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ThBugIe, Thursday, JuIy9, 191
The
BUSINESS
Picture
Illinois Bell seeks approval
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for rate increases
We X. Nori, vice prth-
dent ef Central Telephoeo Coin-
peny of fllinois, nnnonneed todny
thot the operefióo of the threin
Telephone Compnoy in Lernin,
Ohio, whieh in pmt etthn Centel
Syotom, wee cenoelideted with
Contml Telephone
of Illieoio,
effedive Joly 1.
.
The notion ieee toheo et the
Lorain Telephone Company's
Booed of Direetoen' meeting on
Wednesdoy, Joee 17. Soaoel E.
Leftssieh, peesideot of the Lernte
hoerd osd Centel group vice
president . eostern regioo, seid
thet the coosolidotion is belag
mode to provide the Ohio corn-
poey with geeeter resesrees eod
leonagemest depth.
Noeris pomted oat that while
both stetes will be consolidated
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fIlmais Bell has ached the
coslemer body and recovered
cd weekend dicenimta nf
and
nte conso
tes wi
Illinois Commerce Comminsion
through monthly charges. Few
40 percent for intrantate long
fora l.7 percent Inereasein total
people realize the extent te which
distance calla; Increased in mon-
h
T lepili
CO
compday revenues, citing coo-
changing public policy bas'
thly cùnrges for unlisted direc-
IOe
one
iiiiany -
.nfletcon as the mala fac-
hroughl competition
to
the
tory. eervice and far euntemnrs
torinthereqoest.
telecommunications industry.
who have their numbers listed
The proposed changes included
Today, akoatthe oalyoervice you
only with directory aosiatance
into n siegle operntiag unit, the
mcreaeeo In the basic monthly
. cee gel from liliaois Bell thatyoo
operatore; Introductian nf an in-
LerniaTelephoneCompany heard
Inicien charge for both reoidence
can't oblate eaywhere else is oc-
olde wiring maintenance opilen
el directors will remain in place.
and huchions customers, higher
ceso tú the telephone network -
for residence 'and most small
Ile also noted that Centel staff rates for telephone eqnipment, a
the dial tone you hear when you
bosteces eastomern
Cuntomers
menshern in Lernia already have
25-coat cois charge und us op-
pich sp your phone - aed local
could maintain innide wiring
been wecking clenely with their
tional rnaiatenuncecharging
culling.
themselveS or heile illinois Bell
limais tewntertasts to foemulate
plan fer inside wiring. The com-
"Increasingly, we most relate
do it under twopayunentplans u
- plans to enpedite service im-
puny is also asking to replace
the price fer each of our services
it-cent monthly charge for
peovements in the torten nene.
business flat-rate service with
more directly to the cools of
residence customers and o 45-
Mitten J.
Temeseh, genernl
measored service for business
providing the service," hesaid ..
cent monthly charge for business
reguletoey manager of Lornia
customers statewide.
Todoy'sreqoesl would increase
csstomers, or an -"as-needed"
Telephone, will become general
the perceotage change
In -
Illinois Bell reveoses by $41f
repair charge of$5Z for residence
manager nf the Ohio eperntion, customers' hills
will -vary,
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i5on. More thee ene-Ibird of
customers and $69 for business
Customers; Increases is Ihe
charges for business private bees
und for some business Owitch-
hoards. -
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If approved, the msethiy see-
vice charges for a typical teiler
soburban residence customer
who has Metropolitan service.
faccess line and a flat-rate
calling area) would increase
-frnm$ll.tOln$9.65.
Residence costomers- with
"Measnred Zero" nervice tac-
ceso line only - no message units
in the package) woold see an io-
Crease from $2.15 In $3.50. Each
message unit would contiene In
price at5.Zilcents.
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For business customers, the
Company bas asked make only--
measored service available al
$12.41 each month and disenso-
tieso the 75-unit calling allowan-
Springer said that the enm-
puny's 1981 construction bsdgel
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to
maintain- and
improve
telephone service totals about
$700 million - more than two-
thirds ofa billinn doiloro.
"To continucto attract inventor
dollars needed lo help meet Ito-I
budget, Illinois Bell oceds ear-
sings
. which
- meet
the
requirements of
outside
in-
vestors - earnings well above
what w&re achieving today,' he
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"Wilboot rule increases. se
won't even he earning al the
current
Illinois
Commerce
Commission-approved rate of
relom sI 10.9 percent.
