The Belleville News-Democrat from Belleville, Illinois (2024)

December 21, 1970

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The Belleville News-Democrati

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Belleville, Illinois

Issue Date:

Monday, December 21, 1970

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2

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PAGE TWO THE NEWS-DEMOCRAT OF BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS MONDAY DECEMBER 21 1970 CAIRO PROGRAM LISTS EIGHT POINTS Shaky Truce Strike of lab Drivers Blacks Unveil Peace Plan Cairo's economic and racial problems 2 Black and white businessmen should form a United Chamber of Commerce to try to attract new industry to town 3 A citizens police control ward should be formed for both le city and Alexander County The boards would not only hear citizen complaints against police but would have the power to hire and fin policemen through a civil service-type system The boards also would set certain police policies An equal number of whites and blacks would form the boards The chairman of each Marie Hardin )ies at Age 54 Mrs Marie Hardin 54 of 223 North 74th StreeL died at 2:50 am today at Memorial capital where she had been patient for two weeks She was a librarian at Parks College Cahokia for the past 15 years A daughter the late Mr and Mrs Edward Obermoeller she was born in SL Louis on August 4 1916 She was the widow of Ralph Hardin who died February 3 1954 Surviving are a son David ardin at home a sister Miss ithel Obermoeller and a brother Edward Obermoeller both of Si Louis Mrs Hardin was a member of SL Ann Sodality of Blessed Sacrament Church The funeral will be held at am Thursday from 1 the irichler Funeral Home to Blessed Sacrament Church where the pastor Msgr Louis Ell will officiate at requiem Mass at 9:30 am Bur-al will be in Calvary Cemetery SL Louis Friends may call at tiie funeral home after 7 pm Tuesday The rosary will be recited at foe funeral borne at pm Wednesday Rudolph A Holtz Dies at Age 78 i Rudolph A Holtz 78 of 1801 LaSalle Street died at 3:10 pm Sunday at St Elizabeth Hospital where he had been a patient since December 12 Mr Holtz a retired coal miner had been in failing health for a year A son of the late Fred and Mary Holtz he was born at Coulterville on June 22 1892 married lone Wilson and she died April 17 1957 He map ed Josephine Miller in ellevllle on November 17 1959 Surviving besides his wife ere two sons Glenn Holtz 300 Hillcrest Drive an employe of the First National Bank of Belleville and Rudolph ioltz Washington a sister Mrs Mae Sullivan Coulterville end two grandchildren le was preceded in death by a daughter and three brothers The funeral will be held at 11 Wednesday from Union United Methodist Church to View Memorial Gardens The Rev Dr Eugene Leck-rone pastor will officiate Friends may call at the Pete Jaerdner Funeral Home after pm today and until 10 am Wednesday when the body will taken to church group would be representative of the Illinois attorney office As a gesture of good faith the special deputies appointed by the county should be eliminated Rev Mr Harris said the special deputies are in effect re-ncamation of the white vigilant White who were ordered to disband by Gov Richard Ogilvie The minister main-ained that membership st of the special deputies reads ke the honor role of tiie White Hats1 4 A citizens task force should be formed so that federal funds could again flow to the city federal agencies cut off funds March pending formation of the bi-racial task force to work on municipal problems 5 The city and the county should support tiie United Cairo Housing Development Corp which if funded by the state could construct some 1000 homes needed in Cairo The United Front claims city officials are opposed to tiie organization 8 loan needed housing iK SUSS Dies at Age of 81 to Save which was writ-1 ten in 1969 asking federal and I Michael Schoen 81 formerly state help in solving the South Charles Street died problems! at pm Saturday at Memo- 8 As an net of good faith Nursing Home following an W7I NU "Good heavens! Everything I can remember when $65 an is SO expensive this the same thing was only ounce all crinlmal charges against NEW YORK Yellow taxicabs dotted city streets for foe first time in 15 days Sunday on approval