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.'- THE SOUTH]N TO NEWS,'DECEMBE] 1, 19r )
•eutbingten ' - Korean Girl Writes Of Terror M;,,ic Couaal ool,
Es b 8 EDITOR, g NEWS: itself. How many a time were we r Member
. at 1 n A nue, u n n, t I have recently received a let- almost going to diel NEWS:
. ter from Seoul from one of the No I'll try to write briefly As a mem r of the Soat
' y TH EN PUBLISHING COMPANY '.' . Ewah University student, who what happened to me and to my Music Council I should like to urge
b .T le hon :S ': was graduated 'just before the family. Frmn the week after they wider sflpport on the pa of the
SUBSCRI N S .. / " ........... war broke oUL I feel certain, now came to Seen their action began public.in this very fine up who
yable in Adv g /' that America is engaged in a war from plundering. They came to a trying to supplement the music
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against Conmmnism, that excerp my house three times in a add- p 'am in our schools. T e move-
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of this letter, which I have copied
from pen ndtes, may prove internight
and carried out the possessiena
which they could find and
meat was stared by a group who
were particularly inte sted in pmnec
under the Act of M 3, 1879 esting to your readers. I am sure we gore driven from my house curing a marching band, duly cos-
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they will be lmrticularly int
ed to note that, uuder
est- first and e t
and o er functions. But
' e violent stm which lashed New England Satalmost
pa l i i
doctrine, each member of a househobl
was compelled to put forth
Also it was not a ouce or twice
that we felt hunger. Wc had get
that to is a grca rounded dealp mo gramt of n
a the resent facilities to cope with such an umuism. * whi are l
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t and a gravel be- we must a a little a inat the
" Although the Southin on li responded to the ALFRED J. COPP LA
cause of the lack rice. As I was
hiding under the floor, to tell you
enthusiasm that may be en
in carrying out such a
erst
they could, it became apparent in the ECA Iission To Chine frankly I just imagined once The sum of $50 per pupil fd¢ a
hours of the stol that
for receiving and broadting
emergency infol ation. }
At 1:15 p.m. the first power lines went down. "At
p.m. Bradley Memorial Hospitm was plunged into
At 8 p.m. the power went off in the Town
-Hall d the police radio system was silenced. By 9 p.m.
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n Embassy t if yew come back to Seoul during the meeting which I at-
Tapieh, Taiwan (Formosa)
November 18, 1950 again I'll ask you to trot me a tended at the H h School
nice droner with ice cream nml, . . g '
..... .. ., Lmgnt of Novembez 16 This seems
Dear Mr. Coppola, .ca e'.. x(u°nt augh, though, m/ o.......
me u e a rrmc "expen u ""
Dr. Knh going to cnd a mail'[ mugumg nuw)
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through APO' now and I thought Besides t se we couldn't get f busi ss.
we - of fear, every day, every there was no discus bn
many ten ble things uld have hap ned, opportunity. momcnL 1 " there was omcon¢ on the matter. In thinkinK
a miracle that none did.
:. . . - ne s Council I have Wontile
middle of an emergency oper- . • three months were the three hun- I had to nHlc lmmcalately to the dered if the could be an inte -
a o . With no auxiliary source of electoral power, the i d'ed yea's fro" us who had suf- places wae e we md prep led t on of e pl gra n with the Home
d tors and rses working against time in tile operat- ..-- ':' ....." feted "iu that terrible worFl" of £hey we c looking tor my lathe Economics Department of the igh
l' m,.would }lave been dependent on candles all ..... ' ' fen. and oppression. All the in order to UUlnaSon iu a d m School so that nstead of thisCounoperation.
This type o[ i gl t ' ' ' . Ilung I--bad xperienced--i
l g " .., -' meantime a not able to be tol my stel to make u propa- ', money to be spent in this way, they
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1 for" a large supply of candles. ] l'm writing a letter td ou w] a changed our - divc l cc ix of co-opdration and self-help in thd
p found emotion, sm 'iving from time but fmahy my brother as students who are going to benefit
With the wer out in the centdrs of both South- tbut find and since ey casted him by this p jcct.
