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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Ma'i Tribune 10. 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 TEARS AGO '
Doc. 2. 1948 (Thursday)
Nearly 115 service station
and garage owners here agree
to raise the price of gas two
cents per gallon and the price
ox oil live cents a quart.
The Jackson County Com
munity Chest nears its goal
20 YEARS AGO
Dec. 2. 1933 (Friday)
j.ne jacKson county com
bined tax levy for 1939 shows
a 1.1 mill reduction from this
year's, the nevr figure being
13 mills.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "A dis
tinguished Mid-Western an
thropologist reports California
was first inhabited by 'an
Indolent race, approximately
2,000 years before anybody
else. Reports from California
indicate history is busy these
days repeating itself."
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 2, 1928 (Sunday)
George Johnron, radio op
erator at Medford airport,
loses his only free day, Mon
day, as Pacific Air Transport
company air mail service goes
on a seven-day week.
Burelson's Medford's new
est ready-to-wear store for
ladies, opens for business with
hundreds of shoppers on hand.
40 YEARS AGO
Dac 2, 1918 (Monday)
The society chimney sweep
is in town.
Hot lunches are now being
erved in abtfut half of Jack
son county schools.
What's Your I.Q.7
Nina er ten correct is superior:
even er eight is excellent; five ei
Jz is food.
l.Bcth male and . female
, crickets make the chirping
sound; true or false?
2.What is the surname of
the discovers of radium?
3. Nathan Bedford Forrest
was a noted Civil War gen
eral; did he serve with the
Union, or the Confederate?
4. Current, regular issues of
U.S. 3c postage stamps are
green, red, or purple?
5. "Magnolia State" is the
nickname of which Southern
State?
6. A neck of land connect
ing two bodies of water is
called an i s?
7. Name the eight parts of
speech.
8. The average composition
of which one of these dairy
products has the least water
content buttermilk, skim
milk, whole milk?
9. Polytheism is a belief
that there is only one god, or
that there are many gods?
10. Sex reversal is common
place among oysters; true or
false?
Answers: 1.' False. 2. Curie.
3. Confederate. 4. Purple. 5.
Mississippi. 6. Isthmus. 7. Ad
jective, adverb, conjunction,
interjection, noun .preposi
tion, pronoun, verb. 8. Whole
milk. 9. Many gods. 10. True.
VETERAN
Roanoke Rapids, N.CCPD
Mrs. Haldie Frances Jones of
Henrico gave birth to triplets
at her home, attended only
by her mother, Mrs. Katie
Owens, who now b 53
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Lessons From California
A trip to the San Francisco Bay area over the
Ihanksgivme; week end
at least once each year for the more than, a de
cade strongly reinforced some prior conclu
sions, and gave us a
about life m America.
First and foremost
thankfulness that we live in a small town.
Secondly, it proved that the automobile is
probably the biggest single factor in the Ameri
can way of life. .
Third, it showed that, if nothing else, Ameri
ca is going to have to solve the problems of auto
mobile traffic, air pollution and diminishing
space if the amenities which make life worth liv
ing are going to remain. . '.
rVEE first conclusion, obviously, is the result of
the other two. We are far too fond of "elbow
room,"'of forested hills and untrammeled fields,
of driving to work m lYz minutes, and of all the
other things which can. still be enjoyed in the
Rogue Valley, ever to be seriously tempted by
the lure of metropolitanism.
As for the automobile, no one can gainsay
its convenience under
when it takes a full hour
to downtown San Francisco across the giant Bay
bridge, and every inch of the way in bumper-to-bumper
traffic which barely crawls along; when
it takes five to ten minutes to drive a city block in
ban Francisco itself:. when the fumes from ex
hausts sting the eyes, and when it becomes a
necessity to be ill-rmannered if one ever gets any
where then the automobile is more than a
convenience.
A car by itself is wonderful : en mass, it is a
monster which is choking cities, threatening life
and limb, destroying important values, and re
making the faces of the
to their advantage.
11713 CAN propose no solution, although the
" development of super-fast, super-convenient
mass transportation (if there could be such
thing) would solve some of the problem.
