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Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30 and
40 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21. 1948 (Tuesday)
Various social agencies
here report their Christmas
cheer programs are now In
full swing. ,
Th Medford cltv council
Is slated to hold a public hear- j
lng on the proposed vacation
of a playground area on Ly
man ave.
20 YEARS AGO
Sec. 21. 1938 (Wednesday)
Preliminary work on Med
ford's PWA paved street re
construction program is now
well under way.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
general run of the population
thinks as little of the recent
fog, as they did the forest
fire smoke last August."
30 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21, 1928 (Friday)
Watercolor paintings by Dr.
Alfred Schroff are on display
at the Snedicor art studio in
the Medford building. .
The Copco Forum holds its
seventh annual Christmas
party for children at Hilarity
hall.
40 YEARS AGO
Dec. 21. 1918 (Saturday)
Only two new cases of flu
are reported.
Trains passing through
Medford are crowded .with
soldiers, either discharged or
en route home for Christmas
furloughs.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct is superior;
even or eight it excellent; five of
six is good.
l. How many years is a
millemium?
2. "Not a creature was stir
ring" follows what line in a
well known poem?
3. If you wanted your mail
4 r Vis-v nnctmoi'lrcifl ''Canta
Claus," would it be sent to
xiuiiuai vauiui 1110, vjx aajiu-
ana?
4. Name the three wise
men, who brought gifts to the
Infant Jesus.
5. In world War II, was a
"Flying Fortress" a B17, a
B29, or a B25 bomber?
6. What season of the year
Is now under way in South
America?
7. Would you say that a
dove's home is a burrow, a
cote, or a nest? ,
8. Name the capital of Ber
muda.
9. What is the eauivalent
rank in the Navy to the rank
of major in the Army?
10. A gourmet is a person
who overeats; true or false?
Answers: I. Thousand. 2.
". . . when all through the
house," 3. Indiana. 4. Balihas
er, Gaspar and Melchoir. 5.
B17. 6. Spring. (Summer starts
Dec. 23) 7. Cote. 8. Hamilton,
9. Lieutenant Commander. 10,
False. '
New Star
.-. -The United States by Christmas should have
a new state and, a new flag design. The legislation
admitting Alaska as a state, approved at the 1958
session of Congress, instructs the President to
proclaim statehood upon receiving from the terri
torial governor certification of the results of territory-wide
elections.
One of these, a referendum, on questions in
volving statehood, was held Aug. 25, and a sec
ond, at which U.S. senators and a U.S. represen
tative were chosen, was held Nov. 25. So the presi
dential proclamation making statehood official
could come at any time.
It's likely that the President at the same time
will issue an order decreeing a new design for
Old Glory. Much secrecy has surrounded the de
liberations of a presidential flag committee which
has poured over some
changes. Press Secretary James C. Hagerty ex
plained that the White House wanted to pre
vent any flag manufacturer from getting a jump
on competitors by advance knowledge of the new
design.
THE U. S. flag is among the oldest of the nation
" al standards of the world. In its development
to a flag with 49 stars it embodies the military,
naval, and political history of the United States
from the struggling colonies to the present day.
The red and white stripes, for example, go
back at least to the flags flown by Dutch ships
reaching this continent early in the 17th century.
But the first official flag originated from a reso
lution offered by the Marine Committee of the
Second Continental Congress, adopted at Phil
adelphia on July 14, 1777:
Resolved, that the flag of the United States be 13
stripes, alternate red and white, that the union be 13
stars white in a blue field representing a new constella
tion. This flag was used until 1795, when, with the
admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Un
ion, Congress voted a new standard with 15
stripes, also alternate red and white, and 15 stars,
arranged in rows of five each.
AS TIME went on little uniformity was shown
in the flag, and at the same time the admis
sion of new states was burdening the emblem
with stripes. So Congress ordered that after July
4, 1818, the flag should have 13 stripes, symbol
izing the 13 original states; that the union would
have 20 stars, and that; whenever a new state
was admitted a new star would be added to the
union on the July 4 following admission.
The new pattern of stars is authorized by ex
ecutive order, inasmuch as no law establishes a
permanent f ormula. No star in the flag is official
ly identified with any state.