In this
fdmg, we asked the Comssissish
lo allsw us Is cari) at the 13 per-
ceci rule we need to rostiese lo
provide high qnulily service."
depending en the type of local
the company's requested in-
service and on the sptinnal sor-
crease ($149 millins( represents
vices and eqnipment u cnutpmer
the iscreusedespcnsesto replace
chooses.
e4sipmeiit more rapidly than m
"Our old enemy inflation is still
the past.
making our espeeses go sp and -" Formerly," Springer said,
up," seid W.H. Springer, Illinois
"nor investor's capitol was
Bell esecutive vice president
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recovered over long periodo of
fmonce. "Even with cast rutting
lince through slow depreciation of
and productivity averagmg
the facilities used to provide ser-
almsot five -lunes greater thee
vice. But rapid teehnnlogicul ad-
the national uveragc- we can't
vanees, changing custömer
ensIlase tO support the level of
demand and increasing corn-
service
eapected
by
sor
petition have shortened the ser-
customers without sorne in-
vice life nf our equipment und in-
creases moor rates," hesaid.
creased ose cnrrent deprccialion
Springer pniotcd out that
espouse."
telephone raten
are
still a
The Federal Communicalions
bargam. "While consumer goods
Commission last year adopted
and servicen, in general, have
new depreciation accounting
gone np almut 147 percenl since
procedures to help speed Ike in-
1967, telephone prices have risen
troduclion of new technologies
INVITATIONTOBID
mi average of only 39 percent.
und products in the telecoss-
We're
aching for higher rates
50w to make osee that we can
continue to provide reliable
telephoneservice in the future.
"With the readjuslments we're
requesting today, customers will
have more cknices than ever con-
cerning what services they obtain
and how -they want to pay ter
Ihem," Springer said.
"One nf the major objectives of
tisis request is
to ulsure that,
Increases in local service raies;
where apprnpriale, the raleo we
Increases for Touch-Tone ser-
charge adequately cover the
vice; Increase in Ihe charges for
costs nf providing the particular
standard phones, Trimtise, and
will be opened at the Village
eabtetelesisise, mester television
service," he said.
Princess phones; An increase, Is
Council Chambers,
7201
uno-asas, boniness mmrnmsica-
"The increases are needed
25 cents for local coin phone
Wauhegan Ed., Niles illinois und
tines syhtema, and teleconsmuñi- because inflation persists.
The culls; Increases
is operator-
red aloud on Tuesday, July 21,
ratinnneqsipweotmunufuctaeing way the increases are appor-
assisted calls within Illinois;
1581.
ucd marketing.
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hound is due lo the effect of
corn-
Reduction of the isitial cälling
r)_
petition o- Our business.
..
period os intrastate lost distance
"lu the past, many of our costs .
calls from two mioutes to
one. L
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were averaged over the entire
minute; tntrodoclion of evening
s
Garage Door
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Edison denies
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OpenerSystems
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Tribune award
by Alliance
A
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electricity shortage
claim
recipient
Jcu depees -
The following sodent was
ossneg those eeeeivieg; coder-
geudoute degrees et Jahn Cneenll
University's
annuel Spring
Coinosescernent,
Smithy, May
24: Murk J. Bowman of 9221
Austin Ave., Montos, Grove, II.
LEGAL NOTICEI
The Board ofCornmiusioners nf
the Riles Park District will
- : receivesealedhids Tuesday-July
21, 1981 until 5-lit P.M. at the
Park District Administrative Of-
fice, 7877 N. Milwankee Avenue,
Niles,fllinnis. Iealedbidnwiilbe
accepted na the pm'rhuse alid ini-
stollation of air conditioning,
electrical and dartuderk far the
-
Tam Golf
Club House.
Specifications will he made
available Friday, Jaly It, 19
at
the Administrative Offices. Bids
Free
S.cond
Transmltt.r
with purchai.
of GS820 -
or GSO
and will cmedinete thy-to-day
activities thot include legislative
und community relations.
Jobs M. Mnllniy,'Lorain Tele-
phnne Company vice president
since December 1978, rnoves te
the Centel System opeeotiâos
staff ss únsistant vice presidsat-
customer
services
es Ceistral
Telephnne& Utilities Corporation
in'
Chicago, which is the parent
cempony for the Crate! System.
Lenoisi Tetephoee was acquired
),y tise Centri Systern in March nf
S978.
The operation todoy hes
same 380 employees who prnvide
service fer customers with 86,000
telephones.
