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Medlord and Jackson County
History from the files of The
Mall Tribune : 10., 20, 30, 40
and' 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO f ':
Aug. 19. 19S0 (Saturday;)
. The 1850 4-H fall: fair, the
biggest in fiistory, will open
tomorrow at the Jackson
; county fairgrounds.
Myron Elmore Gurnea, one
Of the FBI's top investigators
. Who was born in Mcdford,
drowned as the result of a
boating accident in ' the Po
tomac river early today.
20 YEARS AGO
-Aug. 19. 1940 (Monday)
Work on the Medford mu
nlcipal'airport $120,000 WPA
Improvement project will be
started in a few days and
should be completed within
six months.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudge Pot" column: "Euro
pean experts reveal the down
fall of France was due to a
blind faith in trie invincibil
ity of the Mnglnot line. This
proves 50 million Frenchmen
.could be wrong.''
30 YEARS AGO : "
Aug. 19, 1930 (Tuesday)
Fishermen state-wide are
fighting a Copco request to
build power plants on ' the
TJmpqua river. v ' . .'
The county -court is plan
ning more stringent laws for
ilfindling indigents.
40 YEARS AGO , .
Aug. 19, 1920 (Thursday)
-Franklin D. Roosevelt will
stop in Medford for five min
utes Sunday evening. He is
the Democratic vice-presidential
candidate. '
The first car of Rogue Bart
Jolt's was shipped cast' recent
ly and sold at an average of
$5.55 per box.
SO YEARS AGO
Aug. 19, 1910 (Friday)
-Some 110 Army soldiers
arrived in Medford this morn
ing to help combat several
fires which are burning out
of control in the Butte Falls
area. One of them is threat
ening the city of Medford's
water shed at Four Mile lake.
Catholic officials will ar
rive in Medford tomorrow
from Portland to Investigate
sites for a Catholic hospital
here.
What's Your I.Q.?
Nine or ten correct ft superior:
seven or eight is excellent; five or
Six is good.
1. How many Presidents
..of the U.S. have been assas
:lhated? V-X-2; Which is the smallest in
area of the five Great Lakes?
3. On what day is the fam
ous Mummer's parade held in
Philadelphia?
4. According to the Old
Testament, what is better than
rubies?
-5. Which of thcie is not a
Vreed of cat: Manx, Dalma
tian, Maltese?
, i6. Turtles do, or do not,
! hive teeth?
' '1. Did Columbus make. 3,
4 or 5 trips to the New World?
8. Whom did F. D. Roose-
.yelt succeed as Governor of
' New York?
;,"B. What is the title of the
wife of a Maharajah?
' 10. For what purpose was
"the great Spanish Armada as
sembled?
,C Answers: 1. Three: Lin
f Coin, Garfield and McKin
, Joy. 2. Ontario. 3. January
1. 4. Wisdom. 5. Dalmatian.
6. Do not. -7. Four. 8. Alfred
E. Smith. 9. Maharani. 10.
For the invasion of England.
Methods Change "
' ' - " ' V
'-.."How the methods of fighting forest fires
change over the years. . j
' Fifteen or twenty years ago it was man and
dirt, as much as one could throw, against the fire.
Now, specialized fire fighters battle not only
with dirt, but with water, borate airplanes, bull
dozers and imported crews from a distance, j
i v The new: methods are betterV Fires are
stamped out faster. '.Valuable .timber that once
would have been lost is now saved. . ,
A TRIP TO Idaho recently, during the outbreak
""rof a KOOff acre forest fire which threatened
to- consume the. mountain' community of Idaho;
City, brought back memories of a.Bulletin writer
to .the days when he battled flames in 'the same
area. V:' . . ' ' :
;r.-;NOf .course, the fire fighting story is the same
everywnere, uregon, Washington, laano ana
California were all having fire problems, and
still are tor that matter.'.
The Idaho blaze was
It was man-started,
thought it might have been arson. It blew up on
a day when the temperature registered a record
111 degrees. , .
A .BREEZE helped it
. frwacta nlimm T3rticft
ivicau auuvc ajwiac bunaiu luanu Kjiij. ucv-
eral summer homes in its path were burned to
the. ground. Finally there Were about 1,500 men
battling the flames. Borate ' planes bombed it
incessantly. A crew of 100 specially trained Zuni
Indians were flown in. Bulldozers plowed huge
firelines ahead of the flames. Finally the blaze
was controlled." ! ' t. : !
