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Medtord and Jackson County
History from the file ot The
Mail Tribune 10. 20. 30 and
to years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Aug. 7, 1946
(It was Wednesday)
" September 16 set as opening
date for Medford schools, E. H.
Hedrick, city school superintend
ent, announces.
From Arthur Perry's Ye
Smudge Pot column: Wild black
berries are now abundant In the
hills and dales, waiting for some
body to pick them.
20 YEARS AGO
Aug. 7. 1936
(It was Friday)
C. A. Hartley low bidder on
two paving jobs when figures
announced at last night's coun
cil meeting.
Movements of Rogue river val
ley, both cannery purchases and
packed pear shipments, are ex
pected by local Southern Pacif
ic officials to get fully underway
early next week.
0 YEARS AGO
Aug. 7. 1926
(It was Saturday)
The coordination committee
considers against the inclusion
of Diamond Lake into Crater
Lake National park here yester
day.
Jackson County Game Protec
tive association decides to blast
the obstruction at the falls in
the Rogue river about six miles
below the Alameda mine as soon
as possible.
40 YEARS AGO
Aug. 7. 1916
(It was Monday)
Oregon State Editorial assoc
iation brings to a close its con
vention. From Local and Personal col
umn: Dolph Phipps is working
on the government road at Cra
ter Lake.
What's the Answer?
Can You Get 4 of the 7?
Cepr. 1931. Mltorlsl Research
Report
1. Thomas E. Dewey, Repub
lican presidential nominee of
1944 and 1948, is for or against
Nixon for vice president again,
or Is noncommittal?
' 2. Average return (dividends
in terms of price) of most stocks
on N.Y. Stock Exchange is
around l'-i, 3, 4Vi, 6, 7VS or
9 per cent?
3. The Senate recently con
firmed or rejected Simon E.
Sobeloff as a federal appeals
judge, or sidetracked the nom
ination? 4. President J. G. Patton of
the National Farmers' Union
predicts that many, few or no
farm states will desert Eisen
hower in November?
5. The one recent President
to so directly to the presidency
fron the Senate was McKinley.
Taft. Harding, Coolidge, or Tru
man? 6. Playwright Arthur Miller
recenUy married Rita Hay-
worth. Barbara Hutton, Mar-
lene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe
or Miss Universe?
7. The nation that used to be
called Persia is now called Iran:
right or wrong?
The answers: 1. For Nixon.
2. Average is 4Vj per cent.
3. C3-; rmed him. 4. Few. Pat
ton pr-ccts. 5. Harding. 6. Marilyn-Monroe.
7. Right.
MAIL TRIBUNE
Roosevelt
We are indebted to
diplomat and a member of
the vigorous New York
convincing appraisal of the otassen-Nixon struggle,
As Mr. Roosevelt points out Stassen is not the
issue before the people nor Governor Herter, but
Nixon and what kind of
he were to occupy the White House.
The New York Republican (now living near Car
mel, California) thinks he would be a very poor one,
Here are some of his reasons printed in the Monterey
Herald oi August 6, quote :
May an old newspaperman and lifelong progressive
Republican point out that, contrary to the impression con
veyed in your reprint of Thomas O'Neill's article in the
Baltimore Sun, the issue before the American people is not
Stassen or Herter, but Nixon?
To speculate about Stassen's motives or Herter's fitness
is to confuse your readers. Long before Stassen spoke the
problem existed. Stassen has merely brought it into clear
focus. He has in no way altered it, nor has he solved it,
because it is not in his power to do so.
Only the leaders of the Republican Party can do any
thing about it and the evidence is mounting that they
are approaching the coming convention in San Francisco
with an even greater cynicism than they approached the Re
publican convention in 1920. In that year, with three ca
pable national figures running as candidates for the presi
dency Sen. Johnson of California, Gov. Lowden of Illinois,
and Gen. Leonard Wood the party leaders maneuvered
the convention in such a way as to defeat all three and then
"put across Sen. Warren Gamaliel Harding of Ohio. They
did not even pretend that he was fitted for the presidency.
'They chose him because he was "one of the boys."
