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The Oshawa Times, 10 Mar 1960, p. 13

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RESCUE WORKERS TRY | Arthur Dove, 32, of Bruce St., resuscitation equipment in a | who died under a falling coal vain attempt to help John | ing the noon hour on Wednes- | about half-way up a 40-foot day. Dove was using a pick to pile at the Oshawa harbor dur- | loosen coal on to a conveyor ll County Vetoes Move To Rejoin Civil Defense Fhe Oshavon Times 20 To 17 Vote Defeats Proposal 4 SECOND SECTION THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1960 gent by the Province of Ontario, Education Board | Budget $2,622,322 A budget totalling $2,622,322.30 ment of $822,119,805. The corre-| was approved by the Oshawa sponding rise in the mill rate is| Board of Education at a meeting .003, from 9.108 in 1959 to 9.111 Wednesday evening. The budget for the present year. represents a mill rate of 31.039, pyplic school expenditures to- jon the basis of the projected as- (a $1,801,973.16. A sum of $1,-| sessment for 1960. 448,927.16 is required for current| Of the total sum required Tor oxpenditures and, $353,046 for| education in 1960, $820,349.14 will {he repayment of debentures. be spent on secondary schools,,| Assessment for the pu and $1,801,973.16 on public cchools amounts to $82,173,620. schools. In 1959, it was $75,474,760. The In the secondary schools,/ mill rate for public school edu- $661,833.14 will be used for cur- cation has risen 1.131, from 20, hecember |rent expenditures and $158,516 797 to 21.928. on debenture repayments. Cur- ---- {rent expenditure is divided be- tween the collegiates, $530,643. AGED EXPERTS blic| ering Township. MONTREAL (CP) -- John H.|yember, 1959. together with 5 per cent from the City of Oshawa, making the amount directly spent by the County of Ontario the sum of $1000 for the year or 5 per cent of the total budget." DOUBTS INCREASED Deputy-reeve Mary Reid, of Ajax, last year's chairman of the civil defence committee and this year also a member, said that she was sorry that she had not seen the report before it was filed with council. She said that she could not say that doubts were TI d PAGE THIRTEEN Ontario County Council, at a {meeting in Whitby on Wednes- Fluid Milk {committee of the whole and will |come before council again' today y county council closed out its year, period ot last year is made up| the members voted to notify the tario Department of Agriculture, o¢ the wile civil defense organ-|might be brought before council." in its monthly Dairy Report, ization and report back to coun- As a member for Ajax, she |day, turned down a proposal that Sales Climb q/but observers believe that the of the City of Oshawa, East city that they would withdraw states that sales of fluid milk in .j said, she realized that her com- the county remain in the county {and city of Oshawa civil defence |orgamization. The proposal was vetoed in Sales of fluid milk and flui h rer Ny the commercial dairies chances of the county changing in the Oshawa Zone, during De- i's mind and joining the organiza- cember of last year, showed afin 2gain His yaar 3 marked increase over the same| aS! ecember, as the Whitby Township, part of Whitby fom te Jom evi 31 of this "Who said I have no doubts?" Township, Ajax and part of Pick-| oo. "yn yanuary. council author-|She asked. "After the meetings I , ized the assessment and civil de-|think I have many more. I voted The statistics branch of the On-|c. com nittee to make a study|for this report in order that it last totalled 683,449 munity was probably more vul- quarts. This compared with SUGGESTIONS REJECTED nerable to attack than most oth- 652,254 quarts in December,! That committee did re port/ers. The government, she said, is 1958 and 634,699 quarts in No- back .on Wednesday and recom-|not proposing shelters and any mended that the county continue|plans are still theoretical, {14 and the vocational depart- pi incon 94, collected a perfect| Sales of fluid cream last De-|again for this year. Although the| "There is really no civil de- ment, $131,190. [29-hand in cribbage while playing Assessment for the secondary A. E. Arthur, 84, at the Salvation |schools amounts to $90,035,445, Army's Eventide Home for the assess- Aged. . pile. He was buried under the coal for about 45 minutes. " be --Oshawa Times Photo [compared with the 1959 In Avalanche Of Coal John Arthur Dove, 32, of 36 Bruce street, died in an