of a contract dependent on the City Council authorization of a 40 per cent are Increase to give the drivers higher wages Most of the 11700 taxis were cruising their beats today fueled by a shaky truce spelled out by Harry Van Arsdale Jr iresident of Local 3038 of the taxi drivers union who warned there would be another walkout unless the council acted quickly and without undue He laid foe vote by some 4500 union members during a i meeting technically only was to the strike staged Dec 12 by 36000 fleet and Independent cab drivers Some drivers apparently economically hardpressed by the walkout which sought to boost their $150 weekly salaries to $2C0 left the Manhattan Center meeting strode immediately to their cabs removed the on strike" signs and began cruising for fares under the existent rate of 45 cents at the first drop of the meter and 10 cents for each additional sixth of a mile The fare hike proposal submitted to the' Council by dayor John Lindsay woult boost -the cost of foe $13! average cab ride to nearly $2 phis 25 cents a bead for each wssenger after foe firsL A dissident faction opposing foe settlement clashed briefly with cabbies entering the meeting to vote A woman handing out leaflets was slapped in the face by a cabbie but there were no arrests Police broke up foe crowd Exact terms -of foe agreement were hot announced but the pact reportedly reduces commissions for first drivers to 42 per cent to pay for improved fringe benefits for career drivers The new drivers would receive 2 per cent increases each year until they hit 50 per cenL Also included was a $30-a-week pay hike as foe drivers' share of the anticipated fare increase i' -'y-w Collinsville Man Killed in Vietnam 'ii Funeral services for Army Specialist 4 Alvin Evanoff 21 of Collinsville will be held Tuesday at the Sedlack Funeral Home at Madison Evanof was killed in a helicopter crash in Vietnam last December 6 Evanoff is a son of Mrs Ruth Freppon 8802 Penn StreeL Collinsville He enlisted in foe Army in September 1969 His tour of duty in Vietnam would have ended In February Harry Holcombe Funeral Tuesday The funeral of Harry Ho combe 50 of 332 North Seventh StreeL East SL Louis will be held at 10 am Tuesday from the Kurrus Funeral Home East SL Louis to Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Mr Holcombe a painter and decorator died Saturday at Mary Hospital East SL Louis following an extended illness His survivors include a sister Mrs Edwin Lottmann who lives in Belleville 1 (lacks and whites stemming Mr Schoen was born in Belle-rom racial conflict should be villa December 29 1888 and was dropped This does not include a son of the late Michael and suits brought by the United Barbara Schoen nee Pfeiffer front against the city charging He is survived by two broth-that certain ordinances are un- era: Joseph Schoen 478 At-constitutlnnal gonquin Place Webster Groves and the Rev Julius Schoen pastor of SL Anthony Church in Beckemeyer An overseas Army veteran of I World War I Mr Schoen was la member of Hugo Stark Barracks of Worjd War I Veter-The funeral of Mrs Margaret Ians and Local 459 of the Labor-Hasselfeld 57 Tilden was held era Union his afternoon in New Athens The funeral will be held at tom the Hull Funeral Home to 9:45 Tuesday from George )ak Ridge Cemetery with the Renner and Sons Funeral Home Rev Edward Bowers pas- to the Cathedral of SL Peter tor of SL John United Church I where his brother Fattier of Christ officiating Schoen will officiate at services Mrs Hasselfeld died at 5 am I at 10 am Burial will be in Saturday at the home of her Green Mount Catholic Ceme-daughter Mrs June Kbsarek tery Friends may call at the few Athens She had been in I funeral home after 2 pm Monfailing health for a year' day Hugo Stark Barracks Post She was born in Chicago on I services will be held at 7:30 uly 4 1913 Surviving are her pm Monday at the funeral rasband Robert Hasselfeld home her mother Mrs Martha Fridman New Athens a daughter flrs Kosarek three eons Charles Curtis 1005 Bristow Street and George Barron Jr 12 Iowa Avenue both of Belleville and William A 3onewitz' Tilden a brother three sisters eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Pautler nee Kreher 88 of he Mrs Alma Wille Maryville Dies Funeral services for Mrs Alma Wille 72 of 200 West Main Street Maryville' will