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By FRANK JENKINS
I olten wonder If Uit spirit of
Memorial Day has ever boon uui
ler exiireaaeu than In tills elania
Irani Walt Mason's poem 'Die Di
lls Green Tenia:
"Tho little irern tents where the
soldiers sleep mid the nunbouiiin
ily end (he wumen ween arc.
covered with (lowers today.
Well Mason lin't such-a-much In
Die annala at literature. He wit
humorlal and a writer of rtn-
Jierel verm, much of II pitched
n the slang of hl lime, lie wim
among the curly one of the Irllie
that we now cell "eyndlcated"
writer, But ne hau it n ul vivid
expression end lie lined It to the
full In the Little Cireen TenU.
UlH up e copy ol li anu rend It
ome Uiiy. It will do you good.
Walt Munon was bom In IM2.
That mean tlntl lie wee six year
old when In IBM General John A.
Logan, thru commander In chief
of the Ornnd Army of the Republic,
named May 30 special day
for honoring the graves of Union
soldiers. By the lime when Me
ijiorlal Dy had become widely
i .alabllshed, young Mitaon wu a
led In ble teem. Aa euch. he
couldn't have helped being deeply
moved by Memorial Day aa It was
then observed.
Ju that long-dlatant day, the
dfinmohllo not only hadn't been
IrJlerited, II hadn't been even
dreamed of. There waa no National
bafety Council to make prediction
of hnw many people would f'le
violently over Ihe holiday. Tew
people did die violently then. Me
morial Day wasn't regarded a
holiday. It waa a day of solemn
mourning and equally aolcinn
DEDICATION.
Inn lead of whir ling over crowded
hlghwaya' toward aome greener
apot on Ihe other aide of the hill,
people got up and did their chorea
and then they went to ihe
cemetery. At the cemetery, they
placed flowers first on the gravea
ol their own dead (In thoae days
there" waa hardly a ramiiy iiumn
Civil War deadl and then they
scattered flowera on the gravea of
their neighbor' aeaa.
In a little while, the little green
tenia were transformed into
mounda of flowera. Alter mai.
people went down to Main street
and watched the veteran of Ine
Oreat War a ly marcnea in
nUmn nroaajuilon.
Then they went alowly home. In
a oulet. solemn. DEDICATED
mood.
ulill Memorial DaV Was of'
llclally ealabllnhed to honor the
gravea of Union aoldlera. It orlKl
naied In the South, where Southern
women acatlered aprlng flowera on
the gravea ol Ihe Southern dead
and at the aame time acatlered
flowera Impartially on the gravea
of the Northern dead who were
burled In the South.
Those were atrange deya. filled
wuh airania and mixed emollona.
Thoao Northern boya who slept be
neath the little green tent In the
aoll of the South had FOUOHT the
one and the htubanda and the
hrnihere of the Southern women
r"'..o acatlered . flower- oh their
Jfcavea after ths ftreat conflict Bad
nxK-d. But that dldn'l prevent the
Mattering of flowera on their gravea
bv Ihe women of the South. There
mml have been a great deal of
TOLERANCE In out country then.
That spirit of tolerance waa In
the mind of President Lincoln when
on November 1. law. with the
Oreat War till raging, he aald In
hit Immortal Getlyaburg addreaa:
"The brave men, living and dead,
who alruggled here, have conse
craied (Ihla ground) tar above our
poor power to add or detract. The
world will little note or long re.
member what we BAY here, but It
tan never forget what they DID
'''ut rather for in to be here dedi
cated to the great task remaining
before ua: that from these honored
dead we take Increaaed devotion
lo that caune for which thev gave
Ihe lat full meaaure of devotion.
"That thla nation, under Ood.
ahall have a new birth of freedom,
and that government of the peoole.
hv the people, for the people, shall
not perish from the earth."
let's make no comparisons be
tween Memorial Day as It Is now
observed and Memorial Dav as It
was observed In the beginning.
