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Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
3-DAY
MEETING HERE
Wilson Refrigeration, Inc,
Holds Meeting of Nation
Wide Representatives
VISITORS TOUR PLANT

Wilson Refrigeration, Inc, held
a three-day meeting here on Mon
day, Tuesday, and Wednesday for
the firms nationwide network of
sales representatives. The gener-
al meeting site for the 35 sales
and management men in attend
ance was the Veterans of Foreign
Wars post home in Clayton. In
addition to the series of demon
strations and open discussions
held there, tour of the Wilson
manufacturing facilities was in
cluded A keynote address was
delivered by Robert L. Tyler of
Tyler Refrigeration Corporation,
Niles, Michigan, and its subsidiary
companies including Wilson. Roy
Geary, of New Eagle, Penn, was
introduced to the group as the
newly appointed director of farm
and home freezer sales for VIII
son. Geary formerly served as
freezer specialist for Harder Re-
frigerator Corporation, Cobleskill,
N. Y. Also new to Wilson is Cor
don Massey, Jr., who has Joined
the dairy products division. The
purpose of the meeting, according
to Harold e. Wickham, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Wilson Company, was to introduce
personnel product improvements
and new sales techniques for Will
sons line of milk coolers and farm
and home freezers. In general
charge of sales presentations was
Henry Shapley, assistant general
sales manager. John E. Wilson
III, sales manager of Wilson'S
dairy products division, handled
the milk cooler portion of the pro-
gram, and Mr.. Geary headed up
the freezer presentations.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS HELD
KICKOFF MEETING MONDAY

ed by Chief Warrant officer Mil
lard Crary. Variety was provid-
ed by the versatile musicians with
selections by the Glee Club of 25
voices, and by the tenor solos of
Frank Carroll, who was making
his last appearance with the band.
Seated in the boxes were Cover
nor ]. Caleb Boggs, who made an
address; Lammot DUPONT, Jr.,
chairman of the Delaware Chap
ter, American Red Cross, John
Russo, campaign chairman, City
Treasurer Alexander D. Abrahams
and the following guests from the
military, in uniform: Col. S. B.
Howard, commander Fort Miles;
Col. Francis C. Gideon, command
er 1607thAi r Transport Wing at
Dover Air Force Base, Col. Milton
Ashkins, commander of the 4710th
Defense Wing at New Castle Air
port; Major Francis Carmody,
commander of the 525th Air Base
Squadron at New Castle; Capt.
Donald L. Meloy, commander, Ma
rine Corps Reserves, and Col.
Francis H. Barnes, Chief, Head
quarters Delaware Military Dis
trict.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
CONTEST FOR
COUNCIL POST
Voters to Select 2 of 3 Can
didates at Town Elec-
tiOn on Monday
BLENDT UNOPPOSED

With the name of George M.
Blendt the only one to be filed for
mayor there will be no contest for
that post at the town election to
be held on Monday, Feb. %. Mr..
Blendt has just completed two
years of service as a member of
council. At the special meeting
of council last Friday night four
candidates fled for the two posts
on council. In addition to the
name of Linden Doughten, filed
two weeks ago, the following were
listed: William r. Stats, incum-
bent; Lester L. Liefer, and Ver-
non A. Westfall. Mr.. Liefer's
name was presented over the sig
natures of five property owners,
and the others filed their own
names. On Saturday the name of
Mr.. Stats was withdrawn. Mr..
Doughten, native of Smyrna, is
parts manager in the service de-
partment of Wilson Refrigeration,
Inc. He is a member of the First
Presbyterian Church, and served
one year on the executive COM
mittee of the Smyrna-Clayton
Parent Teacher Association, as
budget and finance chairman. He
and Mrs. Doughten have two
sons, John w. Doughten and Lin
den, Jr. Mr.. Liefer, corporate sec
retary of Wilson Refrigeration,
Inc, moved to Smyrna in June
1851 from Niles, Michigan where
he was formerly assistant secre-
tary of Tyler Refrigeration Cor
poration, a firm with which he
has been affiliated since October,
1910. He is president of the
Smyrna-Clayton Parent Teacher
Association. He was a member
of the Niles Lions Club, past pres
ident of the East Side PTA, as
well as past president of the Y's
Mems Club in that city. Mr.. Lief
er was confirmed at st. Johns
Evangelical Lutheran Church at
Muskegon, Mich. He now lives on
West Commerce Street with his
wife and daughter, Betty, a high
school student. Mr.. Westfall, a
native of New York State, has
lived in Smyrna for 81 years, and
was educated in New York State.
At the present time he is engaged
in building several houses in
Smyrna. He is Presbyterian
and has served a term as serge
ant-at-arms in the Delaware State
Senate and also served as Kent
County committeeman. His fam
lily consists of his wife, and a
daughter, Mrs. A. w. Gottschall,
of Norfolk, Va.
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GETS ACADEMY
APPOINTMENT
Harley r. Bodley, Jr., Among
Thirty Nominated for
Air Academy
TO SELECT ONE