aval- anche of coal at the McLaughlin (1 Coal and Supplies Limited yard at Oshawa harbor, during the noon hour Wednesday, Mar. 9. Policemen and firefighters from the Cedardale and the central fi fire stations, and the city ambu- lance responded to a call at 12.25 p.m. Rescue workers, risking the possibility of another avalanche from the overhanging coal, dug into the coal pile with a front end loader, and shovels. USE RESUSCITATOR When a firefighter spotted the body, they quickly pulled it out and immediately began artificial respiration . with resuscitation equipment, Coroner Dr. J, Pat- terson pronounced him dead at Zpproximately 1.25 p.m. Dove, '= > wr: rue driver with the firm, was using a hand pick to loosen coal onto a "conveyor," about half way up, the 40-foot, coal pile. JOHN ARTHUR DOVE It could be presumed that an fellow worker, at approximately overhang of coal loosened, and 119) a.m. Mr. White returned at avalanched burying him, The con- approximately 12.25 p.m. and veyor that he was working be- saw the smashed conveyor, He side was smashed. notified his foreman and SEEN AT 11.20 A.M. police. were called. The late Mr. Dove, working) The late Mr. Dove could have alone, was last seen by Arthur been buried from one half to White, 22, of 118 Nassau street, a! more than three-quarters of an Compromise Plan For Grants Beaten WHITBY (Staff) -- A deter-|$493,600, and for the Pascoe for- mined bid by the East Whitby mula $485,722. township and Whitby town repre-| After considerable discussion sentatives on the Ontario County during which it was obvious that Sounel Jo Set up 2 Yew formals many members of county council or istribution of grants to : ¥ neighboring hospitals failed at had become confused in the mass the meeting here yesterday. Reeve Wilf Pascoe of East Whit- by township, seconded by Reeve E. Quantrill of Whitby, suggested that grants be $90 per bed re- lated to the ratio of county pa- tients admitted, based on the vote, He took the Pascoe formula,| {which was the amendment to the| , . {was not enough to swing the vic- average of the past three Years. sry. Strangely, ns - reeve| This formula, he claimed, Harris, who had moved the orig-| would give all the hospitals of ina] amendment, voted for the| the area a more equitable grant, pascoe formula. | | and the money would not all go; "4 "pe "jag changed his| to one institution, as would bei; poo co of the lesser cost | the case if the formula recom- 3 en by the special commit-|% He county in the Pascoe pro- i posal. tee, headed by Reeve Cyril : He did not vote for his own Morley, was adopted. | v Under the Morley formula, Proposal when it was put to the Oshawa General Hospital, which Vote: It too received 14 votes, and ic seeking a $300,000 grant from also went down to defeat, | the county towards cost of its] However, the committee's pro- new addition, would receive Posal met with a like fate, only $220,000; wheereas Ajax Hospital, its five sponsors voted for the also proposing a ne waddition proposal. | with many less beds, would re-| The impasse reached, the chair- ceive $515,000. man was obviously nonplussed 'hen Reeve Pascoe called for a Under the Pascoe formula, w Oshawa would receive $219,142, 'ecorded vote, perhaps hoping while Ajax. in relation to its serv. at 8 Rew vote might bring bet-| ice, would receive only $201,420. eSu's, : The other hospitals in the area However, Reeve John Mills of | would receive equitably dis-|AJax moved that the committee tributed grants, based on sery- adjourn to make a further study ice. of the whole question, and coun- The council in committee had cil took the opportunity to get it- : self back into business. The mat- adjousneg oe Joruiag ses ter will probably be dealt with deadlocked over the committee 282™ at today's session, | proposal. | When it resumed later in the afternoon, deputy-reeve W. T. Harris of Port Perry moved an amendment which would have reduced the amount of $5000 per bed in the committee's proposal, to $3000 per bed He said that Bomarc Agreement Stays Unchanged OTTAWA (CP) cost - sharing arrangements for amount used by both the prov- the missile anti-aircraft defence inces and the federal government System in Canada have not been -- Canada-U.S. this was the in capital costs grants for hospi. changed, Defence Minister tals. He felt that the country Pearkes said Wednesday in the should not be any more generous.