be at 1:30 pm Tuesday at SL John Evangelical Church Collinsville Mrs Wille died at 7:58 pm feiday in SL Elizabeth Hospital The Kassly Funeral Home Col-insville has charge She Is survived by ter husband Louis a son Warren of Maryville and a sister Mrs Frieda Koch of Glen Carbon Charles Reid Dies at Age 70 Charles Reid 70 of 40 North 48th StreeL died at 7:10 pm Sunday at SL Mary Hos-lital East SL Louis wh le had been a patient since September He was a retiree employe of IM Simon and Company investment firm in SL Louis A son of the late Charles and Anastasia Reid nee McCarthy he was born in SL Louis on February 5 1900 Surviving are a' sister Mrs! Frank McDermott Kirkwood Mo and a brother A Reid Venice Fla Mr Reid was an Army veteran of World War I The funeral willbe held af 1:30 am Wednesday from the John Barnes Funeral Home East SL Louis to SL Patrick Church East SL Louis for services at 9 am Burial will be in ML Carmel Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home after 2:30 pm Tuesday The rosary will be recited at foe funeral borne at 3:30 fcm Tuesday I Mrs Mother Is Dead Mrs Clara Temme 83 SL Louis died Saturday mornln at Carrie Elligson Gietner Ri -tirement Home SL Louis fol lowing an extended illness Surviving are a daughter Mrs A Courteau 1403 North 15th StreeL Swansea a soi iter four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren The funeral will be held at pm Tuesday from the Schumacher Funeral Home 30 Meramec Street SL Louis to Valhalla Cemetery SL Louis Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 pm today Ora Jones 90 Dies in Hospital Ora Jones 90 who reside with his daughter Mrs Ardell Wilson 1540 Lebanon Avenue the put eight weeks died a 1:30 pm Sunday at Memorial Hospital where he had been patient since Friday Mr Jones a retired miner formerly resided at Mar-issa Tilden and Eldorado A son of the late James A and Catherine Jones nee Bull-ngton he was born in Iowa on )ctober 30 1880 He married frnma Lucy Feather at Clinton do on December 31 1901 She died last January 14 Surviving besides his daughter Mrs Wilson are another daughter Mrs Ruth Darrah Varrensburg Mo four sons James A Jones East SL Louis Lester Jones West Frankfort Paul Jones Eldorado and Lewis Jones Crestwood Mo two sisters Mrs Laura Coyne Richmond Va and Mrs Annie Coyne Lincoln Neb 12 grandchildren great-grandchildren 'and one great-great-grandchild He vu preceded In death by a a daughter four brothers and force sisters Mr Jones was a member foe Gospel Assembly Church of Eldorado and Progressive Mine Workers of America Local 61 Coulterville The funeral will be held at 1:30 pm Wednesday from the Finger Funeral Home Marissa to Marissa Cemetery Friends may call at foe funeral home after 2 pm Tuesday Philip Kreider Collinsville Dies Funeral services Philip Kreider 75 of 150 South Aurora StreeL Collinsville were he today in the Herbert Kassly Funeral Home Collinsville Mr Kreitier died at 3:35 pm Friday in Memorial Hospital He Is survived by two daughters Mrs William Krupask Collinsville Mrs Earl Ehrhard of North Hollywood Calif and a brother Fred of Collinsville DIES IN HOSPITAL Howard Grate 77 of 4 South Clinton StreeL Collinsville died at 10:25 am Saturday at Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December 6 i Discrimination Hearing Is Set 'i Charges of racial discrimination' against the SL Clair i bounty Department of Public Aid will be foe subject of a hearing set tor January 25 The charges were brought by the II-inois Fair Practices Employment Commission The charges originally were irought by Arthur Reiford who has worked for the aid department for 10 years Reiford presently is on leave and is studying for a masters degree at Washington University at SL Louis Reiford alleges that he was denied a promotion because he is a Negro He alleges that he was the only person on an eligibility list for promotion to caseworker supervisor and he was passed over in preference to a white caseworker who was less qualified Also to be considered at the 1 hearing is a complaint by Eel-ford that discrimination was involved in the refusal to grant him an educational leave stipend to attend the school of social work at Washington University Of the six persons who were interviewed for educational leave stipends Reiford claims he was the only one rut approved He is