looting stores. With the police radio sitting dead and ..... est: OW Good IS Milldale School? hope by now, as there s ve;y few:the oue specifications being laid out by
- useless, in the olice station, it would have been tropes- t perseus who came bark from the the Council and a p ze a rded
sible to Summon aid from neighboring tox s or even to HOW TO USE "LIFI ?" qT "
......... ' ' ' g- o Jail. e mos acceptable. It is quite poseontact
he two local e ise . Duri the time it would L lly upplement-bigh -school vocational 'ain ., ., - - ,. ] sible the, teacher could then make
]felp in other ways, tl ousa ds of dol " - hi t b d E f a on whi is readilg avail- ; -- L I fi tL .h ELth z --at l
wo of merchandise and pro rty could have able from an schGo[pr dpa is designed o measure ....................... •........... X [army arrived was the chnmx. bv cut and sewn as par of the ad
' tyros o bH tions e 4ndi ated ata x vance sewing group or with the a
A serious and even disi tl tls fire cGuld have . tion applieg sReifi lly to a hi h-sch l or to an. oratory work fdr event our houl of classroom ' ' mght, ,trembling m the basement o women who a mbe of the
broken out ' sch l, only the
such a- fire ould 6: ques: There Ts a k ndergarten n the elementary school YES] h v is it { le to tbiuk tha we "
a e tastrophe- re ulting in heavy loss of life ' tions, in €heelementary school pupils In tile same gl e will alive in that- momeut uns er were necessa as part of the
..... uniform these-would pz b bl have
d p y. ....... ; Ee grou according to reading levels a use : above and the fire a ide. Fern" to be purchased sepa ly but not
These are only some of the things that could have different readers .. I ......................... N i perseus just n front of my Itou e necessarily f] m a uniform s pply
. hap ned. HOW TO FIGURE SCORE 2e The scl] l makes use of a remedial reading -- had died hy the tan flora house in some distant s 'that
specialist ....... ........ NO Dung Po I,nd the best of the might want to capitalize too
And yet there is a pa ial, if not adequate, solution Add up the questions you have answered yes, Subtract from 27 All students study Lummumty, including I potato stole become crazy. (If he ly on supplying hands.
to this clamoring problem of being prepared for an this the number u hE anmv c(I- o. Add the difference; tuques of local Gx;ernment, tilroug visits and a e a night mo e, e wa all
A portable gene tor f sufficient power to 1 0 and compar it to the chart I)elo . I am sm thfit those who on-
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to keep the hospital operating or to keep the police de- ] p ci tion. VEg right. 1 heard hhu shouting "let's visiou this band have also at heart
partment functioning at peak efficiency would be an _ Elementary High ] 2-(;fade . 28 The high school has an adult educational ln'ogram kdlTbinkthe over,of,becommuni tS)'gladnewhen s we theoftheg°°dchild n°f theingreaterour schoolsma ° tYwho
invaluable asset to the town.
There is such a generator in town. It has been here Best SchooL Got
Sch ls
"i15-142
Schools
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Sch
120-153-
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There is a person slmcff]cally employed to work at
l st half time as a director of an adult education
f r t saw the f ag of Tm kuk aml may never have the oppo unity
for o than three years but it Ilas done little except
to collect dust in the basement of the old high school.-
This generat r, which will develop 7.5 kibwatts of
power (7500 watts), was purchased by the Southin on
Board of Education in June of 1947 from the War Assets
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Average 'c Got - 0-II5
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Worst Schoo[ Got -15-90
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105-1 7 93-120 30 The chief administrative officer m the pa %icular
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- 45 105 7-93 *,31 hool is employed on a 12-month basis.........
he chie a(iministrative officer in the particular
.......... school is free from teaching duties ............
X' the U. N. AImy. I' hkc a ceazy, pa icipating in the band. The -
fouod myself xsandcriug along the fore they will extend their goner-
NO street. When we came to om own osity and interest to these othem
house we found the I ouse half to round out the music p am in
NO damaged b the gun, bat our new our schools in some other depart-
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for $25.
ori nally purchased for the use o [ -- Some sch ls are go
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The chief administrative mti e m th rtiema -
sch l has engaged in professional study at a
life hart, tartcd f om tlm day. meats. It is my hope
We have nothing but we are hap- appreciation can - be
that music
stimdlb d
physics department.of the high school but t that time sible for most citizens to tell which are ninth. ey an I k at the', ' higher insti tion in the last five years....... yES py. All the clothes, posse iqns f m the rst_ e
there was no room to set it p. It was used on a few {eachers and build/ngs and form impressions. Bu[ nnless the a erage 33 Tile chief administrative officer in the particular had gone. the High School by ntes s ch
OC iO S to show the students what a generator looked parent has wide academic experience, the.re is uo suref re was for him 3.1 The
school
chief
is provided
admlmstratlve
with full-time clerical help ...
