4 Thursday, April 2, 193
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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mail Tribune 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1949 (Saturday)
Jackson county school
teachers form a new associa
tion. Clifford Platz is the second
local artist whose works are to
be shown at the Medford Art
Center, 315st Main st.
20 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1939 (Sunday)
The Southern Pacific an
nounces special juvenile rates
for journeys to the Golden
Gate International Exposition
in San Francisco.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "The
Baptist church has spaded up
its parking for a lawn, and
roped it off to keep out sin
ners, and other strays."
30 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1929 (Tuesday)
Longer skirts and rainbow
colored shoes feature Easter
finery.
Medford stores close at .4
p.m. to permit employees to
vote in the airport bond elec
tion. 40 YEARS AGO
April 2, 1919 (Wednesday)
The Red Cross prepares to
open its drive to gather old
clothes for the Armenians.
Jackson county passes a law
regulating public dances.
50 YEARS AGO
April 2. 1909 (Friday)
Pipe for Medford's $350,000
water system is expected to
begin arriving soon.
The Medford city council
appoints an official number
er for designating houses on
the city's streets.
Whai's Yotir I.Q.7
Nine or ten correct it superior;
seven or eight is excellent; five or
six is good.
1. What is the "briny"?
2. Which is the correst
spelling-permissable, or per
missible? 3. "Nautilus" was a famous
fictional submarine created by
which author?
4. "Beauty Sleep" is that
rest obtained before, or after,
midnight?
5. In court trials, when the
accused pleads "nolo conten
dre," does that signify, not
guilty, guilty, or no contest
of the charges?
6. Are the metatarsal bones
in the wrist, back or foot?
7. Some vears aeo. a Presi
dent of the U.S. enunciated
the four freedoms. Who was
the President?
8. What does a philatelist
collect?
9. Is the athletic javelin a
ball-like, spear-like, or disc
like, object?
10. Which of the New Eng
land States has the nickname
"Green Mountain"?
Answers: 1. Ocean. '2. Per
missible. 3. Jules Verne. 4. Be
fore. 5. No contest. 6. In the
foot. 7. F. D. Roosevelt. 8
Stamps. 9. Spear-like. 10. Ver
mont.
Travis Resigns
From Fair Board
T Salem-!PD-Gov. Mark Hat
A field's office said today the
resignation of J. H. (Jack) Tra
vis of Hood River from the
State Fair Board has been ac
cepted. Travis was appointed
in 1957 by ex-Gov. tfobert u
Holmes.
Waiting for the Mail
The bemused editorial writer sits before his
typewriter. His mind is as blank as the paper in
his machine.
"What," he asks himself, "should be com
mented upon today? What can we (he actually
thinks of himself as "we" when in this mood) of
fer today, that will be interesting, sprightly, infor
mative, soid, consequential, helpful?" -
He stares at the typewriter, and sometimes he
convinces himself that it stares back. He walks
across the room to pour himself a cup of coffee.
rvOGS and dog licensing problems? School re
organization? The shortcomings, or accomp
lishments, of the legislature? The increasing
threat of air and water pollution? The horrors of
the Red tyranny in Tibet? The soiled linen of
nepotism in the halls of congress? The fast-increasing
need for parks and recreational facilit
ies at all levels city, county, state and national?
Each is rejected, for today anyway, for vary
ing reasons. Perhaps it is because he wrote about
the subject just a few days ago. Or it may be that
so much has been said on the subject he doesn't
feel he has anything to add, not yet, anyway.
Another is rejected because he knows so
little so woefully little about it, and dislikes
the idea of talking about something from a base
of ignorance or stupidity.
CTILL another may be postponed pending fur-
ther study and thought, or it may be rejected
because he feels the subject speaks for itself, and
that no comment is necessary.
The clock continues to move, the routine of
the day progresses, the deadline approaches. Still
the blank sheet of paper taunts him from the type
writer. "Perhaps," he says wistfully, "the mail will
have an idea in it," and he rips the offending
paper out and turns to other things. E. A.
The Centennial Show
From several sources who should know, we
have heard that Jackson county's centennial or
ganization is about as well along, and on as sound
a basis, as that of any other county in the state
perhaps better.