When I say that in 1956 the Republican leaders are
showing even greater cynicism I mean that, as indications
have increased that President Eisenhower's likelihood of
finishing out a second term (if elected) is not too good, the
old guard has become even more determined to have
Nixon as his running mate. Their' reasoning seems to be ,
clear: Mr. Eisenhower's popularity is, if possible, even
greater now than in 1952; in fact, it is so great that he can
win even if saddled with a running mate who a large pro
portion of his fellow-Republicans and most independents
view wiih distaste, if not with dislike and even distrust;
if Nixon succeeds to the presidency, the powers and pre
requisits of that office will again be in the hands of "one
of the boys,"' just as it was in the happy but inglorious
days of Harding. In other words, the old guard leaders are
for Nixon because he is their "man."
Mr. Nixon doubtless has his admirers and supporters.
But I have yet to hear anything to show that he is other
than a typical politician's politician shrewd, glad-handed,
glib, but lacking administrative experience or outstanding
qualities of intellect or character. About the best that can
be said of his qualifications for the presidency and I use
the term advisedly is that he is not as unfitted for that
high office as is California's Sen. Knowland which is
about like saying that Sen. Bricker of Ohio would be less
objectionable as a candidate than Sen. McCarthy of Wis
consin. .
The problem answers itself wjhen a simple question is
put: Can anyone deny that most Americans would look
ahead with more confidence if they knew that, in the event
of Mr. Eisenhower's death in office, a man of the caliber
of Dewey or Warren, rather than Nixon, would become
President?
NICHOLAS ROOSEVELT
Big. Sur.
R.W.R,
Another "Ify" Question
The pro-McKay press in
the fact that Senator Morse
can party can t be depended upon to stick with the
Democratic party.
Observes the pontifical Oregonian, quote:
"Our unsolicited advice to Democrats is take with the
proverbial grain of salt the statement by Senator Wayne
Morse in California he will support any candidate the
Democratic party nominated for the presidency."
TO SUSTAIN such a
Morse would swallow the nomination of a reac
tionary southern Democrat for vice president?" "Now
come, come, what has the VICE presidency got to do
with it? People don't vote for vice presidents, they
vote for parties and their leaders not their subordinates.
The only reason Nixon
the campaign is the health
MEEDLESS to say we can't speak for Senator Morse,
but there is no question in our mind that Oregon's
senior Senator will do exactly as stated regardless
of who the candidate for vice president may be, and
vote for Adlai Stevenson, Governor Harriman, Sena
tor Symington or whoever
maybe.
On the other hand, there is also no question-
again in our mind that when Senator Morse said at
the start of his career that he intended to put principle
above party, remain a free man to follow the dictates
of his reason and his conscience, rather than the dic
tates of any party boss, he
SAID. - '
And it is fair, we believe,
time the Democratic party should fail as completely
to represent what he believed best for his state and
his nation, he would no more give his support to it
than he would to the GOP or any other political or
ganization. That spirit of moral rectitude, complete independ
ence and courage, instead of being a reason for kick
ing Wayne Morse out of the senate, is as we view it
one of the biggest and best reasons for keeping him
right there. R.W.R. .
Bolivia Governed By President Again
La Pat, Bolivia (UlR) Bolivia
is being governed by a Presi
dent, Hernan Siles, today for
the second time in 30 years.
The 131-year-old diamond-encrusted
Bolivar medallion tra
ditional badge of Bolivian presi
dents was bestowed on the sec
ond Hernan Siles in inaugural
ceremonies here Monday. The
Tuesday. August 7. 1958
vs. Nixon
Nicholas Roosevelt, author.
the Republican branch of
clan for an intelligent and
a President he would be if
the state keeps stressing
having left the Republi
doubt it asks "if Senator
has become an issue in
of the President.
the successful candidate
meant JUST WHAT HE
to assume that if 'at any
new president bears the same
name as his father, who was
inaugurated in 1927.
The new Siles succeeds Victor
Las Estenssoro, who overthrew
Gen. Hugo Ballivian in the
revolution of 1952. Siles was
Paz' vice president, and eight
of the 13 members of his cabinet
are carryovers from the previ
ous regime.
Platform Stand on Civil Rights
Major Democratic Unity Block
By LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Correspondent
Democratic Convention Head
quarters, Chicago (U.PJ The
difference between the Demo
cratic party ' s
1952 civil
rights platform
and what this
year's version
surely will be
is simply this:
The 1952
plank accepted
the theory of
separate, but
Lyi c uiuon equal, treat
ment of the races.