U. S. Senator ]. Allen Frear
announced the appointment of "a
Delawareans last Friday as prin-
cipal and alternate candidates to
the United States Military Acad-
envy at West Point, the Naval
Academy at Annapolis, and the
new United States Air Force
Academy at Colorado Springs,
Colo. Nominations to the Air
Force Academy were made
through applications to the Sen
ator from qualified young men
throughout the state. In the case
of the Air Academy, one candi-
date will be chosen from the state
out of total of 80 applicants
with each member of the states
Congressional delegates submit
ting a list of 10 names. Candi-
dates nominated for admission to
the u. S. Air Force Academy in
cluded Harley R. Bodley, Jr., of
Smyrna. Mr.. Frear called atten-
ton to the fact that the friends
and relatives of the candidates
have every reason to be proud of
their desire to seek careers in the
honored and demanding military
profession.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
R.W. SLAUGHTER
AT ROTARY
Talks on Cooperation in Bus
mess" and Many Person
al Experiences
TO ATTEND DOVER MEET

Rynear Slaughter, past presi-
dent of the Smyrna Rotary Club,
addressed his fellow Rotarians on
Cooperation in Business" speak
ing of many of his personal ex-
periences. He told of the many
things to be learned by young
men who aspire to become busi-
ness men, and emphasized the i'm
portance If cooperation with one
another as competitors, and of
working together as competitors
for the betterment of the COM
munity. Speaking of the plans for
new housing in 1855, he broke
down the figures for one million
homes into the number of doors,
windows, and lumber of all kinds
to be used in construction, saying
that the cement supply of one
firm is completely sold out for
1855. Charles w. Hall made the
response and the club gave a ris-
ing vote of thanks. The Smyrna
Rotary Club will attend the inter-
city dinner of the Dover Rotary
Club next Tuesday. Representa-
tives of the club will attend the
panel session on "Know Your
Community" at the Twentieth
Century Club on Feb. "a. George
E. Bryson presided, and group
singing was led by Clarence Bod
ley, with Robert Reed as accom-
PIANIST. Leslie E. Gooden was a
visitor from the Dover Rotary
Club.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
OPEN MEET CENTURY CLUB
Questions to Be Considered at
Meeting Thursday Night, Feb. "a

- -
The problems in the minds of
residents of Smyrna and the ques-
tions they might like to ask about
various phases of life here will
be considered at the meeting of
the Twentieth Century Club TO-
night, Thursday, Feb. "a at 8
pm, which is open to the public.
Richard c. Price, councilman, Geo.
w. Wright, school superintendent;
John w. Jacobs, Jr., chief of Po-
lice; Mrs. Thomas w. Russell, rep
resenting the Church; and Robert
Jacobs, Citizens Hose Company,
will be members of a panel on
Know Your Community. Will
liam E. Matthews, Jr., will act as
moderator. Mrs. Harold E. Wick
ham will preside. Mrs. Joseph w.
Ennis, safety chairman, Delaware
State Federation, will be present.
Those who have signed the pledge
in the safety campaign will re-
ceive a bumper strip if the sign
ed pledge is brought to the meet
ing. Mrs. Ennis will also have
available pledge cards to be sign
ed. Mrs. Fred Lamb and Mrs.
John H. Fearon will play piano
duets.
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BUSINESS WOMEN MEET
Celebrated International week at
Dinner Meeting Monday Night

Dinner Meeting Monday Night
The Smyrna-Clayton Business
and Professional Women's Club
celebrated international week at
its dinner meeting Monday even
ing. The program was in charge
of the International relations
chairman, Ruth Ellen Reihm, who
presented a lecture and colored
slides on Mexico. The pictures,
taken by Miss Reihm during last
summers vacation in the Latin
America republic, included scenes
in Mexico City, Taxco, xochimil-
CO, Cuernavaca, Patzcura, Morelia
and Acapulco. Examples of Mex
lean handicrafts and apparel were
exhibited. Greetings were read
from Mrs. Karen Balslev of Cop
enhagen, Denmark, who visited
the Smyrna club, and Others in
Delaware, TWO years ago. Mrs.
Mae S. Parker presided at the
business session and called a
board of directors meeting for
next Monday night. Mrs. Laura
Myers will represent the local
group at a meeting of the state
federation nominating committee
in Dover this week. 1t was an
nounced that the annual state con-
vention will be held May 21 and
% at the Hotel DUPONT, Whining
ton.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Eagles Balloon Drops Here

