops Burning Engine Lands Safely in Galveston
A Navy R5DS four engine transport carrying 17 aboard suffered an engine fire that caused an emergency landing at Galveston Texas. The engine separated from the wing and fell into the Gulf of Mexico trailing flames but no one was hurt. A passenger claimed the pilot blew the engine free to stop the spread of fire during the flight from Glenview to Homestead Air Force Base Florida.
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Galveston
Tex
UPS
Gulf of Mexico
Glenview, Lt
Air Naval Station
Homestead Air Force Base
Florida
The Bald Facts on Hair Loss and Causes
The article explains male pattern baldness affects about 96 percent of men in their 40s and is largely genetic. It notes some temporary baldness from diseases or treatments, while women show limited hope through hormones. a NYU dermatologist warns male treatment risks feminine changes.
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del Hanna
Thomas
Norman Orentreich
New York University
Runion Pleads Guilty in Mullens Killing
Avery Runion, 32, of Mullens pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Wyoming County Circuit Court and requests probation. He admitted to a breakfast table incident last Oct 1 in Mullens where a .38 pistol discharged hitting his wife Alice Faye, 26, as their children Diane 5 and Ava 4 were present. Sentencing is set for April 11.
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Pineville
ANS
Avery Runion
Mullens
Wyone County
Union
Alice Faye
Thier
Runion
Diane
Ava
Photoengravers End Strike Stalemate in New York Union vote
In New York City a deadlock in the 108 day newspaper strike eased as printers voted 2,562 to 1,763 to accept contract terms after rejecting a 12.63 weekly raise. The mailers approved their contract 466 to 256. Talks to restart at 10 am EST amid a 13-house bargaining session and renewed picket lines around eight dailies.
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New York
UPS
Madison Square Garden
Wagner
Bertram A. Powers
International Typographical Union
ITU
Public policy discussion urged for open civic debate
A call for evolved public discourse on proposed policies and their aims, and often the means to achieve them. Truth is essential and falsehood is unnecessary, with privacy allowed for those charged with implementing policies.
Three More Six Point Drivers To Be Quizzed
Charleston West Virginia drivers Facemyer Wieman and Snodgrass with nine points each face hearings this week as the state DMV reviews high point cases. Facemyer has three speeding convictions Wiseman has a reckless driving and a stop light violation Snodgrass has speeding over 75 and illegal passing. The driver point system began last November.
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Charleston
UPI
State Department of Motor Vehicles
West Virginia
Jack Nuckols
Thomas W. Facemyer
South Charleston
Harold D. Wieman
Stephen P Snodgrass
Nuckols
Facemyer
Wiseman
Snodgrass
Beckley Rescue Squad Responds After Eighth Street Incident
The Beckley Rescue Squad answered a call on Eighth Street at 12 50 p m Sunday for Bill Turner 35 who suffered an attack. He received emergency treatment and was not hospitalized.
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Beckley
Eighth Street
Bill Turner
Sophia 17 Faces City Court Over Front Seat Charge
Roger D. Wood 17 is ordered to City Police Court on April 1 for driving with four persons in the front seat. He was arrested by City Police at 12 05 a.m.
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Roger D. Wood
Sophia
Deaths And Funerals Elick Richmond 76
Funeral services for Elick Clark Richmond 76 of Abraham will be at Chestnut Mountain Baptist Church Hix at 1 p m Wednesday with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Burial follows at Cales Cemetery. He died Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness born May 31 1886 in Summers County son of John and Rachel Mead ows Richmond retired C and O Railway employee. Surviving are six daughters five brothers three sisters 25 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. The body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Elick Clark Richmond
Abraham
Chestnut Mountain Baptist Church
Hix
Ernest Barley
Cales
Summers County
John
Rachel Meadows Richmond
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Ellen Ward Richmond
Mabel Severine
Bridgeton
N. J
Leona Westfall
Charleston
Violet Clark l
Ashland
Mildred Rose
Michigan
Bessie Johnson
Stella Plumley
Harvey
Percy
Hinton
Blaine
Joe
Theodore
Death of Dr. Gary Hogg noted in Lewisburg
Dr. Gary Hogg 89 a prominent physician and former candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination died at his Lewisburg home after about a month ill. A WVU alumnus and longtime financier, he chaired the Alumni Association endowment and served in state politics 1915-17. He led a varied life as golfer, banker, coal president, and WVU athlete with a famed gold-score birthday challenge. Funeral set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Homeland Lewisburg. burial Rosewood Cemetery.