Compkrtaona. as so many of our
great thinkers have pointed out.
axe odious. But In this period when
iibrrlv la again hanging In the
balance, .we need more of the
rpirlt of devotion and dedication
that was So atronglv stressed In the
earlv observance of Memorlnl Dav
and In the erlm days out of which
Memorial, Dav arose.
Death Claims
Thomas Dixon
Denlh came early this morning
to Thomas Dixon, 91, who hits
lived In the Klamath area since
I WW when he arrived in Klamath
Falls (Uien Llnkville).
Dixon died on his son's ranch In
Bonanza, the Benson Dixon ranch
His wlfo, June Benson Dixon,
died In 1014 ,
Survivors Include- six sons. Deiv
son, Pcroy of Klamath Falls, John
of Snnta Rosa Calif., Harry and
itoy oi uontinzn, ana hce oi xuie
lakei one daughter, Ruth Dixon of
San Francisco; one brother, Jack
Dixon of fincrnmento; one hail
brother, Hugh Rontlcy of Fort
Klamath; and one half sister, Mrs.
Berl Shdrt of Klamath Falls.
Dixon was a. native of Ontario,
Canada. ,
Holiday Death
Toll Mounts
By The Associated Preas
Deaths-' on the highways began
to mount Friday as tho nation cele
brated the long Memorial Day holi
day. Trofflc - mishaps had producod
24 futalltles from 6:00 p.m. (loonl
time) Thursday through 10:00 a.m.
(lociyl time) Friday,
Tri)tnl aocldents deaths were 31,
IncluUlng 6 by drowning and J
from (miscellaneous causes. .
Roundup Outing
Ranch Selected,
Gifts Arranged
By WALLACE MVKIIM
First big event for candidates
for thla year's Klamiith Basin
Hounilup queen and princesses la
scheduled for June t.
This I the new event added
last year . . the all-day outing
for tile girls, their fnmlllea and
guests, with Roundup Association
directors playing hosts,
Bill llaiiimond'a "D" Ranch will
be Hie eettlng thla year. Transpor
tation will be provided fur .lie
girls, their guests and their horaes.
Many of the pictures of the an-
Four Hurt
In Klamath
Car Wrecks
Pour persons were Injured In
automobile accidents In distant
paru of Klamatn County Thursday
night.
In Klamath Valley Hospital la
O. F. I'almerlon, 88. of Rogue
River, who was Injured when his
OMC panel truck rolled over on
Oregon M between Beatly and
Bly.
lie was brought to the hospital
by Kaler's ambulance. Hospital at
tendant, this morning listed hli
condition aa only fair. Palmerton
was reported to have severe head
end facial Injuries. He was Just
seml-conscloua.
COUPLE INJURED
A Eugene couple, Mr, and Mrs.
Robert Adklns. miraculously , es
caped death when a truck almost
ran over their car on Oregon Ml
three miles east of Cresdel Lodge.
They were taken lo Eugene's
Sacred Heart Hospital.
Slate Police at Gilchrist, Invest!'
gating the accident, said the Ad'
kins csr was traveling east, fol
lowed by big transport truck'
trailer owned by Paclflo Coast
Motor Freight, Portland.
The driver was Chester A. Nick'
erson of Beaverton.
Adklns apparently started to
make a left turn off the highway
onto the Crescent cutoff road Just
as the truck pulled out to pass,
The big truck hit the car broad
tide on the driver's aide. -
The truck bumper plowed Inside
the car grid -the 'vehicle hung up
there as the truck skidded on
another 200 feet and overturned u
a ditch.
Adklns, 35, waa sUll In the car
when State Police arrived but
hi, wife. Patricia. 23. had been
thrown out,
Kaler's ambulance took the
couple on to Uie Eugene hospital
where this morning he wns re
ported In good condition, although
suffering several rib breaks.
CRITICAL
Hospital attendants said Patri
cia Adklns' condition was critical,
that she may have a fractured
skull, she was unconscious when
taken to the hospital.
Albert Chester Oould. Medford.
an employe of Weyerhaeuser Camp
II, wrecked a pickup truck on
Oregon 83 last night and received
emergenoy treatment at Klamath
Agency before being taken on to
Medford by friends.
Weather.