A 5O-inch balloon sent up at
Milwaukee, Wis, as a stunt to
call attention to the Crusade for
Freedom landed Thursday on the
farm of John STATED, three miles
north of Smyrna. The balloon
had literature attached, indicating
that it was sent up by the Fra
ternity Order of Eagles at Mil
waukee. There was also a copy
of a magazine article on the work
of the Crusade for Freedom, and
a postcard on which the individ-
ual finding the balloon was asked
to report its location.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
MARCH OF DIMES SUCCESS
Mrs. Addie David Chairman Here
Reports Collection of S1,3I2.75


Reports Collection of S1,312.75
The most successful March of
Dimes ever conducted in Smyrna
has just been completed and the
chairman, Mrs. Addie David has
reported a total collection of
S1,312.75. Mrs. David had the as
sistance of Mrs. Clayton Bailey as
co-chairman and Mrs. Walter
Downes, treasurer. OF this sum
S467.57 was realized in the one
night Mothers March. Sponsored
by the Auxiliary of the David G.
Harrison Post No. IA, American
Legion, the drive chairman re-
ports that about four times as
much was received in the mail
this year as was realized last
year. Mrs. David acknowledges
the help of the women who par
ticipated in the Mothers March,
the Boy Scouts, Silver Eagles,
Brownies, as well as many indi-
viduals, and wishes to thank all
who assisted in any way. Charles
" Williams was in charge of col
lections at the schools.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Democratic Women Meet

The Women's Democratic Club
of lower New Castle County met
in Townsend school at 8 o'clock
Tuesday, Feb. 15. The meeting
was called to order by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Ruth Haas. The men,
bership committee reported Sc
to date. Five delegates
and 5 alternates were selected to
go to the convention of Federated
Clubs in April at Dover. After
the business meeting cake and
coffee were served by Mrs. Temple
Heinold and Mrs. Thomas Rowan.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Death of DIR. Horace e. Spruance

DR.. Horace e. Spruance, 65,
died Sunday, Feb. 20 at his home
in San Diego, California after a
long illness. A native of Smyrna,
he was the son of the late Edgar
and Lillian Evans Spruance. He
is survived by his wife, Mrs. Wv
ian Spruance, and one daughter;
also one brother, Owen Spruance,
San Antonio, Texas; and three
sisters, Mrs. Alethia Fontaine,
Largo, Florida; Mrs. Frank Poole,
Pittsburgh, Pa, and Mrs. Lott
Ludlow, FELTON,; as well as several
nieces and nephews.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Banquet for clayton Cub Scouts


The Blue and Gold banquet of
Cub Scout Pack 1876 will be held
Friday night at the Clayton
School at Z pm. instead of at
Town Hall as previously an
nounced. There will be covered
dish supper with the food pre-
pared by parents of the cubs
Manuel Alvarado, president OF the
Clayton Lions Club, sponsors OF
the cub scout pack, will present
the cubs with troop flag, the
gift of the Lions. Donald Ennis
cub master, will present merit
badges and bobcat pins to the
parents who in turn will pin them
on the boys. Members of two dens
will present skits for entertain
ment. There are twenty cubs in
the pack, which has been recent
ly formed, and it is expected that
forty persons will attend the cele-
bration. Earl Ford, scoutmaster of
Boy Scout Troop 1876, will be a
special guest. Mrs. Muriel Ennis
and Mrs. Mary Brown are den
mothers.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
SMYRNA FISHERMAN CITED
Harry Heideck Commended For
Action in Saving Lives

Harry G. Heideck, a Smyrna
commercial fisherman, was COM
mended by the U. S. Coast Guard
at Philadelphia Thursday for his
action in saving the lives of pas
sengers on his fishing craft dur
ing a storm last summer in the
Delaware Bay. He was presented
the commentator by Coast Guard
Capt. George P. Kenney at cere-
monies held at the Philadelphia
Custom House. Heideck managed
to get the passengers safely
ashore after his craft capsized in
the Bay off Cape May, N. j., dur
ing violent storm which came
UP while taking out party OF
fishermen.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
Death of Edward G. Anton, 85