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Gary Hogg
Lewisburg
Hogg
West Virginia University
Alumni Association
Fayette County
Greenbrier Valley Bank
West Virginia
State Senate
Virginias Seniors Golf Association
Virginia
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
WVU
Mountaineers
Washington and Jefferson
Mason County
Caroline Butterfield
Homeland
Lloyd Courtney
Surgoinsville
Tenn
Rosewood
Wallace and Wallace Funeral
David A Thomas dies. funeral set in Quinnimont
Funeral services for David Ad die Thomas 80 of Quinnimont will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev. Elmer Pomeroy and Rev. Victory Garlow officiating. Burial at Layland Cemetery. Born July 27 1882 in Greenbrier County son of John W Thomas and Libby. Retired coal miner last with Laurel Creek Coal Co a UMWA Local 7086 member. Survives include his stepmother Mrs Dora Thomas two brothers Jack Lanark Emmett Beckley a half brother Fred Beckley and a half sister Mrs Amy Berry Quinnimont. Friends may call after 1 p.m. Tuesday Pallbearers named.
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David Addie Thomas
Quinnimont
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Elmer Pomeroy
Victory Garlow
Layland
Greenbrier County
John W
Libby Thomas
Laurel Creek Coal Co
Laurel Creek
United Mine Workers of America
Lawton Baptist Church
Dora Thomas
Lawton
Jack
Lanark
Emmett
Beckley
Fred
Amy Berry
Rose and Quesenberry
Dave Anderson
Lacy Harrah
Howard Winger
Jess Breeden
John Cox
Emory Anderson
Funeral services set for Hugh Pettry of Eccles
Hugh Pettry 67 of Eccles formerly Glen Daniel dies Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a short illness. Retired coal miner. Survivors include wife Myrtle Pettry son Ernest of St Albans daughters Jessie Harless and Adline Lambert, stepsons Dennis Sam Charles Franklin Miller Wallace Miller, stepdaughter Betty Sweeney, brothers Frank and Joe, half siblings Burl Mary Lilly Josephine, four grandchildren. Armstrong Funeral Home in charge. service at Eccles Community Church 2 p m Wednesday. burial Sunset Memorial Park.
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Hugh Pettry
Eccles
Glen Daniel
S. C. Calhoun
Wade Webb
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley Hospital
Myrtle Pettry
Ernest
St. Albans
Jessie Harless
Lilly Midkiff
Josephine Jarrell
Comfort
Armstrong Funeral Home
Final rites for Richard Wright held in Mount Hope church
Richard Wright 79 of Mount Hope Route 1 died Sunday in Oak Hill hospital after a long illness. Funeral services conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Assembly of God Church Mount Hope with burial at Blueridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity. He was a retired Koppers Coal Co. worker and a member of Mount Hope Assembly of God. Survivors include wife Ella, two sons Ray and Roy of Mount Hope Route 1, daughter Pearl Reeder of Greenfield Ind., sisters Ada Campbell and Betty Hart of Westfield NC, 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. The body lay in Tyree Funeral Home after 5 p.m. today. Grandsons to pallbear.
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Richard Wright
Mount Hope
Route 1
Assembly of God
Vernon Thomas
Blueridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Wright
Oak Hill
Koppers Coal Co
Long Branch
Assembly of God Church
Ella M. Wright
Ray
Roy
Daugher
Pearl Reeder
Greenfield
Ind
Ada Campbell
Betty Hart
Westfield
N. C
Tyree
Funeral arrangements for Mrs Mary Patterson Jones
Mrs Mary Jesse Patterson Jones 40 died at 1 45 a m Sunday in a Bluefield hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. She was sister of Mrs Martha Crowder Beckley and a member of the Church of Christ at Springdale born August 12 1922 at Springdale. Body at Nickell Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Mary Jesse Patterson Jones
Bluefield
Martha Crowder
Beckley
Church of Christ At
Springdale
Nickell Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Rns
French Stinson Dies in Oak Hill Hospital
French Stinson, custodian at Collins High School in Oak Hill, died at an Oak Hill hospital shortly after admission Sunday night. The death was attributed to a heart attack. The body lies at Tyree Funeral Home in Oak Hill.
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French Stinson
Oak Hill
Collins High School
Tyree
Clifford W. Lambert final rites in Princeton
Clifford W. Lambert 53 of Princeton died Sunday in a Milton nursing home. Final rites set for 10 30 a m Tuesday at Burns Wornal Memorial Chapel in Princeton. Burial in Resthaven Memorial Park. Lambert, brother of Walter A Lambert MacArthur, was formerly employed by a house mover. Born January 27 1910 in Princeton he was a son of the late James C and Minnie Saddler Lambert.