Our own solution is to live where life, while
getting constantly more
ess so than m the burgeoning thousands m the
Bay area, or the already
crowded Los Angeles coastal plain, both of them
capped by a layer of dirty, polluted air.
As to the air pollution, it isn t a joke any
onger. .;,-,
There was a day when no smart comedian
could resist taking a crack at the eye-stinging,
nose-clogging stuff. They still do. But to residents
plagued with it, it's far from funny any more. Los
Angeles, for instance, and to an only slightly
esser degree, San Francisco, must imd out what
o do about it, and then
FINALLY, diminishing
purely by two things
automobiles. People need space to work and live,
and cars need space to move and park.
In the growing suburbs of great metropolitan
areas, housing developments and freeways seem
o be the greatest space
And the best solution
ewer people and fewer
is unrealistic to say the least.
So the next-best solution, one becoming more
and more important to all growing communities
and those which can logically expect continued
growth, is to provide for that growth in an or
derly manner. This means
and rules and regulations
into bearable patterns.
. ,
THE alternative is municipal (and suburban)
The sad fact is that people are only too prone
o "let George do it,"-or "let it slide" until it is
ob late. Then come massive relocation and recon
struction programs.
Jackson county stands in the path of a tide
of northward and westward creeping population.
Any official, and group, any responsible, citi
zen who obstructs vitally needed programs of
planning to accomodate it is, in effect, cutting
off his area's nose to spite its face. E. A.
St. Paul's Cathedral; London
A special American chapel has been dedi
cated in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. -It honors
American soldiers of World War II who are
buried in Britain or who, buried elsewhere, had
been based there.
The cathedral with the new American, chapel
is second . only to Westminister Abbey in fame
among the churches of London. St. Paul's is the
outstanding example of Renaissance church ar
chitecture in all England. Located in the finan
cial district, its magnificent dome dominates the
London landscape.
f IKE THE Westminister Abbey that tourists
" know, the earlier St. Paul's had been in Gothic
style, although incorporating some of the earlier
Norman architecture. But it was destroyed be
yond repair in the great London fire of 1666.
To Sir Christopher Wren was entrusted the
plan of the new cathedral, and of the original
Gothic he kept only the floor plan. Construction
took 35 years 1675 to 1710.
St. Paul's suffered one idirect bomb hit in
World War II but assiduous fire-fighting squads
kept it from being destroyed by fire bombs. The
surrounding area "suffered more heavily. Indeed,
the open spaces around the Cathedral today as
a result of war bombing allow it to be better
seen and appreciated than when hemmed in by
all manner of buildings before the war. E.R.R.
a trip we have made
few additional thoughts
it revived m us a great
most circumstances. But
to drive from Berkeley
cities, and not always
complicated, still is far
overgrown and over
do it.
space is a problem posed
more people and more
- gobblers.
for this is, ot course,
cars a solution which
planning, and zoning,
to channel the growth
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Dennis the Menace
'I ftWr TUWK lP'S PEELING
CQMPLMBD ABOUT HIM ALL
Matter of Fact
THE NEW KREMLIN LINE
Baghdad, Iraq , Despite
the romance of its name and
past, this squalid, teeming,
fiTR" TSS1 mud - colored
city has' al
ways been one
of the dreari
est capitals of
the Arab
lands. It is no
less dreary
now. But now
Baghdad is
vividly, even
.ms.nh AUnn painiuuy in
teresting, as the place where
you can see the Kremlin's new
Middle East line.
The Kremlin's adoption of
a new Middle, Eastern strategy
is a less dramatic development
than the Kremlin's power
play at Berlin. Yet it is com
parable, all the same, for it
is another striking proof of
the Kremlin's growing bold
ness. . "
The essence of the change
of strategy "' is simple. For
merly the Soviets supported
and worked through Egypt's
Gamal Abdel Nasser. Nasser's
Arab nationalist movement
was, and so to say, the dagger
the Soviets hoped to plunge
into the West's soft belly, For
this purpose, the Communist
parties in all Arab countries
were formerly ordered to
serve 7 under Nasser's com
mand, as mere auxiliaries in
his movement. -
THIS system of using Nasser
as the sole instrument of
Soviet purposes in this area
has now been abandoned. The
Arab Communist parties are
waging their own, wholly in
dependent struggle for power,
without regard to Nasser," and
even in opposition to Nasser.