officer ill the particular
NO l'm continuing to work as a so- as I remember taking pa
cre ry of Dr. Kim who now is ago.
i Fva
Hke and to give them an fdea of how it operated. The to jndge for himself [he job a school is doht r to measure t_against school has a masters degree .................. YES, the dirertor of offlee of Public There is hardly a school system
ge vrator itselPwas never put into operation. When thff " any other school. L1F E I resented Ibe first test e er devised hy which, 35 he c ef administrative officer in the particular Information. gvc yda}: is pentlwhich does not have a phonograph
overB°ardthree°fEducatiOnyears later,purchasedit is stillit' unused.it was qnused. Today, an l veragew Yeiti nasked nbyiellu '}Just"la manh°Wg dof anyhiS schoolpuhlic is.school e q iucipal. esllons, school has seemed advice from education s ial- with the business, of the govcru- or some means of playing
If this generator could be sold or transferred to ' n } r ,a,. qmrt no sgecial knowledge and no ledgemqnl on 0u, art of iSiS other than state supervisors o his ow ill- ment in ordm to ebuibl ou neW nnd I thin a time and p[ace should
the Southingfbn Police Department for their use m the questioner. AI of them are lo he an,wered , iih a simple "yes" or 36
initiative
In the lem ntary s l ool hor is" a " organized
NO' nation.
I Won't you come back
be given in the schedule for
Seoul to listen to classic pieces to lea
se of an emergency it would I a definite step toward
acquiring emergency equipment. Tile Board of
Police Commissioners have discugsed trying to procure
"no." By comparing his answer score to lbe chart at right, any la}rman
can see just ho hlh schoo; stands in relation to tuber schools throughout
th c uolr ,
guidance program with a person "at its bead
specifically responsible for its administration ... NO
again. Al? I hope you
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If possible write to
sould, and. their titles and compose and7 in
me soon. lthe more advanced clasps, an idea
the generator but. as far as could be determined this 37 In the high'school, for every 250 students, there through your frien.I who m now of the various types of music and
wPek, no definite action has I en ken. 'rh : LIFE e l coneemrale on Ibe a, ihl qu lilie that make, is at least one guidance o cilor who is engag bore as a E. C. A. member. . Ask a little about th lives of the eat
The So thi gto Defense Council has ass l'ed he up a good cbool. It cansm,.of course, mcdsure mtanglble like faculty in at least pal,-time counciling activities with at bim to deliver your letter to Dr. composers. This would be u -
lice department that it will foot the ex
the generator and overhauling it if it can
se of moving
secured.
personality and school spirit. But any
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chool scorin
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least partial relief from teaching duties ....
The is a psychologist or psychiatrist av l l
X llelleu Kim. Dirccter of Office tion for life, because it is th t e
Public Infmma ion. Really I shall of infornmtion we may all be glad
It s the idea of Police Chief Edward F. Geary to Thi te t ba ben prvpare by LIFE i h the ce of experts, for consultaiou . ............................. NO bc waiting for your answer and tu know as our lives unfold. Reco
m[ the generator on a chassis so hat it ca be It has been appraised b more han 159 school nperinh,ndenla and:39 At least $1.25 a year is spent un the sch l lil please understand this letter's ords for this prog cGuld be
oved from place to place. Highway Superintendent
Frank J. Hurley has volunteered to provide a place at
eu tested on more than 590 go . a ,ra e an o r choo/s in 48
states. lt i scored on Ihc basis of their performa e. Its workability
ary for ch pupil the school's average daily
attendance .................................
writing or mistakes. I wrot it purchased by the Music Council
NO a sudden, and also during the in- wi h the aid of a few xpe s and
the town garage to keep the generator. I case of an , has be n anal}zed and 9ro ed hy the amhor ;di e Educational Tc ting 40 A perso trained in library tecbni gives tervals of m business.
prizes could be awaked by the
power failure it could bc k tl erv ct t P n ct n, ' fnstruc -- -the use o a school (Mi ) HUNGJA-GIIO Council to th who stud hlgh t
place where it was needed the most. ANSWER YES OB NO 41
library .....................................