Eighteen years ago,
of World War II, another fire broke out in the
same area. Then, however., there were lew ot us
to send to fight it, and most of us were youngsters
in high school working for the summ.r as "smoke
chasers."
HAD been trained as a plow team. This
team, with two large mules, sirruly plowed
a small trench around these large '"project" fires
We worked all night getting a small trench
around the. fire, which was about 200 acres.
I he tire would race ahead, then be contained.
Finally,, after five days
controlled. All we had
and dirt . . . lots of dirt.
flames. :
Our only consolation
as against small "spot" fires, was that the Forest
Servjce moved in huge portable kitchens and fed
us in a grand style.
TWIOST OF US were neophytes at fire fighting.
Some of the "recruits" from, nearby cities
could hardly make it up a mountain. ' v
, . Nowadays, .the story, is different. Teams', are
trained. Communications networks keep ,crew
leaders alert, to needs. Borate planes literally
"drown" the fire.
. , The result, is that many fires, that once would
have meant disaster, are contained early.
Bend Bulletin.
When?
Earlier this year Dr. O. Meredith Wilson,
president of the University of Oregon (now presi
dent of University of Minnesota), traveled in
Latin America with a special commission of
which two other university presidents were mem
bers. In telling of what he saw , and heard in
Latin America, Dr. Wilson said one impression
stood out above all others.
He explained, "Leaders of the Latin Ameri
can, countries have studied all facets of the suc
cess of the United States. They have concluded
that they have all the resources available to the
U.S.A. And they have concluded that all. they
need to become as powerful and successful as the
U.S.A. is education if they can. educate their
people they will be able to do as well with their
resources as the U.S.A. has. So, they are girding
themselves to spend whatever is necessary to
stamp out illiteracy, and to educate their people
to the highest possible level."
:
I AST WEEK we had lunch with six Filir:.os
- who were here as guests of the Oregpn Wheat
League. In a very short time we learned much
about the Philippines from two of them.
The most surprising information was about
education in the Philiuoines. One of the men
sajd, ."Only for national
more money than we spend lor education, we
are determined to cive all of our people who are
capable of handling it the best possible educa
tion, no matter what it costs. We know that the
answer to our future lies in what we do about
educating our people."
We were amazed to
have 21 universities. The largest has 40,000
students!
ONE OF the men told us how much they were
spending for education; what percentage
of their national income went into education.
When he gave us that figure we started to
tell him the percentage of its income the U.S.A.
spends on education, and then thought better of
it. It would have embarrassed us, the U.S.A. com
pares so unfavorably.
i The distinguished columnist Walter Lipp
mann has said, "We Ivive pretty well decided in
this country that we can afford the cost of ade
quate national defense. When will we decide that
we can afford to properly educate all of our
people?"
" When? Pendleton East Oregonian.
. ' ;
typical;
the foresters said. They
race through tinder-dry
frtti,ri-l TtIoUa l"1,!-. Orti,
during the early stages
and nights, the fire was
to' work with was shovels
But it smothered the
in these "project" fires,
defense are we spending
hear that the Philippines
Dennis the
' " o - - 1,
'Margaret 3im'ffi haircuts, air. Wilson 1 If
you know AHYeooy that's ear hair.
Communicaf ions
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name or initial for publication is permissible. The Mail
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paper; in fact the contrary is often the case. ' t
He's Being Helpful
To the Editor: I would like
to help the county court in
its selfless striving towards
good " government, and cele
brate the statesmanlike ef
forts of its Republican, mem
bers to achieve that end,: Con
fusion , is already so com
pounded . about what "non
partisan" means that I may
be presumptuous in trying to
add to it. However; I'll match
my bewilderment against any
man's: '
A bunch of the boys were
whooping in up
In the Jackson County Court,
They stomped and roared
For a government board
Free from political thought.
To the rafters there rose with
tremulous doubt
The question, put with unani
mous shout: . ' '
Oh, who will find us a
fighteous man,
Upright and pure and non:
partisan,
A paragon of good govern
ment?