Here in Iraq, for instance, the
Communists are energetically
working to transform the rev
olutionary Prime Minister,
Brigadier Abdel Karim Kas
sem,.into the Kremlin's Pasha,
as responsive to Moscow's
promptings as Nuri used to be
responsive 'to the promptings
of London. "
' The change in the Kremlin
line was first revealed in Syr
ia, in the coup d'etat at Da
mascus in the summer of 1957.
The subsequent Syrian ma
neuver that produces the
United Arab Republic was to
contain and if possible destroy
the growing power of the Syr
ian Communists, by merging
Syria-with Egypt.
Here in Baghdad, however,'
the Kremlin's new line has
been much more boldly and
frankly revealed. From the
moment when the old govern
ment was upset, the pro-nas-ser
Arab nationalists actively
agitated to merge Iraq with
Egypt on the Syrian pattern.
And from the same moment,
the Communists opposed the
Nasserites.
. ...
AFTER the revolution, the
Nasser underground and
Try and
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-By BENNETT CERF-
TWO ADVERTISING tycoons, dining in an expensive restau
rant that befitted their expense accounts, fell into a violent
argument. One beckoned a waiter to ask, "Could you lend us a
dime to settle a bet?"
The waiter produced the
dime, the coin was flipped,
the argument settled and
eventually the check was
produced. One item there
on startled the tycoons
even though they were only
signing the agency's name.
It read, "Loan of - a dime:
25c"
Cedric Adams tells of two
dauntless fishermen who were
trolling for muskellunge on a
lake in northern Minnesota.
The muskies were vicious that
day, and snapping at everything but they absolutely refused to be
hooked. '
. "I say we quit," said one fisherman finally. "Okay by me," agreed
the other. "I don't mind them having Sunday dinner off my bait, but
what gets me is when they shove their heads up, lean back on their
flippers, and use my line for dental floss!"
O 12SS, by Bensttt Ctrl Distributed by Stag Tituru Syndicate, ' ,
WELL.
VAYl .
By Joseph Alsop
the Communist underground
were the only political organi
zations with any strength in
the bazaars. Their - conflict
reached the - stage of armed
clashes more than once; but
finally the Nasserites were
roundly defeated. The end
came with arrest of "Nasser's
excitable supporter, the num
ber two leader of the revolu
tion, Colonel Abdel Salam
Aref. The Nasserites have now
yielded to the Communists, in
effect acknowledging their en
emies superior strength by re
joining the so-called "National
Front" of revolutionary par
ties. .
As one could see when the
reestablishment of the "Na
tional Front" was celebrated
here, the Communists now
control the city , crowds. The
huge demonstration in one of
the local parks was quite ob
viously organized by the Com
munists, almost single handed.
By. the same token, after the
Nasserite forces announced a
boycott, the- Communists, re
cently swept the. elections in
the Iraqi student, unions. In
the same manner, they . are
expected to gain control of
the labor unions that are now
being formed.
Most important of all, the
Kremlin is carrying on an
amazingly bold, even flagrant
propaganda campaign among
the non-Arab Kurds. . Money
is being spent. Arms are being
sent to the Kurds from the So
viet Union (in addition to the
arms previously sent by Nas
ser from Syria;. The Kurds
are being encouraged to hope
for a "greater Kurdistan", in
cluding huge chunks of both
Turkey and Iran. The organ
izer of all this is the Kurdish
Communist agent, the-Mullah
Mustafa Barzani, who weaves
his . web nowadays from the
Semiramis Hotel here in
Baghdad. :
The agitation among the
Kurds is so important for two
reasons, pn the one hand, the
Kurds will be harder to con
trol than a mere city crowd.
On the other hand, almost all
of Iraq's mineral resources,
and especially the vital oil
sources, are in predominantly
Kurdish Northern Iraq.
SUCH is the progress that the
Communists have alrearlv
.
made outside the government.