This is a tribute to the people who organized
the Jackson County Centennial association, and
who have devoted so many hours to planning and
coordinating the many events which have already
begun, and which will take place throughout the
spring and summer.
It is also a tribute to the coordinator. Ernie
Hood, for his effective job of tacking all the de
tails together and following through on the many
tasks which are his.
AS FOR the Centennial Exposition and Interna
tional Trade Fair, which is to be held in Port
land for 100 days starting in June, and which is
sort of the focus of
party, we're not so sure that all is well.
We have received the impression that plan
ning for jt got under way about two years too
late, that it was handicapped by an initial lack of
funds, and that squabbles and dissentions among
the commission members themselves have "held
back orderly progress.
The commission now is straggling against a
fast-approaching deadline to get everything ready
by the early-June opening. It probably will make
it, given luck.
IF IT DOES, we believe it will be in no small part
" due to the efforts of John Snider, Medford's
mayor, who was named to the commission only
a short time ago, and who, since, has been devot
ing a large part of his time to commission bus
iness. . v
He has been reticent about his role, but obser
vers in Portland and Salem report he has been a
steadying and calming influence on a group which
has on occasion run into' personality and policy
differences.
Mayor Snider didn't know what he was get
ting into when he accepted the appointment. He
certainly didn't anticipate having to spend three
or four days of each week in Portland, as he has
done recently, to serve on a three-member "man
agement committee" of the commission, making
the many spot decisions needed at this stage in
the organization.
IF THE commission will continue to work to
" gether and come to amicable solutions on
policy questions, if the management committee
can solve the pressing problems which arise each
day and if, as a result, the big show opens on time
and in style, the state then will owe them all a
debt of gratitude.
Not only to them, of course, but to everyone
throughout the state whose eff orts are going into
making the celebration a successful and produc
tive one.
Whether or not one is personally interested
in the hi-jinks and hoopla connected with the Cen
tennial, it cannot be successfully denied that it is
a chance in a hundred years to "sell" Oregon to
the rest of the nation, and the world. E.A.
the statewide birthday
Dennis the
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Danger in Decision
To the Editor: A U.P.I, news
item in Tuesday's Mail Trib
une is extremely disturbing.
Our Fifth Amendment, has
stood since 179 L One clause
clearly states, "nor shall any
person be subject for the same
offense to be twice put in
jeopardy." And yet the Su
preme Court claims the con
trary. In one case a man was con
victed by a state court, then
found not guilty by a federal
court and yet was convicted
by the Supreme Court. In
another case two men pleaded
guilty and were punished.
Then they were convicted
again for the same offense by
a federal court and the con
viction upheld by the Supreme
Court.
Thank Heaven, Chief Jus
tice Warren and Justices
Black and Douglas vehement
ly dissented, stating that dou
ble prosecutions are "contrary
to the spirit of our free coun
try." But the opinion of the
majority of the Court certain
ly shows how power seems
completely to blind men in
high position and how hard
it is for us even to hold free
doms hard won by our fore
bears. Mr. Editor, if these reports
are true, what can be done?
This position of the Su
preme Court is of far greater
importance than daylight sav
ing time would have been, if
forced without a referendum,
or stinking up the air by a
pulp mill, bad as these would
have been.
Old Teddy Roosevelt one
time advocated a referendum
for judicial decisions, and nat
urally lawyers considered him
absolutely wrong. But I am
not so sure.
Horace W. Thompson,
3642 Hilsinger rd.,
Medford
Prayer of the Unborn
To the Editor: The recent
publicity given conditions at
the county dog pound, with
the number of animals de
stroyed each week, is proof
of the great surplus of ogs
and cats. Pet owners should
adopt and carry out a sensible
program of animal birth con
trol as the solution to the
problem. By this is meant the
humane "neutering" by pro
fessional veterinarians of all
pets, of either sex.
' Let us answer the prayer
of the unborn: "I ask for the
privilege of not being born
-not to be born until you can
assure me of a home and a
master to protect me, and a
right to live as long as I am
physically able to enjoy life;
not to be born until my body
is precious and men have
ceased to exploit it because
it is cheap and plentiful."