The location
is
apprnsirnaiely 40 naSes went nf
Cleveland along the southern
vhoretiee of Luke Erie.
la illinois,
Centri employs
moie tison
5,400 perneas nod
provides service te 033,086 cost-
ornees in mum thon 40 mnuasai-
ties, inclsding Oteo Plaines, Purh
itid, e poRion of Chicago, asid
other districts headquartered in
ISson, Gulesborg and Peton.
Ailtogether, the Centri System
has telephone operations in 10
nIetos und comprises the feoeth
lomeE independent
telephoné
miajsany in the notion. Centri
also maintains u mnsmonications
greoptoosernee System-acquired
businesses specializing in seich
related prodocto and services os
Automalic
VtwyAuII.1z.d
L knit. s.l.e,
w.Urn AU S
I. Slssk.
(.11 iI..t
.s..a. knsI$2t5I),
011m .eplr.n July 31, 1S1
5uI.. Ssmm. L P.,ts
G.nI. Gurog. Door Opánrn
S &:S
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1272 Rand Road
Des Ptaiues, IlL 60016 8270060
a
Comrnonwealth Edison
of-
finals today took issue with a
IJ.S Department of Eocrgy
(DOE) report that claims the
Company will have inadequate
generating renerves this sum-
The DOE report, which covers
all
sections of Ihe United States,
predicts that Edison's service
territory will have a generating
shortfall nf 2,379 megawatts nr a
negative 15.1 percent reserve
margin na the day of the unisnal
peak load.
The DOE projeclion is based
largely no just nne hour of
historical data per year for the
past four summers.
DOE
calcuhisted the average amount si
capacity that was unavailahie
because of unplanned outages
during the hours of the annual
system peahs, then- used il
to
compute estimated capacity
availahility for 1901.
Fose hoars al data is hardly
sufficient fnr forecast purposes,
mmicati005 business.
"The
new
shortened
depreciation schedules will in-
crease our current depreciation
expesses," Springer said.
"Bui
we must replace oar equipment
much more rapidly than in the
pesi to remain competitive und
bring
the
benefits
of new
technologies io sur customers."
The major proposals include:
Edison wuintaised.
Further-
more, .
Edison's
osgsisg
programs to improve avullahility
should prevent Outages that
might bave occorred is the past,
ihecompany pointed nut.
The DOE report does conclude
that, "There is e000gh other
capability available with MAIN
)a power-sharing grid nf Mid-
western utilities)
in
supply
emergency power, if necesnai-y."
Edinon projects a peak
power
demand this slisnisier of 15,100
megawatts, a figure that ran he
-
- influenced by the weather and the
state of the ecnnomy. To
meet
the expected demand, the
com-
puny ban lined up 15,557 MW of
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Conventional generating,
1,271
MW nf fast start peaking
(oit
- fired) capability,
plus the pur-
chase of 400 megowults for
the
nornmer
frorn
neighhoring
utiliSes. This will provide
a total
generating capability of
11,204
MW, or a reserve margin
of 15_l
percent - almost enuctly
that
Chicso
Tribune
senior
promotion Copywriter t,asrence
Rosen o) 0425 N Drake, Shohie,
has been given Ihe 1980 Mark E
Senigo Award for Promotion
Copywriling. The annouñceinrnt
was made at the recent INPA
convention held in Atlanta.
The Award is made each year
by the New- Yorh Times tsr the
best in-paper ne trade
paper copy
and
is
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memory of that
newspaper's
late
prornotioa
director.
Rosen's award wan for wnrh on
an advertisement promoting the
breadth-of The Tribone's foreign
news coVera0e.
which MAIN recommends
as a
minimum adequate amount.
Just an the peak toad is
i000eis-
red by weather and the
economy,
so, too, is the reset-se margis,
White the figure of 15.1 percent
represento
Edison's best
calculation, it
in difficult to be
enact, thecampany said,
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District 219..
Cnnl'd from Skohte'L'wood P.1
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Coñtl ned f
Tuesdayafterthe first Monday nf
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omPagel
November
in
add-nsmhered
Greenwood and met a fine young man named
Burnett on
years, along with electinsa nf
Westerd Avenue. Everyone was so pleasant and thoughtful
other ann-partisan offices. There
we began In think Bugle readers are u special breed of hin-
will he au schmi hourd eiertioijs
these. We then doubled hack te Caldwell Avesse end
saw a
in evea'nsmberedyeara.
long-ago acquaintance, Mrs. Jnhnstone, a felstfr lady who
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To uccomniadateelections hold
prevtountyfntught the encreachmentofindustry
on her lovely
only in alternating years, stato
heme. She was nut gardening and lectured
as on getting
low also has changed the term nf
more involved with beata in the community. She hadn't
office for school board members
changed and we laughed os we dutifully digested her little
frúm Usine years In four. (Board
lecture, We drove nut of her driveway, down Caidweli
north
members elected in April, 1979 nr
totheOverheckrenldenee where wemet uverypleuaantiady
April, 1900 will serve sutil the-
in a fine heme, aies surrounded hy the industrial monster.