Inside the government, . they
have also made progress in
three different ways. In the
first place, they have posed
and are still posing as the
most enthusiastic supporters
of Brigadier Kassem, who
wants Iraq to be independent
of Nasser for his won, quite
different reasons.' They gave
Kassem valuable support dur
ing the crisis caused by Colo
nel Aref. Leading Communists
are endlessly singing their
Syren songs to the Prime Min-
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case. .
Crasy Music
To the Editor: It strikes me
the radio stations of this area
have the worst selections of
music, if it could be called
that, possible. I've got some
selections on an old Edison
cylinder - type phonograph
here which are far'better- than
one can get by tuning in to
any of our local radio sta
tions. One never hears on our
local stations, at least I've
been unsuccessful, such tunes
on a fiddle as "Turkey in the
Straw," "Hell Among The
Yearlings," "Fishers Horn
pipe," "McLeod's Reel," "Dur-
angs' Hornpipe," "Eighth of
January," "Did You Ever See
The Devil, Uncle Joe," "Haste
to the Wedding," etc.. etc.
All one can get on our rocal
radio stations is rock and roll
with a whang bang crash bam
squeal and blare from some
kind of horn. I'll say. the "mu
sic" of today is very low qual
ity and too much quantity.
usuaUy turn off the radio
except for the news. TV is
no better, in fact it's a tossup
as to which is worse. How any
sane person can enjoy most
of it is beyond comprehension.
I heard a psychiatrist say
on a TV program about a
year and a half ago that the
time was coming when they'd
put the normal people inside
and turn the rest loose as it
would take less room. Per
sonally I think he is right
and the craze (??)for music
such as is being played today
certainly proves it.
Floyd R. McCabe
Mt. Pitt Star Route
, Butte Falls.
Thanks to Medford
To the Editor: The Medford
Pathfinders have asked me to
convey their very sincere
thanks to members of this
community for helping to
make the Halloween .and
Thanksgiving season especial
ly pleasant for them this year.
These boys and girls, aged
10 to 15, went out before Hal
loween, ringing doorbells and
asking, instead of a treat for
themselves, a can of food to
be used in Thanksgiving , bas
kets.
May I say to Medford folks
who answered those doorbells,
Your response was wonder
ful." When the 40 -some
youngsters who went out in
the project counted the things
you so generously contributed
they had 837 cans of food in
addition to v walnuts, pump
Kins, ' squash and some cash
contributions. And that wasn't
all, the director received
phone calls for several days
from people who had heard
about the project, and set out
boxes which were not picked
up.
Unfortunately a group of
40 youngsters was not able to
cover the entire territory of
Medford in one evening, and
many of you who wanted to
lend a helping hand did not
have the opportunity to do
so. Since tnis was the first
year the club has attempted
this type of project, and they
did not foresee the extent of
your response, they were not
organized to reach everyone.
Another year they wUl be bet
ter prepared. '
The . night before Thanks
giving the youngsters deliv
ered the baskets themselves,
ister at this moment.
In the second, place, Com
munists now occupy at least
one and probably two or three
key ministerial posts. Thirdly,
the Communist and Commu
nist - sympathizing ministers
are doing their best to create
opportunities for Soviet and
satellite technicians to enter
Iraq in uncontrolled mobs, to
run the new projects planned
under the Iraq's stepped up
development program, to ex
ploit formerly under-exploited
oil concessions, and so on.
Altogether, the Communist
effort here is very formidable
indeed. Yet a visit to Baghdad
is an oddly cheering experi
ence. As already recorded,
Brigadier Kassem does not
look like the kind of man who
wUl consent in the end to be
the Kremlin's Nuri. And, as
will be shown, Kassem can
still master the Communists
just as he mastered the Nas
serites, if he decides to do so
before it is too late,
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Nixon at Work Shoring Up GOP
Organization in California
By WILLIAM THEIS
Washington (GPD Vice Pres
ident Richard M. Nixon, point
ing at the presidency in 1960.
labored today at shoring up
the Republican party struc
ture in his own vineyard.
Post-election forecasts that
Nixon would take over the
GOP organization in'the wake
of its Nov. 4 debacle bore first
friut in a series of huddles
Editorial Comment
DUNCAN GROOMED?