Mrs. Cecilia Davidson,
Route 1, Talent, Ore.
Liked Easter Articles
To the Editor: I fear we
humans are too often neglect
ful in expressing our appre
ciation for the "better' things
of life," as we go on our
busy ways. Even though be
lated, I now wish to add my
thanks to you of the Mail
Tribune staff for the sharing
of the "Stories and Meaning
of Easter," as depicted by
Louis Cassels, U.P.I, corre
spondent, March 24 through
27, last week. This was a
b e a u!t i f u 1 contribution to
Christian faith.
It is. very possible that
many will disagree with the
interpretation in some small
detail, but surely all will
agree that the four stories in
general made Easter much
more meaningful to a great
many people as their memo
ries were refreshed.
Thank you very much.
Mrs. Scott V. Davis,
1914 East Main st.,
Medford
Menace
Salvation Army's Work
To the Editor: The local
unit of the Salvation Army
should be commended for car
ing for a heavy increase in the
welfare load of this area.
The help extended to local
families of Medford and Jack
son county by this agency is
for emergency needs only. No
long care program is offered
by them.
Some of the care given this
year is as follows:
Thirty-three families were
given grocery orders, two
families were provided rent
orders, clothing and 357 gar
ments were given to local fam
ilies, along with many shoes.
The Transient Shelter op
erated by the Salvation Army
has also been busy caring for
the transient men, families
and single women. Just under
700 applications have been
received this year with 658
beds and 1951 meals given
January through March. Some
259 women are included in
these figures. A total of 191
items of clothing and shoes
were given to transient fam
ilies and men who were in
need. Unemployment has plac
ed a heavy burden on a pri
vate agency like The Salva
tion Army.
While The Salvation Army
depends upon the United Med
ford Crusade for support ' of
its welfare activities, it also
receives help from its own re
sources. Six months of the cur
rent budget year have passed
and about three-fourths of the
Army's welfare budget has
been expended because of the
increased demands.
More referrals from other
public and private agencies
have been received during the
last three months. Ministers
from variouji churches refer
families to The Salvation
Army office more than in the
past, which helps to avoid
duplication of aid to the same
families. Cash grants and
transportation have been
eliminated because of lack of
funds. Single people are re-
fused grocery orders in prefer
ence to familes with children.
With the better weather
ahead it is expected that move
ment of families through the
area will increase inothe next
two months. Those "in need
should be reminded that of
fice hours for family relief
including clothing are from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Saturday at the cfice,
on Fourth and Bartlett sts.
The Transient Shelter for food
and shelter is open every day
of the week, at 5:30 p.m.,
supper is at 6 p.m. and break
fast at 7 a.m.
The people of Medford
should be proud of the work
of the Salvation Army and
remember its good work when
giving through the United
Medford Crusade.
L. S. Horton,
UMC Public Relations
Chairman
Deer Hunting in 1886
To the Editor: There was no
state law in Oregon in 1886 to
prohibit the killing of deer at
any time. Deer were plentiful
in Oregon, everybody enjoyed
eating good venison.
A bunch of four boys, resi
dents of Ashland, 16 to 18
years of age, consisting of Wil
liam Fox, Otis Helm an,
Charles Million and George.
Brandon, decided to go on a
deer hunting trip to the Jenny
Creek country located about
25 miles east of Ashland,
where deer were plentiful.
They made camp about one
quarter mile from a "deer
lick" where deer licked salt
from the ground. A "blind"
was already constructed to
shield the hunter from being
seen by the deer.
' George Brandon was a
cripple and could not walk
far and stayed in camp to do
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
From Tokyo-Tokyo is in
Asia:
Red China's image as a
friendly model for neutral
Asian nations is crumbling un
der withering criticism of its
bloody tactics in Tibet. Edi
torial writers from India to
Indonesia attacked Peiping in
unusually outspoken terms.
An example:
In New Delhi (capital of
India) Ashok Mehta, spokes
man for India's Praja Social
ist party, says: "Today it is
Tibet. Tomorrow it may be
Nepal. Day after tomorrow, IT
MAY BE US."
All over Asia, the restraint
once shown in criticising com
munism was gone.
HMMMMMM.
Give a thief enough rope
and he'll hang himself.
