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Assassination Records Review Board

Final Determination Notification

AGENCY

: HSCA

RECORD NUMBER

: 180-10068-10322

RECORD SERIES

: STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER

December 8, 1995

Status of Document:

Postponed in Part

Number of releases of previously postponed information: 14

Reason for Board Action: The Review Board's decision was premised on several factors

including: (a) the significant historical interest in the document in question; (b) the

absence of evidence that the release of the information would cause harm to the United

States or to any individual.

Number of Postponements: 5

Postponements: All the postponements in this document represent Social Security numbers.

Reason for Board Action: The text is redacted because the public disclosure of the redaction could

reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, and that invasion of

privacy would be so substantial that it outweighs the public interest.

Substitute Language: SSN

Date of Next Review: 2017

Board Review Completed: 10/24/95

Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992

44 USC 2107 Motel. Case#N 88326 Date: 2025

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Date: 08/20/93

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

IDENTIFICATION FORM

AGENCY INFORMATION

AGENCY : HSCA

RECORD NUMBER: 180-10068-10322

RECORDS SERIES :

STAFF PAYROLL RECORDS

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

ORIGINATOR : HSCA

FROM

TO :

TITLE:

DATE: 11/29/76

PAGES : 17

SUBJECTS :

HSCA, ADMINISTRATION

CHARDAK, BURTON A.

DOCUMENT TYPE : PRINTED FORM

CLASSIFICATION

RESTRICTIONS

CURRENT STATUS

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/07/93

OPENING CRITERIA :

COMMENTS :

Box. #:1.

[R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED

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CHARDAK B.A

Naine

ot Employee

Address

Address

OFFICE OF THE CLERK

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

PERSONAL LEAVE RECORD

1977

YEAR

Plionc Number

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

11089-76

Position Title

PRIOR FEDERAL SERVICE

Posilion Number

" Level

Step

"Monins

ANNUAL LEAVE

CATEGORY

1.0

1.5

2.0

ACCRUED

THIS MONTH

Month

023010

DAY OF MONTH

D 10 11 12| 13

111761 2021

Sick

Leave

AVAILABLE

THIS MONTH

Annual

Sick

Leave

Leave

Jail.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

• Mạy

ja, June

"Jjuly

1 Aug.

Sept.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

= 0.5 day annual leave

= 1.0 day annual leave

= 0.5 day sick leave

/

/

/

XAXAX

8.

Terminated

7/31/77

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

USED

THIS MONTH

Annual

Leave

Sick

Leave

7

0r

= 1.0 day sick leave

Employee's Signature

Date

(If employee refuses to sign, state reason below.)

Chiel's Signature

0.5 day administrative leave

or

= 1.0 day administrative leave

Approved:

BALANCE BROUGHT

FORWARD

FROM

PRECEDING

YEAR

Annual

Sick

Leave

Leave

/

BALANCE

CLOSE

OF MONTH

Annual

Sick

Leave

Leave

2

2

3

3

4

4

5

5

6

EMPLOYÉE

INITIALS

67

Date

ог

Clerk of the House

Date

0.5 day unauthorized absence

This record will be forwarded to the Clerk of the House at the end of each calendar year, or in case of termination, along

= 1.0 day unauthorized absence

with the request for termination. Upon approval, the record will be filed in the employce's official personnel folder.

= 0.5 day leave without pay

= 1.0 day leave without pay

EXHIBIT I

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen):

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

: Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing. official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last) '

Effective Date

Surton

A. Chardak

Employee Social Security Number

794 73 8254

7/31/77

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

Assassinations

• Appointment

D. Salary Adjustment

f Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

Pubiêe Infornation Officer

• (If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or [ Professional.

2. 4] Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 4,60

- of 25 th

-Congress.

3.

_ Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an-Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_.

If applicable, Level.

Step-

I certify: that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date_

AUGUS 61

-1917

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Louts Stokes

Chairman

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

If Member, District and State).

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-

ployees; except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee: on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code:

Monthly Annuity'S_

:00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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LOUIS sTOKES, OHIO, CHAIRMAN

WALTERS MATEY, DC

MUEL L. DEVINE, OF

EWART B. MC KINNEY, COI

YVONNE BRATHWAITE BURKE, CALIF.

CHARLEs THONE, NEBR

CHRISTOPHER J, DODD, CONN.