| Commons, His amendment would have! He added in reply to Paul made grants to Oshawa General |Hellyer (L--Toronto Trinity) that| Hospital $134,000 and Ajax hospi-| cost-sharing on one aspect of this] tal $309,000, as opposed to the system--the two Bomarc missile original proposed figures of $223,. bases--has heen "modified." 000 and $515,000 respectively The cost-sharing arrangemeiits Total cost to the county for announced last year call for Can hospital grants under the com- ada to pay one-third and the U.S mittee proposal would be $822,-/two-thirds of the total estimated woo, for the Harris amendmentlcost of $375,000,000. M the C hour before he was removed from the coal pile. There were no doctors at scene of the accident ly 1.25 p.m. However, although to he was dead, workers tried vainly him. LIFELONG RESIDENT A son of Henry and Dove, of Oshawa, awa. He was born in Dec. 29, here in 1951. Mr, Dove was an adherent of St. George's Anglican Church and the until the coroner arrived at approximate- a doctor could not have done anything, as rescue revive Lillian 4 deceased * was a lifelong resident of Osh- Oshawa 1927 and was married | |quarts in December, 1958 and 55,628 quarts in November, 1959. | The report shows 24,223 quarts was social member of the Osh-| awa branch of the Canadian Le- gion, Besides his Jarvis, wife, are his parents Henry, of Oshawa. the former| he is survived by three children, Kathleen, Jacque- line and William. Also surviving and a brother, | The funeral service will be at| the McIntosh Funeral Rev. C. St. will Union Cemetery. ross, rector of Anglican Church, the services. Home at 2 p.m, Saturday, Mar. 12, follow- ed by interment in Oshawa D. George's| conduct Make Of Butter Up In County The statistics branch of the On- tario Department of Agriculture, in its monthly dairy report, ae the make of creamery butter in| " | % Ontario County is climb. The make in County in January was ago. ] ; The report states the make of figures in each proposed for- totalled 106,339 pounds in Janu- mula, Reeve Morley called for a ary in Ontario County. This com- pared with 96,830 pounds in Jan-| uary, 1958. h d In Durham County the make in |Harris amendment first, and re- January was 28,814 pounds com- ceived a total of 14 votes, which|pared with 34,578 pounds in Janu- ary of last year. continuing to Durham lower than in the same month a year CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS Congratulatjons and best wishes to the following resi- dents of Oshawa and dis- trict who are celebrating their birthdays today: Pat Leavitt, 655 Carnegie avenue; @ordon White, 68 Grassmere avenue; Shirley Dasti, 1298 Sharbot street; Helen Chircop, 603 Athol street east; Margaret Mor- ris, 112 Kingsdale drive: Anne Mary Visser, Rossland 'road east; Morley Norton, 271 Osh- awa blvd, south; Leenna Libby, 1036 Beaufort avenue: Elizabeth Amey, 258 Highland Ave.: Mrs. Archie Whitmee, RR 3, Oshawa; Linda Jane Owen, 457 Madison avenue; Darlene Midleton, 354 Ver- don road; Kenneth Umphrey, 570 Wilson road south; John Catheline, 45 Brock street east; Paul Mathieu, 172 East- haven street; Mrs. I. Galt, 1209 Cloverdale; Evelyn Zar- owny, 24 Rosehill blvd.; Mrs. Laurrena Bright, 98 Riverside drive north: Mrs. Elizabeth McCann, 177 Windsor street; Hilton Smith, 90 Arlington av- enue; Mrs. J. H. Lyons, 380 Celina street: Rose Willough- by, 203 Valencia road: Timmy Brown, 104 Garrard road: Barbara Anne Elliott, 413 Humewood avenue The first five persons to in- form The Oshawa Times of their birthdays each day will receive double tickets to The Regent Theatre for a four-week period curs rent attraction is Dis- nev's "Toby Reports on birthdays will be received only between the hours of 8.a.m. and 10 a.m. good The Walt Tyler" 'Vious year. i Ne : : DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS WIN AWARD OF MERIT Don Brown, seated, the chair- | tional Downtown Week, Oct. 18 | participated in the week. Ox- man of the Downtown Business | 10 24, 1959. Dave House, a mem» nard, California, was selected Men's Association, is holding an Jor 9 He association, a | for first place. The only other Award of Merit for "Excellence | sented to the 120 cities in the | Canadian city to win an award of Promotion," during the Na- was New Westminster, B.C. Area Firms Youtharama Is 'ToDisplay Launched In City In London |i: vies os OTTAWA (Special) -- Firms launched last night in the Youth } from Ajax, Cobourg and Port|Centre, 15 Warren Ave, A fea- | Hope are among more. than 100|tured packed agenda including | {companies