The 1956 plank will plunk for
integration no more separate
treatment, equal or not. The
language of the 1956 plank may
be a bit involved. The Supreme
Court and the decision on inte
gration in the schools probably
will not be mentioned by name.
But the efect will be the same.
The court's decision scrapped
She separate but equal theory
which the 1952 platform accept
ed. Powerful forces in this con
vention are determined that the
Democratic party shall ack
nowledge that major shift in
the balance of the whole race re
lations controversy.
Humphrey Raised Issue
To understand what is hap
pening here it is necessary to go
back to the 1948 Democratic Na
tional Convention. Sen. Hubert
H. Humphrey of Minnesota
brought the race relations con
troversy to the convention floor
that year. His plank was adopted
over the angry protest of South
ern Democrats. Out of that de
veloped the so-called Dixiecrat
bolt which broke the solid South
away from a Democratic presi
dential nominee as it never had
been broken before.
Humphrey's plank was regard
ed as wild-eyed radicalism by
Southerners and some others. It
sought federal legislation to se
cure to everyone:
1. Right of equal opportunity
for employment a fair employ
ment practices act.
2. Right to security of person.
3. Right of full and equal po
litical participation.
4. Right of equal treatment in
the service and defense of the
United States.
1948 Plank Goe Further
Four Southern states withheld
their full electoral votes from
President Truman in protest
against those proposals. Four
years later, in 1952, Southern
spokesmen on the resolutions
committee proposed to re-adopt
that 1948 plank as a defense
against a broader proposition
which they saw coming and
feared. That maneuver failed,
and the 1952 Democratic plank
Editorial Comment
LONG FIGHT WON
The final obstacle has been
cleared toward removing a 39-
year-old fish killer in Rogue
river. Some conversationists are
so optimistic as to say screen
ing the pump and turbine in
takes at Savage Rapids dam,
which have been killing finger-
lings by the million since 1917,
may do as much, in proportion,
for the Rogue river as the Hells
Ga( ladders did for the Eraser
river in restoring a sockeye run
which had dwindled to the van
ishing point.
While there are many other
factors harmful to fish migra
tions and reproduction in the
Rogue river system, Savage
Rapids dam s unscreened tur
bines often have been blamed
for the major loss in steelhead
and salmon. The dam was built
in 1917 before federal and state
laws required screening and
besides, at that time, effective
screening methods were un
known. It was not until this ses
sion of Congress that a bill by
Representative Harris Ells
worth, Republican, 4th district,
was adopted and signed by the
president, allocating $208,000 in
non-reimbursable federal funds
to the screening project.
And it was not until July 17
that the final hurdle was clear
ed. This was in the nature of an
agreement negotiated by Arthur
Higgs, assistant attorney general
assigned to the Oregon Game
commission, with the Grants
Pass Irrigation district. It pro
vides for permanent operation
and maintenance of the screens
by the district, with technical
advice and assistance from the
game commission. The screens
covering the turbine intakes will
be in place befoTe the 1958 irri
gation season. Thus, the pros
pects are brighter for restora
tion of the Rogue sports fishery
that Zane Grey knew and publi
cized in the early part of the
century. Portland Oregonian
Sen, Morse To Open
Campaign at Eugene
Eugene U.PJ Wayne
Morse, seeking reelection as a
Democrat in the U. S. Senate,
was scheduled to kick off his
campaign in his home town of
ugene today.
Morse had nine appearances
billed for today in the Eugene
area with major speeches sched
uled at the Willamette valley
central labor council meeting
and an evening rally in a city
park.. . ..- .
went considerably further. It
called for legislation to perfect
existing civil rights statutes and
for vigorous federal action on
behalf of civil rights. The 1952
platform also urged a change in
the Senate rules to prevent fili
busters against civil rights bills.
The South didn't like the 1952
Democratic plank, and the Eisenhower-Nixon
Republican presi
dential ticket broke the solid
Southern front.
History Repeating Itself
History is repeating itself here
this week. Former Gov. John S.
Battle of Virginia is suggesting
that the party this year re-adopt
the civil rights plank of 1952.