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California:
Sunny Friday and Saturday. High
today 76, low tonight 49. High to
morrow 7S -
High temp yesterday 70
Low last night 41
Preclp yesterday
Since Oct. 1 15.17
Same period last yr .14.84
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LINKVILLE CEMETERY, where the Klnmath area's pioneers are buried, has been the object of much work for the
past few years and is especially beautiful this spring. The historic ; cemetery dates back to the '1870s when George:
Nurse, who was the first settler; of Llnkville how Klamath Falls, deeded the property for cemetery purposes.. An
earlier burial ground located where the Elks Temple now stands, was moved to the new site. Nurse foundedUhls
community in 1884, but is not buried at Linkville. He died at Yreka. His wife, Mary E.. Nurse, was the sister of. the.
mother of Mrs. Guy Hancock, who is now a .inqmbcr.of- the Llnkville Cemetery board.- i ,- . -- vr -. -'.A
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nual Herald and News Roundup
Edition will be token during ihe
outing. Several of the pictures will
ue seiii to news service bureaus
for national release.
Roundup directors are anxious
for all girls planning to enlor Into
thla yeur'a Roundup fun to sign
their queen trials entry blnnka as
noun as possible, nils will eae
Roundup Secy. Belh Chase's task
of planning food fur the June t
OUllllg.
WON POINTS '
Entrants may sign up at any one
ol these Ihree stores: Town tfhop,
500 Main; Charlie Head Ssddlery.
027 Klamath; Drew's Msnstore, 733
Mnlli.
A gay and exciting schedule ol
events and urines Is bourn ar
ranged for the Roundup girls (his
year. Besides the ranch ouiIiik,
there Is to be four or five dances
and some special surprises to be
mmouiicea laier.
A big prlre and gift list Is lo
ue aiiiiouncca wiuun a any or to.
Already offered are a diamond
studded wrist watch by Rlckya, a
tailored surde rldlne outfit bv Me.
Connron's Western Dress Shop, en
graved silver trophies for the
saddle blunket from the Saddle
i.iuo, and a special 1100 cash
award to give the queen a little
extra summer pin money.
A merchant s sift list now belne
complied Is expected to olfer gills
iur an uio girls.
RE-ENTRIES
The Roundup directors sre en.
peclslly anxious for all ol last
years candidates to re-enter this
year. Two girls thus far entered.
Carol Hamilton and Barbara Jean
Anderson, are In for the first time
and several other newcomers are
expected to file entries.
Queen Margy Brown, last year's
beautiful monarch, will play a fea
tured role In this year's events
ana win crown the new queen at
the Queen's Bail.
Girls planning lo enter sre re
quested to notify the Herald and
Newa news room In advance eo
thai a reporter and photographer
can oe on nana lor uie signing,
New Fishing
Today. May 30. marks the open
ing oi several lakes and streams
to fishermen which had not previ
ously been opened for this season.
Among them are Williamson Riv
er lexcept from boat above U.S.
Highway 07 bridge I, Spring Creek
i from mouth to point 100 yards
above), and Rogue River National
Forest lukes and tributaries.
According to the Slate Game
Commission, the Klamath River
closes down to fishermen Monday,
June I. It has been open except a
portion from 4000 feet below to 2000
feet above the mouth of Spencer
Creek. ,
Diamond Lake, which can be
reached by highway, also opens to
day excepting foi areas near the
mouths of Silent and Short Creeks
which won't open until July 15. The
lake Is closed to fishing within 1000
feet pf outlet. Loke Creek, which
Hows out of Diamond Lake. Is
closed from the lake to the North
Umpqua highway crossing.
Most May SOth openings will con
tinue In effect until Sept. 30.
At Crater Lake, tourist season
opens June 15 thouiih roads have
been open all winter. Chief Park
Ranger Lou Halfbck said this morn
ing he is expecting a heavy Influx
of tourists and holiday visitors tills
weekend.
Snow depth at the Mm is down
to the 80-inch mark, he said.
Lake of the Woods roads are now
open, and the resort Is in opera
tion, according to the Rogue River
Forest office here.