Hawaii stands a good chance of achieving
statehood at the next session of Congress, and
that would mean another new national standard
bearing a union of 50 stars, on July 4, 1960, or
conceivably, by July 4, 1959. E. K. R.
President De Gaulle
Gen. Charles de Gaulle is being elected Presi
dent of the Fifth Republic by the French Elec
toral College today.
The President used to
entirely, a figurehead and the Government was
administered by the premier. But now the pre
mier is largely, though not entirely, the figure
head and the President pretty much runs things.
As President under
tution, the General will have much more power
than President Eisenhower and in certain fields
more than Prime Minister Macmillan. His term
is seven vears, with no ban on re-election. He
is commander of the armed forces and presides
over the "higher councils and committees of na
tional defense."
THE PRESIDENT appoints the premier and
but unlike British Cabinet members, do not sit
in the national Parliament. The President, . not
the premier, presides over Cabinet meetings. He
may require the Parliament to reconsider any
law it passes.
In a time of "grave and immediate" peril, the
President may take whatever steps are required.
During such emergencies the National Assembly
may not be dissolved. At any other time the Presi
dent may dissolve it. Then new elections are held
within 40 days, after which no new dissolution
may be ordered for a year.
The Government may- be overthrown only if
a full majority of the National Assembly adopts
a resolution of censure. This is submitted on pe
tition of one-tenths of the members. If censure
is rejected, no member who signed the petition
may sign another during the same term.
It's all a far cry indeed from the split respon
sibility under the Fourth Republic E. R. R.
Turn Back the Clock
A proposal has been made, we presume ser
iously, that the county abolish the planning com
mission for "economy" reasons.
Yep, it would save money all right. So would
abolishing the schools, the fire and police depart
ments, and the county road department. Then
we'd all be "free" to do these things for ourselves.
Planning and zoning are essential. The only
question is whether we're getting too little too
late. Note the comment of the Oregon Statesman
(of Salem), elsewhere on this page. E.A.
in the Flag
1,900 suggested flag
be largely, though not
the new French consti
Dennis the Menace
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Today & Tomorrow
By Walter Lippmann
BERLIN AGAIN
It was evident from the be
ginning, that is to say since
the first Soviet note on
Thanks giving
Day, that the
proposal
about Berlin
could not be
and would not
be accepted
by the West
e r n powers.
The position
Walter oi Vesl er"
Lippmann lin as an is
land deep inside the Soviet
zone of occupation is indeed,
as Mr. Khrushchev insists,
"abnormal."
But this abnormality de
rives from the fact that Ber
lin, the whole of it, was in
the past and is bound acain in
the future to be the capital,
not of East Germany or of
West Germany, but of a re
united Germany. The Western
rignts and the .Western obli
gations in Berlin rest firmly
on this obligation to restore
Berlin as the capital of Ger
many.
The present situation of
West Berlin is abnormal be
cause the present division of
Germany is abnormal. There
is no way in which the situa
tion can be normalized ex
cept by the reunification of
Germany. Until that is ac
complished the Western allies
are bound, as they have just
said once more in Paris.- to
maintain their presence in
Berlin. If they are to main
tain their presence, they must
have free access to West Ber
lin by road, rail, water, and
air.
THE crucial question then
Berlin can be discussed sepa
rately from the reunification
of Germany - which is what
Khrushchev seems to be pro
posing - or only as part of
the negotiations for an all-
German settlement - which is
our position. The problem of
the statesmen is to find some
way of building a bridee of
negotiation between these two
positions. '
Editorial Comment
Zoning Avoids
Future Trouble
If it wasn't for the many
other fringe area problems
around Salem, one might be
tempted to sympathize more
with the plight of subdivision
developer Felix Reidel. He
has run afoul of the subdivi
sion code in his Baxter Road
addition south of Salem. He
appears to be -the average
man foundering in the regu
lations of government..
Before we extend our sym
pathy, however, let's feel a
little sorry for ourselves.
Look at the jumble of unre
lated roads, the sewage and
drainage problems that have
accumulated on.the fringes of
Salem. This is the result of
failure to supervise subdivi
sion development in the past.