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Clifford Walling
Ford Lambert
Princeton
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lambert
Walter A Lambert
MacArthur
Milton
James C
Minnie Saddler Lambert
Final rites set for Annis G Gray in Fayetteville
Annis G Gray 73 of Gauley Bridge will receive funeral services Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Dodd Payne Funeral Home Chapel Fayetteville with Rev. William Secrist presiding. Burial follows at Brow Cemetery Poe. Gray who died Sunday in an Oak Hill nursing home after a long illness was a Nicholas County native and retired miner. Surviving are Virginia Gray three sons John Charlton Heights Andrew Ohio Herman Beckwith four daughters Imogene Morris California Ruby Johnson Ohio Effie Hickman Dixie Ezil Pra ther Gauley Bridge and two stepsons Bill Woods Gauley Bridge Bob Woods Charl ton Heights.
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Annis George Gray
Gauley Bridge
Dodd-Payne Funeral Home
Fayetteville
William Secrist
Brow
Poe
Gray
Oak Hill
Nicholas County
Virginia Gray
John
Charlton Heights
Andrew
Ohio
Herman Gray
Beckwith
Imogene Morris
California
Ruby Johnson
Effie Hickman
Dixie
Ezil Prather
Bill Woods
Bob Woods
Charl ‘Ton Heights
Mrs. Eddie Shephard Funeral Planned in Mt Vernon Church
Funeral services for 65 year old Mrs. Eddie Eula Shephard of Stanaford are set for Wednesday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church with Rev. H. E. Davis officiating. Burial is at Stanaford Cemetery. Shephard died at 10 p.m. Friday in a local hospital after a short illness. Friends may call at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor after 9 a.m. Tuesday. the body will be moved to the church one hour before services.
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Eddie Eula Shephard
Stanaford
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
Ritchie and Johnson
Prudence Robertson Rites Held for Fayetteville Woman
Prudence Robertson, 49, of Fayetteville Route 2, died Sunday night in a Beckley hospital after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Prudence Willie Robertson
Fayetteville
Route 2
Beckley Hospital
Tyree
Oak Hill
Requiem Mass for Mrs. Rosey Diciuccio in Sprague
Mrs. Rosey Diciuccio 68 of Sprague dies after six week illness. High Mass at 9 a.m. Tuesday in St. Francis de Sales Church with Rev. Sylvester Staud in charge. Entombment Sunset Mausoleum. Rosary recited at 7 30 p.m. today. Pallbearers Sam Cannetti Natale Caponiti George Harizanoss Walter Ignatovich Clarence Payne Harold Via.
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Rosey Diciuccio
Sprague
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Sylvester Staud
Rose and Quesenberry
Sam Cannetti
Natale Caponiti
George Harizanoss
Walter Ignatovich
Clarence Payne
Harold Via
Physicist Donald Singleton Dies in Virginia Car Crash
Donald Singleton 23 formerly of Herndon Heights was killed in a 2:50 p m Sunday automobile accident near Fredericksburg Virginia. A physicist at the Naval Weapons Laboratory in Fredericksburg he was son of Hobart and Mrs Singleton of Herndon Heights. Funeral arrangements are at Sam Fogleman Funeral Home in Mullens.
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Donald Singleton
Herndon Heights
Fredericksburg
Singleton
Hobart Singleton
Naval Weapons Laboratory
Fredricksburg
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Rns
James L Johnson funeral services announced
Funeral services for James L. Jack Johnson 52 of Ansted will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Ansted with Rev Guy Vaughn officiating Burial will follow at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill Johnson a butcher and Ansted Baptist Church member was found dead in his truck at Ansted at 7 a.m. Saturday death due to a heart attack He was born April 6 1912 in Ansted Survivors include sister Mrs Hester Taylor Fayetteville.
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James L
Jack) Johnson
Ansted
Thomas Funeral Home
Guy Vaughn
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Johnson
Hester Taylor
Fayetteville
Ike's Son Receives Army Post Amid Pension Debate
Ike's son, born 1922, West Point graduate of 1944, served closely with his father during World War II and later held roles in Korea and Washington. He earned the Legion of Merit and Combat Infantry Badge. Pentagon said the motive for his move remains unclear, viewing the War College appointment as a career plum.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Colo
Military Academy
West Point
General Staff
Supreme Headquarters
Europe
3Rd Infantry Division
Korea
White House
Pentagon
War College
Sand-Bag Bombing Aimed at Studying Beach Erosion
A Navy helicopter will bombard Fernandina Beach with 50 pound bags of colored sand this spring. University of Florida scientists will trace the dyed sand to track how beach material travels to sea each year as part of broader efforts to study and curb beach erosion.
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Gainesville
Fla
UPD
Navy
Fernandina Beach
University of Florida
University
Fight Looming Over Molly Pitcher Grave in Carlisle
Carlisle and New Jersey groups clash over moving Molly Pitcher's grave from Old Graveyard in Carlisle to New Shrewsbury. Local officials and merchants vow to resist relocation, citing tourism and historic significance tied to Monmouth campaign of 1778.