At least, let's hope so.
FROM Washington - home
range of the politician:
Senator Estes Kefauver says
the "forgotten" American con
sumer must rise up in protest
if the inflation plaguing the
United States is ever to be
halted.
He adds:
"A cabinet-level Depart
ment of Consumers, which I
recently proposed, is the best
way for lonely consumers to
make' their voices heard above
the strident clamor of the spe
cial interests.
BEFORE cheering,' pause a
moment and THINK.
A cabinet-level Department
of Consumers would be head
ed by a cabinet member at
a $25,000 salary and perqui
sites such as a limousine with
a drive.r-which, of course,
would be1 mere peanuts. As
a cabinet member, he would
have to have an assistant,
which still wouldn't amount
to much, everything consid
ered. But-
In the course of time
His assistant would have
to have an assistant. The next
step would be an assistant as
istant. And so on.
Then- i
Each assistant would have
to have a secretary. Each as
sistant assistant would have
to have a secretary. In the
course of time, all the secre
taries would require stenogra
phers. THE next step would be
field workers, and the field
workers would have to have
automobiles. In due course,
they would have to have re
gional offices, and each re
gional office would have to
have a director and the direc
tor would have to have an
assistant and the director's as
sistant would probably have
to have an assistant.
They'd all have to have
stenographers and clerks.
NO! No! No! Senator.
Leave us alone!
Don't burden us with any
more departments. We have
about all we can stand up
under, as it is.
the cooking. The other three
boys hunted in day time and
watched the lick at night for
two days and nights, but
failed to kill or see a deer and
decided to return to Ashland.
There would be one more
night for someone to watch
the lick and George Brandon
said, "Well, I'll try my luck
and watch for tonight." So,
after dark he went to the lick,
got behind the blind, lay
down on the ground, poked
his gun barrel through an
opening in the blind, and was
ready for the deer to arrive.
Soon the moon came up. A
little later he noticed deer
coming toward the lick. He
cocked his old 12 gauge muzzle-loader
shotgun, loaded
with buckshot, and watched
closely. Soon a big buck deer
stopped at the lick, and quick
ly George fired at him. He
fell to the ground. As George
walked toward him he found
his buckshot had killed two
deer instead of one.
George suggested they dress
the two deer and divide them
in four parts so each man
would have an equal share of
deer meat. All said, "No,
George. No, you should have
a whole deer and nothing
less." So George got a whole(
deer. It helped George con
siderable as he was helping to
care for his mother and two
little sisters in Ashland.
Frank S. Brandon
211 North Ivy st.
Medford.
Program Success
To the Editor: Thank you
for the fine assistance in mak
ing our free mass theater pro
grams on "Time . and Two
Women" a success.
Without your cooperation, it
would not have' been possible
for the women of Jackson
county to receive this educa
tion on cancer.
Mrs. C. B. Collins,
Educational Chairman,
Jackson County Unit
American Cancer Society.
CAPTURE JESSE JAMES
Montreal - (LTD - Jesse
James, 23, of Jackson, Miss.,
held as a burglary suspect,
said he was no relation of the
late outlaw of the same name.
Tibet Revolt Brings Second
Thoughts to 'Neutralists'
Br PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Editor
Asian and Mideastern neu
trals are having second
thoughts about communism.
And other na
tions in the
same area,
having long
since declared
t h e m s e 1 yes
against Com
munism, are
dedoubling ef
forts to stamp
it out within
Phil Nfiwsom their own hnr-
ders. The second thoughts are
the direct results of Red
China's ruthless attempts to
stamp out the revolt in Tibet
and have been especially evi
dent in India and Indonesia,
two states where Khrushchev,
Mao Tse Tung & Co. have had
their most vocal apologists.
Ihe situation is esDeciallv
distressing for Premier Jawa
harlal Nehru of India.
It took many weeks for
Nehru finally to condem So
viet Russia for its suDoression
of the Hungarian revolt. When
Editorial Comment
TALKING POLITICS
Up in Eastern Oregon, Edi
tor J. W. Forrester casts an
editorial eye at the younger
members of the Legislature.