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FIRST TICKET for the 16th Annual Shrine Crippled Children's dance set for June 7
this ydar went to John Houston, left. Six-year-old Marvin Graham presents the ticket
while twin Melvin, Klamath Falls Shrine Club Pres. Paul Winter and bance Chairman
Stuart Balsiger look on. The Graham twins, sons of Mr. and Mrs, Earl. GrahanvKlam
th Kails have undereonev-treatmenf at thtL' Shrine :Chilrden's"' Hbsbital . in 'Portland.
b Both are sIlU' being treated
Strike Ended
By Convicts
TRENTON. N. J. Wl Nine New
Jersey state prison convicts who
enaca a 24-nour aiiaown stride
Thursday In protest . over psrole
policies arc defying authorities
again Friday.
Warden William Carty ssld the
men won several concessions they
demanded and apparently were sat
isfied when they quit a prison hear
ing room for supper between 3 and
4 p.m. Thursday.
Instead of returning to 'heir
cells, however, they entered a
small room near the center of the
prison and launched a second sit-
down strike, carty said.
"I don't know what they want
now," 'a spokesman tor the -prison
said.
Carty, who declined to use force
to eject the nine holdouts from the
hearing room during the first sit
down, said he -talked to them at
1 a.m. Friday but got nowhere and
left.
A prison spokesman said the nine
strolled out of the room at 8 a.m..
had oreakiast with the rest of the
Inmates and returned to the room
again with no Interference fom
guards. It is not the same room,
they used for their first holdout.
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY M, 1952
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bulletins
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RUTTMAN WINS
INDIANAPOLIS If! Troy Rott
man won the 500-mlle motor der
by at the Indianapolis speedway
today. ' ' ; -
BUI Vukovicb caacked up his
car with only 22 and one-halt
miles to go while In front and
after leading for most of the
race; Vnkovlch walked away
from his crack-up and apparently
was not seriously injured.
AMERICAN'S WIN'
PRESTWICK, . Scotland tl
Frank Stranahan of Toledo, .
Ohio, and Harvle Ward of Tai
boro, N.' C, scored double vic
tories Friday to gain an all
America ' final ' In the British
Amature Golf Championship,
CYCLIST KILLED
PORTLAND Wl Motorcycle
accident Injuries caused the death
In a hospital Thursday of Miss Ben
Park, 24, Portland. The accident
occurred in suburban Portland
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Dance
Set June 7
The 16th annual Shrine Crippled
Children's dance is slated for the
Klamath Armory June 7 under the
sponsorship of the Klamath Falls
Shrine Club,, and tickets are avail
able from any club member or at
the Kellstrom Insurance Adjust
ment omce.
The first ticket was sold to John
Houston.
Benefits from the dance will go
to the Shrine Hospital for Under
privileged ' Children at Portland
where work is carried on for small
children more than anyone else.
Paul Winter Is president of ihe
Shrine Club here, and S. R. Bal
siger Is chairman of the event.
Dance-tickets . go 100 per cent to
charity and are tax free. -
Fall Believed
Death Cause
- A- - white . man who ' apparently
fell from' a Southern Pacific freight
near-. Macdoel.v Thursday morning
died C at the Dorris Hospital later
in the day.' ' ;
He; was Identified ' as Cleo. te
lfiney,, about 40,' a transient from
Poolevllle, Tex, ' j. j '. -
The man Is believed to have been
riding; on a flat car on north
bound freight and somehow fell off
under the wheels.--- " . ''
His right leg. was severed -and
the left leg almost cut-off when,
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A Negro, identified as Bestrhon
McDanlels, 35, of New Orleans,
was taken off a freight herd Thurs
day and booked at - the County
Jail for vairrancv and to be Ques
tioned by Siskiyou County authori
ties regarding Delaney's fall off
the train. " . .- '.. : --.
' Delaney. was behoved to have
been drinking and- fighting': on the
train with another man before he
fell. . ' ; .-.
