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Another Record Set
Consumer Buying
Power Reduced by
1.5 Per Cent
Fourth Straight
Month of Increase
Washington-(UPD-The govern
ment reported today that the
cost of living rose fractionally
in July to reach an all-time
high.
Higher prices were report
ed by the Labor Department
in nearly all areas of the con
sumer spending. The increase,
plus a decline in spendable
earnings, reduced consumer
buying power by approximate
ly 1.5 per cent.
Automat.'? Increases Due
However, more than one
million worktrs with contracts
tied to the cost of living will
receive automatic wage in
creases. Generally these will
amount to about two cents an
hour.
It was the fourth straight
monthly increase in the con
sumer price index. It stood
at 124.9 per cent of the 1947
49 average, at the end of July.
This is 0.8 per cent above a
year previous and means it
costs $12.49 to buy today as
much as $10 did in the 1947-49
period. -
Predict August Decline
The department said the in
crease actually was less than
the usual seasonal jump re
corded between June and
July. A spokesman predicted
the report for August prob
ably will show a decline.
Biggest factor in the in
crease in July was an 18.5 per
cent advance in egg prices.
This was twice the usual rise
for this time of year.
Seasonal increases in the
prices of meat and poultry
more than offset declines in
the prices of fresh fruit andi
vegetables. !
Tax Increase Cited
Hersey Riley, chief of the
department's price branch,
said increases in local taxes
going into effect July 1 ac
counted for about one quar
ter of the increase.
One of the most significant
declines, the department said,
was the 0.7 per cent drop in
selling prices of new cars.
Another major downturn in
p-ices involved a 0.5 per cent
drop in gasoline prices.
Three Injured in
Accident in City
Three persons one a 9-
year-old child-received minor
injuries in a two-car accident
at Stewart ave. and Plum st.
Thursday afternoon, Medford
police reported".
Police said Donna Jo Child
reth, 16, of 2231 Orchard
Home dr., the driver of one
vehicle, received numerous
cuts and a swollen right arm,
and the driver of the other
car, Olinda Rose Igo, 42, of
1346 Dixie lane, suffered an
injured right knee and a cut
over the left eye. .
Gloria Jean Igo, 9, a pass
enger in the Igo vehicle, suf
fered small cuts and swelling
on her forehead, police said.
All three refused medical
attention at the scene, police
reported. No citations were
issued.
i London-flJPD-Sir Jacob Ep
stein, one of the world's great
est and most controversial
sculptors, died this, week in
his London home, it was learn
ed todays He was 79.
Albany Contractor Dies
In Newport Plane Crash
Newport, Ore. -(UPD A light
private plane plunged into a
residential district three miles
south of here Thursday, kill
ing Jack Draper, 39, promi
nent Albany home builder.
The falling plane narrowly
missed a home as it ploughed
into the ground in the Surf
land residential area.
Fire Extinguishes Fire
Ironically, water spraying
from a main ruptured by the
impact extinguished a fire
which- broke out in the
wreckage.
The plane hit the ground
less than 50 feet from the
home of Jerva Feld, a New
port hospital nurse.
'He's Not Running,
That He Was
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Council Approves
Plans for Jackson
St. Swimming Pool
Approval of plans and speci
fications for the West Jackson
st. swimming pool and a call
for bids on the project were
voted unanimously by the
Medford city council Thurs
day night.
City Manager Robert A.
Duff explained that bids
would be asked both on the
bathhouse and swimming pool
alone and on an adjacent div
ing tank.
City officials believe that
funds now on hand are suf
ficient for constructing the
bathhouse and pool. - "
Several councilmen have
expressed an interest in hav
ing the diving tank built at
the same time, since among
other things a considerable
saving in cost could be1 ef
fected. Agree to Funds
The council agreed at its
June 18 meeting to try raising
the additional funds for the
diving tank, estimated at $15,
000, from private sources. So
far, no successes have been
reported.
"Apparently." Duff com
mented last night, "we haven't
accomplished some of the
things we were going to do in
the way of raising additional
funds.