IAROLD S. SAWYER, MICH

HAROLD E. FORD, TENN.

FLOYD J. FITHIAN, IND.

ROBERT W. EDGAR, PA.

(202) 225-4624

Select Committee on Assassinations

M.S. House of Representatives

3331 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ANNEX 2

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

To: Thomas Howarth

From: Bob Blakey

Date: July 11, 1977

Re:

Terminations

2-11-71

The Public Information Office is being abolished,

theretore, the services of Burt Chardak and Ty Roberts

will no longer be needed.

Please schedule their termination for July 31, 1977

including any accumulated vacation.

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Select Committee on Assassinations

E.D. House of Representatines

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515

July 8, 1977

Finance Office

House of Representatives

Washington, D.C. 20515

To whom it may concern:

Committee employees:

Please note changes of address for these

Maurice Israel

(128 20 8996)

2601 South Glebe Road, Apt. 2600-1A

Arlington, VA

22206

Burton A. Chardak

120 South Reynolds

Apartment L-509

Alexandria, VA

(194 18 8264)

22304

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Taberca W. Martri

Rebecca W. Martin

Chief Clerk

rwm

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes:

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Burton A. Chardak

Employee Social Security Number

Effective Date

6/26/77

Type of Action

194 18 8264

Assassinations

Employing Office or Committee

• Appointment

Dil. Salary Adjustment.

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment; complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$34,000

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. • Standing Committee: Staff-] Clerical or Professional.

2. % Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res:

465: of 95th Congress.

3. L Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number__

If applicable, Level.

Step--

I certify that this authorization: is. not. in violation of 5: U.S.C.:3110(b), prohibiting. the.employment.of

relatives.

Date_

May 10_19 77

(Signature of Authorizing Official).

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chairnan

(Title - If Member, District and State)

All appointments and salary. adjustments.for-employees-under.the:House. Classification Act-and for Committee em÷…:"

r: ployees, except those of.the.Committee.on.Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must:

be approved by the. Committee on House Administration.:

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration :

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity S.

F0 4/15

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

Please Use Typewriter.

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes:

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Burton A. Chardak

Employee Social Security Number

194 18 8264

Effective Date

4/1/77

Type of Action

Employing Office or Committee

[ Appointment

X Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$47,500

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. [J. Standing Committee: Staff-] Clerical or [ Professional.

2. [ Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res...

465

of 95th_ Congress.

3. 1

Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_

If applicable, Level_

Step-

I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment.of

relatives.

Date__

April 29

., 1977

(Signature of Authorizing Official

Louis Stokes

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chairman

+ Member, District and State)

All appointments. and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for Committee em-

-ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must •

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code

Monthly Annuity S_

.00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Burton A. Chardak

Employee Social Security Number

Effective Date

2-7-77

Type. of Action

194-1858264

Employing Office or Committee

Select Committee on Assassinations

• Appointment

D: Salary Adjustment.

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

(If'type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

$20,910.

(IF Committee Employee, complete appropriate item.below.)

1. 0 Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or E Professional.

2. Ê Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res..

_Congress.

3.

• Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_.

If applicable, Level_-

Step--

I certify that. this authorization: is not in violation of 5. U.S.C: 3110(b); prohibiting the employment of...

relatives.

2-28-77

Date -

., 19_

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Henry B. Gonzalez

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Chairman

(Title - If Member, District and State)

All.appointments.and.salary adjustments for employees. under the House.Classification Act and for.Committee em-

ployees; except thoserof. the. Committee.on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the-Joint:Committees/-must

be approved by the Committee on House: Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration:

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $

00

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

<U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D.C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes.

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Répresentatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

Burton d.

Chardak

Employee Social Security Number

1/3777

Type of Action

194 18 0254

Employing Office or Committee

Select Cosmittoe on Assassinations

• Appointment

37 Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date) .

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

522,100.

(If Committee Employee; complete appropriate item below.)

1. 0 Standing Committee: Staff.-[ Clerical or [ Professional.

2*L Special or Select Committee; Authority-H. Res...

-Congress.

- 3. I Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an. Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number_

If applicable, Level.

Step_

I certify that this authorization is not in violation of 5. U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting. the employment of

relatives.

77

Date_

19

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

lenry B.

Gonzalez

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official).

Cholman

(Title - If Member, District and State)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and. for Committee èm..

ployees, except those: of. the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code.