At least $200 is spent per pupil. (Computed by
NO Seoul. Korea.
Octohe 15. 1950
m the contests at the end of each
:car.
The power output of the generator s enough to 1 At least h ', of the,.pareuts are. members, of. the dividing l e total school budget for current o r- All those who arc inte s d
take- care of the emergency needs of the hospital or PTA or ther educa mnallv. chve orgamzahons. NO sting exl nditur by the otal average daily Umon" Serr ce" T rnout tseeing that either or bgth of these
the police department. It might sis0 used for aux- ' At leagt 5 ', of the memher nf e PTA or other attendance) . ........ [suggestions get carried out should
doors.iliary lighting at public events x hich" are held o t-of- educationally, active organizdti ns attend the ten- I ,12 At least $o" was spent p r phpil last year for text- NO' EDITOR, rati]ies, THEMinisterSNEws: attend future meetings of the
oral mee[ings............................ NO books and supplementary classroom eading ms- Council aud s pport it with mere-
With the dauger of another world confhct facing 3 Teacher-parent conferences are :wranged for a
the nation and is c mmunity, it is not too soon to excludin par-
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per.vcar for every child
There are cRizenq present at all open srh l-
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verage dally attendance tot audio-v sun matel
ml, excluding purchase of basic projection and
sound, equipment ........................... : ,
munlty in your capacity as ,ditor [ticipat on in the discussion of deof
ore" fin local paper, , . may I con-
vey to the man friends x-he at-. tails of all the projec for music
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ttmded the. Unmn Thanksg vmgi (blrs.) CHARLOTTE CURTISS
likely } the target of an a r attack ff we became involved
in another war. Vith the reopening of the air- 6
board meetings ...........................
Pubhc oarticipatiou in local duca ion has caused
NO 11 liere is at least 3 qu.nrc feet of floor area per O
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se 'iee on November 22 the deep
thanks of the Ministerial Associa-]
South End R ad,
Plan ville.
craft plant here, there is reason to believe the enemy .
would be extreme y desirous of crippling its operntiou ,
Even supposing that such an attack were nnt atomic,
it would still create an emergency such ns the town has
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never faced. If nn atomic explosion occurred. t ould
increase the gravity of such an attack a hundredf ld,
It is time tha something be done tn prepa c fi,r
such an emergency even tho Kh It ay ever aterlalize.
It i better o be afe than so'ry
t ct a it]tllt[ih. piece of oquipmolli lt i llC
and deteriorate wbeu it could he put t( good u e for the
a sigmficanl " change m the school within the 15 classroom At least 80' per pupd of the m classrooms average dailhave attendance. movable " tiou of Southington. ' ',
last five years......................... YES
Approximately 335 people we x, *
= desks...................................... NO present that evening to share in a :foreign, FOll
There has been a bond issue or tax levy extension ,16 The building is inspected yearly by an official fire service of hanksglving to God, ; . p
voted within the last three years.............. YE or building authority ........................ NO with about ,5 volunteer musicians lO IC u[ ranel
8 At least 50', of the classro m teachers have .17 All the buiklings are at least fire resistiw . ..... NO from the oh,its of six churches. P
m h, degree ............ NO 18 Fire drills are held at frequent iutervals....... YE[ The offering of th evening was
9 Teachers in the secondary ch o] bavc at least ..... one .19 staffTheschool cust ian is a full-time mem r of the announced o,,-At The Librar
l'ee period to every o r toachli p l'[od X .................. YE[ trlbatim t tlu outhin on C m-, A discusmo o i yoli¢
10 T cher he ele ent a v chw l ,ave at least 50 Th washing f -." . . -
" aed n t e mt running water. NO .
I€1 minutos t f I'OM 1)er rl dUl'lnff lho d v . ...... X 51 There are flush toilets........................ " " YES ily munlty endorse. Chest, Tbewhich offcl'ing we all amountcd heart- took noon place of November the mo21ing at and the South- af r-
11. The ame age cale exists ,,r l,oth lement n'y 52 'File school supl)lies soap in the :{'honl lavatories. YES to $97.72, which h.ft
protection aml well being, of the wilole communily? and. seco0dary sc ) 1 teachors.............. YES ' 53 Students call obtain hot foud .t the school. ...... NO ha been turned into $9.L the . Corn, that'mgton sponsorshtp* l'ublie of Lib the Service try, under Bureau the
And this shonld only be the first step. Tl e Dofe
ouncil, the Police Department, t ufflcials and c
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least $2,7o{I a roar.