studying under- a federal scholarship from the Department of Health Education mid Welfare- 3MlerilE: MS DAILY ADVOCATI PuMMmS by Belleville News-Democrat Inc 1M taut UllMlt StrMf a 7 BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS 821 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Carrier pgr wmIi JO Carrier 3 month 650 Carrier 6 month 1300 Carrier 12 month 2500 MAIL SUBSCRIPTIONS 'r" Yr 1 All Zona 25 JO 1300650 TELEPHONE! H4-1MI AREA CODE (1 Local advartlalng Information avallaWa 1 Nawfomocrat Budnaia Offlct ISO Saudi llllnoli Straet Balltvlll llllnoi tan National Advartlalng Rapraaantaltv: Math-wi Shannon A Cullan Now York CM Cincinnati Atlanta Ctovalantf ton Ptiiladalptila Datrolt Syracuaa Pitta-burgh and Ctiartati CAIRO IU (AP) The black United Front has presented an eight-point peace plan to city officials that urges creation of a bl-raclal police control board chamber of commerce citizen task force and building and loan association Other points of the plan details of which were made public today urge the elimination of special sheriffs deputies and the dropping of all criminal charges against both blacks and whites stemming from racial conflict Claims Spying Boosted After Detroit Riots DETROIT (AP) A former Army intelligence agent says the service greatly expanded domestic spying after the Detroit riot of 1967 exposed gaps in its knowledge of civil dissenters In a telephone Interview quoted by the Detroit Free Press Ralph Stein an ex-agent living in Flushing NY said that prior to this riot "the Army had only a few people in Washington monitoring newspapers and reports" Stein said that in 1967-68 he was in charge of the Army intelligence "left-wing desk" in Washington a national collection point for information about radical activity I The Detroit riot "came as a surprise" he said "and the intelligence officers got uptight because they were unable to answer: all the questions of die generals" --Stein said his -superiors in Army intelligence "were yery conspiracy-oriented They felt like if they could Just find out who organized the riots and who ran than then they might be able to stop During die riot Stein said he had an open line to the 113th Military Intelligence group die Detroit intelligence branch "They were sending every bit of information they he said "Including die number of drunks After die riot Stein said two other desks were added one for right-wing activity and another for racial matters He said the size of the section was increased from three men to 15 Orvel Walters Dies in Pasadena Orvel Walters 62 id Pasadena Calif and formerly of Belleville died Saturday morning at his home following an extended illness He was in charge of the custodians in die' public school system at Pasadena He married Martha Starr in Belleville Surviving besides his wife are a daughter and two sons Mrs Marilyn Baker and Bud and Ronnie Walters all in California a sister Mrs Ollie Mank 219 South 16th Street Belleville two brothers Harley Walters Hot Springs Ark am Ivel Walters 1923 Scheel Street Belleville a half brother Edwin Peter 1505 Karin Drive Swansea and four grandchildren Cremation will be held Pasadena Mrs Naomi Hall Of Sauget Dies Funeral services for Mrs Naomi May Hall 65 of 1455 Queen-ey Avenue Sauget were hel today in the Kassly Funeral Home Cahokia Mrs Hall died at 2:05 am Saturday in Memorial Hospital She is survived by her husband Elmer three sons Gordon Hugh of Lombard Larry Joe of Fairview Heights an Norman Keith of sister Mrs Lola Gregory of Sauget and a brother Hugh Miller of Carrier Mills Estate and trust services exclusively since 1901 ILLINOIS STATE TRUST COMPANY SJS MImmtI In bit St Ms T7M wnt Mato iiiiwiito 1 The plan was sent to city of-cials and white business leaders Saturday As of Sunday evening Mayor Albert Thomas said he had not seen the peace proposal and would not comment on i 1 The Rev Manker Harris a nited Front officer said Sunday that resolution of the issues nvolved in the peace plan would not necessarily mean resolution of the issues involved in die black boycott of downtown white merchants In the midst of frequent racial violence die United Front has sponsored the boycott for nearly wo years It is aimed at secur-ng more retail Jobs for blacks than merchants have offered and in getting what the United terms respect" from