The council's apparent po
sition now is to call for bids
on the whole project in hopes
that if a low enough figure is
received it may prove possible
to raise enough money subse
quently to make up the dif
ference. Postpone Action
The councilmen postponed
action on plans and specifica
tions for extending Fourth st
east from North Riverside ave.
across Bear creek to East
Jackson st. pending further
study. Duff explained there
was no immediate need for ap
proval,
Officials Called
To Drowning Report
The coroner's and sher
iff's offices and Ashland
police were called to the
home of Gail Brewer Jr..
1400 Ashland Mine rd.
early this afternoon to in
vestigate the reported
. drowning of a 2-year-old
boy.
Draper's body was thrown
from the wreckage.
Occurred During Fog
The crash occurred during
a heavy fog. Draper was re
turning to Albany after a vis
it to his family at their sum
mer home near Newport.
Draper is survived by his
widow, .Barbara, and six chil
dren.
Draper was a son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schmidt,
Oceanside. Calif., who were
in Newberg attending a fam
ily gathering at the time of
the accident. The Schmidts
spend their summers at a cab
in at Squaw lakes and are
former residents of Medford.
Mrs. Draper is the former
Barbara Schmidt.
Exactly I'd just Say
Going Like '60"
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Plans and specifications
were approved for paving
streets and installing a sani
tary sewer in Brookhurst sub
division unit No. 2. Roy P
Wilkes, subdivider, is to bear
the cost of the improvements.
The council also accepted
as completed projects the
Eastover terrace-Hillcrest rd.
sanitary sewer and the paving
of East Jackson st. from
Biddle rd. to Genessee st.
Action on an offer of an
abandoned quarry site on Old
Military rd. from the Jackson
county court was postponed.
Duff reported that the prop
erty would have no significant
value for the city. The ques
tion of liability for any acci
dents on the property, which
reportedly includes a 30-foot
ledge, was also discussed.
Smaller Streams
Hold Own in Rain
Yesterday's rain had little
effect on irrigation district wa
ter supplies but did enable
the smaller streams to "hold
their own," D. C. Hendrix,
Jackson county watermaster,
sai 1 today.
The big Applegate river in
creased in water flow from 28
cubic feet per second to 40
cubic feet per second. All wa
ter usesrs there with water
rights are still pumping. Those
pumping from the smaller
streams have not been cut
back further as they would
have been without yesterday's
rain, Hendrix said.
Yesterday's rain did lessen
the demand somewhat on irri
gation supplies in the various
districts but did not have
much effect on the over-all
picture,, Hendrix said.
Space Capsule
Eludes Searchers
Vandenberg AFB, Calif. -(UPD-Ships
searched a 10,000
square mile area of the Paci
fic today in America's latest
attempt to recover a space
capsule, but there was little
hope the instrument - filled
package would be found.
The 300-pound, 27 by 33
inch capsule was successfully
ejected from Discoverer VI
satellite Thursday, but ships
and planes waiting for the re
covrey failed to sight it or
hear its radio signals.
"Therefore it is unlikely
that the capsule will be re
covered although the search
will be continued . . ." said
the Defense department in
Washington.
It was the second failure in
six days at recovering a space
capsule from orbit, and the
third time in the Discoverer
series this year.
letter To Norblad
Threatens Defeat
Portland - -(UPD - Rep. Wal
ter Norblad (R-Ore.) was re
ported today to have received
a letter from a top labor
leader threatening to work to
defeat him at the polls next
year because of his vote on
the labor reform bill.
Gov. Hatfield's
Office, Gunnar
Deny'Lavishness'
State-Financed
Trip Also Denied
Salem - (UPD - Gov. Mark
Hatfield's office and GOP
State Chairman Peter Gunnar
both denied charges today that
the governor's expenses were
on a "lavish scale" or that the
governor's recent trip to
Puerto Rico was "state fi
nanced." The hassle started when
Gunnar charged Sen. Richard
Neuberger (D-Ore.) with hav
ing a hefty payroll. Neuberg
er's administrative assistant,
Lloyd Tupling, replied by at
tacking Hatfield's expenses,
including his trip to the gov
ernor's conference in Puerto
Rico.
Graphic Evidence
Gunnar said "the most re
cent barrage from the Neu
berger propaganda machine
gives the people of Oregon
graphic evidence of the terror
Sen. Neuberger feels as he
considers facing the voters in
1960 with his record of irre
sponsibility." Travis Cross, the governor's
press secretary, commented:
"Tupling has been tippling
the nectar of negativism again.