Battle is a member of the reso
lutions committee. Insofar as lie
speaks for the South, the South
erners again are proposing to go
'Scoop7 Jackson Seen
Demo V-P
On Geogra
(This is the third in a series
of CQ articles describing pos
sible Democratic vice presi
dential nominees. Previous
stories have dealt with Sen.
Albert Gore of Tennessee and
Sen. John Kennedy of Massa
chusetts.) Washington (CQ) Wash
ington's Sen. Henry M. (Scoop)
Jackson is the man Democrats
are most likely to choose for
a Vice Presidential candidate if
they take the classic advice to
Go West."
Jackson, a 44-year-old bache
lor with a nickname that has
stayed with him since his days
as a newspaper carrier boy, is
not campaigning for the Vice
Presidential nomination. But he
leaves his visitors with no
doubts he would accept it if
asked.
His hopes rest on his record
and the political geography of
the 1956 campaign. Congres
sional Quarterly's study of his
16-year Congressional career
shows Jackson has been more
regular" than the average Dem
ocrat. He enjoys the confidence
of the party's powerful legisla
tive leaders.
Record Listed
He is a moderate oif the tick
lish civil rights issue. His votes
for 90 per cent farm price sup
ports, for public power and
reclamation, against the Taft-
Hartley Act and against the Mc-Carran-Walter
Immigration law
put him on the "right" side
with key voting blocs the Demo
crats hope to win in 1956.
Democrats never have nom
inated a national candidate from
the far side of the Rockies. But
there are good reasons why they
may do so this year.
Most important of these is
Vice President Richard M. Nix
on, a native Califomian and a
potent campaign force in the
West Coast and Mountain re
gions. Democrats could figure
they need a man from Nixon s
part of the country to cut him
down to size.
Moreover, a Westerner on the
ticket would strengthen the
Democratic candidates in the
area's crucial Senate races
contests that probably win de
termine which party will con
trol the Senate in the next two
years.
Western Races
There are eight Senate races
in the 11 western states. None
is considered a cinch for either
party. Democratic incumbents
face strong battles in Nevada,
Oregon and Jackson's own state
of Washington. The Republicans
will have to hustle to hold their
seat in Colorado.
The main criticism of Jackson
as a nominee involves no public
or political issue but his bachelorhood.-Politicians
like to plug
their man as an aU-out advocate
of home and family. This criti
cism would apply more strongly
if the Presidential nominee is
Adlai E. Stevenson, divorced in
1949.
Even without such political
advantages as a family may con
fer, Jackson has had a success
ful career. In 1938, three years
out of the University of Wash
ington law school, he became
prosecuting attorney in his home
town of Everett. Two years
later he went t6 the House from
Washington's Second District.
The residents of this extreme
northwest corner of the United
States re-elected him five more
times.
Recalled to Congress
Jackson enlisted in the Army
at the start of World War II,
but was recalled to Congress
by Executive Order after com
pleting hi basic training.
He won his big political test
in 1952 by defeating incumbent
Sen. Harry P. Cain (R) by 135,
000 votes despite Mr. Eisenhow
er's 107,000-vote victory in the
state's Presidential balloting.
Jackson has teamed with an
other freshman Senator, Stuart
Symington Of Missouri, to form
ulate the Democratic case
against the policies of Secretary
of Defense Charles E. Wilson.
They won their most notable
Victory this year when the Sea-
back four years to a distasteful
plank In preference to taking
what they fear will hit them in
a new one.
Battle would stUl like the
1952 plank toned down a bit. He
would accept it as is, however,
and so would the South as
whole. The opposition would
come from the North and East.
But that apparently is not to
be. Since the 1952 plank was
hewn, the Supreme Court has
knocked out the separate but
equal theory of treatment of the
races. The North and East want
that action acknowledged.
The South would be compara
tively happy this year to go back
to the hated planks of either
1948 or 1952 on civil rights.
This convention is not likely to
do that
Possibility
phical Basis
ate added $800 million to the
Air Force budget.
Jackson's running battle with
Wilson began in 1954. He ac
cused the former General Mo
tors president of favoring his
old company with defense con
tracts.
Last June Jackson said Wil
son had "not been candid with
the American people about U.S.
air strength" and urged him to
resign. In turn, Wilson demand
ed an apology from the Senator.
