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22 PAGES MIDPOID, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1958 No. 72
Ike ?fTO Down
DefiiaBd To Fire
Hi e r Jiiu s si
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower today re
jected a congressional demand
that he fire Shtrmta Adams,
his top aide.
White Houflp trNs Secre
tary James C. Mgtrty made
the President josition .clear
in ansetr ft reporter's
question.
Hegerrf
The reporter noted that
Rep. Peter f. ct (D-Ill.)
had said Eisenho-r should
demand , Adams' resignation
because of the presidential as
sistant's actions in behalf of
millionaire industrialist Ber
nard Goldfine, from wkom he
accepted favors.
He then asked if Hagerty
could say whether the President-had
any 'intention of fir
ing Adams.
"Sure I can," he said. "The
answer is of course not."
Hagerty declined to answer
further questions concerning
Adams.
"The governor sent a letter
yesterday to Rep. Oren Har
ris (D-Ark.) and that is all he
expects to have to say," Hag
erty said. "He is not going
to have a press conference
and I have not heard any talk
about his going up (to Capitol
Hill to testify."
Influence Denied ' o
This was Hagerty's answer
to all further questions about
the matter, including a report
that Goldfine ' had given a
$700 vicuna coat to Adams.
Adams denied Thursday
that he had used his position
ip seek government favors for
Goldfine, New England textile
tycoon. He said he only made,
or directed others to make,
phone calls to get information
or to arrange an appointment
for him.
Mrs. Holmer Wins
Show Sweepstakes'
Central Point Mrs. John
Holmer, Central Point, was
sweepstakes winners in both
the horticultural and artistic
divisions of the annual spring
flower show of Central Point
Garden club yesterday and to
day in the gymnasium of Cra
ter High school.
Mrs. Holmer won six blue
ribbons in the artistic divi
sion, and the highest number
of points in the horticultural
division.
Entries totaled 440. Of this,
229 were horticultural, 160
artistic and -51 in the junior
division. Judges were Mrs.
E. H. Card, Roseburg; Mrs.
Will Blackburn, Mrs. Crystal
Cheyne, Mrs. Noah Nyhart,
all Klamath Falls; Mrs. He
lena Overgaard, Sunny Val
ley, and M5fe. R. T. Nichol,
Medford.
The show will be 'open until
7 o'clock tonight.
'
Derailment Holds ,
Up Highway Traffic
Derailment of a Medford
Corporation log train car
stapped traffic for about 20
minutes Wednesday afternoon
at the Highway 9$ crossing.
Long lines of motorists
were held up on each side of
the crossing while Medco em
ployees put one end of a load
ed car back on the tracks.
Half of the 30-car log train
had reached the Medco yard
when a set of wheels on one
car jumped the track, officials
reported.
House Committee Approves Omnibus
Farm Bill With Sweeping
Washington (UPI) The
House Agriculture Committee
today approved, 21 to 10, an
omnibus farm bill. It provides
for the most "sweeping changes
in the operation of fedral
farm programs since the New
Deal came to power in 1933.
Strong Opposition
The catch-all bill contained
several provisions favored by
the administration, but the"
administration is so strongly
opposed to many of its pro
visions that it would be al
most certain to draw a veto if
passed in its present form.
There seemed little likeli
hood it would win congres
sional approval now. - Even
Adams
SHERMAN ADAMS
Post Seems Secure
Superintendents
Evaluate Program
Members of the executive
committee of the Oregon Asso
ciation of County School Sup
erintendents met in the Jack
son county courthouse Thurs
day to evaluate last year's pro
gram and to set up working
committees for the coming
year, according to Alf B.
Mekvold, county school sup
erintendent and association
president.
The working committees in
clude those for educational
testing, legislative, television,
advisory committee for ele
mentary school athletics, liai
son committee for the Asso
ciation of Oregon counties,
professional librarians and
others.
Those attending the meet
ing were Mrs. Rita H. Sim
mons, Wheeler county, vice
president; Mrs. Helen Baker,
Benton county, historian; Miss
Florence Beardsley, Oregon
state department of education,
secretary; and Mrs. Lois D.