Here, he says in his Pendleton
East Oregonian, is where we
shall find our state-wide of
ficials of tomorrow. His com
ments sent us to checking and,
sure enough, history proves
him right. Of the 14 men who
have been governor since
World War I, all but four
(Olcott, Meir, Martin and
Sprague) got their starts in the
Oregon Legislature.
But Forrester is speaking
principally of the young Dem
ocrats in the Legislature. He
mentions Senators Monroe
Sweetland, Alf Corbett, and
Ward Cook and Rep. Robert
Duncan. We'd add two Lane
County names - Sen. Robert
Straub and Rep. Keith Skel-
ton, both men of whom more
will be heard.
Republicans, too, are find
ing new talent for their team.
In the Senate Tony Yturri
has the look of a man who is
going places. Across the ro
tunda Representatives Victor
Atiyeh, Pat Metke, and F. F
Montgomery, all freshmen this
session, are reported to be
rising stars.
Bob Duncan, speaker of the
house, comes in for exception
al notice from the East Ore
gonian which says:
"Representative , Duncan's
star began to shine two years
ago when he arrived in the
Legislature. His ability to pre
sent legislation to members of
the House was widely com
mented upon. His stature has
grown in his second session
as. speaker of the house. He
runs a tight ship from the
speaker's chair but still main
tains the friendship of mem
bers of the opposition party,
Duncan, many think, is the
Democrats' answer to Mark
Hatfield. Some think he has
more political sex appeal than
the governor. If there is a fu
ture big leaguer in this Dem
ocratic galaxy, it probably is
Duncan."
We'd go along with that. He
certainly is his party's out
standing member in the House.
What's more, he's in a tough
bind. By tradition, the spaak
er of the House does not seek
re-election. He may, again by
tradition, run for the Senate.
But his county, Jackson, has
only one senator and that man,
Dr. Ed Durno, will be a "hold
over" next time. So Bob Dun
can can't do that. Nor. can he
run for governor next time,
because Gov. Mark Hatfield
will also be a "holdover."
In Democratic circles, we
understand, Sen. Monroe
Sweetland has dibs on run
ning for secretary of state.
That leaves Bob Duncan to
run either for state treasurer
or attorney general. He should
run for something. We suffer
too much from the "fallout"
of good young men who turn
their backs on the hard work
of politics. Eugene Register-Guard.
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at last he did take a stand,
he explained:-
"I had to unlearn all I had
learned before I could learn
the right lesson."
Nehru, a socialist and an
idealist, was learning the hard
way. The present lesson comes
no easier.
But hesitant and mild
though his condemnation may
be, Nehru also is recognizing
Red China's threat to Asia in
general and to India specifi
cally. It may come none too
soon.
Nehru's All-India Congress
Party was not able to prevent
a Communist regime from
taking over the Indian state
of Kerala, with all its attend
ant loss of freedoms. Red
Chinese maps have appeared
in India incorporating within
Red China Nepal, Bhutan and
tAatter of Fact
BLOOD ON THE
WORLD'S ROOF
Washington-In Tibet, Jaw
aharlal Nehru and a lot of
other people are receiving a
much - needed
demonstration
of the ruth
lessness, pes
sistency, and
power of Chi
nese imperial
ism. The origins
of the clash
that is stain-
jos;pb Aisop ing the roof of
the world with blood can be
rather shortly summarized.
Until now, in brief, the Chi
nese Communist effort to
transform Tibet into a de
pendable puppet state has
been cautious but highly dis
ruptive. On the cautious side, the
Chinese maintained the fa
cade of Tibet's ancient relig
ious government headed by
Tibet's two chief living Gods,
the Dalai Lama and the Pan
chen Lama. But on the disrup
tive side, the Chinese drove
two great military roads into
Tibet, at fearful cost in life
among the forced laborers
They sent tens of thousands
of Chinese exiles to settle in
the once-closed country, espe
cially around Lhasa, the sac
red capital. And they attempt
ed an unprecentedly close
control of Tibet's day-to-day
affairs.