Edward c. Anton, 85, a retired
farmer of Earlville, Md, died in
Elkton Hospital on Feb. 21. He
was the husband of Mary Connor
Anton. Survivors include three
sons, John, Wilmington Manor
Matthew, Smyrna; Walter, Wy
oming; also, a daughter; Mar
garet, at home. Funeral services
will be held on Thursday at $50
am. at st. Dennis r. C. Church,
Galena, Md.
Smyrna times., 1955-02-24
World Day of Prayer at Asbury

Women of ten churches in the
Smyrna Clayton area will partici-
pate in the observance of the
World Day of Prayer to be held
on Friday, Feb. 25 at 8 pm. at
Asbury Methodist Church. All
women of the community are in
vited to attend. There will be a
short address by Mrs. e. w.
Buchanan, Dover, past president
of the Delaware United Church
Women. The chairman of arrange
ments is Miss Florence Lurty.
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$4,000 Gift
To NAACP

NEW YORK. - A $4,000
grant was made to the NAA-
CP Legal Defense and Edu-
cational Fund, Inc. by the
Fund for the Republic, Thur
good Marshall, Director Coun-
sci Of the Legal Defense. an
nounced today.
The grant is the frs made
to the NAACP Legal Defense
Fund by the Fund for the
Republic and is the largest
given to it by any fund since
the May IT, 1854 U: S: Su-
preme Court decision pro-
claiming segregation in public
schools a violation of the
Federal Constitution.
The Fund for the Republic
is an independent corporation
founded in 1852 to promote
the principles of the Constitu-
ton and the Declaration of
Independence. More than
one-third Of the Funds
grants so far have been to
support activities combating
racial discrimination.
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zeta Phi Beta
Regional Meet

Big doingS in Zetadom took
place over the weekend of
October $3.50. DR.. Deborah
Cannon Partridge of Queens
College, Flushing, New York.
and Teachers College, Column
bia University, and the Grand
Basileus of Zeta Phi Beta
Sorority was in Boston at
tending the 1855 Atlantic Re.
gional Conference, as was Mis-,
Esther Peyton of Washington
DC. who is known as miss
Zeta".
Mrs. Evelyn Hunt of New
Rochelle, New York. Chair
man of zeta's Regional Direc-
tors and Director of the At
lantic Region, conducted the
business sessions of the con-
ference at Freedom House
Roxbury. pproximateIy sixty
women of zeta representing
seventeen chapters and Amicae
Continued From Page -Four
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HATRED IS SOARING IN MISSISSIPPI
Mrs. Esther Griffith
Polio Victim

of Boston, Woburn and Win
chester as well as Medford
were saddened this week by
the sudden passing of Mrs
Esther B. Griffith, said to be
Medford's Oldest polio fatality.
Mrs. Griffith, 81, wife of He
zekia Griffith, SO Monument
ST., passed away at the Haynes
Memorial hospital, Brighton,
last Monday as October drew
to a close.
Her devoted husband had
kept kindled the hope his wife
would come through the pla-
que of polio which had reached
new record proportions this
year, Sharing that hope was
their daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Griffith, Shiloh chairman of
Religious Education and her
husband Walton Tucker. Supt.
OF the Shiloh Church School.
and all the other relatives and
friends, including four broth
ers. But the ordeal was too
much for the courageous Mrs.
Griffith who had been stricken
much later in life than is GUS
tomary. Most polio victims are
in their youth.
Funeral services were held
this week, Tuesday, at New
Hope Baptist Church, Winches-
ter, with Pastor Hill of New
Hope and Pastor Phillips of
Shiloh officiating. Burial was
at Wildwood cemetery.
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Hynes Reelection
Assured
Bu Monroe Mason


On the eve of BoSton'S City
election next Tuesday, polit-
ical experts affirm by a large
majority that BoSton's mayor,
John B. Hynes will be re-
elected by a substantial plu-
rality. The City Council and
School Committee contests
did not create the political
hulabyloo of bitterness and
recriminationS as the mayor
atty contest did during the
campaign almost ended by
candidates respectively for
the next mayor of Boston,
the present mayor John p.
Hynes and State Senator Jo...I
E. Powers. The doughty SEN
ator from South Boston over
talked himself into a maze
of unpredictable issues with
out any merit. He waged a
lone campaign apparently &C
cepting no advice or counsel
from close fellow political
Strategists, who could have
warned him of the deep cam
paign pitfalls into which he
plunged head-formost.
His series of TV appearan-
ceS proved to be uRnistak-
able political blooperS of I'M
scathing rebuke without any
basis of foundation to incri-
inmate his opposing candid
ate for mayor of Boston, John
B. HyneS. The array of in
consistencies that Powers Of
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BOSTON
BAKED
By MABE KOUNTZE