Democratic members of the
Oregon Legislature have
elected Walter Pearson and
Robert Duncan to lead them
in the upcoming session, Pear
son as president of the Senate
and Duncan as Speaker of
the House.' Pearson, once state
treasurer, has been active in
Democratic party affairs for
many years. We doubt that he
has aspirations to seek a ma
jor office. Duncan is another
story. A young Medford law
yer, he served his first term
in the legislature two years
ago. It is no secret that he is
being groomed for a shot at
a major office. Pendleton
East-Ortgonian.
PRESS RETURNS HOLD UP
Once again, official returns,
three weeks after election
day, have confirmed the rela
tive accuracy of unofficial re
turns compiled by the press.
Few voters realize they de
pend on unofficial computa
tions by the press to learn
the outcome of the election
within hours after polls close.
The official results coming
days later are of interest only
if contests are close and as
a measure of the dependabil
ity of the unoffical returns.
Margin of error in the press
tally of the Multnomah Coun
ty vote, Nov. 4, was generally
less than 1 per cent, it is-
revealed by a comparison of
the official and unofficial fig
ures. Gov.-elect Hatfield's
margin of victory was in
creased by 1,120 about one
half of .1 per cent of the total
votes cast. -
The unofficial totals appear
to be as accurate as could be
expected from an operation
in which haste -is a necessary
factor. We don't know anyone
who would rather forego the
unofficial tabulations and
wait three weeks to get his
election returns with the ad
ded degree of accuracy time
permits. The . Oregoman.
and I wish you could have
seen the shining eves ana
heard the stories of the eve
ning's experiences from boys
and girls who were learning
the true meaning of the words
"It is more blessed to give
than to receive.
Thank you aU for your
kindness to our boys and girls
and to the less fortunate mem
bers of your community.-
Mrs. Alvy Bowman
3594 Roberts rd.
Press Secretary Seventh
Day Adventist Church
Medford
Liked Editorial
To the Editor: Your edito
rial (E.R.R.) in today's M.T.;
World Wide Ship Boycott is
so timely and constitutes such
a warning to us as a nation as
well as individuals, that a let
ter of commendation would
seem ouite worthwhile. Espe
cially so when such factual
publications as the U.S. News
and World Report, and Chris
tian Science Monitor carry
such a wealth of information
of what labor union monopo
lies are up to, it surely is en
couraging when our own
daily newspaper gives us a
kibitzer view into the edito
rial think tank.
It has been quite some time
since our president kindly
asked labor and industry not
make any further price de
mands. What was union la
bor's answer? A rash of
strikes including the crippling
jurisdictional that does not
include the industry con
cerned but is a wrecker of it
just the same. So, thanks
again for a most timely and
heart warming editorial.
F. J. Clifford
Route 2, Box 200F
Central Point, Ore. "
Bus Riders
To the Editor: The Commu
nists seem to think they are
pretty, smart. They've been
sitting in the bus and leaving
the driving to us. Maybe they
got a lot of learnin' to do yet.
We don't always take our
back seat drivers where they
want to go.
Everett Acklin
Ashland, Ore.
2-4100 EASY PARKINS
with California Republican
leaders here.
Nixon met individually
with 15 county and state lead
ers from his home state at
his Capitol office Monday.
Then he conferred with the
entire group until midnight
at his Washington home. He
invited GOP State Chairman
George Milias and his 14 Cali
fornia Republican associates
PAROLE FOR
HUGH D'AUTREMONT
The State Board of Parole
and Probation has awarded a
parole to Hugh D'Autremont
one of three brothers who
were convicted for one of the
most dastardly crimes in the
annals of Oregon. That was
the attempted robbery of the
Southern Pacific mail train
at a tunnel in the Siskiyou
Mountains of Southern Ore
gon in 1923. The train was
halted, three trainmen were
shot to death and a mail clerk
was killed in dynamiting
the mail car. The robbers
failed, however, to get any
loot. The' three D'Autremont
brothers, Ray, Roy and Hugh,
the youngest, were indicted
but were not apprehended for
four years. Hugh was tried
and convicted in 1927 and
sentenced to life imprison
ment. Factors which led to the
parole were Hugh's good con
duct in prison where he has
spent 31 years, and his youth
at the time of the crime 23
years of age. For years parole
boards have regarded Hugh's
case with some favof. Hang
ing over him, however, were
other indictments growing out
of the crime. Postal authori
ties were long adamant
against any parole or commu
tation. It was necessary to
clear these indictments be
fore a parole would have
much value. This was done
when Hugh plead guilty to a
state and a federal charge
Other charges were dismissed.
