LOU JACOBS

OTLINiMarcel Peters, wild animal trainer with the

Circus Vargas, who was attacked by a tigerduring a performance on Feb. 24th, is stillconfined to the hospital. Mail addressed toMarcel should be sent to: El Monte Com-munity Hospital, Room 65, El Monte, Ca.

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DEAR HUSBAND, FATHER and GRANDFATHER

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WE WILL A L W A Y S MISS YOU

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SHOW DATESAntioch Shrine Circ:

Mar 28-Apr 3 Oaytc , Oh

Circus VargasMar 24*25 Buena Prk, Ca.

26-29 Burbank

Cole Alt Star TV Circ usMar 22 Philadelphia. NY

23 La Fargeville24 Alexandria Bay25Heuvelton26 Massena27 Potsdam

Coronas CircusMar 20-21 Oaytona Bch,

Fla.27-28 Orlando

Hdimd-Morton CircusMar 25-28 Okla City, Okla

Ringling-Barnum BlueMar 16-28 Baltimore, Md

Ringlmg-Barnum • RedMar 23-28 Knoxville, Ky

Royai Hanneford CircusMar 25-26 St. Petersburg,

27-28 Tampa Fla

Zerbini/Castle CircusMar 19-Aor 4 Detroit,

Mich

Zerbini/Castle CircusMar 11-14 Spokane, Wash

16-17 Eugene, Ore.19-21 Seattle, Wash.?4-2S Salem Orei. *T i. sJ OU 1 C H 1 , \/IC.

26-28 Portland

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Ice Capadesto Mar 21 Chicago. III.

Scott's Medicine ShowMar 22 Lake Arthur, La.

23 Lake Charles24 Anacoco25 Nacogdoches.Tex26 Rusk27 Jacksonville28 Henderson

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Gorky's Magic CircusMar 27-28 Lakeland,Fla

Pf. Miller Magic Time USAMar 22 Me Rae, Ga.

23 Cocran24 Cartersville26 Covington27 Gainesville28 Summervitle

HOTLINEMarguerite Michelle Ayala,

hair hang performer with theRingling Red Unit, who wasinjured while performing onFeb. 20th, was scheduled tobe released from the hospi-tal on March 10th and willbe at her home in Sarasotafor a six month recoveryprogram.

She suffered a broken neckas well as a fractured rightarm and cheekbone, plus asevere cut on the head.

Her husband, Miguel, saysMarguerite is doing quitewell and has been walkingin her hospital room.

Miguel, who is a notedtightwire walker on theRingling show, along withthe couple's two children.will leave that show indefin-itely to be with Margueritein Sarasota.

Cards and letters can besent to Mrs. Ayala at: P. 0.Box 4132, Sarasota, Fla.33595.

Correct ionThe item under the People

Column in the Circus Reportof March 8, 1982, page 19should have stated that DavidTetzlaff is 19 years old.

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Lou Jacobs Honored

byPHILMOYER

The world's most famous living clown, Mr.Lou Jacobs, his wife Jean, and daughtersLou Ann and Dolly Jean were honored inthe big cage during the evening performanceof the Ringling "Red" Unit on Feb. 14th inAtlanta. Ga.

The newest CFA Tent, better known as theLou Jacobs Family Tent 139, was officially

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raised in Atlanta on Valentines Day. Dr. PaulFitzpatrick, past president of the CFA pre-sided over the gala event with the presenta-tion of the Bull Hook and Charter to PhilMover, founder and president of the newtent The charter was then presented to theJacobs fanily.

As part of the two days of events, a nation-al Valentine mail-in was conducted. Ringlingclowns brought in a large Valentine and sev-eral bags, totalling over 2,000 Valentines toLou, the master clown. Circus goers number-ing over 17,000 applauded and cheered thesuper star of mirth.After the evening performance members of

both the Lou Jacobs Family Tent and mem-bers of the Duggan Brothers-Arnold MaleyTent, along with the honored guests enjoy-ed a buffet at the home of the new Presidentin Stone Mountain, Georgia.