Riedel complains that he
cannot provide homes for mid
dle income families if he is
forced to provide sidewalks,
curbs, storm drains and play
ground space in his subdivi
sion. He says his subdivision's
"city" problems are far in the
future.
Fifteen years ago many of
Salem's present fringe area
problems seemed distant, but
they are plaguing us how..
Just this past week the
state finished sidewalks lead
ing to Hayesville school. Sev
eral school areas around Sa
lem are in genuine need of
sidewalks, to protect children,
because they were not in
stalled when homes were
built - .
A few days ago the County
If this can be done at all
under present conditions, it
will come from the unwilling
ness of either side to let a col
lision with military violence
take place around Berlin.
But both sides have now gone
very far in staking their pres
tige. Assuming that by May
or earlier the Soviet govern
ment hands over its powers
to the East German govern
ment, the avoidance of a col
lision will depend on how
Moscow instructs the East
Germans to exercise their
powers. Moscow knows that a
blockade, denying free access
to West Berlin, will be re
sisted by the West. The ques--tion
is whether East Germany
- if and when it is given the
powers now exercised by the
Soviet government - will in
fact use those powers to inter
fere with free access.
fPHE best that could come of
such a development would
be a prolongation of the status
quo in a condition of chronic
crisis. The better way to pre
vent a collision in Berlin
would be to set in motion a
campaign for a settlement of
the German question. This is,
of course, easier said than
done. For there is no such
unanimity of opinion in the
West on the German question
as there is on not surrender
ing West Berlin.
The time has not yet come
for the Western powers to
form a common policy on the
reunification of Germany.
There are too many in high
places who do not really want
a reunified Germany, and
there are few, if any, in high
places who are willing to pay
the price of reunification. The
air in the room in which we
live is stale, and nobody is
daring to open a window on
the future. If one had to bet,
it would be, I think, that on
our side at least we shall not
take the initiative and shall
simply stand "firm where we
are, leaving the initiative to
the Russians.
(c) 1958 New York
Herald Tribune Inc.
Park commission recommend
ed acceptance of two park
areas in South Salem to fill a
growing need in the suburbs.
All of us recall the annual
news pictures of houses sur
rounded by water because of
inadequate storm drainage.
Sewage drainage remains a
problem on all four sides of
the city. Salem's early plan
ners laid out wide, arterial
streets, but their plans have
been sabotaged by those who
subdivided the areas around
the center of the city.
The subdividers who are
turning the country into the
city must bear the burden of
city-type development, pass
ing the costs to the home own
ers. Once the lots are sold and
homes built, government has
few means of bringing pres
sure to bear to solve side
walk, sewer drainage and
park problems.- ,
The subdivision code may
be detailed and demanding,
but it is specific. Any subdi
vider who bypasses it, runs
the risk of being pulled up
short by the Planning commis
sion. If modifications are
needed, they should be made
by changing the law rather
than circumventing it.
Certainly it costs a lot of
money to bring farmland up
to subdivision code standards.
Our fringe area problems
stand as mute testimony of
what happens when that mon
ey isn't spent.
-Oregon Statesman, Salem
Washington Report
By William
TWO CITIES
Berlin Though the Berlin
of 1958 is certainly no. the
London of the blitz in the
early 'forties, they'- do form
in some senses a new tale of
two cities." -'
Berlin is an island of ten
sion and poised- danger, sur
rounded by a ; gray menace
made up of 'Soviet Russiants
and their East German satel
lites. London was an island of
actual and nightly danger a
decade and more ago.
All the same, if fighting
should break out here under
modern atomic conditions no
body is foolish enough not to
know that the death and des
truction of the second World
War would look small by com
parison ' '
And there is now in West
Berlin, as there was so long
ago in London, a quality of
stoicism, mixed with heady
gaiety - a gaiety expressed in
the old saying that you should
eat drink and be merry for
tomorrow you may die.
THIS correspondent recently
reported from Heidelberg
that West Germans in that
area seemed largely indiffer
ent to flhe crisis This is not
at all true here, where the
people live on the very rim
of a cold-war volcano! They
are completely aware that the
eruption could come at any
moment.- "
And the Berliners face the
reality with the cheerful im
pudence that the London cock
neys showed when German
bombs were falling upon their
stout city. Indeed, the Berlin
ers are a breed apart in Ger
many, as the Londoners are a
breed apart in England". There
is an urban toughness about
them, a sophisticated accept
ance of the facts of life.
