Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 235, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 13, 1953 Page: 1 of 14
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CLEBURNE. TEXAS. THURSDAY. AUGUST 11 1953
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CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ark., Aug.
■ 13 —UP— Five small children who
the otherwise
At armed robber got away-.
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found in the 100-pound soft drink
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temblora.
gent duties will allbw.
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then
butor sent in g <8 bill.
upheaval.
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many
the request,"
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found in the refrigeration unit by
VA hospital carpenter, John
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 —UP—
The group was investigating State
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report said most edi
committee of
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• Great masses of soil and rock
slid into the ruined city of 10,000
> dature disarmed
■OuMtoo lawmen.
They disappeared while playing
near their homes Tuesday Ches-
terfield county police started a
search for them Tuesday night.
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where a/"hardened criminal kills
m- - -a, only when he to corner
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and make up
whether press
aced.
of the youngsters in the ice box.
"I must have walked by that ice
hox a dozen times but I never
dreamed they might be in there."
Mrs. Hallman said "We hadn't
been using it for some time."
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The fund: . .
Previously acknowledged $100
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editor, St.
Petping blasted Dulles' statement I
that, as a result of the Com mu
Unfortunately, the records show
usually con
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ter wilt become penleky
this morning in the P
South Plaine and in the
of Galveston, on the epa
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• Many vanished into great fis-
sures.
U. I. Makes Fleot Available
The American embassy in Ath
ena said the entire United States
Sixth Fleet Would be avallable to
J. M. Longoria continued to bold
office as commissioner. Judge M.
। S Rodriguez of Starr County's
prisoners desiring to return to com
munism before making its defiant
broadcast
known, the chances are he would
never again aftempt such a thing.
Will the youngster, if he gets
2 wauaartaa 4 eptwMa •
•• mana8196 co —8,
olis News, were utive !
< as such, reached
it said in a report
that such youngsters
tinue to commit one
kill, or so he thinks.
iter wilt get trigger-
Inyeetigeted Librarle
Wechsler made the req
. Oflicers palticipating to the
. hane Tuesday, were all veterans,
sho knew their businesa: They took
: Wen, 8M
nthered momentum Maybe,
6 ould be better to say we istent
K » the chase, aa it gained------
smt..
was expended and
beers, with piotols were alerted
The annual Godley 5
Cutting, will be high
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They leave the
for themselves,
to the wreng d
Named to College Peat
SEGUIN. Tex., Aug 13 -UP—
toatkdat W. F. Kramahaar of Tex-
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1 aappy. Many a good offic®r has
een shot to death by a young
» tor whese yovthfu fece and small
Wiggia, Herbert Brucker, editor
of the Hartford (Conn.) Courant:
William M. Tugman, editor of the
ing the informal appearance.
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Wechsler testified he had written
four books—two while a member
of the Young Communist League
and two later. The only book which
appeared on the library shelves
was "Labor Baren," a biography
of John L Lewis written in 1944.
Head-Lines
By CLYDg HEAD
Block
Blade
m' yeme- ■ ■ ]
L!°2S.t."SS,
. The editor said, as be bad before,
he was a member of the Young
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tea with a man driving a grey
„avte, traveline aleng Highway 6
•wavd Alverede. /
AN of this was to the *****
ut did you over hove Me privilege,
» you cm call it Mot, of being
NINE DIE— Rescue workers search for victims in wreckage of an RCAF twin.
* plunged Into a row of homes in Montreal, Can- T
five of them children playing indoors. (NEA
Generally Cloi
With Light Ra
By UNITED PR
Skies were partly 9
most of Texas Thursda
widely scattered iaolau
showers were on tap I
the state.
pasflng the time of
ends’;. ‘.Congressmi
lation as fleets of shins rated
acuate and aid victim* nt the
CLEBURNE A VICINITY nThonc omroitek
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zy scattered moh afternoon "not our Wnemci
trumderstorms. - Sightiy - warmer a four-member m _______ _
SBmF- lar congressional investigatons. Son. Hqep E Me
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"new" party said County Attorney
Frank R. Nyo said Oxford’s judg-
Kenneth McKinney, 13-year-old ment was not binding until 30 days.
Full Looted Telelypesetfer Wire Report of the United Prost, — Worl’s Greeted Newt Agency -
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Our modernday communication
aystem really helps out, when of*!
gem are on the lookout for armed
Texas Skies Are
one little boy?"