Kent, Columbia county, im
mediate past president. The
two members at large attend
ing were Mrs. Anne Sprage,
lake county, and William Dol
myer, Lynn county.
U.S. Must Dicker
With East Germany
Berlin (UPI) The Rus
sians refused today to release
nine t Americans held captive
in the Soviet Zone of Ger
many, insisting that the U.S.
government must dicker with
the East German regime for
their freedom.
U.S. officials had decided
to negotiate with the East
German "kidnapers," but for
the sake of diplomatic appear
ances they waited until the
Russians replied to their re
quest for the release of the
nine prisoners.
Today's Soviet rejection,
after . the U.S. appeal ' had
"been ignored for nearly a
week, presumably opened the
way for talks with the East
Germans. U.S. authorities in
sist that negotiations will not
imply any measure of recog
nition of the East Berlin
regime.
Vancouver, Wash. (UPI)
City Manager Robert D. Clute
of Oregon City", Ore., has been
named city manager here.
some of the committee's Dem
ocratic leaders refused to pre
dict flatly that the measure
would clear the House.
The bill would revamp, in
varying degrees, price sup
port programs for cotton,
wheat, dairy production, corn,
grain sorghums and rice.
Most of the new programs
provided by. the bill would go
into force only if approved by
growers of the affected com
modities voting in a referen
dum. The bill would provide for
a new price support program
for wheat that would shift the
cost from the taxpayer to the
consumer. It would provide
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Russian Letter
To Eisenhower
Being Studied
Summit Meeting
Believed Topic
Washington (UPI) The
State Department today
studied a new Russian letter
to President Eisenhower be
lieved to deal with the long
discussed summit meeting.
A State Department spokes
man said the letter ran to
about 18 pages, plus another
20 pages of annexes. It was
delivered to the State Depart
ment Thursday night by
Sergei R. Striganov, number
two man at the Soviet Em
bassy here.
The spokesman said the let
ter "apparently" dealt with
a summit meeting.
Near Agreement
British Prime Minister Har
old Macmillan said Wednes
day that he and Eisenhower
were "fairly close" to " an
agreement on their terms for
a summit conference with
Soviet leaders.
Macmillan, -who concluded
three days of talks .here, said
they agreed they did not want
a summit meeting that "is a
farce:" .. . . .
The President and Soviet
Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev
have exchanged a series of
notes recently, but none dealt
with a summit meeting.
A note from the President
to Khrushchev Tuesday con
cerned the forthcoming Ge
neva technical talks on ways
of policing a nuclear test ban.
U.S. officials believe the
disarmament issue poses the
most hopeful subject for a
summit conference.
Phoenix Festival
Slated Saturday
.. Phoenix Festivities of. the
annual Phoenix Festival start
at 10 a.m. tomorrow with the
queen coronation in front of
the Community club build
ing, according to festival offi
cials. Dr. Elmo Stevenson, South
ern Oregon college president,
will speak at the exercises.
The flag raising ceremony
will be performed , by Boy
Scouts of Troop 15.
'A special float constructed
by the Phoenix Garden club
will carry the queen during
the parade at 11 a.m.
Following the parade,
booths containing games,
foods, and commercial dis
plays will open at the Com
munity club grounds.
(See Story on Page 5)
Force Seen Needed
To Protect Lebanon
Beirut (UPD Ma j. Gen
E. L. M. Burns, U.N. ''police
chief" in the Mideast, believes
it would take 5,000 men with
planes to seal Lebanon's bor
ders against infiltrators and
arms smugglers, it was re
ported today.
Informed sources said the
Canadian general mentioned
this figure to U.S. Ambassa
dor Robert C. McClintock
when, they met Thursday to
discuss the mission of the
"watchdog" commission the
U.N. is setting up to halt re
ported intervention by Egypt
and Syria in the Lebanese
revolt.
Burns was quoted as saying
he probably could spare the
necessary men from the U.N.
emergency force patrolling
the Gaza and Aqaba strips,
but that he would hesitate
to do so without specific or
ders from New York.
Changes
for the simultaneous opera
tion of two levels of price sup
port for cotton.