Pioneer Basin
Woman Dies "
- Word was received here that
Mrs. Oeru-u.le PlttmRti L a w t o n.
long-time resident or Fort Klamath
died Thursday at Ashland. She was
the wile of Dennison rv Lawton,
former' Fort Klamath rancher..
Mrs. Lawtori was born October
2, 1286,..' at Nehawkn, Nebr., .the
daughter of the late Jacob H. and
Anna E. Ptttman. She was married
to Mr. Lawton in Klamath Falls,
Oct.-14, 1914, and the family lived
at, Fort Klamath until six years
ago when they, moved to Ashland.
; Surviving are: her widower and
two sisters, Mrs. George A,' Lisk,
Altadena, Cal., and Mrs. Frank W.
Houston,. Talent: '
Service will be read at 2 p.m.
Monday, June 2, by a reader of
the Christian Science Church in
the Perv Funeral Home. Medford:
final rites and Interment in 81s-
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Ne. 2833
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Army Says
POW Deaths
Total 245
By JIM BECKER
KOJE ISLAND. Korea' Eiiht
Red prisoners were kiUed and 17
wounded in bloody incidents at
United Nations prisoner of war
camps on riot-torn Koje Island and
on trie Korean mainland Thursday
and Friday. , .
Prison camp authorities said no
u.N. personnel were killed or
wounded in the outbreaks.
The killings raised the toll of
repmed deaths from violence to
245 prisoners. The Army said 115
oi these died at the hands of fellow
prisoners after drumhead trials in
compounds dominated by hard-core
Communist POWs.
Four North Korean prisoners
were killed and three wounded
Friday when a 15-man POW work
party attacked two U.S. and two
South Korean . guards on Koje.
CHILIANS ,
Three Korean civilian internees
were killed and 13 were in lured
Thursday in a brawl among cap
tured personnel moved .recently
irom noje island s massive prison
camp to a new comDound at Yons-
chon. 60 miles north of Pusan.
temporary South Korean capital.
- One North Korean rjrisoner wns
killed and another wounded Thurs
day by bullets from a U. S. sol
dier's automatic rifle, fired acci
dentally Muring a guard change In
uompouna -ee on &oie.
ine - accidental sbootina' took
place -two hours after about 100
u.u. and British troops raided the
compound holding 2.700 North
Korean omcers and 650 enlisted
Red orderlies and destroyed
their headquarters and dispensary
snacks.
The U.N. guard troops went in
with fixed bayonets. Thev used
tear gas bombs but fired no shots.
There were no casualties.
Koje authorities said the four
Norlh Koreans killed Thursday
died after one member of their
won party attacked a U.N. guard
during a rest period.
SELF DEFENSE
An official Army statement said
'in self-defense the cmarri nnened
fire on his assailant aau gillea him.
In the fracas one other POW was
killed and five were wounded. Two
of the - wounded died later at the
hospital. No Americans were hurt."
Mai. Gen. A. J. H. Cassels, com
mander of the First Common
wealth division, visited British and
Canadian troops on Koje Friday
for three hours and reported they
"seemed to appreciate" their as
signment, Monday Canadian Foreign Min
ister Lester Pearson said in Otta
wa that the Canadian government
had expressed displeasure and con
cern to the U. S. State Department
over assignment of a Canadian unit
to Koje without Canadian govern
ment approval.
Cassels toured the 17 compounds
or. Koje where 80,000 Communists
dominated POWs are held and
conferred with the new camp com
mander, . Brig. Gen. Haydon L.
Bontner.
A spokesman said Boatner told
Cassels how he Dlanned to .use
Commonwealth soldiers assigned
to guard duty here, but the plans
were not divulged.
Small Crowd
For Memorial
A light Memorial Day crowd
viewed memorial parade and serv
ices here this' morning, climaxed
with a salute to the dead by the
National Guard firing squad and
Uie playing of taps at the Memori
al Shaft on the courthouse grounds.
Included in the parade was the
snappy , new American Legion
Drum and Bugle Corps, several
floats and marching organizations.
A flight of KASRU planes flew hi
formation over town during the
march. . - -, . -
Rev.. Lloyd Hoiloway spoke be
fore a crowd of. about 500 at the
Memorial shaft on the theme
"these dead have not died in vain."