from all over the ihe film spectacular, '"'Wiretap- | |country showing their wares at/per", was viewed last night by | {Britain's top-flight home furnish- teenagers who packed the Youth {ings exhibition in London Marc! {Centre to capacity. § 11-26. ! . Among firms putting some of| Youth leaders in the Oshawa their products on display are: area, believing in the future of | Kitchen Installations Ltd., of our teenagers, have planned this Ajax (stainless steel sinks); H. aggressive panorama in the in- W. Cooey Machine and Arms Co., terest and benefit of our local {of Cobourg (shotguns) and Ardee youth. It was with this concern | {Aluminum Ltd., of Port Hope that Youtharama was born. £ {(aluminum camp chairs and ; 2 i (bed). Tonight's rally will feature a The occasion is the 1960 annual 'teen musicale" presenting the | Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibi-|{talent of Ontario's most out- tion at Earl's Court, Olympia. standing young people including This marks the first time since Sandra Martin, recent Kiwanis World War Two that Canadian talent winner, heard weekly firms have exhibited at the Ideal over CFRB, CJRH, CFOR, and | |Home Exhibition. other stations. Along with Miss | .B C. Butler, Canadian Com-|Martin another teen contest win-| {mercial Minister in London, re-iper, Carol Dean Jeffries, piano ; {ports that the large Canad/An entry, will also be heard. vill be the awarding of a prize showing is a direct reflection of iin And. for the best dressed "Western- Other participants will include er." A Youtharama specialty. |the enthusiasm with which busi- the "singing Irih tenor". Johnler: 3 nessmen in this country have!" S 4 ,y ; or % , YC McHardy, as well as many oth./the Western Round-Up will {greeted the recent relaxation by : h > / one of puts : Britain of restrictions against im- rs. A giant Youtharama Fun- prove io be ome of he ouisiaud ports of dollar goods. It is also Spiration conducted by. Bill J sneration a mark of the return to prosper-|James, London, will take place BCNEration. he swind ity in Britain and the growing, lon Friday evening. James, Can. Made possible by the financial and rich, consumer market there. ada's greatest Funspiration mas. support of local businessmen, Many of the Canadian goods on|ter of ceremonies, will lead an|Youtharama is being sponsored show are these which two action-packed evening. of excite- by Oshawa Youth For Christ. decades ago had enjoyed great nent, laughs, and suspense be-| Active throughout the entire popularity in Britain while others|ginning at 8 p.m, week will he youth expert, John are brand new items Youtharama will conclude with McHardy. Assisting McHardy ---- - the Western Round-Up Rally, Vill be Duane Benjamin, Bill CZECH POPULATION Saturday, at 8 p.m. in Contral James, and local YFC director, Czechoslovakia's population was Collegiate Institute Auditorium, Steve Zurba. 3,603,000 at the end of 1959, an Complete with the western even- The public is cordially invited increase of 86,000 over the pre-|ing, including a Western scene,/to attend Youtharama. Admis- Italent, apparel, and atmosphere,|sion is free. An action-packed four days grrr JOHN McHARDY | quarts. This compared with 49,100 {the 2,133,578 pounds of milk pur- |ehased by the commercial dair-|co.op 4 participation in local church ac- # Strasburg, Virginia, and used by o:hawa soon. cember amounted to 20,290 committee also recommended fence," she said. "They are just {quarts. This compared with 16,751 that the name civil defence or-| planning something that might be lquarts in the previous December| ganization be dropped, the council done after an attack, they hope." {and 18,186 quarts in November of voted 20 to 17 to reject the com- [last year. mittee's recommendations. OPINION BIASED ; A total of 7071 quarts of but-| A special report of the civil de-| "I think my opinion is terribly termilk were sold last December, fence committee is expected to be biased but I also think that the compared with 6200 quarts in the brought before council again/new organization is not much im- previous December and 7490|today and it is further expected (provement over the old. I don't quarts in November of last year, that council will reject any pro-|\want you to think that my Sales of skim milk during De- posal. to re-join with Oshawa. ott au Assumptions are re- 5 57.297 7 moved. As far as Ajax is con- cemper, 198, (otalled 37357'EXT OF REPORT cerned, T don't think it will be The proposal