Now these good people were for
the fact that the boy was
He had a pistol with bullets
to tt and that makes him just about
as big and tough as they come
. His tender years makes him tough
TOKYO, Aug 13—UP-The Com !
' munists, in their first major threat
to the new Korean peace, said
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will speak at 8 o‘clock.722
Lucas will appear at th pout-
office in Cleburne Thursday after-
noon, to greet his Johnson T
friends. He will discuss «
legislation and other
CLEBURNE TIMES-REVIEW
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aging editor, St. Louis Post-Dis.
patch; William H. Fitzpatrick, as-
sociate editor, Wall Street Journal;
Joseph W. Lee, editorial director,
Topeka (Kan.) State Journal;
George W. Healy Jr., editor. New
OrieansTimeszpicayunesLP.
Hotchkiss; editor. ........Angeles
—ng over the
area said the picture
them of photographs'of
after the atom bomb
duced this season, will be sold at auction Friday
morning at 11 o’clock, Tom Davis, president of Cie- i
burne Chamber of Commerce, announced today. C. |
M. Phillips,producerol the-bale, is-shewa-shaking-——
day. Se for. Me officers heve lost.
Aeserdtog to reperts. Me litie .
Gf fellew weed e pistol to a davlight
w helbunetcvderwuThe.bov
had seen their loved ones crushed
tn death by crumbling walla or
swallowed by the earth crowded
the beaches awaiting evacuation.
Warships sent to the stricken is-
lands give first priority to the
injured.
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hands with Davis Behind Davis is Ingram Walker,
of the Producers Gin, who ginned the first bale. In
the center, perched proudly atop the 550 pounds of
lint cotton, is nine-year-old Mike Phillips, son of
the producer, is ready to tell the world that he had
a hand in the deal. The first bale drew a $200 cash
prize, donated by the local Chamber of Commerce.
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which
A tion.
H if they are caught and. convicted
V after their first crime, they usually
•st into trouble again. Rarely does
I a youngster of this sort i------“
to hind f
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Photo by gamn W<M
THE FIRST BALE of Johnson County cotton, pro-
Nr Mm.
If the
located on a cotton plantation to
Laughlin replled: "The purpose fl*1" small east Arkansas comma
of a grand jury foreman is to com-1 W-
municate for the jury. If a major The frantic mother went to the
l ity of the jury wants to comma- [ homes of her neighbors without
1 nicate with the court, It should do finding any trace of the missing
| so through the foreman." {children. She finally called county {
officera who discovered the bodies
he. SommmundttstkaaF L6
More Prisoners
Leaving for U. 1
TOKYO, Aug. 13 —UP—The sec-
apad plane load of American repat-
rigted prisoners will leave for the
United States Wednesday night
aboard a military transport plane,
it was announced.
The first group of 17 ex PWs
arrived in the U fl. Wednesday.
Gen Mark Clark's headquarters
said the plane will take off at
midnight cat (9 a m cat Thurs-
day). It gave no itinerary.
The plane will carry 10 repat-
riates, the announcement said.
The list, subject to change, in-
eludes:
Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison,
Mat Fighter-Interceptor Wing, Fifth
Air Force, whose wife, Mrs. Doris
J. Harrison, Jives at 2731 Sheldon
St., Clovis, N.M.
Pvt William H. Hubbard, 34th
regt., 24th Div., whose father Joe
Henry Hubbard, lives at ISO? Austin
_____minis__
at the age at 22 and has been mili-
tantly anti-Communist ever store.
bandits. In case somhe may be in-
clined to ay mpathize with the
youngster, boys about 14 or 13
year* old, are staging their first
erime. That is dangerous.
We were in on part of the chase
Tuesday, Several times we heard
spectators say, “Why does it take
’ hR this mess of officers to catch
The low maximum was 6
hart and Tyler. Other t
eluded Laredo, Alice and
102, Victoria, loi, and Dol
Overnight lows ranged
at Dalhart to DO at Galve
year by an address by CoBi
man Wingate Lucas, 8 .G Q
son. school superintendent I
said today.
The watermi
dom of the press; and member* of
this committee disagree also aa to
the extent to which this threat ex-
r- man's tenant farm home Wednes-
" daynight.