Monday was officially proclaimed "LouJacobs Day" by the Honorable Mayor ofStone Mountain, Ga. That evening there wasa straw house banquet hosted by the Dug-gan Brothers-Arnold Maley Tent 116 hon-oring the new tent and the Jacobs family.

Honors and proclamations were presentedfrom The Governor of The Great State ofGeorgia, The Honorable Mayor of Atlanta,The Honorable Mayor of Stone Mountain,Ga., Mr. Irvin and Mr. Kenneth Feld, Mr.James Saunders, president of the CFA, andmany other dignitaries. There was also aspecial presentation by Clown Alley of theRingling show.

PEOPLEBl LL BURGER, after 18 yean with Big

John Strong, will be working with ChuckKay this season on the new Kay Bros. Cir-cus.

JOSEPH A. MYERS, will be the producingclown again this year with Roberts Bros.Circus. The show is scheduled to open onApril 10th in Arcadia, Fla.

EDITH (Shrimp) JOHNSTON visited the

Chandlers (Phil, Linda and Lauren) at theirhome in St. Augustine, Fla., from Feb. 22to 26th.

HARRY BLACKSTONE, magician and il-lusionist, was a guest on the John DavidsonTV Show seen on the west coast on March10th.

RON and PAM PERRY are doing theirdouble wire act as well as their juggling acton Circus Vargas this season.

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Speaking o f . . .BY JIM PARKER

Jackie and Elke Al thof f have added an-other bear to their troupe, making a total ofsix bears. The new little female bear cub'sname is Anuscka and is a living doll. Ofcourse Elke is kept busy taking care of herand already she has grown quite a bit Anu-scka's parents are Syrian performing bearsfrom the famed Wally Naghtin troupe. TheJackie Althoff chimps and bears are current-ly making dates for Tommy Hanneford andthen during the latter part of June they setsail for Japan to work in a Hotel, reluminghome to Balm. Fla., on Dec. 23rd, at whichtime of course they will be available for work

Milonga Cline (Escalante) and the JohnnyZoppe, Srs. are frequent visitors to Gibson-ton from their Lakeland quarters, especiallyon Sundays, jackpotting at Mr. and Mrs.Don Philips' newly acquired property. Nat-urally. Bonnie Bonta joins the festivities andMilonga certainly keeps the stories coming.She is known as Tutor Cline back in Lake-land's school system. Bonnie is eagerlylooking forward to returning to the GreaterAmerican Circus in 1982 and is currentlyon a diet (aren't we all I) to slim down. Shecan tell the stories too as she is no 'First ofMay' and between her and Milonga thingsare never dull at the bar-b-ques.John Strong, Jr. flew in recently to attend

the annual Showfolk's Extravaganza hereinGibsonton. John, Jr. is one of the youngestside show authorities around and was seenhuddled with veterans Ward Hall and JimWindland, about the last of their kind leftin the circus world. John, Jr. has the drive,enthusiasm and personality that is neededin the new generation coming along in thecircus world, and particularly in the sideshow end of it

Unfortunately, I think he is coming alongjust a tittle too late as I am afraid that theday of the circus side show is just aboutover. Jim Windland had about the last ofthe big circus side shows that featured highquality performers, as he trouped last yearon the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus; how-ever, this year the Beatty show will no long-er carry the side show and Jim, regretfully,will seek another phase of the circus busi-ness as there are just no markets for the cir-cus side show as we knew it The only other

pro left that I know of personally is the verycapable Roger Boyd, Jr. but rumor has itHoxie does not want a side show either, sowhere do you go? Here's hoping John StrongJr. will come up with a winner in his endea-vors to keep it alive and going!The big Florida State Fair in Tampa is out

and over and according to statistics it was arecord breaker. Oegojer Amusements, out ofStuart, Fla., had the huge midway (RoyalAmerican had it for years and years) and dida terrific job of bringing in more rides andshows than they ever had. The midwaysparkled and everything was immaculate, afar cry from last year's midway. But perhapsthe biggest thing in the fair's favor was beau-tiful weather. Normally it turns cold andrains during the fair but only one afternoonof rain, opening day, marred the run.