Monthly Annuity $_

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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PAYROLL AUTHORIZATION FORM

(Please Use Typewriter

or Ballpoint Pen)

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Washington, D:C. 20515

(Any erasures, corrections, or changes

on this form must be initialed by the

authorizing-official.)

To the Clerk of the House of Representatives:

I hereby authorize the following payroll action:

Employee Name (First-Middle-Last)

Effective Date

barton A. Chardak

Employee Social Security Number

11/29/75

Type of Action

194 10 8264

Employing Office or Committee

I Appointment

• Salary Adjustment

• Termination (At close of business on effective date)

- Selece Committee on Assassinations

(If type of action is an Appointment or Salary Adjustment, complete the following information.)

Position Title

Gross Annual Salary

Public Information Officer

3.34,090

(If Committee Employee, complete appropriate item below.)

1. L Standing Committee: Staff - Clerical or [ Professional.

2. E Special or Select Committee: Authority-H. Res. 1540

carried to

-Congress.

3. _ Joint Committee.

(If Employee of an Officer of the House, complete item below.)

Position Number

If applicable, Level.

Step_

I certify. that this authorization is not in violation of 5 U.S.C. 3110(b), prohibiting the employment of

relatives.

Date_.

lovember 30

., 1976

(Signature of Authorizing Official)

Thomas No

Downing,

Chairman

(Type or print name of Authorizing Official)

Select Committee on Assassinations

(Title

- If Member, District and State)

All appointments and salary adjustments for employees under the House Classification Act and for 'Committee em-

ployees, except those of the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the Budget, and the Joint Committees, must

be approved by the Committee on House Administration.

APPROVED:

Chairman, Committee on House Administration,

Office of Finance use only:

Office Code:

Monthly Annuity S_

Copy for Initiating Office or Committee

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MEMORANDUM

TO:

All Staff Employees

FROM: Budget Officer

DATE: January 3, 1977

RE:

Payroll Certification

Starting with the January, 1977 payroll, the certification

to the House Finance Office requires, among other things, the

relationship, if any, of each staff employee to any current

wear ration

The following are the relationships to be included in

the certification:

father

mother

son

daughter

brother

sister

uncle

aunt

nephew

niece

husband

wife

father-in-law

mother-in-law

son-in-law

daughter-in-law

brother-in-law

sister-in-law

stepfather

stepmother

stepbrother

stepsister

half-brother

half-sister

first cousin

All staff employees are requested to complete this

form and return it to the Budget officer.

Approved

Richard A. Sprague

I am not related

I am related by the following relationship

Burton A. Charlake

Signature of Employee

Jan 10, 1972

Date

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The Evening and Sunday Bulletin

30TH AND MARKET

STREETS

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 19101

Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area

RESUME

Burton A. Chardak

620 Hermit st.,

Phila.,

Penna. 19128

Telephone: IV 3-5411

Birth date and place: Jan. 12, 1925, Phila.,

Pa.

Marital status: Married with three children (one married and

living in San Francisco, one studying at Temple Abroad in Rome,

one in the last year of high school.)

Ability to relocate:

House- is sold with settlement in June.

I could move to washington within two weeks, family would. follow

in June.

Education: Bachelor of Science degree with major in journalism

and minor in economics, Temple University, February, 1951; master

of arts degree in economics, Temple, June, 1955. Six months

of general college work at Kutztown State Teachers College while

in service; several courses in economics of Latin America while

at Mexico City College and several noncredit courses in statistics

at Temple. Thesis was on The Business Cycle and Unemployment.

Service: Two years, ten months, Army Air Corps. Honorable

discharge.

Work record: Editor of both Suburban Press and Mount Airy

Heagld from February, 1951, to April, 1952.

Evening and

Sunday Bulletin from April, 1952, to

present in various capacities: Started in financial department

as clerk and reporter. After three years transferred to city

desk as police reporter, night rewrite and general assignment.

Later assigned to courts

and district attorney's office. Then

was reporter at large, making own assignments.

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The Evening and Sunday Bulletin

30TH AND MARKET STREETS

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 19101

Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area

Next, I was assigned to Harrisburg to cover the State

Legislature for a year and a half, worked on a team investigating

political payoffs and contributions . Then became "idea

man"

for about a year. My best idea was to go to Europe and cover

the American troops during peacetime. Then I asked for and got

an assignment to Vietnam where I wrote a series of articles just

as the United States was getting heavily involved. Also wrote

a series about the peace-keeping forces in cyprus

Assigned as an

assistant city editor to the copy desk,

filling in as deputy city editor. Headed a Bulletin investigative

reporting team that "broke" the FHA scandal in Philadelphia and

resulted in a federal grand jury.