He went gunning for Gunnar
but some of his shots have
gone astray."
The governor's office said
the National Guard airplane
which took Hatfield, his wife,
and their party from here to
Miami, Fla., was on a "routine
flying mission."
Own Way Paid
Cross said two reporters
aboard paid their own way
or had it paid by two Port
land newspapers. He said
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Alfred
Rintz also paid their own way.
Hintz is adjutant general of
the Oregon Guard.
Cross said travel by Mrs.
Hatfield was authorized by
the National Guard Bureau
and that the governor's secre
tary, Leolyn Barnett, was. au
thorized to travel as staff. He
said the governor's state policeman-chauffeur
traveled as
a security officer which many
governors took, with them 4e
the Caribbean area.
Criticized for Cars
Tupling also criticized Hat
field for his two cars.
The governor's office re
plied that use of state cars
was cheaper than paying
mileage for use of private
vehicles.
Gunnar said the story from
Neuberger's office was "pa
tently ridiculous considering
his (Neuberger's) $22,500 sena
torial salary and the untold
royalties which he makes
moonlighting in his free lance
writing business."
Ashland Firm Low
Bidder on Pickup
Jim Busch Ford Sales, Ash
land, yesterday was awarded
the contract for county pur
chase of a four-wheel drive
pickup truck, according to
the Jackson county court.
The Ashland company was
lowest bidder at $2,450 for
the six-cylinder, half-ton ve
hicle. Other bidders were Med
ford Motors at $3,135.52, Par
sons Motors at $2,810, and
Crater Lake Motors at $2,
600.57. Money for the truck was
included in this fiscal year's
budget, County Commissioner
Ralph James said. The truck
is to be used by the Soil Con
servation Service for drilling
test holes.
Administration Seeks
Teachers' Housing
The Medford public schools
administration has announced
that it is seeking moderately
priced housing for incoming
teachers, who are expected to
begin arriving in the next
two weeks.
Individuals having housing
available are asked to call the
Medford Public School office,
SP 3-3683.
The school administration
urges community cooperation
in meeting the housing need.
WEATHER
Forecast: Party cloudy through
Saturday. Mild temperatures.
Low tonight 50. High Saturday
80.
TEMP.
Highest Yesterday 61
Lowest This Morning 54
Prec. to 10 a.m. Today 04
Our Skies Tonight
Sunset today
7:05 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow ' 5:25 a.m.
Moonrise tonight 8:45 p.m.
Last Quarter Aug. 2fi
Jupiter, the largest planet, seen
in the southwest at moonrise to
night, continues to move east
ward among the stars. Its mo
tion is more noticeable than that
of more distant Saturn.
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Bomb Scare Sends
Firemen, Police
To Sears Store
Call Received at
8:45 Last Night
A telephoned bomb threat
-apparently a hoax-sent Med
ford police and firemen rush
ing to the new Sears, Roe
buck and Company store in
the Medford Shopping Center
on East Jackson st. last night.
The call was received at
the Medford central fire sta
tion at 8:45 p.m., just 15 min
utes before the department
store, which opened yester
day, was to close for the
night.
Police allowed shoppers to
file out at closing time. Then,
with firemen and store em
ployees participating, the en
tire store was searched "from
top to bottom, side to side,"
police reported.
They found nothing. And at
11:15 p.m., when the bomb
if there was one was suppos
ed to go off, nothing hap
pened. Newman Haskell Caster,
the fireman who1 received the
threat, quoted the anonymous
caller as saying, "There will
be a bomb go off in Sears in
two-and-a-half hours." Caster
said the voice was a man's.
About 9:15 p.m., 10 fire
men with two pumpers were
sent to the scene. The fire
trucks stood by until after
midnight.
The search of the store was
called off at 10:45 p.m., po
lice said. At that time, the
building was evacuated.
The emergency crews and
Sears officials reportedly stay
ed in the area until 1 a.m
From then until 8 a.m., an
off-duty Medford policeman
working as a security, guard
for Sears continued to patrol
the area.
... Police Chief - Charles - P.