merchants toward blacks Here are the details of the peace plan: Both blacks and whites should discuss perhaps- daily Joseph Graham Dies at Age 74 Joseph Graham 74 of 9898 Lincoln Trail Fair-view Heights died at 5:45 pm Saturday at SL Elizabeth Hos-lital where he had been a patient since Wednesday He was a retired manager of the Omaha Steel Works Omaha Neb A son of Michad and Laura jraham nee Aston he was born in East SL Louis on September 0 1896L His father preceded dm in death his mother lives in East SL Louis Surviving besides Ids wife the former Lenora Wall and his mother are a son Dr Joseph Graham 20 Oak Knoll Place Belleville two daughters the disses Lenora and Mary Eileen Graham both faculty members of Taritio College arkio Mo a brother Robert 1 Graham SL Louis a sister Its Marcus Phelps Benton Ky and six grandchildren The funeral will be held at :30 am Wednesday from the ohn Barnes Funeral Home East SL Louis to Blessed Sacrament Church Belleville for requiem Mass at 10 ai Msgr Clement Schindler' pastor of SL Albert the Great Church Fairview Heights will officiate Burial will be in ML Carmel Cemetery Friends may call at tiie funeral home after :30 pm today Hugh Campbell Rites in Lebanon Hugh Campbell 62 of Posey 111 and formerly of Lebanon died at 6 am Saturday at Washington County Hospital Nashville where he had been patient since Tuesday follow-ng a heart attack He operated a service station at Posey before his retirement last August because of failing health -A son of the late Jamies and Nellie Jane Campbell nee Rouse -he was bom at on February 4 1908 He married Elizabeth Peters in SL Louis on May 10 1941' Surviving besides his' wife are two sisters Mrs Norman Goetter and Mrs Charles Dawson both of Lebanon He was preceded in death by three sisters and two brothers The funeral will be held at I am Tuesday from the Meyer Funeral Home Lebanon to College Hill Cemetery The Rev Marion Harrison pastor of SL Paul United Church of Christ Lebanon will officiate Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 pm today PETS LOST LISTED HERE AS A PUBLIC SERVICE Than It No Ciwrgo Call 2M-J00S BEADLE MALE YEARS OLD own Mock and whlta Caiayvllto araa amwara to Fracklat 23S-W aftor pm MALE BEAM-d! WHITE WITH BROWN poll anawars la nan af "lam" vicinity of Daway School Call aftor 4 turns YELLOW STRIPED KITTEN loot In vicinity of Saw-Mart araa m-tft COLLI MALE SABLE COLOR Reward far Information Loot vicinity Now Mamphla MS-MSI PETS FOUND BASSET HOUND MALE WEAEINO collar vicinity af St Jutm'i Driva acroaa from St JoNrt Orphanage turn MIXED DOD FEMALE EBOWN AND whlta about I year old found 1201 Maacuutah Ava 23MML PART BEASLE FEMALE TRICOLOR 4 month aid found 1401 Chart 233-0002 PART WIRE-HAIR TERRIER MALE brown and whlta about months aid Found No 2 Farthing Lane 2324M2 FART co*ckER MALE BLACK ABOUT 4 yuan aid found 2 Farthing Lana 231-fOU PART BOXER MALE EBOWN ABOUT 2 years old found 2 Farthing Lana maooL I Another Suit Asks Ouster of School Board A new suit has been filed in Circuit Court in continuing ef-brts to oust members from the card of education for East SL Louis School District 189 The new suit was filed Friday afternoon shortly after an earlier suit was dropped Filed bn behalf of Sue KoL cer wife of East SL Louis AN tomey Charles Kolker the petition for a writ of mandamus asks the court to direct Clarence Hair SL Clair County Superintendent of Educational Service legion to remove Eugene Ha-ey Elvira Geragosian Frances )ennis and Charles Merritts from office -The petition contends that Blair has failed to perform his clear duty as required by Illinois Statutes and has failed and refused to remove the four board members trim have willfully failed to perform their official duties! Alleged in the suit are five instances in which the board failed to perform as required by law The petition is similar to one lied several weeks ago on be-talf of Dod Miller president of meal 1220 of the American Federation of Teachers and later amended to add Sue Kolker as a party to the suiL The new suit does not include Clyde Jordan and Ben Phillips They were included in the initial suit nit have since resigned from the board hearing before Associate Circuit Judge Francis Maxwell was to determine If a motion filed by Attorney tbbert Rice on behalf of Blair to dismiss the initial suit