Dairy farmers would be
given a chance to vote into
operation a program that
would impose unprecedented
government controls over
their production in an effort
to raise their prices. ,
Penally Tax t
A similar opportunity would
be provided for growers of
corn and grain sorghums. If
the program is adopted, grow
ers would be given a market
ing quota. Those who ex
ceeded their quotas would be
subjected to $1.00. a bushel
penalty tax.
Hem at a Glance
Trujillo Denied Diploma
Washington (UPD Lt. Gen. Rafael Trujillo Jr., play
boy son of the Dominican dictator, has been denied a diplo
ma from a U.S. Army Staff school, the Army revealed today.
Rep. Charles B. Brownson (R.-Ind.) said the Army had
reported to him that the young Dominican general "did not
successfully complete the course" at the Command and Gen
eral Staff college at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.
Barrier Set' Up on Cyprus
Nicosia, Cyprus (UPD British security forces threw up
a barbed wire barrier between Greek and Turkish quarters
of Nicosia today and announced plans to fly in a paratroop
battalion of 700 soldiers Saturday to end Greek-Turk rioting
which has killed 12 persons.
Civil Service Hike OK'd
Washington (UPI) The Senate today approved a com
promise bill providing 10 per cent pay raises for an estimated
1,021,000 federal civil service workers.
Marines Oppose Arms Cut
i
Washington (UPI) The Marine- Corps lined up with
the Army today against administration-proposed cats in mili
tary manpower. i
Gen. Randolph McC. Pate, Marine commandant, said the
175,000-man Marine corps budgeted by the administration
would leave Marine striking forces at "about three-quarters
effectiveness."
Ike Proposes Air Agency
Washington (UPI) President Eisenhower proposed to
day creation of a new federal aviation agency to make air
travel safer. 4
The new agency would absorb the Civil Aeronautics ad
ministration and the Airways Modernization board which
have been taking emergency measures to stop collisions of
planes in flight.
Governor Defends
Real Estate Head's
Hiring Son-in-Law
Salem (UPI) Gov. Rob
ert D. Holmes today defended
his real estate commissioner's
action in hiring-the commis
sioner's son-in-law to perform
services for the commission.
Commissioner Clarence
Hyde, a Holmes appointee,
paid the son-m-law $2,287 for
services in the past six
months, his former education
director, Burton Dunn, said
Thursday.
"I have complete faith in
the judgment of Mr. Hyde,"
the governor said. "I think his
Health Officers as
Coroners Suggested
" Portland (UPI) A pro
posal to give duties of the
county coroner to the county
health officer was presented
to the Legislative Interim
committee studying coroner
qualifications Thursday.
The proposal, one of two
submitted at the meeting, was
presented by District Attor
ney Max McMillan of Jose
phine county.
Another, suggested by Mult
nomah County Deputy Coro
ner Earl Shea, would create
a position of state coroner
medical examiner with the of
fice held by a pathologist. He
would be appointed by the
governor and paid on a part
time basis to assure uniform
ity in conduct of the county
coroner offices.
Carlos Morris of Medford,
secretary of the Oregon Coun
ty Coroners association, said
coroners should have author
ity to order autopsies but only
in cases where crime is indi
cated and not for determining
whether there is a threat to
public health. --'
Japanese Government
Feels Out Washington
Tokyo (UPD Japan's
new government, in office
less than a day, lost no time
in feeling out Washington to
day on prospects for greater
economic "cooperation."
Premier Nobusuke Kishi,
who formed his second cabi
net with whirlwind speed
Thursday night after the na
tion had drifted for three days
without a government, put out
the first feeler this morning
when he suggested U.S. as
sistance for his ambitious
Southeast Asia plans. ;
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Senate Heeds Appeal
In Labor Reform Bill
Washington (UPD The
Senate, heeding new appeals
to reject major changes in its
pending labor reform bill, to
day rejected a proposal to au
thorize states to outlaw pub
lic utility strikes.
decision to hire the son-in-law
was made with the state's in
terest and not family interest
in mind. " - v
"I do not feel that a depart
ment head should be inhib
ited in the hiring of a rela
tive if he feels that person is
the one who can do the best
job," the governor said.
Hyde fired Dunn earlier
this week in a move to save
Dunn's $6,000 a year salary. .