Echo answered: "Miller and
Wendt!"
Oh, who will deliver our
bewildered clan
From the clutches of Demo
crat and Republican,
And stand as the county's
staunchest pillar?"
Echo answered: "Wendt and
Miller."
Oh, Mr. Miller, Oh, Mr.
Wendt,
When you talked about "non
partisan" we knew just
what you meant.
You just tap a Republican,
Christen him "Non-Partisan,
And bludgeon down the Dem
ocratic argument.
George W. Rode
Fluhrer Bldg.,
Medford..
Uneven Stephen
To this . Editor: Jackson
County Commissioner Chester
Wendt certainly blew the lid
off the appointment contain
er in his letter criticizing Mr.
Edwards and Mr. Davies for
protesting the unfairness of
the county court in choosing
three Republicans and only
one Democrat to sit on the
county home rule study com
mittee, while to the same
committee Duncan, a Demo
crat, and Nye and Durno, both
Republicans, came up with a
fair-minded and even-stephen
selection of two from each
party.
The balance as of now on
the study committee is three
Democrats and five Republi
cans who are to choose one
more member. This member
will without a doubt be chos
en by the Republican major
ity making the count six to
three. In other words, as is
usual, the Republicans will
hold a 2 to 1 edge on this
committee too.
This political edge is. how
ever, nothing unusual for this
county since Judge Miller and
Commissioner Wendt have
amassed the following score
in making appointments in
this county.
Planning Commission, three
Democrats to six Republicans.
Budget Committee, two
Democrats to four Republi
cans. Parks Commission, two
Democrats to seven Republi
cans. Fair Board, one Democrat
to three Republicans.
Sort of an uneven-Stephen
deal isn't it?
Not only for this admini
stration's Republican, parti
sonship, but to those that have
gone before will the same
I
Menace
facts be brought to light if
the record is gone over..
When Mr. Wendt states that
he will never again approve
the appointment of a recom
mended person for a com
mittee job, he forgot to say
Democratic party member,
otherwise he would make no
appointments at all.
It would indicate to most
people that a state of innoc-
cuous desuetude pervades the
county court, and maybe the
home rule study committee
might just come up with some
recommendation to cure this
condition. I hope so. .
Personally , I know not
enough about the proposed
county horn rule to be for
or against it, so I will inform
myself about -the measure and
when- the time comes for vot
ing,! will know whether good
or bad government will re
sult, and vote .accordingly.
Only one opinion has so faV
been expressed to me about
home rule and ' that, opinion
slated' that county home rule
could easily result In vicious
party politics and might in
clude a county manager type
of government for Jackson
county.-
' At this time I am neither
for or against, just open mindt
ed, but I would feel just a
little better if an even-stephen
appointment slate had been
brought in by the county
court, , -
K. C. Swede Wernmark
232 West Fifth St. ,
Medford.
Would Welcome Support
To the Editor: Much has
been said recently, by Mr.
Walter Higgins at the boun
dary board hearing and by the
residents south of Barnett rd.
in a communication to this
paper last Sunday, about how
j important it is that the future
residents of the Rogue Valley
Manor be in the proper school
district.
The people in the Manor
need not fear that they are
moving to Phoenix instead of
Medford. Their postal address
is Medford (as is ours) and
no one need ever know that
they are in the Phoenix School
district. To further allay any
fears that may remain, we,
the undersigned, hereby sol
emnly declare that we will
never divulge to any living
soul the fact that the Manor
is in the Phoenix school dis
trict. Mr. Higgins was also con
cerned about the probability
that the residents of the Man
or might wish to enroll in
some of the adult education
classes which are .offered at
Medford High school. This
will probably come as quite a
shock, but these courses are
open to anyone who. pays the
tuition fee, regardless of their
school district. Would you be
lieve iUcven some of us in the
hinterlands have availed our
selves of this educational op
portunity. We are sure the members
of the boundary board, in con
sidering this issue, will be
I haunted by the "Big Stick" of
300-plus Manor votes which
Mr. Highi'us waved in front of
than, Thitrwlnv M-nninff This
is. indeed. "The American
Way," "Democracy at Work,"
etc. etc., etc.