Highlights of the fair included the undercanvas circus, free to the public, that was aEddie Zacchini production, finding each andevery show standing room only. As last yearthe tent was spotless, with green shavingscovering the track making the complete in-terior a show piece. Keith Killinger had theband and singer/announcer was the very ca-pable Bill Boren. The program was: Come-in, clowns Dime and Connie Wilson, CoCo,Jr. and Danny Chapman; Opening Spec withentire cast; Ventura Duo, cradle; Jargo Gir-affee with Dime and Connie Wilson, CoCo,Jr. and Danny Chapman and Peanut; theunfortgettable Anna Mae with Ben Williamsand Debbie Chapman (again, the most clas-sic single elephant act in show business);Jack Cook's comedy car; Trudy's Dalma-tions; Clowns (Stomach Pump using DannyChapman's piglet vice skunk or dog); Voz-niak Teeterboard Troupe from Poland; TheWoodcock Performing Elephants presentedby Ben Williams; The Flying Larrays; TheGreat Wallendas, featuring the grandchild-ren of the late Karl Wallenda on the highwire.This was Debbie Chapman's first public

appearance with Ben Williams and AnnaMae and although she had that "openingnight" jitters, Debbie came through it like apro. Trudy's Dalmations are a unique and *colorful act and very soon Trudy and Billwill have their Appy liberty horse actsmoothed out and ready for the road. Onceagain Eddie brought a very strong show to

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No More Feathersby FRANCES FISHER

Just thought I would share a funny oneon an animal trainer.

And I admit beforehand that "I shouldhave known better "I made all new costumes for the chimpan-

zees this year and was particularly proud ofa hot pink eyelash material complete withTu Tu and a feather boa (white) around theneck and shoulders.

Well, Hal put the female Anita in the sidecar and I put the male, David, in the driversseat. In less than a half circle he had feathersatl over the place, the motorcycle was on itsside and we're chasing two chimps.

We got everything set up again and what aride. He's kicking her and standing up guid-ing the cycle at the same time.

Before that, when I got my hands on himto start the cycle trick again, he leaped ov-er the cycle, dragging me flat on my stom-ach over the cycle.

What a laugh the audience had - and me

too - 1 had to laugh at myself.When he did the finish trick, a giant swing

ala Tarazan on the vines from tree to treehis mouth was full of feathers.

Needless to say, the feather boa was re-moved from the pink costume - but it didall look so elegent.To clear up the "I should have known bet-

ter" bit - this chimp just hates feathers ofany sort.

PEOPLECAROL BUCKLEY and "TARRA" were

in Spokane, Wash., for the Castle Show andin May will be at the Renaissance Faire, af-ter which they go to Knotts Berry Farm forthe summer season.

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Then we followed the directions the Grogans had given us to their home and drovein through the gates to their estate on theAlafia River. One word description "Char-ming" ... "Serene" and "Beautiful". Welocated Charlie Gutis and were greeted byHeidi's three little dacshunds and Heidi'smother at the door of the Grogan's home.This has to be the most interesting houseI have ever been in since living in Florida,it is a real, authentic old time Florida housebuilt in 1907 with a center hall breezway,screened porches, it is two stories high witha huge overhang roof. It is the kind of highceilinged house built to catch the naturalbreezes, wood floors, fire places, etc. TheGutis told us that the Grogans first plan wasto tear it down and build a modern housebut a consultant suggested putting the mon-ey into extensive restoration. They wentalong with that idea with stunning resultsand it is not yet finished. It is much morespacious that what could be built with theprices of to-day's housing market.Well, I am not writing an article on inter-

ior decoration but I could do one on thishouse snd I was not too surprised to knowthat pur TV Channel 44's P.M. Magazineis giving them a lot of air time on Feb. 19.about the home, the hangers for the heli-copters, etc.