, Hyde s son-m-law,. Gordon
Burbee, a Eugene real estate
appraiser, was paid for giving
lectures at real estate clinics
in Pendleton, La Grande, Med
ford, Ontario, Coos Bay, Till
amook and Lincoln county,
Dunn said.
'Highly Qualified'
The regular fee for lectur
ing for the department is $75
a night.
Hyde said his son-in-law
was "highly qualified" for the
speaking assignment and that
he also was available days to
consult with brokers and
salesmen about their individ
ual problems.
The commission has hired
numerous speakers this year,
Hyde said.
The commission has from
$18,000 to $22,000 a year to
spend on education. The
money comes from : a fee
charged brokers and salesmen
for their self improvement.
Money Spread Around-.
. Hyde said it was his idea
to save $6,000 of this money
by firing Dunn, taking some
of his duties on himself and
spreading the money around
among various speakers.
Burbee also has been hired
as an outside appraiser in the
Lane county area by the De
partment of Veterans Affairs.
Dunn said he was directed
by Hyde to hire the son-in-law
and ttiat Burbee was the third
highest paid speaker this year.
Michigan Adopts
Compensation Plan
Detroit (UPD The
stalled auto labor negotiations
got a big push forward today
when Michigan became one of
the first states to . adopt the
Eisenhower administration un
employment c o m p e n sation
plan;
WEATHER
FORECAST: Partly cloudy to
night and Saturday. Low to
night 50. High Saturday 75-80.
Temp.
Highest Yesterday 70
Lowest this Morning SO
Our Skies Tonight
Sunrise 4:3 a.m.
Sunset 7:49 p.m.
Moonrise Saturday 2:53 a.m.
New Moon June lt .
The 'orbits of Saturn and the
Earth have been carrying them
nearer -each other since last
December. Tonight these two
planets are 839,900,000 miles
apart, the closest approach of
the year. .
Bill lb Assist
Railroads Seems
Certain To Pass
Halting Passenger
. Service Included
Washington (UPI) Con
gress appears certain to pass
legislation this session to aid
the nation's financially ailing
railroad industry.
The House Commerce Com
mittee Thursday approved a
five-point bill less than 24
hours after the Senate passed
a generally similar -measure.
Both measures would au
thorize the Interstate Com
merce Commission to permit
hard-hit railroads to discon
tinue unprofitable interstate
passenger services.
Government Loans (
They would also set up a
program of government-guaranteed
loans to the carriers
to buy new equipment, facili
ties and depots. . The Senate
voted to impose a $700 mil
lion ceiling on the loans, but
the House bill would set no
ceiling whatever..
Several railroad companies
have warned Congress they
face bankruptcy unless the
government comes to ' their
aid. Sponsors of the aid leg
islation have - said that the
only alternative would be for
the federal government to
take over and operate the in
dustry. Under both bills, the rail-:
roads would be authorized to
seek ICC permission to aban
don costly interstate passen
ger services that have been
consistently losing money.
'Club' Against Taxes
Railroad executives empha
sized that they would not use
this feature to curtail passen
ger service indiscriminately
But they said it would give
them "a club" to combat what
they called discriminatory
taxes by state and local au
thorities. The provision would apply
only to passenger . traffic
across state lines. Passenger
service strictly within a
state's borders would remain
the responsibility of the state
government and its regula
tory agencies.
195 Delegates at
DAV Convention
;A total , of 195 Disabled
American Veterans from chap
terss throughout ; Oregon are
in Medford for the 37th an
nual convention of the Depart
ment of Oregon. Pat Graham,
Medford, is convention chah
man. ;
DAV delegates and mem
bers of the women's auxiliary
held a commanders and past
commanders breakfast in the
Jackson hotel this morning.
Business session followed.
A conducted tour of the
Camp White Veterans admin
istration domiciliary was to
be held later: today. A ban
quet is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
in the Medford hotel.
The Annual Rendezvous
will be held at 8:30 p.m. in
the VFW hall.
Business sessions at the
Moose hall and election and
installation of officers will be
held Saturday.