Champlin today said he could
not say for certain whether
the incident was a hoax. He
said all such reports must be
taken seriously.
Hawaii Officially
Becomes State
Washington (UPD Presi
dent Eisenhower proclaimed
Hawaii a state today and un
furled a new 50-star flag for
the nation.
The President's proclama
tion bringing the Pacific
islands territory into the
union and the unveiling of
the new flag took place at
formal White House ceremo
nies. It marked the second time
this year that Eisenhower has
welcomed a new state. He
proclamied Alaska a state
Jan. 3 in similar ceremonies.
Today's proclamation gave
statehood status to 585,000
Hawaiians in the island clus
ter which lies 2,400 miles
from the West coast.
Phoenix Festival
Plans To Be Aired
Phoenix-The Phoenix Fall
Festival plans will be dis
cussed during a meeting of
the Phoenix Community club
at 8 p.m., Monday in the
clubhouse, according to Allen
Harris, community club presi
dent. The board of governors and
all residents have been asked
to attend, Harris said. Gen
eral business will be "on the
agenda and tentative recrea
tion programs will be dis
cussed also, the club presi
dent said.
New 50-Star Flag
Unveiled by Ike
At Ceremonies
Washington (UPD A
new 50-star U.S. flag was
unveiled today by Presi
dent Eisenhower. It carries
five rows of six stars al
ternating wilh four rows
of five stars on the field of
blue.
The White House said the
new design met with the
President's personal ap
proval. Design of the new flag
was disclosed as President
Eisenhower signed a procla
mation admitting Hawaii
into the union as the 50th
stale. ,
The new flag will not be
come the official flag of
the United Stales until next
July 4. The present 49-slar
flag was first flown last
July 4.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1959
PRIZE LEGHORN - Carolyn Tiegs, Talent
4-H club member, is shown above with one
of the hens that helped her win top honors,
in the poultry division at the 4-H and FFA
Delivery Canal To
Be Shut Down
Between Seasons
A measure which will pre
vent loss of deer in Howard
Prairie delivery canal be
tween the end of this irriga
tion season and the start of
next has been announced by
the bureau of reclamation.
Water, flow through the
canal, a part of the Talent
division reclamation project,
will be cut off during that pe
riod, the bureau's Rogue basin
project-office at Camp White
reported.
Members of the Jackson
County chapter of the Izaak
Walton league, in a resolution
adopted last week, noted con
siderable deer loss in the
17V4-mile canal this summer
and asked that corrective
measures be taken. Walton
ians requested that the fed
eral government furnish suf
ficient funds and use them
for this purpose. They suggest
a concrete slab cover for the
canal or fencing with bridges
in proper places.
Season Ends Sept. 15
Talent district's irrigation
season ends on Sept. 15 and
the new season begins in
April, 1960. Shutdown of the
canal is in connection with
enlargement of Emigrant dam
and reservoir. The bureau said
that a big migration of the
Green Springs migratory
black tail deer herd should
have an almost dry canal to
cross. Limited turn-ons for
power plant testing are anti
cipated and there may be
"some water but very little"
in the canal between the two
seasons, it was reported.
This fall's shutdown, how
ever, will provide only tem
porary protection to the deer
herd. The canal runs from
Howard Prairie dam to Keene
Creek diversion dam.
No shutdown is planned
between the 1960 and 1961
irrigation seasons since water
from the canal, will be used
for power generation and
then will flow on as additional
storage for Emigrant reser
voir. . '
Waltonians termed the
canal, which has ramps and
slab crossings, "an almost im
passable barrier" and a "death
trap" to deer. A report this
morning maintained that the
canal had claimed some 50
deer.
Four Wristwatches
Reported Missing
Four wristwatches worth a
total of $169.35 were taken
Thursday morning from Dell's
jewelry store, 123 West Main
st., according to Medford
police.
. Police said they were in
formed by Delbert LeRoy
Hain, proprietor, that the
watches were taken while he
was in the rear of the store.
The watches were described
as two man's wristwatches,
worth $45 each, and two lady's
wristwatches, worth $29.75
and $49.59, respectively.
Portland - (UPD Attendance
at the Oregon Centennial
Thursday was 11,126, bringing
the total to date to 964,864.
fill
fair this week. She was named champion
showman and grand champion poultry exhibitor.