We are looking forward to that show, aftergetting a tour of the house with its clever •updating; warm personal touches reflectingtheir show business life and the extremegood taste in Heidi's choice of wallpaper,furniture, etc. The wrap around veranda

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looks out on the river and the lawn slopesto the bank (they had to clear out a jungleof growth io get the view) and we enjoyeda visit with the Gutis and watched boatscruising by. They plan to stay there thiscoming summer while the Helicopter actgoes back to Wisconsin Dells.

Oh yes, all of you who have ever tackledpainting a house might like to know that ittook 92 gallons of paint to bring this one toits pristine whiteness) David just shook hishead as we drove away and that is why wedo not live in a great big, old wood house,two or more stories high!

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Gene Randow is Backby BOB STODDARD

Friends all around the world will find thisexciting circus news just that.. Exciting!!

After a long battle with cancer of thethroat and a complicated operation thatsuccessfully removed the cancer and savedhis voice box, Gene's voice is coming back!

After months of not speaking at all, hisvoice today is not much more than a loud,raspy whisper... but then ... Gene neverdid have a beautiful voice. The importantthing is that he will have a complete recov-

ery.Gene visited the show folks at the Shrine

Circus in Dallas through two performanceson Saturday, Nov. 21st and wowed themwith his funny stories.

Earl Michaels said, "He's the same oldGene Randow, and that covers it prettywell."

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In one quick and brilliant move, the Shrineofficials became the first ones on this bandwagon and signed Gene for the 1982 TexasShrine dates.

Much of the credit for his recovery goes tohis long-time wife, Vivian, who helped pullhim through a tough operation that onlytakes a day to perform, but a year to heal.

This is a promotion man's dream!The first "free agent" in the clown world;

destined to be the "comeback performer ofthe year;" compares to the re-entry draft inbaseball.

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the fair and certainly no one went awaygrumbling.In addition to the circus, Jim and Heidi

Grogan with Mark Peligar had their helicop-ter act at the fair this year and it proved tobe one of the biggest and most talked aboutattractions. Strictly showmanship and classit is impressive and most effective at nightwith all the lights.

On the midway was Dean Potter's sideshow which is one of the finest carnivalside shows on the road. The ten in one iskept immaculate and all stages and propsinside are highly decorated. Dean is a vet-eran in the business and often has not onlya side show but also a freak animal showrunning at the same time. Dean has highstandards and when I caught his freak ani-mal show it was just as immaculate and ashighly decorated as his side show. Old timecanvas bannerline front his shows and hehas a strong line-up of acts. Unfortunately,I was not thinking and did not make a listof his attractions and at the present time heis out on the road so cannot contact him

Following the State Fair in Tampa by lessthan two weeks, the annual Strawberry Fes-tival in Plant City, about 50 miles east) iscurrently going full blast and is quite largefor a county fair. Circus World sent theircalliope and team of horses along with twoshow girts and two clowns, which not onlygave them some publicity but made a color-ful addition to the parade. Also on thegrounds Ms. April performed her sway poleact.

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A quick, but fun-filled visit with RudolphDelmonte (Anna and Pinky) enroute fromMexico City to Puerto Rico for Ed Migleyrevealed that they sure enjoyed his MexicoCity engagement. After Puerto Rico comesthe Dominion Republic and then back tothe States for some of Ed's spring route be-fore Tommy Bartlett's Water Show at theWisconsin Dells.

Tour CompleteThe 1982 edition of Bill Brickie's Wonder-

land Circus recently completed its tour ofSouth Carolina.

Included on the show, which is adaptablefor either assembly shows or full eveningperformances were: Bill Brickie's PoodleFantasy; Eduardo's Gypsy Bean; Sprog &Sprocket!, unicycles; Markie's Fantail Dovesplus Dorian Blake, illusions and Ari's rolabola. Serving as ringmaster for the show wasDorian Blake.The show carries its own concession and

novelty items.