We really didn't expect
these people to give up their
$15,000 to S25.000 homes. It
was mentioned as one of three
alternatives for those who
found themselves in their sit-uation-1.
Stay in the district
and work with us for better
schools for our children; -2.
Move out of the district; 3. At
tempt to splinter off from the
rest of the district in order
that their children may have
In the Day's News
By FRANK
Let's talk about spies and
spying.
Spying is as old as war and
diplomacy.
' It is ESSENTIAL in - both
war' and diplomacy because
knowing what your opponent
has up his sleeve is vitally
important m outwitting and
defeating him. It can mean
the difference between sur
vival and destruction.
JETS'S cite an instance.
Back in 217 B.C. Hannibal,
afte.- crossing the Alps, was
moving down the Italian
penisuia toward Rome. Fiam-
iniusj the Roman commander,
chose the vicinity of Lake
Trasimt-ne to stand and fight.
Hannibal's SPIES brought
news ot Flaminius' decision.
So. Hcmnibal laid his plans.
He set a trap. He so disposed
his forces that Flaminius
would be tempted to attack
Hannibal's center. Hannibal
then planted heavy forces
on his flanks and when the
Romans attacked in the center
he closed in from his flanks
and practically destroyed the
Roman army.
pHIS IS' the point:
If the Roman commander
had been able to send a spy
into the camp of Hannibal to
learn his plan .' . . and if the
spy had SUCCEEDED . ,
the Roman army would not
have fallen into the trap.
educational advantages which
will surely be denied ours if
this . chipping away at the
smaller districts is permitted.
We had hoped they would
choose the first alternative;
we would still welcome their
support. -
Luella S. Stine
; Route 4, Box 428
' - Medford. . -
Bertha W. Gammill
Route 4, Box 428 -'
" Medford. ,
Marjorie B. Nunley
(Mrs. W; D.)
Route 4, Box 427-A
Medford.
On Law Enforcement .
To the Editor: Whether in
tended or not, we have a dog
control law effective the last
of this month.
Those who wanted the law
are insistent upon its enforce
ment. It is the law, and as you
say, must be enforced. But
does .this mean that a special
lawr. enforcement agency be
set up; or, our present law
enforcement )je enlarged to
specifically , enforce this one
law? It is of no more impor
tance than any other law in
the books. It is subject to like
action, complaints and pne-
ess, . and jurisdiction as
other, controlling or regu
latory laws.
It is my opinion as no funds
were provided or voted for
to support special enforce
ment of the law-that an in
jured party has the relief of
complaint to the proper au
thorities who will then protect
the individual's rights; on the
other hand, all law enforce
ment officers will enforce the
law when jcen to be violated.
The enforcing officers are
not required to drop all oth'ir
activities and concentrate on
one law. I believe the attitude
of both the county and ci'y
officials is correct, in that
they a taking the new law
as just one more obligation to
perform.
It could be said that we
should use our police officers
in the city as lrw enforcement
officers, rather than "reve
nue collectors" on parking me
ters, and as our chief of po
lice s u g g e s t s, use "meter
maids." This way it would be
more economical to all.
But let's not harrass our
law enforcement agencies
with "personal wants.
Ray O. DeMarrs
798 West Second st.
Medford.
Likes Lithia
To the Editor: We have
lived in Medford a year now,
and though from time to time
I've seen in the paper small
announcements of this or that
exhibit or picnic being held
in Lithia park, I have, not
heard anyone say a great deal
about the park.
Last Sunday, out of curi
osity and lack of any more
elaborate plans, we took our
children to Ashland to see
the park and we were simply
amazed!
It is truly a beautiful park.
The flowers are gorgeous, the
landscaping lovely, the chil
dren's play area wonderfully
complete, and the picnic areas
relaxed and pleasant, not to
mention ducks in two lovely
ponds to feed and watch.
I can't say enough about
Lithia park. I am surprised
that no- one has anything to
say about it. Does everyone
who knows the park simply
take it for granted that every
one else is just as familiar
with it?