November, 1983 electlnn,)
She, too, was mostgroctous,
The peried fer filing school
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hoard nominations raus from the
We bedo finetime. Thosetroops nstthere called nur office
open of business os Monday,
eurher asking where The Bugle wan.
Asid we thought we
August 17 In the cinse nf business
mightbecontested hyu readership who were less than
recep-
on Monday, August 24 at the
tive. Bat testead we met o few Bogie frieads, soft und gentle
District 215
Finance' Office,
and soft-spoken, just like those warns and gentle hreeees
Edocatiosat Services Building,
which waltzed down Nordica and Jonquil und Overbill and
77IOGrnss Point Road, Skotiie.
Ozanurn aud Nordica and Greenwood und Western and
The Etoctins Consolidation Act
Cuidwell.
makes a numherdfotker changes
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affecting school elections. Here
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are nome of the more significant
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proviuiocs:
We were saddened by the passing of Detnren Ohermaier, a
* The law provides, for the first
longtime friend and part of the Ballard Street Regatera, who
time, a procedure for objecting to
attended endiesssrhnnl board meetings with us in Dintrict f3,
candidates' nominating petitious.
in those long-ago days when the district was busting ut the
ta must districts, objections wilt
ucases. Detores was a very engaging tady who helped fight
be heard by an electoral beard
far music and language prngrams in thd achnois, ut u time
ronnintiug of the hoard president,
when they were at best minirnol, und in same cunes nos-
hoard
secretary,
and
beard
existent. Deisreo was there when we battled for a full year's
member with the longest term of
kindergarten and she was part ofua East Maine group which
rostmuoss servire.
wauformed forthepurpose ofbeltereduratlonln the district.
* Consolidated elections will he
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conducted by the county clerk or
In suhueqsent yearn we often would hnmp into Dolores at
hourd of election cnnsmissiooers,
auctions we attended. SIse woo a first-rate astiquer und wise
who will asesiné muay nf the
one of that special breed of unctlno-husters who would roam
duties formerlycarried nut by of-
thecity.
fidata of -the school hoard und
other Public bodies.
Elecinn
costs will be covered by o speglal
taxlevledbythecosnty.
* Voter registration will
be
.
required for all elections, and
must he accomplished at the nf-
fice nf the manly clerk or hourd
of
election ceminisuionera no
later than 29 days prior to the
election (Monday, October 5, fer
the November3eleetlnn.)
* Operation ofpofflng places will
remisia basically the sorne, ex.
ceptthutcsdedvnter registration
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liutu will help identify the proper
ballot for each valer.
This in
-neceuoary became a number nf
elections
involving
different
governmental beundaries will he
conducted at the same time. For
example, school district boon-
dories generally do not coincide
with the boundaries of corn-
manity college or fire protection
districts, whose tensOnes will be
chosen utthe same election.
The law also has Important im-
pliratinas ta regard to votes on
school tax-rate
increases aud
other public policy quentiom.
Referenda may be held only on
00e nfthefive designated elertina
dates, except in a circuit court-
ordered emergency.
In the puai, districta have been
able to schedule referenda na
needed. The change handicapa
districts by lirniting their ability
to respond qaichly
when
a
referendum in needed, und may
alus influence the outcome nf a
referendum by linking it to other
elections.
From the LE
HAND
Deinem was a lovely person and we'd-like to extend our
condolencestsJqhnandShirleyaadthe other childreo.
We received as interesting letter from a former Ntlesite-
who bas ointe flow. the coop fer wanner climes. The letter-
writer wau kernu
by our bestOWIng aoolntly halo on the
head of the founder and fanner publisher of the tornee
- newapapers, LeoLerner.
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We had written u maple nf weeks ago Leo Lemer's ideals
woald bave put him in the vangnard In fighting for the han-
dgnn law panned by Morton Grove. But our leber-wetter ap'
braids as for giving tenser "too much heart and not enough
wallet". Letter-writer continued by wetting, "Beata thorn a
publinber'a heart us soft that be doesn't think of financial
uareivalfimtandpbileuophy second?"-
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We thnugbt letter-writer was quite on tho mach. In our
travels thepast 24 years we've been astonaded bythe tack of
heart of fellow-publishers. These guys who ron newspapers
are businessmen. Few of them bave much feeling for jour.