Was sent to a city editor's seminar at American Press

Institute, then at Columbia University, and a short while later.

was appointed deputy city editori in charge of assigning most

news stories. In that capacity I also helped train young writers

and reporters. Then assigned to the national desk, which handles

washington, national and internatiohhnewsk started a weekly

column called World in Conflict.

Outside the Bulletin, I did some freelance work. Most

notably I was Philadelphia area correspondent for Time and

Fortune in 1957, worked part time at the N. X. Daily News in

1968, wrote a number of articles for Philadelphia magainze.

Honors

and

awards:

First prize for court reporting from the

Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, National Certificate

of Merit, Amvets, 1965, for the Vietnam series. Served as treasurer,

Pen

and Pencil club and vice president and director,

Phila.

Press Association®

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The Evening and Sunday Bulletin

30TH AND MARKET STREETS

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 19101

Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area

November 18, 1976

34%

Dear Dick:

I've been

following the progress of the House Select

Committee on

Assassinations and its chief counsel as

well

newspaper and

wire

service stories permit.

I gather, at least from a Newhouse News Service report,

that the committee unanimously has agreed to support your

request for a staff of 170 but that the actual funding will not

follow until after January 1.

If that's the

case, and you can use me now, I'd like

to come to Washington

and get involved as early as possible.

I think I can be more effective in the role of press

liaison officer if I arrive on the scene before the great

bulk of the staff.

I have received a formal letter from Bulletin management

confirming an extended leave of absence. But this does not

preclude a short-term leave. Even if Congress ultimately

refuses to fund the investigations

fully and they are cut

short, I feel I could return to the Bulletin without loss

of face or funds. The experience of working for even a few

weeks or months with the committee would be worth the effort.

Also, even though I would

move to Washington immediately,

Shirley and Sharon would remain

in Philadelphia to June

30.

I , therefore, would not get involved with a long-term e lease

until the summer. So, if the investigations are terminated

early, there would be little financial hardship on my part.

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The Evening and Sunday Bulletin

3OTH AND MARKET STREETS

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 19101

Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area

I understand that you are extremely busy at this point,

preparing a budget and interviewing prospective staff members.

But I would appreciate a call at your convenience.

I am somewhat anxious since several of the AP stories

mention

"a spokesman

for Sprague."

I recall that you mentioned

a temporary press

secretary, aide to Rep. Thomas N. Downing.

My concern

is

that

he may become

permanent.

est regaras,

No 83223385 Pare 7550

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The Evening and Sunday Bulletin

3OTH AND MARKET STREETS

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 19101

Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area

Oct. 28, 1976

Dear

Dick:

Here

is my resume.

I'm

also happy to tell you that The Bulletin has granted

me an extended leave of absence. In fact, management, I am told,

was "thrilled" with the idea.

The

leave was granted in record time. This was a surprise.

I thought it would take weeks of negotiation. That's why f

went ahead and requested it now

instead of waiting.

Of course, I explained in writing to The Bulletin that

if for some reason the House does

not provide sufficient funds

for the dual investigation, the deal

is off.

Now that the Bulletin has been apprised of the situation,

I feel very little notice is required. This means I could start

as your press secretary soon after things are worked out with

the House committee.

I hope that is soon. I am anxious to get involved as

early as possible.

Meanwhile, I'm reading extensively in the kennedy-king

literature. I'm also meeting with an old friend,

the press

officer for the Federal Energy Administration here, to get

some ideas about dealing with the media from the other side

of the fence.

I will be in Washington, Monday and Tuesday, Nov.

8 and 9,

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The Evening and Sunday Bulletin

30TH

AND MARKET

STREETS

PHILADELPHIA. PA. 19101

Serving the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey Area

to attend information seminars with my daughter,

sharon, at

the three universities. As I told you,

she plans to go to

Georgetown, American or George Washington.

If it's all right with you,

I'd like to stop into

the temporary offices of the House Select Committee on

Assassinations when I'm down there.

Meanwhile, best regards,

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B. A. Chardak

120 S. Reynolols

1-509

Aler andlura Va

24304

NW 88326

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