One need not love them or
like them or forgive them for
what Germany did to others
in the past to salute their
courage how. " ' '
Our small but crack mili
tary force here respects the
civilians who surround them-
ahd the troops, too, refuse to
"take it big." They joke
among themselves about the
crisis and reject any sugges
tion that this may become a
heroic city. But they are good
troops and they are " ready
troopsr - ' '"
rTiHIS bit of ground called
West Berlin is the scene of
one of history's most momen
tous contests. "If the Russians
should succeed in pushing us
In the Day's News
. By FRANK
There is startling news
from the farm front today.
In the 1958 crop year,
American farmers produced
the biggest crop ever grown
in the U.S.A
They did it on the SMALL
EST PLANTED - ACREAGE
IN 40 YEARS;
HOW was it accomplished?
Good weather and MOD
ERN TECHNOLOGY account
ed for it, according to the
final 1958 production report
just issued by the U.S. De
partment of ' Agriculture.
Good weather, of course,
is something that is PRES
ENTLY beyond man's con
trol, but to good weather in
this record " crop year were
added better seed, improved
fertilizers and advanced culti
vation techniques.
All this resulted in new
yields PER ACRE.
THIS "technological revolu
tion that is taking place
in American agriculture was
dealt with in somewhat more
detail a few. days ago by Rog-4
er Fleming, secretary treas
urer of the American Farm
Burean Federation. In his re
port to r the Farm Bureau's
40th annual meeting, held in
Boston week before last, he
said:
"American farmers are pro
ducing, today twice as much
wheat on 17 per cent LESS
ACRES than in 1939; more
cotton on about HALF v as
many acres and 50 per cent
more corn on 17 per cent
FEWER ACRES than in
1939." '
In addition to these big
staple crops, he said, dairy
men have about three mil
lion fewer cows than in 1940,
but, each cow produces TWO
THIRDS OF A TON MORE
MILK. -For every two eggs
a hen laid in 1940, her de
fendant is laying about three
eggs today. .;
rpHAT is what is happening
to American, agriculture.
WHY is it happening?
This, I think, is the reason:
THE .American farmer is in
genious, capable and am
S. Whit
out with threats or bf neu
tralizing our power here by
high - level political agree
ments ;V the resulting catas
trophe would be worse than
losing a hundred Quemoys or
a dozen Formosas. . .
The military view is unani
mous that if we back down in
any way here we must even
tually back out of Europe and
leave it to the Russians. And
just as Europe was the theater
of real decision in the last
war, so Europe today is the
real theater of decision.
For Berlin is the place of
the payoff. This is the real
showdown after 11 years of
cold war. This is the moment
of truth,' In a way all these
years of the cold war have led
inevitably to the grappling for
position that is going on here
now.
For, after making all due
allowance for propaganda, the
difference between Allied-,
occupied West Berlin and So
viet - occupied East Berlin is
staggering. It is easy to see
how the Kremlin must flinch
at the prospect of the indefi
nite maintenance before the
world's eyes of this show win
dow of contrast.
I
F LONDON and Berlin do
indeed tell a tale of two
cities, West Berlin and East
Berlin are a tale of two monu
ments. West Berlin is a monu
ment to a bursting capitalism
almost vulgar in its vigor. But
the point is that it is a place
of food and warmth and life
and even luxury.
Call to mind the dreariest
mining community . you ever
saw on a glowering December
day. Wherever this place is, it
is positively radiant compared
to East Berlin . - the monu
ment to imperial .communism
To go-along the streets over
there 4n: the east city even
on Stalin Alle, which the Rus
sians have rebuilt upon Mos
cow's hideous architectural
lines to be their symbol of
.progress - is to walk into a
nightmare of pinched desola
tion.
What a triumph it has been
over there for the new Com
munist master state that
squats upon the rubble left by
the old Fascist master state of
Adolf Hitler! ' -(Copyright,
1958, by United
' Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
At least 95 per cent of
American families include
some kind of canned goods in
their regular diets.