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read the transcript of the. McCar ed by Basu L Walters, executive
"" ‘ ' editor of the Knight Newspapers
and president at the ASNE, st the
request of James A. Wechsler, ed-
itor of the New York Peet.
nists" attitude, the United Nation*
would hold bark prisoners convict-
{ed by the Allies until the Reds
t.prodaced all of their captives,
j The Red radio said the Dulles
statement was nothing but a
"Mackmail" plan for holding Com
munist prisoners
The broadcast said Dulles erred
in saying an article in the Korean
armistice agreement signed last
July 38 required all such prisoners
to be put in custody of the neutral
repatriation commission.
It was comnection with
». But flare Au Senate.
time, the business section consisted of three stores
and a liquor house. Wright also missed a perfect
Alvarado reunion attendance record by being out of
town one of the 60 years the reunion has been held. '
At the ripe eld age of 86, Wright is still a bachelor.
He says this is the second time in his life .he has
allowed a picture to be made of himself. He is
posed with Johnson County Sheriff Earl King.
hid
, bold Allled prisoners convicted of
"erimes" until they finish their
j terms.
Peiping radio, voice of Red China
I denied that the Communists had
। a lawful obligation either to lib
' erate their political prisoners or
turn them over to a neutral cus
todial commission.
The Red radio waited until the
United Nation* command had re-
leased the last of 5,495 Chinese
who had expressed "grave con
! anddetayed action on seating Ar seTtheohoditrefdh shirdr,nwoh:
to Quoting a dispatch from the
Communist camp at Kaesong near
Panmunjom Peiping radio said the
Geneva convention on prisoners ac-
copded the Reds the right to com
pel prisoners convicted of
"erimes" to serve out their terms.
At the same time Peiping made
a vicious sideswipe at U. S. Sec-
retary of State John Foater Dulles,
_ I tumc “ i Wechsler contended the real pur- editor of the
braries overseas. — pose of the hearing wee to inmi- comiittee’a _ ________
- “ date him and Ms newspaper, which ton disagree on whether the hear-
has been sharply critical of Me- inga “constituted a threat to free-
Carthy. The transcript showed he
was questioned extensively about
policies and employes of the Post
McCarthy said Wechsler was
called because he wrote I
the shelves of the librai
......V ' ■ / —Photo by Juh West
W. W. WRIGHT, who recently passed his 86 mile-
stone in life, missed being a native bom Texan by
one year, having moved to Alvarado from Alabama
in 1869 at the tender age of one. He recalls at that
_____one crime after serious. -- , .mando Longoria as a commission-
another, until they are killed or ,Offisers„said th e.shooting.was er. Special Judge Royce Oxford,
‘ ’ un with a long prison term, the climax of s quarrel among, chosen to hear an election suit M.n.. m: u.tz.. L.a L...
“puts them Vutof circula- three women —.the mother of the when Laughlin faUed to appear. Turn lor Thnzoungsters been
P victim her sister, .Mrs. Carolyn ruled last week that Armando Lon- dead tor some tme.
Eubanks, and Mrs. Miller. . . goria had deleated J..M Longoria The children were seven-year-old
Sheriff Leon Jones sAid the shot in the 1952 election. The ruling re- twins, Wilson and Woodrow Black-
#=3 fired in Mrs. Miller's yard versed officially announced results stock, their brother, George, 5, and
‘ hat Connie Jean, carrving the -nd --- --- 4- -n-ial “ndna Walter Charles Boykin, 7.
Guerra said he represented four during the summer while she
| members of the 13-man body and chopped cotton in the fields about
| wanted to present a minority re- a mile and a half from her home,
•“ Makes Regular Visit
muvy 1 mu wyy » mv pe-m m-i-1 Wan.cxn, । J. H. Key. Cleburne, Route 2,
• in name only In other words, "NeKinY; pecctyea nt., made ■ regular visit to the Times-
mem and Bed go out every night. eKinneyereeivedihead injuries Review business office today He
mersto aS - Ih** been making these visits for
vwally root drien,by.his hrothe’ collided the Isst S years, the length of
n, when toft another auto, three.miles time he has beeh • subscriber.
stone a* ew early age. ... ■ ; east of Cleburne on the old Al -Key said he used to subscribe to
' ' The answer is simplo, let then varadoroad. Driver, of the *- the Dallas News and the Cleburne
zunesters.kn°w are. loved, cond vehicle was'uninured. I paper, all in deal. The cost
hht is all, tort y«v can' da l» The brother. Chester McKinney, him 81.50 per year, both papers
**M Up service. Actions are Me received cuts on his head and bruis- | He hastened to explain that it was
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Paula Une, was pwolled $15
w,a
Wonts a Pen Pol
AUSTIN, Aug. U-UP— Any
Texas farm youth who wants a pen
pa! In Osaka, Japan, -would please
a Japanese youth “who likes very
American” by writing to him.