made by the COM-| any better off in a new set-up." mittee to council is as follows:| Reeve Anson Gerrow, of Scu- "Following the direction of|gog township, said that he was N county council, your committee g|s itt of chocolate dairy drink soldi; Sith representatives of thee J merbet ui {he Somnilise compared with 24,800 quarts in|city of Oshawa to look into mat- further civil defence measures. the previous December and 20.946 ters of civil defence. A later|Now. he said. he felt that 'we quarts last November. meeting was held with repre-|owe it to our people to educate The department states that of sentatives of the provincial gov-|them what to do to prevent dan- ernment; F. Bevis, the provincial | gop from fall-out." linator and J. Turnbull, the ¥ i i jes from district producers dur-\cecretary of the rewly-organized fam aD; he sald, Would deliver ing December, 1,826,898 pounds emergency measures committee! ous for a strip 40 miles wide "and y f standard fluid and special for the provi together with! was o e province, together 1000 miles long. of fluid quality. The dairies ex-/p. Pierce, the regional co-ordin-| pended $100,936 in making their ator for this area. His worship, TORONTO PRIME TARGET purchases. Mayor L. Gifford and our co-or-| Reeve Everett Quantrill, ri dinator, Lieutenant-Colonel F. S.|Whitby, chairman of this year's Wotton, also our clerk-treasurer, committee, said that Toronto is W. G. Manning, were present at|considered a prime target and it omema er both meetings. Your committee/is now apparent that there will is gratified to all who attended be only eight minutes' warning. " and for the opportunity afforded | Deputy-reeve Thomas Harris, them in having these sessions|of Port Perry, admitted that when ervice with the province and city and it|{the matter was last discussed he is felt that many doubts and un-|{had said that he saw. nothing im founded assumptions were re-|the CD arrangement in this coun- Ke t Bus moved by the free and open dis-|ty. Now, he said, he is satisfied |cussions. ot | that there is 3 need for Something x hi "The following resolution was better a 'I think the govern- Mrs. Norman Hinds, Supervisor adopted at the terminal meeting | ments are beginning to realize of the Red Cross Homemaker |, naroh 71960, no one dissent- |that something concrete must he Service, this week reported that jo 416 time, organized or civil defence will 21 cases were serviced in Feb. "Therefore be it resolved: [fall by the wayside." ruary and 58 supervisory Visits That we do hereby recommend| *I think the county should sup- were made to homes. Mrs. John to county council that the council |port it for another year," he said. Burns presided at the meeting, of the County of Ontario do con-|"I also pay tribute to this council It" was Stated that i ee tinue in agreement with the city|for taking the action it did. You makers are Yorkin Stead] y, but of Oshawa in respect to the set-|only reflect the opinion of the to eel the demalls ea 1 VIeW {ing up and maintenance of the majority of the people of the a the fac ot € SErVICe NOW iioint control committee on civil county. The real weakness has ncludes care of senior citizens, | oreon ce: and, [been a lack of leadership. at more may be added to the staff] \higTier levels" from the waiting list of appli- SUGGEST NAME CHANGE pugner, 'eves cants. "We do further recommend MOTION LOST It is expected that one or tWo|that the name and style of the| The motion to adopt the recom- homemakers will attend the joint civil service control commit-|mendation was put and lost 20 homemaker training course to be|tee be and hereafter known as|to 17. held at Macdonald Hall, Guelph, ithe joint emergency measures| "We can tell Oshawa there is May 9 to 14, where practical|control committee of the City of|no such thing as an emergency training in homemaking and|Oshawa and the County of ©On-|measures committee as far as nutrition is found most beneficial. \tario, |this county is concerned," said A committee composed of Mrs.| "We therefore do recommend|Reeve Quantrill, John Burns, Mrs. E. A. Mounce, that this council do see fit to con-| Later council voted to have a and Mrs. Norman Hinds was ap-tinge in agreement with the city|special report brought in by the pointed to draft a constitution of Oshawa in respect to the civil civil defense committee since the for the homemaker service. defence committee and that the|report under discussion' was part Mrs. John Burns and Mrs. N.