JENKINS
bitious. In addition he is by
nature a FREE ENTERPRIS
ER.
Under the system of subsi
dies that has prevailed since
the war, he could have sat
back, taken his subsidy, turn
ed over his crop, whatever
it might be, to the govern
ment to be stashed away in
bulging warehouses and let
it go at that.
INSTEAD, he kept on. try
ing to beat the system
working, studying and GET
TING THE MOST OUT OF
HIS LAND. When govern
ment cut down his acres, he
made his acres PRODUCE
MORE.
His instinct is to PRO
DUCE.
THAT'S the free enterpriser
for you. I have the feeling
that the American farmer,
taking it by and large, has
reason to be proud of the fact
that he has been an irrepres
sible free enterpriser instead
of a mere subsidy-taker.
HOW will it all turn out?
Will the American, farm
Try and
-By BENNETT CERF-
YOU WANT TO KNOW how to make a fruit cake for the
holiday season? A TV personality on a morning show posed
that question and answered it: "Okay, let's go. Wel'll start by
digging up a great big mix
ing bowl. You'see, it's fully
four feet across. A sturdy
canoe paddle for mixing and
we're ready to pour in the
ingredients. First, three
pounds of dates. Next, two
quarts of brandy, (Now,
taste.) Four pounds of
mixed nuts, two quarts of
brandy. (Taste.) Three
pounds of dried plums (mix
well). .Three quarts brandy.
(TasteSay it's-really get
ting that oId: flavor.) Now,
two rounds paisins-uh two ' ,
pounds raisins. -Three quarts brandy. (Taste. S wunnerful,
huh?) Ten pounsh sherries, five quarsh branny. Make it ten.
Wix mell (sorry) mix well and tashe. WOW! Two cans deter
gent. Fifteen quarsh byooful, golden hooch. Tashe! HOT DOG.
Lean over and take another ta . . . WHOOPS, there you go into,
the bowl! Stay there, pal s'glorious way to spend the holi
daysl". ... .
PTlUeG
(By M-T Staff and Contributors)
MEMBERS of the. Jackson
County Stockmen's asso
ciation have proposed, at least
half seriously, that hanging be
revived as the penalty for
cattle thieves.
ENFORCEMENT of . such a
penalty would, in the eyes
of the office philosopher, have
a number of interesting-even
salutary-effects. For instance:
ROPE manufacturing could
well become a new indus
try in the valley - the kind the
chamber of commerce looks
for, employing a lot of people,
but no dirty smokestacks and
air pollution.
RESULTING, also, would be
the long - delayed enlarge
ment of the courthouse park
ing facilities - for more park
ing would be needed not only
to handle the cars of the addi
tional deputies needed to pre
vent a lynching, but also to
handle the crowds who would
come from miles around, not
only for the trials, but for the
hangings.
YES, the town would pros
per, all right, and not least
because of the well - known
historical fact that the crowds
attending such public events
are traditionally in a gay, free-
spending, holiday mood.
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Letters submitted for publica
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The letters printed - in this
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sent the views of the paper, in
fact the contrary is often the
ease.
Fog and Smog -. -
To the Editor: Did youiver
miss the highway and drive
into a sawmill at 2 o'clock in
the morning on a real foggy
night, and find yourself sur
rounded with huge piles of
lumber, logs, logdecks, log
ponds and sawdust burners?
Then try to find your way
out?
Maybe you have, but not in
an early model automobile
with carbide lights, no tail
light, no windshield swiper
and no yellow line.- Maybe
you have, but did you ever
try it with your head sticking
out through a hole in the is
inglass of the Jiffy-snap-on
side curtains and two back
seat drivers in the back seat,
both Chinamen? If you have
and got out, you should be the
Commander on the Nautilus
Everest Acklin,
Ashland. .
UMC Greenery
To the Editor: Alas! My
Christmas cards are all mail
ed. There is one left though. 1
guess I'll send it to the Med
iora urusade and tuck in a
bit of "greenery." Hats off to
Mrs. Wimberly for a wonder
ful example.