Dick Magulre was master of cere
monies during the service, spon
sored . by. the Allied Veterans
Council. ' - .
Police Give
Women Eye
MENLO PARK, CALIF lfr-Police
are giving women motorists
the eye in this San Francisco Pen
insula oity this memorial week
end. - At least three of the ladles will
love It. One each day wlU be given
an orchid as the best feminine
driver.
It's part of a campaign ' to -, pre
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Taf t's Lead
Increased
In Alabama
By The Associated Press '
Gen. Dwlght Eisenhower, sur
rendering his defense command in
Paris Friday, aald he will refuse
to engage in an active campaign
for the Republican- presidential
nomination.;
A spokesman for Elsenhower's
campaign headquarters- In Wash
ington said, however, that what
tho general means by that state
ment was that "he won't go on
any transcontinental train trips or
go around shaking hands." ;
He will, the spokesman added,
talk 'to anybody who cornea to
see him. And that Includes party
leaders as well as delegates."
The spokesman said the head of
every delegation to the July 7 OOP
national convention has been in
vited to call on Elsenhower before
the convention to learn his views
on the major Issues of the day;
GIVE-AND-TAKE .
He said the talks, to be held at
Abilene, Kas New York and Den- .
ver. will be "give-and-take ses
sions. The delegates can ask the
general- anyuung iney warn. -
Elsenhower is one of the' two
leading contendere for the GOP
nomination. His chief toe. Sen..
Robert A. Taf t of Ohio, repeatedly
has - challenged the general- to
throw, himself Into s full-Hedged,
campaign and make his views
known on the issues. , .
On that score, Elsenhower told
his final news conference in Paris
be would welcome "healthy argu
ments- over nonesi ennerences.'. .
But, he said, "bitter quarrels for
quarrels' sake are bad for the
country and I deplore them." .
some Republican senators have
expressed the view that intra-party
feuding may hurt the Republicans'
chance for the presidency In Nov
ember. Asked if he would comment on
whether the election of Taft would
have s discouraging effect on
Europe. Eisenhower chuckled and
replied: "'I most certainly would
not i am still uniform."
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Meanwhile, a frontal attack on
Eisenhower's record. launched bv
Taft supporters In South Dakota,
neigntenea the political clangor
attending the general's imminent
return. ,
The Ohio senator's supporters
bought news paper advertising-
space to assail Eisenhower, due
in Washington Sunday. The general
resigned as Allied defense chief In
Europe to be available for the Re
publican presidential nomination
if offered. - ,
The advertisements underscore
the bare-knuckle nature of the
Tart-Eisenhower duei" for South -Dakota's
14 OOP presidential
nominating delegates to.bt chosen
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five Perish
In Home Fire
' ANCHORAGE. Alaska U) Four
smaU children and the mother of
two of them died in a fire which
destroyed their, homo about six
miles southeast of here Thursday.
Dead were Mrs. William McLean.
27 .her two children, Barbara Jo, 2,
ujiuuy, nine monins, ana x.uuie
ftuu. 1. ana Tommy Bay Nun, 6.
Ally son Null, mother of two of
the fire victims: Bobby Null. 2.
and Mrs. Calvin Coe. sister-in-law
of the dead woman, were in Provi
dence Hospital here suffering from
Durns ana snock. . . .
William McLean, who lost his
wife and two children in the fire:
Ed Null, whose two children also
died, and Calvin Coe, husband of
one of the injured women, were
treated for shock and released.-
The three families were - living
on tt homesite in - a three-room
jBmesway-type hut in which the
five died,. a tenthouse which caught
fire from the hut. a trailer house
and a cabin. .. !
The Null children were sleeping
in the hut with the McLeans be
cause the trailer house , was- too
small. i
VACATION looks good
from where little Gall
Holt stands, and that's :
where the 9 O'clock Cam-,
eraman snapped her. She's
the daughter , of Mr. and ;
Mrs. R. F. Holt, on their j
way from their ' home In i
Los Angeles to Yakima, .
Wash,,,.
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