Kiwanis Fair Gets
Started; 4-H, FFA
Auction Is Tonight
The Kiwanis sponsored j
Jackson County Fair opened
last night at the Medford
armory while the 4-H, FFA
fair, being held just north of
the armory, continued in full
swing.
Almost 1,000 people attend
ed the opening of the Kiwanis
county fair, Manager Russ
Jamison said, and attendance
is expected to increase as the
four-day affair.moves into, the
week end
Highlight of today's events
at the Jackson county 4-H and
FFA fair will be the livestock
auction scheduled for 7:30
o'clock tonight.
The top . livestock in this
week fair events will be sold
at public auction. Included in
the sale will be 118 head Jf
sheep, 80 ' hogs, 70 head of
cattle, one pen of six roasters
and the champion rabbit. Bill
Bray of Midway Auction Yard
will be auctioneer.
Last night's activities in the
Kiwanis fair included a welcome-
to the fair by Pat Rush
ton (Miss Jackson County) and
a host of exhibits, demonstra
tions and contests.
Unofficial Host
The shaggy dog, unofficial
host of the children's events,
stole the show and demon
strated his artistic tempera
ment only once when he mis
took the balloon-breaking con
test for gunfire.
Larry Horton, chairman of
exhibits, said that there were
more entries in all depart
ments this year than last. A
special Oregon wildflower ex
hibit has been insured for a
reported $10,000 because of
the rare plants on display.
Today's activities included
an air salute by planes from
Kingsley Air Force base,
Klamath Falls, scheduled to
fly over the area shortly after
1 p.m.
Ohio's walking grandmoth
er, Mrs. Emma Gatewood, ran
into scheduling difficulty on
her flight this morning from
North Bend but she was still
expected to appear at the fair
at 8 o'clock tonight.
Dog Owned by Ashland Girl Wins First
Obedience Contest at 4-H, FFA Fair
Young dogs that someday
may lead the blind were put
through their paces Thursday
in an obedience test at the
Jackson county 4-H, FFA fair
here.
The test, first of its kind
at . the fair, was held under
conditions as difficult as the
canines were ever likely to
encounter.
The dogs are being trained
by young tutors in Jackson
county as a 4-H project. After
living with families here for
several months and mastering
the fundamentals of obedi
ence, the dogs are returned
before they are a year old to
Guide Dogs for the Blind, San
Rafael, Calif.
Advance Training
There, they receive four
months of rigorous advance
training before active duty
as new "eyes" for sightless
persons.
54th Year
Tribune
No. 124
A special sky diving ex
hibition is scheduled for 6:30
o'clock tonight, to be followed
by a program presented by
Morton Gossett, Eagle Point,
president of the Southern Ore
gon Sky Divers club, and
other club members.
Stage Entertainment
Exhibits and displays con
tinue tonight and stage enter
tainment is scheduled.
Breeding sheep judging and
dairy judging started at
o'clock this morning in the
4-H,. FFA fair. Sheep show
manship was set for 1 o clock
this afternoon, and dairy judg
ing was to continue into the
afternoon.
Dairy showmanship starts
out tomorrow s events at 9
a.m. followed by a tractor
driving contest at 2:30 p.m.
All exhibits will be released
at .6 p.m.
Woman Threatened
With Bodily Harm
A woman whose letters on
behalf of air pollution abate
ment have appeared recently
in the Mail Tribune communi
cations column today received
a telephone call threatening
her with bodily harm, Med
ford police reported.
Police said Mrs. Leonard
Matheus, 1124 West 10th st.,
received the call about 11:40
a.m. The anonymous male
caller, according to4he report,
first asked her if she was the
woman who had been writing
about smudge.
Then, the investigating
patrolman continued, the
caller said "if she didn't
knock it off he and a couple
of other guys were out to get
her." They threatened to harm
her physically, the patrolman
said.
Salem-flJPD-A bumper crop
of Douglas fir cones is expect
ed in Oregon this year, ac
cording to the State Forestry
Department.
Cora, a German shepherd
trained by Cathy. Grimm,
Ashland, won first prize in
the event. Second was Zaun
dra, a Chesapeake Bay re
triever trained by Nyla Mur
ray, Medford.