Agriculture Commissioner John
C. White received a letter Wednes-
day from M. Nichimoto, 3-92 Ka-
doma-Cho Kilakawachigun, Osaka,
asking to be introduced "to Austin,
Texas the proprietor of a farm ”
The letter explained that the
youth "can not speak English but
very little" but would "rely on
your indulgence ”
White said the letter was
addressed to the Anagricultural
- said Wechsler had no
to because he was a nt
ast ---------‘Mest Editors 0
temperatures were on th
back 2T.2 T%
The cool front, acpompi
rains which soaked pOr
parched North Texast ani
short Dallas and Fort War
ped temperatures ab
degrees. Wednesday, temt, gt
were generally tin the 906 in Bout
Texas and the 80s in ttie Texa
Panhandle. . 619 1
No measurable amounts;
foil in Texas overnight, a
a few light showers were ri
only points reporting ra!
the 24-hour period —
so a. m. Thursday were Wri
forth with 27 of an inch and Da!
las .17 - • mueg
Presidio recorded Wedneadajl’s
high temperature of 105’,.
Washington Post. The • Besides the four man
......the full report was signe
if frequently repeated, would ex-
tinguish, without passage of a sin-
gle tew," freedom at the press.
ATHENS, Greece, Aug.
13—UP—Landslides swept
part of the Cephalonian
capital of Argostolion Into
the Ionian Sea Thursday
and new earthquakes de-
stroyed nearby Ithaca,
kingdom of Odysseus in Ho-
mer’s epic poem.
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mamm olh upheaval. Terror - stricken survivors who
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By Proe
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BILLY ROSS JACKSON’ aM* 1,
visit his brother, Lieut ALFRED
JACKSON .. DR. ALEX HOWARD
ihimgti-
iATE.
to adjourn until Monday. Laugh- other ________. _
lin started to grant permission, but ugene, to discover them miss-
was interrupted- by V. H. Guerra teg.
of Roma, Texas, a member of the 1 She said the younger children
jury. had been left in Edward’s care
stockwork and a Me maahc; Gunfire Fatal
yeungster eluded the officers, (fi r. 1 .Eu.z. Az.n 1 "We didn’t even know we were
Mat youngster only knew hew much IQ LUTKIn ir I going to adjourn until a few min-
reutern** was put into service, t ago,” Guerra protested.
w much of the taxpayer’s money LUFKIN. Tex, Aug. 13-UP-A RodueGram5
| quarrel among three women ended «v~.» E"L." "v.a ...
• with a -shotgun blast here Wednes. miYour foreman havsasked Per
. ........... {day. and the daughter of one of j missionto. recess untu the 17th:
yeungster could have the women foil mortally wounded Laughlin sajj
A neighborwoman, Valline 1 The 79th District judge faces! RICHMOND,Va.,Aug.l3-UP-
Miller.was charged with murder ouster proceedings in Austin, start-! The bodies of four smal boys
E er If'ho ecap., commit of Mr enepn8 teprr Star/augher ing Monday. Charges against him , were found Thursday in an aban
covghe or . he ec"pe3 omm of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Starr, was hit were brought by a group of Rio doried refrigerator box at McGuire
Her stomachby shotsunpeliets. I Grande Valley attorneys. * Veterans Administration hospital
Ilvi Leiehtmonth. oldsistereCaro- Meanwhile, the Starr county1 •
blast, but her wounds were not commissioners .met Wednesday
A 14yarala ted ot a boy
I aave eflicers to this neck of Me
l wneda a race ter Meir m•ney Tues-
stighheigghun ■*
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butor sent in a bill. died in the mammi..
opened.
The Athens seismographic obser-
vatory said 22 new earth shocks
jolted the islands during the night
and early Thursday.
Goorge Kormilaa, correspondent
of the newspaper Kathimerini, said
"there is a landslide every min-
uto."
"Situation. ...o Panis'
""The situation is one of panic,”
Kormilas said.