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Molly Pitcher
Carlisle
UPI
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Molly
New Shrewsbury
N.J
Monmouth
John Hayes
Former Major Leaguer Becomes TV Doctor in General Hospital
John Beradino, a former second baseman for the St. Louis Browns Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates, debuts as Dr Steve Hardy in General Hospital on April 1 at 1 p.m. EST. He transitions from baseball to television medicine, promising a medicine driven soap with five-times as many patients and a focus on doctors and medical specialties. He reflects on leaving New Breed and his preference for acting over baseball while living in Beverly Hills with his wife Charissa.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Mr. Universe
Vince Edwards
John Beradino
General Hospital
Beradino
St. Louis Browns
Cleveland Indians
Pittsburgh Pirates
Televiewers
New Breed
Speciman
Wally Cox
Don Knotts
John
Ben Casey
Dr. Kildare
Steve Hardy
Dr. Malone
Cleveland
Charissa
Beverly Hills
Casey
Kildare
Two Trucks Collide on Route 16. Driver Cited
A Saturday evening crash on Route 16 in MacArthur involved a 1956 pickup driven by W. H. Shrewsbury 73 of Beckley and a 1955 panel truck driven by Estes Cooper 52 of Cool Ridge. Shrewsbury paid a five dollar fine for making an illegal left turn that caused the collision, which caused $500 in damages and no injuries.
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MacArthur
W. H. Shrewsbury
Route 2
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Estes Cooper
Cool Ridge
Three Coal River Men Arrested
Three Coal River area men were lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 10 10 a.m. today on capius es issued by Circuit Court Judge Harry L. McCreery. Billy Lee Williams Kennedy Edward Jones and James Daniel Harris are charged with breaking and entering the Tuttle House taking 7 in cash and two packages of cigarettes. The capiuses were issued when the three failed to appear in Circuit Court on indictment day.
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Coal River Area
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Billy Lee Williams
Kennedy Edward Jones
James Daniel Harris
Tuttle House
Most Wanted Criminal Caught
The FBI captured Jerry Clarence Rush a former 10 most wanted suspect. Rush was arrested in Bay Harbor Island Florida with two guns and cash. He and two accomplices robbed the Canton River Bank of Perth Amboy New Jersey in 1962. His wife Katharine Doulan faced accessory after the fact charges in Mamaroneck New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George Hackett
FBI
Edgar Hoover
Bay Harbor Island
Canvery
Perth Amboy
N.J
Nevada
Mamaroneck
N.Y
Convict Bond Recaptured While Serving Tea at Wedding
Frank Basher Bond, an escaped murderer, was captured by police as he handed out cups of tea at a wedding reception where he served as best man for the groom Thomas Owens in Blackpool England. Bond had escaped from jail two weeks earlier.
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Basher
Blackpool
England
UPI
Frank
Basher) Bond
Bond
Thomas Owens
Byrd Seeks 250000 For West Virginia Research Center
Senator Robert Byrd requested 250000 in the Agriculture Department budget to create a marketing research center in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The plan includes buildings equipment and 900 acres of land at about 1.2 million dollars, to start with planning engineering work and land acquisition. The center would address growing production harvesting and marketing problems not handled by the Beltsville Maryland center for tree small fruit and berry industries.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Panhandle
Byrd
Beltsville
Two State Highway Fatalities Recorded
West Virginia reported two highway deaths over the weekend raising the year to date toll to 64, compared with 85 at this time last year. One victim, John C. Ambrose, 16, of Charles Town, died from injuries in a two car crash near Charles Town. four others were injured. The other victim was Mary M. Richard, 35, of Sizemores Clay County, who died from injuries after losing control on W V 16 near Gauley Bridge and crashing into a tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
West Virginia
Greenbrier Military School
John C. Ambrose
Charles Town
Mary M. Richard
Sizemores
Clay County
Richard
W. Va. 16
Gauley Bridge
Man Freed on Bond After Lodging Warrant Hearing
Ivan Lowery of Beckley was released on bond at 11 50 p m Saturday after a lodging warrant led to a jail stay starting at 8 p m Saturday. The release followed bond execution for a hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on the warrant, with the original jail time tied to Garnet Pittman’s warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Lowery
Beckley
Bond
Joe Rodriguez
Garnet Pittman
English Teen Calls Off Wedding Over Lack of Savings
Annette Cladd, 18, canceled her wedding to Jonathan Noble at the last minute after discovering he had not saved any money for the ceremony. She said he promised to save since last July but admitted it was not true. The couple had planned to wed in Aden, England.
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Aden
England
Annette Cladd
Jonathan Noble
Jonathan
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