Cheetah MeetA confemce on Cheetahs was held recently

at the Wildlife Safari Park in Winston, Ore.The three day event was attended by zoodirectors, veterinarians and others interest-

ed in the fture of the Cheetah.The park has a large number of Cheetahs

and just last year some 25 cubs were bornthere. Since the facility opened and theystarted their breeding program they havenacJ 53 cheetahs bom there.Another purpose of the meeting was to

decide who they would sell Cheetahs to.They had 11 for sale and with more cubsdue all the time they are getting a large number of animals.

PEOPLEAL and SUZANNE DAWLEY and Al's

uncle HENRY DION visited the HannefordCircus during the show's Savannah date af-ter completing an engagement with SamPolack's Circus at Pine Bluff.

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Sills ReleasedFour harbor seals at the Washington Park

Zoo in Portland, Ore., were recently releas-ed in the Pacific Ocean because zoo visitorsinsisted in throwing various objects intothe animals water tank.

It just isn't fair to keep them, said an of-ficial, at the expense of their health. So theseals were released.

Visitors have thrown coins, flash cubes andother objects into the tank and the seals seethe objects as food and eat them. As a resultthey suffer from a variety of ailments.

Park wins suitA jury recently awarded $100,600 in da-

mages to the owners of Wild Wilderness Sa-fari at Bentonville, Ark., because pollutedwater allegedly caused the death of some143 exotic animals.A Benton County Circuit Court Jury rul-

ed in favor of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wilmothwho own and operate the drive-thru park

NOTICEContrary to all rumors being circulated,

everyone who worked the Mahia ShrineTemple Circus date in Miami, Fla., forHoxie Bros. Circus were paid in full.

in northwest Arkansas.The jury found the defendants • David A.

Calkain and Campbell Soup Co. of Fayet-teville • were negligent in 1974 and 1975by allowing decomposed turkeys to washinto a creek that formed the lak° wherethe Wilmoth's animals got water. Calkainraised about 27,000 turkeys for CampbellSoup.The Wilmoths said the pollution ultimate-

ly caused the deaths of 143 exotic animals,including bison and zebras, from nitrateor bacterial poisoning.

Music, Music, Musicby DON SANDMAN

From Jan. 28 thru 31st, it was Music, Mu-sic, Music at the Holiday Inn South, in FortMitchell, Ky. (Cincinnati, Ohio), when theWindjammers, Unlimited, Inc. held their1982 convention.

From its Banquet Room location, the bandmusic drifted thru the walls of the adjacentcoffee shop, where diners' heads turned tolook for the circus performers to come par-ading by. At a Windjammers Convention itis music from morning to night. On Friday,Jan. 29th the sessions went from 9 a.m. toabout 10:30 p.m. with a break for lunchand another for dinner. Saturday, the 30ththey were back blowing from 9 a.m. to11:30 p.m., recording original circus musicnever before recorded.

On Saturday, the 30th, they did take timeout to join with the members of the JohnRobinson/Loyal Repensky Tent, CFA, fromCincinnati fora visit to the Cincinnati FireMuseum. Though we were looking at longago fire equipment in the museum upstairsit was all Circus, Circus, Circus, as circusfilms were running in the movie room andfood and liquid refreshments were in abun-

dance. The Windjammers had been told theCircus Fans had been told how great all theWindjammers were and that the Fans wouldbe ready to shake hands, and swap circusstories, especially about circus bands of old.

From the cocktail party and reception atthe Fire Museum, the participants foundtheir way back across the Ohio River to theHoliday Inn South for the evening Banquetand program. Mr. Paul Bierley was the guestspeaker and his subject was John Philip Sou-sa.