In McCarthy Hassle
Jackson's first dose of nation
al publicity came in 1954 during
the controversy between Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wis.)
and the Army. As one of the
Democrats who had been on a
protest boycott of the McCarthy
Subcommittee, Jackson tangled
repeatedly with McCarthy.
After one particularly stormy
session, McCarthy's aide, Roy
M. Cohn, threatened to "get
even" with Jackson by showing
Jackson had "written something
favorably inclined toward Com
munists." The hearings ended
without Cohn bringing in his
evidence,
In the maneuvers and counter-maneuvers
that have marked
the competition for the Demo
cratic presidential nomination.
Jackson has remained complete
ly neutral. He is not a delegate
to the Democratic convention,
but he will be in Chicago just
in case the Democrats decide
they need him.
(Copyright 1956.
Congressional Quarterly)
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Who Is A Hypocrite?
To the Editor; Who is a hypo
crite?
The Oregonian accuses the
Oregon Journal of publishing
stuff favorable to the Portland
grafters. The Journal replies
that it has the right to publish
the news, and calls the Oregon
ian a hypocrite.
The Journal claims to be an
independent paper, yet runs
stuff derogatory to the Demo
crats and favorable to the Re
publicans, which makes me in
quire, "Who is a hypocrite?"
I am thankful that we have
the Mail Tribune which publish
es the unadulterated news.
Charles W. Sherman,
Kerby, Ore.
Jones Replies to Unger
To the Editor: We can agree
fully with Mr. Unger regarding
Wayne Morse, if you want to
get government tax money; as
Mr. Unger suggests. Morse and
his side-kick will give written
guarantees that they both will
favor your cause with all their
influence providing Senior Sen
ator is reelected with your help.
They can refer to the billions of
tax money at the disposal of Sen
atorial votes, and pledge their
entire power of influence in fa
voring your, cause. The full value
of the written promises of aid in
your behalf can be found by en
quiring at the city library for
Senator Morse's record for 12
years and Neuberger's would be
about the same for a shorter per
iod. In that way you can see
the value of your vote if Morse
is reelected. Take Mr. Unger's
advice, anyone having a vote to
spare and wanting an open door
advocate with access to the tax
billions of our government as
Wayne Morse, a college debate
teacher and specialist with tax
funds.
Ira C. Jones,
Stewart Ave.
Medford, Ore.
Matter of Fact i and stewo aip
(Editor's Note: Joseph Alsop went
to New York to cover A dial Steven
ion's recent raid into Harriman
territory. Meanwhile, Stewart Alsop
was in Chicago talking convention
strategy with the Stevenson high
command. Here are their com
bined reports.)
New York Adlai E. Steven
son has just bustled in and out
of this city exuding confidence
at every pore.
He got $75,000
in contribu
tions to his
campaign fund
at a small- pri
vate dinner. He
cocked a dig
nified, reprov
ing snoot at
Gov. Averell
Stewart Alsop Harriman.' He
even consulted close friends
about a speech he is already
drafting the speech accepting
the Democratic presidential
nomination.
The Democratic nomination is
just about taken for granted, in
fact, by Stevenson and his im
mediate entourage. The with
drawal of Sen.
E s t e s Kef au
ver and the de
veloping swing
to S t e venson
in some of the
important favorite-son
del
e g a t i ons arc
thought, with
good reason, to
have left very
little doubt about the outcome
at Chicago. The problems of the
ensuing campaign against Presi
dent Eisenhower are now the
dominant topic.
It must be added that the Ste
venson who is now arguing with
his aides about the best way to
handle the farm problem and
civil rights issue, seems a very
different man from the Steven
son of last spring who treated
primary fights as almost vulgar
and still insisted that the nomi
nation must seek him. He has
not exactly acquired gusto for
political rough and tumble. But
the change is still marked.
TT RATHER resembles the
change in the kind of school
boy who begins by disliking
fights heartily; then learns that
self-defense is an unfortunate
necessity in this harsh world;
and finally ends by becoming
pretty good at it. In Stevenson's
case this means, for instance,
that ,he now tells you, almost
with an air of discovery, that
high level literary essays are
not the most effective form of
American political oratory. It
means, too, that he is ready for
a pork chops campaign, without
undue emphasis on the rarefied
issues of foreign policy and
world problems.