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GOOSE ROCKET First picture of the Air Force SM-73
GOOSE missile released by the Department of Defense
shows the GOOSE being launched at the missile test
center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. The GOOSE is a diver
sionary missile intended to serve as a decoy to draw
the fjr$ o engay feism systej&s,. . ,
Man on
Campaign Expenses
For Area Candidates
Listed With Clerk
Major political campaign
contributions made during the
recent primary election cam
paign have been listed in the
Jackson county clerk's office.
The largest contribution
for the successful Republican
Candidate Joe Walsh for the
sheriff nomination was one
from Carleton M. Bismark for
$250. Other contributions to
Walsh's campaign were Alan
B. Holmes $45, J. P. Tobin
$25, Jim Sheldon $40, H.
Looper $25, A. E. Piazza $45,
Ralph Pierce $25, James Ash
er $45 Delores Walsh $33.10
and .Rowean Holmes $25.
Major contributions to the
campaign of Vern Smith for
the Republican nomination
for sheriff were $230,90 by
Fred E., Robinson, $112.35 by
Smith, $29.34 by Paul Ryn-
ning, $25 by E. W. . Brown,
$50 by W. B. Brill, $25 by
B. L. Nutting and $25 by Ray
Reter. .eju. wr
Larson Campaign
William H. Manning con
tributed $64.20 for the cam
paign for Sheriff .Candidate
Ralph A. Larson and Larson
contributed $249.11.
Those contributing to the
Frank Perl for county coro
ner campaign were W. H. Har
old Reichstein $140, C. M.
Litwiller $291.37, Frank Mor
gan $291, and Harold Snod
grass $291.37. '
Major contributions listed
for the Carlos Morris for
county coroner campaign
were Morris $254 and $253.93
from E. H. Thomas.
Alfred Carpenter was list
ed as largest contributor, to
the campaign for Rodney
Keating for county judge. He
contributed $500. Other ma
jor contributors were Mike
Loftus $25, Jim Busch, $25,
Mrs. Hanley $25, Steve Nye
$25, Martin Luther $25, and
Lucy Keating $50. ' '
Miller's Campaign
Those contributing to the
campaign of Republican Can
didate Earl M. Miller for
county judge were Thomas
Culbertson $25, L. G. (Shy)
Horseback
Morthland $25, C. Buffington
$50, C. Haupert $25, Frank
Blaar $50, Ray Reter $50, Bob
Root $25, Larry Hull $46, A.
K. Morse $44, Steve Nye $25,
Joe Naumes $25, A. A. Laus-
mann $50, C. C. Clemens $45,
George Joseph $25, Linn Mills
$50, Howard Bush $50, Paul
Culbertson $50, Dave Lowry
$50, L. C. Taylor $45, R.
Beatty $37.50, Elmer Hull
$25, H. B. Murphy $50, G.
Fields $25, Etavid Brown $25,
and L. W. Newbry $50. .
In the campaign for county
clerk, successful candidate for
the Republican nomination,
Bereth Hopkins, contributed
$139.80 toward her campaign.
Unsuccessful candidate, Anna
R. Scott, contributed $145.05
to her campaign.
K. C. .Wernmark contribut
ed $285 for the campaign in
opposition to the county tax
base.
. Miscellaneous contributiojis
listed were Allen E., Gebhard,
$50 for. Edward Kelly's cam
paign for circuit court judge,
position No. 3; Bernard Kelly
$25 for Kelly, $25 for James
Main for circuit court judge,
position No. 1; Noreen Kelly
$50 for Kelly and $25 for
Main; Paul W. Haviland $100
for Main, $125 for Kelly, $20
for John Snider for senator
and $50 for Warren Gill for
governor. 1
Bus Schedules to
Lake Announced
Bus schedules to Crater
Lake National park from
Medford, . Klamath Falls and
Bend have been announced by
Pacific Trailways. They will
be effective June 15 until
Sept. 10
- The bus from Medford will
leave at 7:15 a.m. daily and
arrive at Crater Lake lodge at
9:30 a.m., making stops at
Eagle Point, Shady . Cove,
Trail, McLeod, Prospect,
Union Creek and Annie
Annie Spring, camp. It con
tinues to Bend, arriving at
12:30 p.m. for connections
east.
Another .bus to the park
makes stops daily at Klamath
Falls, Algoma; Barclay
Springs, Modoc Point, Ft.