Hawthorne park in Med
ford is a very nice park;
we've had nice picnics there
and the children have played
in the wading pool there, but
it is an urban park with more
JENKINS
That spv would have been
worth EVERYTHING IN THE
WORLD to the Roman com
mander. No reward that might
have been paid to him in re
turn for risking his life would
have been too great.
rpHE SPY takes fabulous
chances. He gambles with
his LIFE. If he succeeds in
his mission or missions, he de
serves his -reward. Francis
Powers got 530,000 a ye -r f.;r
risking his life. Would you
take the job for that?
THROUGHOUT history, th's
1
has . been the position o."
the spy;
To his own side, he is a pa
triot who gambles with his
life for the welfare of his
country.
To the enemy, he is tiie
most desoicacle charac;or
that could be imagined. Scd:ti
and loathing are heaped upon
him.
0
NE more point:
We have been talking about
spies in war and high diplo
macy. HOW ABOUT SPORT?
How about the football and
the baseball scouts? What are
they doin?
The answer is simple.
They're SEEKING INFOR
MATION that will be useful
in defeating an apponent.
That's what Powers was do
ing. SUPPOSE you have noticed
in the news that a POISON
SUICIDE NEEDLE was found
in Powers' possession. Why
did he carry it? He said he
was to use it in case of TOR
TURE. That too is as old as history.
The last shot in the pistol.
The poison pill. The charge
of deadly poison concealed in
the ring. From time imme
morial, DEATH has been the
portion of the caught and con
victed spy. The poison needle,
the poison pills, the poison in
the ring have provided the
choice of .'.n EASIER death
for the spy.
JN CONCLUSION:
To the Russians, Powers is
a contemptible creature. In
this trial, they are seeking to
show him up as such to the
world-and to make the world
believe that our government
is contemptible and loathsome
because its uses spies. And,
through all this sham, Russia
calmly ignores the fact that
she is the' most voluminous
user of spies in the modern
world.
Let's keep all these things
straight in our minds while
we are reading about and
hearing about this trumped
up spy trial.
sun and much hotter than
Lithia.
For a full day of picnick
ing, playing and relaxing, I
don't think you can surpass
beautiful Lithia park. I'd like
all newcomers to the Rogue
valley to know more of what
they can find in Lithia park.
Mrs. R. Ward,
" 1284 Kings highway,
; ( Medford.
On Poisons
To the Editor: A few years
ago we had some hay ruined
by irrigation water.
So since we had been read
ing about organic farming,
we hauled the hay and placed
it around the base of the few
fruit trees we had and sent
for a thousand earth worms
and turned them loose in it.
Even our new apple trees
had worms in the fruit every
year. But this one year that
we did this there wasn't a bad
apple anywhere. One apple
tree is at least 25 years old.
even it had nice apples this
time.
The garden was extra pro
lific this particular year, so
it seemed. While my husband
worked in the garden the
birds would fly down and
catch the insects that he dis
turbed. But owing to slow destruc
tive methods of agriculture
these days, there aren't vor
many birds around.
Sprays and artificial fertil
izers kill also earthworms,
toads and numerous other live
things that are of benefit to
human life..
Even the ground is a victim
of these unwise methods;
causing new ailments of the
trees and other crops. .
Then somebody invents an
other poison, even more de
structive than the one before.
We have burned orchard
wood in our stove in past
years and as soon as the wood
got hot the sulfur would fry
out of it, just as though the
sap had been replaced by
years of absorbing these poi
son sprays.
What would happen to us
if we were dipped in these
things as often as the trees
were sprayed? We wouldn't
survive the first dip as you
can well see if you read the
papers.
Many men as well as the
children that come in contact
with the most potent ones
have died from it.
I just wonder if the head
Washington Report
By WILLIAM
GALLERY OF SPECTATORS
Washington An interna
tional gallery of spectators is
watching our national politi-
r. ' cal campaign
- with the most
' v j acute a 1 1 e n
' A tion and the
... . ,
H Ul a 11 11 c I a
i.J., ,"J ever t
f our
J iK? affair
turned to
internal
j ,v-e- V f affairs since
?2S&aHf&' fii World War II.
i--L?.f The foreign
William S. j!i--whit.
diplomats
here now find their interest
painfulfy divided. They must
continue to take care of their
normal work as representa
tives of other nations here.
But they also are unable to
avoid those other questions
which so engage us all: Will
the new president be Kennedy
or Nixon? And what will the
new president do?