The sentence on the former
was the same as for the first
offense and on the second he
was put on probation by
Judge Gus Solomon who not
ed that the state had jurisdic
tion over and custody of the
defendent. These actions op
ened the way for Hugh's par
ole which now has been ap
proved by the parole board. . j
It is not ' surprising that
protest has been made by
some of those who participat
erf in the trial. Georee Neun-
er, who assisted in ihe prose
cution, called it a "damned
outrage." and Charles A
Wing, of Grants Pass, one of
the iurors. said he was
"strongly opposed" to the par-
ore. Undoubtedly many felt
that the D'Autremonts should
have been executed, and
many will feel that Hugh
should be confined in prison
all his life. But if rehabilita
tion is an objective of impris
onment, then those who
achieve it deserve mitigation
of punishment, even for the
blackest of crimes. Hugh's
case has been studied so long
by the parole board and pris
on officials that the board's
decision should be accepted
and respected.
The board sometimes makes
mistakes. The papers which
reported Hugh's parole re
ported also the arrest of one
Jess William Neal in Port
land oc a charge of armed
robery, just 12 days after his
release on parole from the
Oregon state prison. But the
percentage of parolees who
so straight" is high, and the
system has fully justified it
self. Hugh now seeks employ
ment and obscurity. We hope
that he finds both. Oregon
Statesman, Salem.
Counsel With ...
Mr. Insurance Fred Brennan
'7Wl'll'Tfy-
Fred Brennan
Or Call
Mr. Friendly
Bill Fish
Phone SP 3-7343.
MEDFORD
INSURANCE
AGENCY
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to dinner and a review of the
day's earlier individual talks.
Milias, who said the group
did not even discuss presiden
tial aspirations with Nixon,
reported the talks resulted in
a Republican party organiza
tional program for California.'
He said it would be refined
and presented to the Exepu
tive Committee of the State
Central Committee Jan., 10 in
San Mateo, Calif. He said it
dealt essentially with party
organization, registration of
voters, and fund - raising
through a drive aimed at
small contributors.
The Leader
Milias said he thousrht li
California Republicans were
looking to Nixon as their
leader.
Nixon's action made it
he intends to be a takeover
party leader in his own state,
at least to the extent this is
satisfactory to his fellnur.p.
publicans. Milias himself said
ne had asked the Vice Presi
dent to confer with th
leaders.
The conferences cam nn
the heels of Nixon's selection
of one of his former campaign
lieutenants, Robert H. Finch
or ios Angeles, to be his ad
ministrative assistant for the
next two politically critical
years. .
Finch is a youne attornev
when has been serving as
chairman of the Los Angeles
County GOP Central commit
tee. His job, it was under
stood, will be to work lar?cv
ly on Republican organization
al problems. Nixon's Monday
conierences were the first
step in this program.
Milias said m an interview
that Monday's discussion t
were part of a party effort
rather than a drive to nush
Nixon for the presidential
nomination.
Work Needed
However, it has been clear
since the congressional elec
tions that Nixon would have
to assert his own leadership
and shore up the GOP in his
home state in advance of tho
Republican national conven
tion in 1960.
Milias said that while the
party leaders all were "sup
porters of the vice president"
they included friends of Sen
ate GOP leader William F.
Knowland and Gov. Goodwin
Knight. 1
Knowland was beaten for
the governorship by Demo
cratic Attornev General Ed
mund Brown. Knight lost the
race for Knnwlanri'i con at
seat to Democratic Rep. Clair
Engle. -( r
Others conferring with Nix
on included John KrehbieL
Los Angeles; Glen Collidge,
GOP caucus leader in t h e
California State Legislature;
State Sen. Jack- McCarthy;;
Robert Steels, San Francisco
County chairman, and lead
ers from the Los Angeles, Saa
Diego and Orange County
GOP organizations.
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