would be allowed During testimony it was revealed that Miller no longer wanted to proceed with the petition but Mrs Kolker wanted to proceed Hex Carr the attorney who filed tiie initial petition asked the court that he be slowed to withdraw as the attorney for Miller on the grounds that he could not represent conflicting interests in the same suiL Judge Maxwell doited tiie requests Prior to taking the witness stand Miller asked permission to address the court He told the court that be believed Carr no longer represented his best interests in die light of recent charges made by Carr against Miller Carr has alleged that Miller the teachers1 union during the recent board-teacher dispute which kept East SL Louis schools from operating normally for more than 1 Miller testified that It was his understanding that part of tiie board-teacher settlement callet for dropping all pending litigation Rubin Yelvington Metro-East Journal editor who served as mediator in bringing tiie dispute to settlement also testified that It was his understanding that all pending litigation was to be dropped Miller also testified that at no time had he consented to perm: Mrs Kolker to become a party to the initial suiL He added that the suit was filed at the sugj tion of Carr who is the' attorney for East SL Louis Local 1220 of tiie AFT Mrs Kolker was called by the court as a witness and testified about her involvement in the suiL She said she became party to the suit after it was believed that the suit might be dropped following a board-teacher settlement of the dispute While Mrs Kolker was belli questioned by Judge Maxwell Carr on at least two occasions questioned the right to interrogate his witness Judge Maxwell overruled objections stating that Mrs Kolker had been called as the witness and she would be instructed to answer tiie questions extended illness fresh FROM Evansville III who died Friday will be held Tuesday morning in Evansville from the Dashner Mathews Funeral Heme to SL Boniface' Church for services at 10 am Burial will be in SL Boniface Ceme-Albert Clyde Prince 64 of 761 1 tery She married Joseph A North 80th Street East SL Pautler at Hecker on November Louis died at 2:25 am Saturn 11 1911 n1: Surviving besides her bus- a band are six children John since December 14 I Anthony Herbert and A Pat He was an employe of foe Pautler Mrs Victoria Ernst housekeepidepartm atMe-L Mnu cecile Storkf22 grand morial Hospital foe past six great-grandchll- yearo He previously was an brothers Peter employe of foe Aluminum Com-1 hei st Louis and John Kreher pany of America in East SI New Athens and three sisters Laal8 I Sister Alfreds Order of Poor Surviving are his wife the Handmaids Milwaukee Wis former Iva Harper a son and Mrs prances Wittenauer Wa-two daughters including Mn Ugoo! and Mrs Clara Parker Joseph Thomas 104 South 51st New Street Belleville two brothers a sister and seven grandchil- dren The funeral will be held at 111 am Tuesday from the John Barnes Funeral Home East SL I Louis to Valhalla Burial Park VJ alia Corcliallu Lyt to Vist the Valhalla Sanctuary of Memories MAUSOLEUM Funeral Today Funeral services for Weinel 83 of 3219 For- Dorothv Shelton Boulevard East SL Louis I I r61 fe4 afternoon at foe RlteS Wednesday Kura Funeral Home East SL 7 Louis with burial in Valhalla Funeral services for Mrs Doth Burial Bark 0 stelua a Kill- Mr Wdnel rated Mrs Shelton died at 9:50 pm I Surviving are his wife Lo-Friday in Memorial Hospital tille three sons Richard after being ill force years Wefaiel Fairview Heights and She is survived by her bus- Ernest A and Robert Wei-band Milas and a son Jack nd both of two of Collinsville' I daughters and two sisters During the Christmas Season to See the Indoor Nativity Scene and the Annual Display of Poinsettias This Beautiful Floral Display May Be Seen Daily from 9 am Until 4:30 pm COME AND HEAR THE SPECIAL MUSIC OF THE SEASON May the Joy and Peace af Christmas be with yea today and all thraagh the coming year CANDIES A NATIVITY SCENE of life sized figures and animals sur- jj rounded by beautifully lighted Christ- mas Trees can be seen at the east en- trance to the park VALHALLA 3200 Old St Louis Road Belleville Schio55er5 Nites 'til 9 DOWNTOWN 233-1674 iMaaaaajjjiEaiajtMaJ MJiMeiiMMaaflJiMasaaaiMMJ.

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