Kormilaa' brief statement con-
firmed radio reports from rescue
vossels that “people live in a state
of madness,"
__euetmentbiscvor’tr’epgnd t the
po-* sent, or punishment by im- • _______ counted. - a2ete
, -FSthe answer? Newspaper Carrier
Mua yeungster. w. are cem- In jured in Wreck
mitting such crimes teday, couldi
be weed aftteews. Judges iff *; ana of Mr. and Mrs.-R.’o. Me -------------
waiar" wofkoh have Kinneyg 803Robinson street Longtime Subscriber
ne answer too 4 H"SD° lor •6 nmes-Keview, —
moyial Hospital todayzrter u.,
Mal, lim, Mey cemx from hom. fering injuries in a traffic accident
‘MBS TEXAS’ FUND
SWELLED BY 815
The Misa Texas fund for
Water Deposits
Show Increases
A check of water meter deposits
and close-outs for the period Jen. I
to August 1, 1953. indicated Cle-
burne was a little better than
holding its own, to for as water
users were concerned.
New deposits during the period
showed a total of 513, with elose-
outs totaling, 459, which (eaves
an increase of 54 water users for
the city water department.
On Jen. 1. 1953, city water re-
cords showed 5,043 persons, using
water through meters of the water
department. The 54 additional
_______ deposits brings the total .$,07.
Editori Are Pondering Whether Freedom Of Press Is Menaced
locked themselves in an air-tight
{ ice box while playing a game suffo-
j cated Wednesday while their m Ph-
Judge Facing Ouster Makes
210 . __ a - a ; death." their grief stricken mother,
weeapcr wu whem Statement To Grand Jurors
- r box before."
☆ RIO GRANDE CITY, Tex. Aug 1 "I regret that ireumstances be- The bodies of Edward, 9. Wesley,
We watched tee chase as It 113—UP—A Starr county grand jury yond my control have made it im-' 7, Odle and Tommy, four year-old
** ‘ “ was in recess Thursday until Mon possible for me to be in Rio Grande twins, and Barbara Ann, 2 were
day after Judge C. Woodrow i City during the past 10 days. It is found in the 100-pound soft drink
Laughlin promised his full coop my intention to spend as much ice box on the porch of Mrs HaU
,, . . eration in its investigations, but {time in Starr county as oth r ur- — ’ ’ " *
Pinipaaefeve,micatmpaatpe.Sle:zufyrshugoribsar *
Feeived 'SMuuTSaMiM*'taugnli;
• the armed robbery, every police pear to hear a case involving ah
l car and sheriff's dapartment car election contest here recently, ap-
1 ws alerted and -imkructed to go peared in court Wednesday to hear
• to certain atations or strategic j a preliminary report from the
ereas. It required only a few grand jury
more minutes for the network or I The jury handed up four indict-
roadblocks to be set up. One very | ments, none of them concerning
effective block was made by city I alleged election irregularties it {
police on East Henderson Street. I has been investigating. j port
Many autos were stopped by the Judge Laughlin read a statement P
{police and many persons were to the jury Wednesday it said in
questiorted. o | part;
eHtu
CLUB GOLF TOW
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New Temblors Destrovl
Oom" over the Communists' refit- __ A-
sal to release the accused Amerl- i A • a 79 • f P • m •
Ancient Greek Citiesz
| the Greek government for rescue i - Pilots flying over the damethad-d ■
DEAD MAY oPAntteeuraten gcountot hedend
! was impossible becaus entire vil-
luges diaappeared when the earth
Me M.tdh hiked from Cedes Hill
to iidiethoian, where he caughf e
Highway, San Antonio, Tex.
Pfc. James T. Thompson, 21st
Regt., 24th Div., whose mother,
Mrs. Alice Thompson, lives at
Route 1, Horatio, Ark.
At the close of business, June 30, Souhtwestern Bell Telephone
reported 5,800 subscribers, against 5.483. Jan. 1.
Death* for July totaled 3). with birth* almost doubling this
total During July, the county clerk's office registered 33 la
mate* and 38 male* born, a total ot so.
dur-
Ar , Ar -r
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP IN CLEBURNE
According to the public record, everything is looking up in
Cleburne
Post office receipts for the month ending July 31, 1953 were
30.343 04 against $8,903.92 for the month ending June 30
Texas Power A Light Co. showed s total of 8,147 customers
for this district at the close of husiness July 31, against 5.084 cus
tomers for the district. Jan. 1, 1853
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Lucas Will Appear.
At Godley Meeting
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