This presidential election
has a deep and special inter
est to these people for several
reasons. There is a peculiar
drama of suspense in that the
race looks so close. There is
the fact that, whoever is elect
ed, the United States still
the world's most powerful na
tionwill enter a new phase
of its history and a new rela
tionship with it allies and
enemies.
And where is the compara
tive newness of both candi
dates. The diplomats know
something of Richard Nixon.
He has, after all, for nearly
eight years sat in the present
administration. But they don't
know a vast amount about
him, for .the reason that Vice
President Nixon's work has
been largely confined to the
privacy of the National Secur
ity Council and Cabinet.
And of John Kennedy they
know almost nothing beyond
what they have been able to
observe from a distance, pri
marily in the press.
,
WHAT is done by an Amer
ican Administration is to
many of these diplomats often
more vital than what is done
by their own governments.
What may be done by a new
administration in this time of
a great changing of the guard
is thus an issue of sleepless
concern, especially consider
ing the new factors of the
present race.
No American politician,
therefore, is keeping a closer
watch on the. campaign than
are these polite visitors. The
diplomat must do more than
keep his government advised
on wiiat is happening here.
He -must also be a predictor
of future events; he runs his
own private polls.
To be effective, he must
be in on what is going on
very much in the American
world, but scrupulously not
of that world. As a foreigner,
he must maintain an anU
septic impartiality; he must
not even seem to interfere.
All the same, diplomats are
men. too, and so, in deepest
confidence, they have their
political favorites here, Some
are silently rooting for Nixon;
some for Kennedy. But far
more are worrying about
what the new administration's
foreign policy line will be
than about the identity of the
man who will make that line.
This is especially true- of
representatives here of the
Allied West. They know the
Western Alliance is in deep
trouble and that whoever
ascends to the presidency will
have an immense job to re
store its unity and vigor.
EVEN among those who are
emotionally "anti - Coloni
al," for illustration, there is
men of the compulsory farm
ing programs have authority
to pressure the farmers to
using these deadly sprays;
very much as the aluminum
companies have their meth
ods of persuasion to get edi
tors, doctors and dentists to
try to convince the people
that '' :y njed fluoride in the
May E. Atkins,
1634 Orchard' Home dr,.
Medford.
Homes for Martins
To the Editor: Relative to
your editorial urging the re
moval of dead trees from
Hyatt Lake, I just want to
mention that this is the only
place in our county that we
have found purple martins
nesting, and the places that
they rest is in old woodpecker
holes in those very snags
standing in the water.
Purple martins are one of
the commonest swallows in
the east, where they nest in
man-made martin houses. As
far as I know they have not
yet b.en enticed to such
houses here in the west, where
they are relatively rare. So
I hate to see their known nest
ing sites summarily destroyed.
. Could we, perhaps, work
out some kind of compromise
whereb; many of the snags
could be taken out, but some
might be left, especially those
that have nest holes in them?
Thomas McCamant
300 Oakwood dr.
Medford.
S. WHITE
great sympathy for our ally,
Belgium-to which we have
given the back of our hand
in her sad troubles, jn the
Congo. There is concern, tco,
that we bring Iran into part
nership and then put Iran on
a thin diet of help while we
give fresh assistance to her
enemy, Nasser's Egypt.-: :
The plain and unpleasant
truth is this: there is mount
ing evidence-as Belgium bit
terly complains in private
that the best way to get along
with us is to kick us regularly
in the teeth. And this, is the
deepest measure of the diplo
matic community's true con
cern about the American elec
tion. !..-,.
For at bottom the new
American administration will
have two clear and difficult
choices: " ' f
It will return this country
to a bold and sympathetic
and total leadership ;of ' the
West, 'electing to stand 'fast
with our friends when their
truly vital interests are In
volved, even ' if this should
put us on the "wrong" side in
the ferment of African-Asian
nationalism, '
Or it will decide to with
draw more and more from
the Western Alliance and to
put our main hopes in pur
own strength and into the pos
sibility of bringing the neu
tral and uncommitted nations
into some kind of quasi-alli-ance
with us.
(Copyright. 1960, By United
Feature Syndicate. Inc.)
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1953 West Main
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522 East Main
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328 West 6th
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