- nalism. And most of them are ont joomalluta.'
Yeárs ugo we stopped going to must press asuocintion
meetings because the sole topic discussed was importing
more greenbuebu hock home. Few were concerned with
what went into their newspapers but ail were consumed by
what west on their ledger ubeda.
One local guy refused to publish news pertaining to the
politiralparty nppouitehiapersnaston. Andseldem were any
publishers out in front chaitspionieg houes which might cast
them.
Letter-writer's Commenta were pertinent. We were a bit
nahte to think fellow-publishers will get ont in iront on local
hones.
It might offend advertiners.
And that would be
crossingthe bottom line.
LW Library.
.
. Cnai'd fcomShohie-L'wood P.1
"It is with great pleasure and
pride that
I will serve the
residenis of Lincoinwond and
olber members nf the system
through my term as an officer of
NSLS. Qoatity library service
remains as important goal for all
of us who are involved in this
rewarding
and
challenging
arca," stated Grant.
of services o the putrons of ita
member libraries, inctoding
SAyS, through which films and
videotapes con be borrowed for
only a small insurance charge,
the Coordinated Acquisitions
Program which supports strong
subject-area collections at
specific libraries, the Contrat
Seriain Service (CSS( which can
provide rupien of newspaper-and
maganine articles span request.
The Board of Directors serves as
the goveraing and-policy-setting
forum for these and all related
services.
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Bratfest
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Caot'd from Shnkie-L'wsod P.S
The Annual
Fund
Raising
Event hon been bs process for the
pout neyeraI months und doriog
the oveniog's
festi1iities Past
Comesander Bill Grey, Chuirnsao
of the Board nf Trostees, wilt
aisuounce the names nf the lucky
recipients of 1ko U.S. Savings
Bonda.
First prise in $2,000 -
Looking
Backnnn
Csallnned from Puge S
7 Years Age
Diamond Jahilee senior ritmen
king und queen finalista include
Esther Lerma, Clara Raddata,
Grace Walsh, Michael Augustyn,
Harold Hoeft and Edward
Mullenhuner...Plan Golf Mill
Ibeatre number 3...Monnignsr
Flanagan
named
Pastor
Emeritus
of
St.
John
Breheaf..,Fiaaiize Jonquil
Terrace park site for purchase nf
I18O,fto...Ed Branch aenosoces
Nues Days festivities grass
$79,000, 75% higher than ever
befnre...Niles receives new in-
tennive mobile unit...Diamond
Jubilee picnic in Bunker Hilt
Wonds...New Wsmans
Club
members include Kathy Flowers,
Valerie Bottas, Doris Discus,
Joyce Knapp, Anne Mndsra,
Ellen Viso Laningham, Betty
Wawalt, Alice Bobota, Stella
Chojnnwski, Josephine Florin,
Celia Jusinski, Agnes Johnson,
Rita Ecca, Ida Pasletti, Marp
Ann Frindt, Snzunnr Miller, Bar-
bara Zinn, Marie Berrigus, Helen
Dahiherg, Alice Counslty, Anne
Davin, MeryA. Oigasci, Deborah
Dignad, Helen teja, Ainsa C.
Meadows, Bernice Nee and Joan
Triee...Craig Ramo. to marry
Lois C,nnell...Oahtsn College
okays $2,265,098 purchase nf 147
Ocres nf Central and the Des
Plaines River land from the
Catholic Cemeteries for new
college cumpiis...Burbara Mar-
mitt
to
marcy
Peter
Rzepka...Jennifer In Zaagara
horn to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Znnguru,..Annette Angleaaan
murrledtojameslçerwin,
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Mill Run ...
Contlnned teem Pg. S
near-panic situation
in the
theatre. At that time, the theatre
wan ordered by the Fire Depar-
tmeat
not
to piace
any
wbeelcbairu -in the exit aisles
whirls had previously been their
policy.
In addition to providing proper
and safe seating for the han-
dicapped, theatre personnel were
alsoordered by the Fire Dopar.
tment to provide additional
exiting far 400 patrons from the
upper level nf the theatre and
also a fire escupe.
The theatre Is closed for the
mosthu of July and Angust with
the exception nf an August t Bac-
taira Mandreit concert. It in es-
pected the cnmtrsction plans will
be cornptetedduringtbis time.
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TheBugle, Thursday, Juty9, 1981
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Peàse Caíe!
Wear Your Pin With
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