"He lDho lUiU not reason is a
bigot;' he lUho can not is a
fool, and he tOho dares not
is a SIave."
- Drummond
$50 ss& $&&
THE SALEM WITCHES sto-
ry by Irish historian, Dan
OConnell, featured recently in
the Boston Guardian certainly
should have been repeated
Halloween week. This series,
incidentally, high-lighted an
other chapter of indignation in
the Nations Press, which (as
it Should,) reveals a working
out on both sides. Someday
I might do a story for the
Dublin Daily. But we doubt
it will equal Dams story on
the witch-hunt hoaxeS con-
jured up by political pirates.
&#* $40 #*%
Cong. Powell has long lee
tured on the Halloween ScdreS
drnmmed up By political fax
erS. Most coSored leaders haze
exposed the masked men 1Uho
claimed ~ The abolition of
bondage Mould doom the Ma
toin.. ~ The granting of
Equal Rights Mould destroy
the UniUerSe.. 80 migrating
and granting education and
responsibility to CoIored Am
orleans toou1d create atomic
Continued From Page Four
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also says that the Mississippi
Citizens Councils now has
so 900 members in the state,
and it's Office corresponds
regularly with interested
Americans in 4e states, Ice
land, Alaska, South Africa
and Mexico"
This" the report maintains,
'is evidence of the potential
strength of this movement"
Continued From Page Four
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fered in defiance of his op-
ponent's candidacy for mayor
baffled thousands of voters
according to a survey of po-
litical experts, most of them
with more than two decades
of experience in review of
national, state, county and
Continued On Page Four
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Miss. White Councils
Boast Of Bias Drive

NEW YORK Changing
Mississippi's laws to bar col
ored voters and to give the
state legislature the power to
abolish public schools to pre-
vent desegregation are ma
jor accomplishments" of the
Mississippi White Citizens
Councils during the first year
Of operation, according to the
organizations annual report.
The four-page document
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white church.
1T wasn't just a matter of,
a man or two telling me not
to say mass" told Father Lew,
is. Il would have ignored
that. This was a we'll set-up
plan which was complete with
police on duty at the church
to bar me-"
The 31-year-olrd priest told
Continued IN Page Four
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MAUDE TROTTER STEWARD was
laid to rest on Wednesday afternoon,
November End in the Hyde Park Gene
tary.
The funeral services were held a
the Peoples Baptist Church, ROxbury.
the Rev. Richard NJ Owens, pastor.
Under the pastors direction, impressive
and dignified rites were performed, with
many representatives from state and
city governments, social, fraternal and
religious organizations presenting res
Olutions. A full and detailed account of
the services together with recognition of
the many acts of cooperation by individ-
uals throughout the community will
appear in next weeks issue.
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Cops Helped
Bar Priest
ARCHBISHOP CLOSES CHURCH
UNTIL CONGREGATION RELENTS

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss f.
Father Gerald Lewis, who re-
Gently was the cener Of much
furore when Archbishop Jo-
seph Rummell of New Orleans
cancelled mass services to the
community for refusing to
accept aFther Lewis has re-
vealed that it was an organ
lied campaign that prevented
him from saying mass in the
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Denies Ad

Attorney Lawrence H. Banks,
% Haskins Street, Roxbury,
former State Representative
and City Councillor released
the following statement: 1.-THE
political advertisement that
appeared in several of the
Boston weekly newspapers
listing my name supporting
mayorality candidate John E.
Powers was unauthorized"
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Patricia Goodrunl
October Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Good
rum, Sr, of Boston, announce
the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Patricia Ann to A2-C Will
liam Jacobs, Bergstrom Air
Force Base, Austin, Texas, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Prem
tice of Boston.
The ceremony was perform
ed Monday Oct II in Austin,
where the couple will reside
temporarily.
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1t is surprising how much
trash one gets in the mails if
he opens his mails.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1955-11-05

The love songs couldn't have
been as silly when we were
young.
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The trouble with modern
life is that it takes too much
time.
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Political Advertisements
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Political Advertisement
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EDUCATION:
Boston Public Schools
ST. Johns Prep
US. Naval Academy, An
napolis, tB.S.)
Boston University School
of Law (LLB)
MILITARY SERVICE:
World War II Veteran
with 80 years sea duty
in Pacific & Atlantic
CIVIL LIFE:
Formerly associated with
the office of his uncle,
Congressman w. Mccor-
mack, now partner in
law firm of Mccormack
and Guaragna.
ELECTED to the Boston
City Council in 1853
with over $4,000 votes
in first bid for public
office.
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Political ADVERTISEMENT