Mrs. Paul Norris,
1481 Ridgeway
Medford.
er, over the long pull, be bet
ter off or worse off because
of his devotion -tothe basic
prinicples of free enterprise?
Let's risk a guess:
When we get a quarter of
a billion people in the United
States, which, the statisti
cians tell us, will be only a
couple of decades or so hence
and -when because of new
highways, new airports, new
factory sites and the burgeon
ing of the suburban, areas
around our cities we have cut
down materially the acreage
of our best farm land, the
American farmer will get his
reward in the form of markets
for EVERYTHING he can
Stop Me
CALIFORNIA college stu-
dents who, much to then
surprise, found themselves the
heroes in the capture of an
armed bandit in the middle of
a heavy fog the other night,
werent so sure about the
meaning of the big "Welcome,
to Oregon" sign they passed
shortly before. (They say
we've got fine policemen in
Oregon, though.) r
.
TTERE we are, with Christ
mas almost upon us.
Which make appropriate a
couple of post office, stories
we've heard, about how the
clerks in the local P.O. some
times go beyond the call of
duty to insure that the mails
will go through. The first in
volves a woman who address
ed a letter of greetings to a
friend in Norway. She-placed
the name - a long, difficult
and "foreign" one - on the
envelope, but, things being the
way they are at Christmas,
forgot the address. Instead of
putting the impersonal "Re
turn to Sender" rubber stamp
on the envelope, the clerk
took the trouble to look up
her name, her telephone num
ber, and to call her about the
oversight. She gave him the
address which he placed on
the envelope. And at the end
of the conversation he wished
her a Merry Christmas -which
she returned, with real
sincerity.
TJIGHT after we heard that
" story, we found in the
Mail Tribune's box a letter
from one of the city's doctors.
It contained a news story
about a professional meeting,
and the sender's address was
on the top-left of the envelope.
But he d forgotten to put any
name or address - or even a
stamp- on the face of the
envelope. ; How it found its
way to us is something of a
small mystery unless that
same thoughtful clerk (or a'
colleague) called the good
doctor; told him about the
blank envelope, ' and asked
him where it was to go. It ar
rived with the single word,
"Tribune," scribbled in pencil
on the outside.
FIS to be hoped that the
doctor rushes out and buys
a stamp, then tears it up, to
reimburse Uncle Sam. -
SEVERAL weeks ago, ourx
city editor began growing
a beard, which by this time
has reached rather impressive
proportions. Well, he took his
wife to the hospital Thursday
morning, and about 26 hours
later became a father. What
we're wondering, however, is
about other, late-arriving ex
pectant fathers, who took one
look at Earl and thought to
themselves, "Good Lord, how
long does this take?l"
"
THAT brings us to our week
ly Centennial whisker
count for the M-T. It has been
a week of defeats. That im
pressive, red, Henry VHI-type
beard we told about in the cir
culation department has van
ished (it created a sore face),
two other' chin-beards in the
same department .nave van
ished,' leaving only mustaches,
for an overall net loss. The
only gain are a few unshaven '
cheeks in the back - shop
which may be intentional, or
which may be simple over
sight. Our photographer'!
beard, however, has lengthen
ed. He looks less like D'Artag
nan today than he does like a
rather young prophet. .
MEDFORD police report
that two men got in
volved in a religious argument
not long ago, and that one
asked the other to leave his
premises. This he did, but he
promptly returned and de
clared, "I have two cheeks and
you can have two swings and
will have the third." Then
he left. But he came back a
third time, forgot all about
Biblical injunctions, and start
ed swinging, first. '
. .
ARCHIBALD, amythical
pixie who helps a Salem
newspaper columnist, is quot
ed as asking, ten years agq
who would have believed that
the time would come when
both husband and wife would
give each other an electric
razor for Christmas?
S
O, TO wind up this bit ot
we shall conclude with a bit
of pre - Christmas nonsense
verse, brought to us under the
guise of having been written
by a child. (This we doubt.)
Anyway, here it is:
Tis a week before Christ-
- mas, yet what do I hear? ;
-Roof-taps on the roof-top?
Can Santa be here?
Alas, Daddy tells me,
"Tis only, I fear,
The rain, dear."
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