ONE of the first major re
actions to ' this Chinese
pressure was a rebellion of
the warlike Khamba tribe,
who originally occupied East
ern Tibet. The Khambas were
driven out of the East by the
Chinese Communist Army,
but most of the tribe's fight
ing men made their escape to
Southern Tibet. There they
established their present cen
ter of resistance. The resist
ance movement grew; and
this finally caused the Chi
nese to attempt the preven
tive arrest of the Dalai Lama,
the living God who has al
ways held most of the tem
poral power.
The riots and fighting that
resulted in Lhasa, the escape
of'the Dalai Lama to join the
Khamba resistance force, and
the Peking government's proc
lamation naming the Panchen
Lama as the new puppet-ruler
of Tibet, are all items in a
tale twice-told. The points to
note are the continuance of
the resistance, and its acquisi
tion of the Dalai Lama as a
divine figurehead. For Pe
king, these are very serious
points indeed.
WITH its secret valleys,
fearful heights, and stur
dy people, Tibet is ideal re
sistance country. Its complete
pacification will not be easy,
even if the Chinese shed
Tibetan blood like water, as
they can be expected to do.
Furthermore, the two new
Chinese military roads only
extend to the main bases of
the 60,000 man army China
has in Tibet. Guerilla-hunting
units will have to be supplied
by air drop, and this will
sorely tax air transport re
sources that are already
strained to the utmost by the
frenzied tempo of China's
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ftANK MOtOAN - HAHOtO
DAY Oft NfGW
Sikkim, particular spheres of
India influence.
Nehru's opposition is de
manding to know what fur
ther evidence he needs of Red
China's expansion plans.
It was at the Bandung Con
ference in Indonesia in 1955
that Red China blossomed
out as the defender of Asia
against Western colonialism
and against Western interfer
ence in Asian affairs.
It was a high-water mark
of Red Chinese prestige. To
day, under the hammer blows
against Tibet, that prestige is
vanishing rapidly. Said the in
fluential Times of Indonesia:
"Forced conversion to Com
munism at the point of the
bayonet will not go down well
in the neutral countries which
are China's mainstay in inter
national politics."
By Joseph AIsop
five-year plan. Finally, as
everyone has remarked, this
naked, cruel display of Chin
ese imperialism in Tibet is
the sharpest sort of correc
tive for the Asian wooly
mindedness about China that
has been typified by Nehru.
To see this affair in perspec
tive, however, it is also ne
cessary to note that Nehru
ought not to have needed this
reminder of China's persistent
imperialism. One of the two
central facts in the history of
the Asian mainland is the in
exhaustible power drive of
the Chinese people.
In the last four millenia,
this Chinese power drive has
expanded the area that could
properly be called "China"
from three small provinces in
the Yellow River valley to
the present Chinese boun
daries. It has built empire
after empire. It has survived
a whole series of periods of
Chinese internal decay. It has
been felt again by all. of
China's neighbors, whenever
China had a strong central
government-as at present.
THE recent events in Tibet
had even more specific
echoes of the past, moreover.
Previous Panchen Lamas
were the favorite puppets of
China's Manchu emperors, be
ing regularly employed as
counterweights to the more
independent and nationalist
Dalai Lamas, just as the Pan
chen Lama is being employed
now. Again, the use of whole
armies of exiles to make a
new province into a perman
ent part of China is a tech
nique the Chinese have been
using for a couple of thou
sand years. For instance, thu
technique helped to make
Canton and all the rest of
South China into Chinese ter
ritory. No historian has explained
this Chinese dynamism, which
has eventually spelled the
doom of every neighbor
China has ever had. But even
if the phenomenon is inex
plicable, it is still a central
phenomenon, and especially
nowadays, when Communist
dynamism has been added to
Chinese dynamism.
As for the other central
nhpnomenon of Asian history.
it is India's persistent tenden-
rv tn weakness and disunity.
As most people have forgotten
China's past, so most people
also seem to have forgotten
that India almost automatic
ally succumbed to any in
vader who gained control of
thf nasses of the Himalayas,
from the time of Alexander
the Great until the era of the
British cortauest. Yet Nehru
managed to overlook both the
consolidation of Soviet in
fluence in Afghanistan, and
the Chinese subjection of Ti
bet, until the Tibetian rebel
lion raised the kind of moral
issue that Nehru could hardly
ignore.
(c) 1959 New York
Herald Tribune, Inc.
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