Above all, it means that Ste
venson is ready (although per
haps not eager) to wage a clas
sical bush - whacking, whistle-
stopping campaign, getting out
on the vote-hunt almost the day
the conventions end, and not
abandoning the vote-hunt until
voting time comes. The contrast
with President Eisenhower, wag
ing his campaign with six tele
vision speeches, will be sharp
indeed. And it is early days to
say that a bush-whacking, whis
tle-stopping Stevenson will not
turn out to be a rather formid
able campaigner.
CHICAGO Since the with-
drawal of Sen. Kefauver.
Adlai Stevenson's convention
strategists are no longer fearful
of Averell Harriman's threat to
split the convention on the civil
rights issue with an assist from
President Truman. They think
they have the votes, both in the
platform committee and on the
convention floor, for a strong
but not inflammatory civil
rights plank. They think, too,
that Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt,
Sen. Herbert Lehman and Sen.
Hubert Humphrey, are civil
rights allies fully worthy of
Truman's steel.
The Stevenson strategists are
now talking, in fact, of a deci
sive win on the first ballot; and
they are going for it But the
really big, though still tentative
news of Stevenson's convention
plans is a scheme to allow an
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open floor fight for the vice
presidency after Stevenson haa
been safely nominated.
TF THE South were demanding
a place on the ticket this
year, a floor fight might be
thought undesirable. But in fact
the only serious contenders are
Sen. Humphrey, Sen. Kefauver
and Sen. John Kennedy of Mas
sachusetts. Each has his impor
tant advantages. Kefauver has
his personal following and
strong farm support Humphrey
has strong farm support, too,
and is ideally equipped to tan
gle with Vice President Richard
Nixon. And Kennedy is a high
ly attractive figure who can be
counted on to reverse the Re
publican trend among the Catho
lics. Partly, the Stevenson strate
gists are inclined to permit an
open free fight between these
three candidates, for the very
good reason that choosing be
tween them is decidedly diffi
cult. Partly, too, the idea of a
free fight for the vice presi
dent attracts the Stevenson
strategists because it will give
so much added interest and ex
citement to the convention
drama. But above all, it is held
that this kind of open struggle
for. the Democratic vice presi
dential nomination will power
fully emphasize the important
but - difficult issue of "Ike's
health and Dick Nixon."
Altogether, the arguments for
the scheme seem very strong. It
will almost certainly be adopt
ed if his advisors can only over
come Adlai Stevenson's linger
ing resistance to taking even a
one-in-three chance of getting
Estes Kefauver as his running
mate. The scars left in the pri
maries are healing, but they are
healing slowly. -
Copyright 1956.
New York Herald Tribune Inc.
Barnhart Low Bidder
On School Work
Klamath Falls H. Barnhart,
722 Dakota ave., Medford, was
the low bidder for construction
of an addition to a high school
at Happy Camp, Calif., accord
ing to Howard R. Perrin, archi
tect, Klamath Falls.
Barnhart bid $322,106 and the
contract will be awarded at that
figure, subject to approval of
state agencies.
A. J. McMurray, Yreka, Calif.,
bid $330,408; and B and R Con
struction company, San Fran
cisco, bid $378,758.
The district is Siskiyou Joint
Power Union high, Tulelake.
The project is to include 18.
414 square feet including four
classrooms, health room, kitchen,
gymnasium, and locker rooms.
An alternative is for the gym
and locker- room section only
and includes 9,939 square feet
Construction will be one story
frame with concrete slab floors.
Glued laminated beams will sup
port the gymnasium roof. A new
boiler plant will supply unit
ventilators and blowers.
MR.
INSURANCE
FRED
BRENNAN
Phone
2-4940
Steel wage increases will
be reflected in increased
replacement costs to build
ings, equipment, s p p 1 1
ances, etc.
Does your present program
consider these increased
prices for replacement?
Investigate our "ALL PHY
SICAL LOSS" policy for
dwellings. Insure for at
least 80 of value and
you are paid on NEW for
OLD basis.
MEDFORD INSURANCE
AGENCY
through Auguit 12fh
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OVEN BAKED
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