The third place dog, a
Golden retriever, was trained
by Sharon Roderick, Ashland;
the fourth, a German shep
herd, by Janet Issi, Medford;
the fifth, a Golden retriever
handled by Bobby De Boer,
Ashland; the sixth, a Golden
retriever trained by Betty de
Place, Medford.
The seventh dog participat
ing was a German shepherd
handled by Denny Retter,
Ashland. All seven young
sters are members of the Sis
Q Guide Dog 4-H club.
Test Competition
Thursday's competition in
cluded tests of walking at
various paces, turning, stop
State-Financed
Trip With 10 To
Puerto Rico Noted
Attack Result of
Gunnar's Charges
Washington (UPD - Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger's top
assistant today referred to
the lavish scale of Governor
Hatfield's personal operation
as governor" in answer to Re
publican attacks on Neu
berger's $100,000 office pay
roll and magazine earnings.
Lloyd Tupling, former Pa
cific Northwest newspaper
man who is Neuberger's ad
ministrative assistant, said he
and the senator regretted
having to comment on charges
leveled at Neuberger recently
by State Republican Chair
man Peter Gunnar.
No Quarrel
We have no quarrel with
Governor Hatfield's extensive
perquisites, such as his state
financed junket with 10 other
people, including Mrs. Hat
field and his chauffeur, to
Puerto Rico," Tupling said.
But if Governor Hatfield's
close political intimate, Mr.
Gunnar. wants to make an
issue of such irrelevancies as
Senator Neuberger's payroll,
then we are fully prepared to
discuss the lavish scale of
Governor Hatfield's personal
operation as Governor," he
added.
Regrets Bringing Up
Tupling said that while
Mrs. Hatfield flew to Puerto
Rico at state expense for the
recent governors conference.
Mrs. Neuberger's trips with
the senator "are to no such
sumptuous island tourist re
sort and they are paid for put
of Neubergers' own pocket."
Tupling pointed out that
Neuberger's payroll is autho
rized by law "and he has
never spent one penny more
than the law allows." He said
that "indeed, Senator Neu
berger actually has returned
some $34,000 of payroll to the
Treasury since he entered
'office."
Pays for Own Cars
The senator's aide said that
while Hatfield has two state
cars and a state police chauf
feur at his disposal, Neu
berger "must pay out of his
own pocket" for the 1954 six
cylinder Ford he drives in
Washington and the 1953
Buick he drives in Oregon.
Tupling admitted that Hat
field's' cars and chauffeur are
authorized by state law.
"Senator Neuberger and I
regret having to call these
matters to public attention,
but we do so only because
the Republican State chair
man for the past three months
has harped away at equal ir
relevancies about Senator
Neuberger," Tupling said.
Mr. Gunnar is described
the press as Mark Hat
field's choice for GOP state
chairman. Does Governor
Hatfield approve of his
tactics?"
Medford Man Lodged
In County Jail
Joseph Anthony Christopher
King, 36, of 328 North River
side ave., was arrested Thurs
day and lodged in Jackson
county jail on a charge of
forgery, Medford police re
ported. Police said King was ar
rested in connection with sign
ing and passing a U. S. gov
ernment check for $55 pay
able to Leland R. Newton,
also of the same address.
San Francisco - (UPD - The
Crocker-Anglo National
B a n k's Market and Jones
branch here was robbed for
the second time this week at
12:50 p.m. today. It was the
24th bank holdup in San Fran
cisco this year.
ping, and ' sitting and lying
down for extended periods
while handlers stood away.
Mrs. Caryl Gibbs of Med
ford, a well-known figure in
local canine obedience circles,
judged the seven entrants.
She paid special attention to
steadiness, concentration, in
telligence and alertness.
Distractions were numer
ous. The other half of the ex
hibit barn was filled and re
filled with waves of bleating
sheep. The aroma of sizzling
hamburgers drifted into the
barn from the refreshment
stand across the roadway. The
dogs had to walk on sawdust
reeking with myriad odors.
The canines all were in fine
physical shape and showed
they were far from dunces.
Their successful maneuvers
represented many hours of
training by their patient tutors.
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