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WE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED FOR SOME WEEKS NOW

BY MR. MITCHELL L. WERBELL III, VICE PRESIDENT AND

DIRECTOR OF R AND D OF SIONICS, ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

WERBELL DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A COUNTERINSURGENCY

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A DEMONSTRATION OF A VARIETY OF EXOTIC

WEAPONS THAT NEVER FAILS TO IMPRESS. REF

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3. WERBELL IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, BORN 1919,

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ABRAMS, WHO WAS SUITABLY IMPRESSED, AND WERBELL

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