|name of the civil defence commit-|of the assessment report and to Hinds will attend the Welfare/fce he known hereafter as the|veto the section would mean that Conference at Hart House, at the emergency measures committee. [the assessment report would also University of Toronto, May 17 to| "We also recommend that a|be thrown out. 20. budget allotment of $20,000 be al-| The warden ruled out of order Mrs. J. H. Valleau was named lowed for the year 1960 for the an amendment by Mrs. Reid call- publicity convener of the home-| maintenance and operation of .the|ing upon the county to notify Osh- maker committee. |emergency measures committee, |awa that it wishes to drop out of . |bearing in mind that under the|the civil defence agreement with Ww 11 L h regulations of the federal-provin- the city. 1 alunc cial agreements respecting emer-| Council has until March 31 to gency measures committees and |give its final ruling. As the mat- S rt Y moneys spent by such committees|ter now stands, the county will | Uuppo our that, a returnable subsidy of 75 not be a member of the joint . (per sont will be paid by the civil defence committee after | {federal government, and 15 per'March 31. Church Series | | In the near future The Oshawa ° | Times will launch a weekly "'Sup- M i port Your Church" advertising ore n us Ties series with the hope that it will i | stimulate increased interest and May Settle Here More industries may settle in located in Oshawa, were not re- [lated to the motor industry. Final talks with some indus-| General Motors also created a iries are under way and an-|large labor pool, and a high stan- nouncements are due shortly, dard of living in Oshawa, he said, Theme of the advertising is Oshawa Industrial Commission- Again, these were added attrac- kept on a non-denominational ©" Thomas > McLaughlin said tions for new industry. , |basis so that it carries a mes- Wednesday night. | Mr. McLaughlin praised the |sage suitable to all Christian, Mr, McLaughlin addressed a efforts of an Oshawa group of faiths. meeting of King Street United builders, in joining forces to build Local merchants co-operating Church AOTS Men's Club. {small industrial plants in Osh- in the series feel the timely mes-|. The commissioner outline d/awa's 'Industrial Park' -- south sages will serve a definite pur- 5ims and methods of the Oshawa of the Farewell clover leaf. pose in depicting the need for industrial Commission to 40 club) An Oshawa group for financial spiritual _ strength in these members. He stressed that Osh-|aid to new industries would be [troubled times. . awa had top potential to attract incorporated this spring, he said. le Comments 2 oy Egestions new industry. |Legal trouble had snarled the fiom oar Teaders wi. %e we mr McLaughlin hammered start of the new organization be- | home that General Motors of Can-|fore. | ada, Ltd., was not a drawback| The speaker directed an urgent Falls From Auto for the attraction of mew indus-|appeal to the public to create try. General opinion was far|favorable industrial climate by I . K | wrong in that matter, he empha-| 'talking up' Oshawa. [ njures nees sized ey jerever you go," he con- { he | 'Above all," Mr. McLaughlin cluded, *"'do your business first. My Gorman, 13, of 5» En explained, *'the predominantly But then, talk with people, tell linjured when she fell out of a 'Arde male labor force at Gen-/them why you like to live in Osh- |imjur Hi ig % 2 eral Motors creates a large po-|awa, why it is nice to raise your Sar iY er RE a yening tential female labor force in Osh-|children here." [Connaught streets and part of V2 | "The fact that there is an in- [the car ran over her. "Industries are well aware of dustrial commissioner sitting in She was taken to Oshawa Gen-|lhis advantage, and in one case|city hall does not -absolve you of eral Hospital by the driver of @ new firm will make 'use of it.|your part to help in bringing new the car, Paul Farrow, 18, of 613 An announcement in this case is|industry to Oshawa." Christie Ave., and treated - for expected shortly." | An auction sale will be 'held |larerations. She was . released, The speaker pointed to the fact|April 20, and a turkey supper affer X-rays were taken, 'that all 'new indusfries, recently|Oct. 29. tivities. The Keister program, prepared by Advertising Service, more than 950 daily and weekly newspapers from coast to coast, will appear each Saturday in The Oshawa Times.

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