The committee of Francis Simler, CharlesStanley and George Keller for the Windjam-mers and Don Sandman and Gale Ahrensgathered a large crowd for the Fire Museum.All were inspired by the fire models built bya retired fireman which were on display inthe conference room upstairs from the mu-seum. The CMB's in attendance all statedthe models were truly a work of art.The Music Sessions were conducted by

Robert Hills and the following music wasplayed and recorded during the sessions,and the CF A's enjoyed listening too. (acouple of the Windjammers said they weresurprised that the Fans could sit there andlisten quietly while the music was recorded)But the overflow audience in the Banquet

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MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC (Continued)

Room enjoyed it all.The following music and author are those

numbers recorded:

Aviation Tournament • KingBlackhawk • CummingsBravura- DeebleBuffalo Bill's Farewell - SweeneyBass Trombone • FillmoreBuffalo Rag- TurpinCFA March • EvansCle Eleena Eagles • KingContinental Congress • RosenkrausFour Jacks- LoschHomestretch Galop • KingMinstrel King - SweelegPahson Trombone- FillmorePetoskey March - GillPride of Glory-JewellHarvest Moon SerenadeStop It One Step - KaufmanThey're Off Galop - JewellTrombones on Parade • TaylorUnder Circus- Al HagesWith the Colors - Pouella

Cariscema (So. American) - HeeferZam Zam - CeepersMaria Elena Waltz - BarcelataKing Magdars Overture • EilenbergAmong the Lillies Waltz - DeebleGlow of Sunset Serenade - CobbettLove Dreams- GoldinMoonlight Melody Serenade • KingRippling Ruby Overture- SkaygsShimmering Spangles Intermezzo • Casto

After the Cincinnati Convention most ofthe Windjammers proceeded to Corydon,Ind., where they participated in a concertwith the Corydon Concert Band on Tuesday, Feb. 2nd.

PEOPLETHE GRIMALDIS presented their full

evening entertainment at the Roberts Arenain Sarasota on Feb. 9th for the Avion Trav-elcade Rally. The show was reported to bea big success and their bookings extend into

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Twins SeparatedA surgical team at the Johns Hopkins Hos-

pital in Baltimore, Md., successfully separ-ated 5-day-ohf Siamese twins, on March 6th.

The twin girts which were bom on March2nd, were joined from the chest to the up-per stomach.

Hospital officials reported the girls were inserious but stable condition after the sixhour operation, performed by a 22 membersurgical team.

Show Notesby "CirtusJoe" VALE NCI AN 0

Jay Cochrane has been signed for the Or-lando, Fla., Shrine date. He will do his'Skywalk' in the Tangerine Bowl for theCoronas Circus Production, March 27-28.This will be the Coronas' second stand fol-lowing their opening at Oaytona Beach onMarch 20-21.In addition to the "Motorcycle Thru Girl"

illusion, ringmaster-illusionist Sebastian willalso be presenting 'The Costume Trunk"as seen on NBC-TV's "Magic with the Stars."And the Tabouret, the vanish of a girl high

over the center ring, after which she re-ap-pears at the entrance of the circus arena.

George Coronas is out of the hospital anddoing just fine, after he was injured in win-terquarters by an elephant this winter.This writer and his family plan to make

their first visit to the Coronas Circus at theOrlando date.

THE SAXONS, unicycle and juggling team,are back at home in Sacramento, Calif., af-ter working on the cruise ship "Rotterdam"following a South Sea cruise. They are nowplanning to work a series of Sport Shows.

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A Studio Visitby BILL WOTSCH

In Sept. 1942. while n Hollywood, I visit-ed Republic Studios.

In one studio several children were study-ing their school lessons, all grouped arounda table with their instructor.

In a big studio Roy Rogers and GabbyHayes were acting out a scene for a film thatwas called "Riding Down the Canyon." Theaction took place in front of a cabin and af-ter everyone had gone over their instructionsthe two stars went over their lines a fewtimes and then it was filmed by the camera-man.When the director yelled "cut" the action

stopped and Roy came over to talk and wewent up on the set and had our picture tak-en under those hot lights.

It was certainly fun and interesting to visita western make believe town, and to see thesaloon and learn how they staged the fightsand leam about some of the special effectsthey use for such scenes.

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