for 19acho ;s is at
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51 There is a yearly medicul oxamination of every
student equiring at lea t :]l) mim tes per pupil
imunity Clwst'after the expense of for Women's Organizations of
zeus ought to do everytl inff in their i el. to c re 13 The possible t I) salary 5w rlas ', om leachc,rs 1 to p rform.................................. O $4 for the program folders wos. lhntford.
the comnmnity against disastel, at h,a t $1,{10{I a v(.al' + NO 55 The school lU'ovides in pectiou and cldaniug of deducted. The program was arranged by
illiam Miller ceivo pay per i. week .zh at h,asl equa['to the week ' - , . by . , , , hygienist a - ;
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grateful foe the.Mrs. Charlot Craig, field
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- AS l e COngl' sman 'om this district for three
I 8, William J. Miller was known and respected
•roughout l[artford Cuunty llc was serious ubm the
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15 "I • teachers and ' - I '.tall ro- allowed slck" .... T le e s a.sc oo g mm. s., .t.,m .............. .
' nere is an organ zoo mtramu t
lense wit pa f,r at l a t I davs "ann allv YES . gram iu the high school ...................... "
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record ,ndance of man , Leader of t discussion was
of tbnt ew,n- en Haugh uholsactingna
wt,nt many preyers that God, mmh.rat,,r for a series of forelgn
job, giving attention to small details in a way that his 16 ' ] Ills pool)h, in Suuthin on. I Southiugtou volnol attending
constituents apl)reciated. Elected i three off vear heginning
in 1938, hc took defeat in stride durmg three
presidential years, bh'. Miller was a Republican who
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1 ] W. tten by me m behalf of the wore Mrs. A. E. Polrim', Mrs. Jos-
NO Soutlfington Ministerbd A soe..:epl Thalherg, Mrs. Lewis p.
never had [ meau word to say about lterman Koople-
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five elections, or about
Congressm n A. A. Ribieoff, to whom he bowed in 1918.
At leas nne wrilt , 'i );, '1 , r';g , ,: , 'e ,'l
student is submitted by the teachers to the In,netpal
or pareut supplemt,nta T to r 'e lacmg
eighth, ninth,']0th, or l lth grades hopped out
last yyar . ...... '....................
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St.er, tary
Stouff, Mrs. George Wood, rs.
loore, rs, Harry Coc-
kayne, Mrs. Francis Ashworth,
These attribute would stand out in't life of any
man. But they are even more remarkable in Mr. bIfller;
case. For, j mt after World War I, he crashed in an
A y test pla e and lost both legs. He th lived m a
east six yea . But.his spirit was. unbroken. He al'l'i d ,
C up a successful insurance bH llle S, became commaml-
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routine report cards........ " .'..... ..,
Courses comprisin not. ess t t i ;f
Iotal curriculum havp hPpl ; dded within the last
five v • ..
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Laymon are sod systemutieallv tn s pple ent
classroom insbructiG " both tht'n gh consultation
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s udent and it goes with him on t unsfe ing to
dtfferent school .............................
The ehool board, through determihing its own
udget wit o t reshktions, . . s inde endent of fin
an ial qonfrol by'nonsc oo agencies of the mun"
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p g at.. ....................... :.
Mr . Nm'man C oley, Mrs. "Jane
Domooiek Tcdesro of M ill llohnes, Mrs. Gertrude Brown
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treet an l Anthony Faryl arz Of/Mrs lhnry Aszkler, Mrs. Julia"
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: m' m' .,t. , o,' a, , , p u,,. " Miss Margaret Smith and M s.
A ptcial meeting of tnc cmO- m . '
OI erotic Town Committee will be Local high school students at
0n s onneeticut -Department
was thrice elected to Cohgrcss, campaigning in a
ehalr. His death at 51 ends a chronicle_ of coinage ,
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H gh school has vocational or h dustrial arts
courses Employment ....................... in a time job m. used ........ systemat- ....
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hsrd Beshuk'
IOTAL YES II TOTAL NO 38 flail courtroom, llnbert S. tlig- Georke Bee , Rp crt En '
MILLDALE ' ' SCOR . 7 to attend. l a m rlcia Garling, anic ICaprio
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[ abett Beltz and