Klamath, Annie Springs
camp, Crater Lake lodge and
Bend. -
The bus for Medford leaves
the park at 4 pjn., arriving
here at 6 pjn. daily.""
Washington (UPI) Do
mestic newsDrint Droduction
reached an all-time high of
1,800,000 tons in 1957.
Free Salk Vaccine Supply n
Exhausted in State
The state supply of Salk
nolio vaccine furnished for
use in counties has been ex
hausted, according to Dr. A.
Erin Merkel, county health
officer. , ,
He added that in the future
there will be no more state
vaccine available to health de
partments or private phy
sicians.
The doctor explained that
due to the situation, the local
county health department is
now in a position that it will
have to make selection as to
who receives the vaccine at
the health department in the
future.
Dr. Merkel - stressed the
urgency of all persons under
the age of 40 who have not
had their vaccine to contact
Rightist ReroU
Said Gaining ft
France, Algeria
Must Take Place in
World, Nation Told
Paris (UPI) A right- 1
wing rebellion against Gen.
Charles De Gaulle's moderate '
policies gathered momentum
today in France and Algeria.
De Gaulle told his country-
men tonight that Algeria must
be "body and soul- with
France" and that France must '
take "the place which is oursv
in the Western World.
Nationwide Address
But be warned that' "the
whole future is closed to us if '..
France does not have to guide :
her a state which is capable .
of doing so." '
De Gaulle expressed his
views in a nationwide radio
and television address the
first jeport to his countrymen
since he took office as Pre
mier with extraordinary pow
ers two weeks ago.
Mystery surrounded the'
Paris visit of Jacques Sou-,
stelle, the political brains of
the rebellious "Committee of.
Public Safety" in Algiers who
was summoned to Paris by De
Gaulle Thursday.
There were reports De
Gaulle might read him the riot -
act for his Algerian activities
and vice versa. Soustelle has
been an .ardent Gaullist but
Hie has agitated for De Gaulle
to wipe out the Fourth Re
public. Rightist Revolt Seen
Several major develon-
ments 'raised the specter of an
outright rightist revolt against
De Gaulle who has refused to
bow to extremist demands he
sweep away France's parlia
mentary system and disband
all political parties. Amone
the storm warnings were:
Gen. Raoul Salan, the
French commander-in-chief in
Algeria, refused to order army
officers to withdraw from the
insurgent "Committees of Pub
lic Safety" which forced the
downfall of Premier , Pierre
Pflimlin. This was not out-
right disobedience of a De
Gaulle order, but it at least
was a rebuff , to, the premier
who told Salan to stay out
of politics.
'Popular' Movement
Air Force Gen. Lionel
Max Chassin, one of the mys- -tery
figures of the Algiers in
surrection, told a news confer
ence in Paris he was launch-.
ing a "popular" movement to :
help De Gaulle turn France
into a non-party state.
Many members of the Al
gerian Public Safety Commit
tee were reported in France
drumming up support for the
rebel movement
Anti-tax crusader Pierre
Poujade dissolved bis extreme
right - wing parliamentary
group and swung his shop
keeper's party behind the pub
lic safety committee move
ment in France..
Second Largest Crop
Of Strawberries Seen
Portland (UPI) Oregon
berry growers are producing
the second largest strawberry
crop of record, the United
department of Agriculture
said today.
The Federal forecast said
the 1958 crop would reach
some 72 million pounds or
about 21 per cent below, the
1957 output.
Jet Tanker Sets
Coast to Coast Record
Westover AFB, Mass. -(UPI)
A KC135 jet tanker has set
a new - unofficial, - coast to
coast record for transport-type "
aircraft, the Air Force said
today.
The tanker flew from Los
Angeles to New York Thurs
day in three hours, 42 min
utes and 45 seconds.
their family physicians and
get the series of three shots
started, v
The health officer said that
since the vaccination program
is so important and so effec-.
tive, the county feels it has a
responsibility for those who
are financially unable to ob
tain their Salk shots through .
practicing physicians. He said
that in the cases up to 40 years
of age the health department'
will be in the position to con
tinue furnishing the polio
shots.-
The vaccine used during the
past two years was made
available through action of the .
state legislature and distrib
uted through the state board
of health.
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