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The South's Outstanding College Daily

Friday Evening, April 5, 1968

UNIVERSITY

OF KENTUCKY, LEXINGTON

'Martin Is Dead
Slain By White Sniper;
Riots Erupt In Memphis
By CHARLES ROND
Martin Luther King Jr., who
MEMPHIS, Tcnn. (UPI)-- Dr.
carried the dreams of millions of Negroes in his nonviolent battle
for racial freedom, was slain by a white sniper Thursday and
violence erupted in the ghettoes of the South.
Bloody rioting wrecked Mem
Iobel all over town, taking potshots
year-old
phis alter the
Peace Prize winner fell dying at white people," he said.
Dr. King, who walked with
on the balcony of his hotel
death on cold Northern streets
room, a gaping bullet wound
and sunbaked Southern highin his neck.
battle as
ways in his
"Martin is dead . . . God
the nation's most prominent
help us all," said a civil rights
civil rights leader, was standing
leader when he heard the news.
on the second-floo- r
balcony of
Word of Dr. King's assassinhis room at the Lorraine Hotel
ation touched off violence in
at dusk talking to his followNashville, Raleigh, Jackson and
ers on the street.
Police in TallaBirmingham.
He asked a bandleader from
hassee said Negroes at Florida
one of his Chicago projects to
A&M were "shooting and throwplay "Precious Lord" at a mass
ing at everything in sight."
rally later, and smilingly agreed
President
Johnson pleaded
to his chauffeur's demands that
for calm.
he put on his topcoat.
The National Guard was rush"I heard the gun," said the
ed to Memphis.
Continued on Pare 8, Col. 1
Police issued a bulletin for
d
a young,
white man
who dashed out of the flophouse across the street from
Dr. King's hotel, dropped a
Browning rifle
on the sidewalk and fled in a
car.
Police Chief Frank Holloman
said "we have no definite lead
.
we can report at this time reBy DARRELL RICE
The most obvious, if most
garding the assailant."
Two policemen were cut by cynical, question arising within
white America today is what
flying glass when Negro snipers
will be the effect of the shootopened fire on their car. "We
critical time," said ing of Dr. Martin Luther King
are in a most
upon an already tense racial sitMr. Holloman.
uation.
Det. Chief W. P. Hutton
UK's Black Student Union
this.
amplified
President Theodore Berry said of
"Apparently they are rioting
Dr. King's death:

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Dr. King In Memphis
Dr. Martin Luther King (center) was surrounded
by leaders of the Memphis sanitation strike as he
arrived in Memphis March 28 to lead a march
of striking workers. One Negro was killed in the

violence that ensued. When Dr. King returned
determined to lead a peaceful march, he was
shot to death at his hotel.

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"He's a great loss to America

"They killed the cat who was and say, 'He wouldn't want us
the epitome ofnonviolenceinthis
to do that,' "
She said she does not know
country."
"I've gotten out of that non- at this time which reaction is
violence bag because I know most likely to occur.
now," he said, "that white peo"As far as this particular camAs did almost all the black
ple are violent. I'm ready to die,
pus is concerned, we're making a myself."
students, BSU Treasurer Walter
lot of progress from outside the
"It's hard to generalize about Bedford Jr. said he did not feel
he could accurately speculate on
system, but by working with the white
society, but it would be
system," he said. "If we continue hard to dissuade me now that what will happen. But he exto make progress this way, there whites
aren't the niost violent pects no immediate violence.
will be no need for violence."
people on earth," Turner said
Jim Embry said "if somebody
"But if we don't continue to with obvious bitterness.
white shot Dr. King, the blacks
get what we feel should be ours,
Art Garner said "some miliwill realize that it doesn't matter
there may be v iolence. The black tant blacks will
say 'A white if you're nonviolent or not. If
students here won't beas worried
person did it, so let's take it out you're black, they'll shoot
about the consequences so much on the rest of them.' "
you.
This should bring blacks tonow as before."
"You can mark my word that
gether."
Berry referred to a portion of it is going to be a long, hot
black playwright Leroi Jones' summer hotter than before," he
Asked if the killing will insaid. "Things could explode at crease the chances for violence,
play "The Dutchman," brought
to mid by Dr. King's death. "If any time."
Embry answered:
Brenda Mapp said Dr. King's
you're going to die anyway,"
"I think it will
I think
I think it
it will
Berry said, "you might as well death could work two ways.
definitely
"Either black people can re- will."
die fighting."
taliate with more violence, or
Also echoing that sentiment
The Black Student Union was
Dr. King's nonviolence teaching to hold a memorial vigil for Dr.
was Bill Turner, former president
of the Campus Committee on could have- such a strong influ- King at noon today in front of
ence that his followers will stop the Administration Building.
Human Bights, who said:

and not to just the blacks. I feel
the militant blacks will feel tliis,
too, and that it will affect the
black movement as such."

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joining other speakers for Focus '6tt at Memorial Coliseum. See page 7 for other pictures and a story on a
controversy between Kennedy's advance men and Focus chairman
Carson Porter.
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Don Pratt, a UK student until this semester,
was convicted Thursday morning for refusing
induction in U.S. District Court in Louisville.
Sentencing was set for April 8.
RolKTt Sedler, UK associate professor of law,
and Pratt's attorney, said the decision will be
appealed on the grounds that the Selec tive Serv ice
Ac t is unconstitutional and that the
juries try ing
Pratt's case have been unrepresentative.
Pratt said during the trial that he refused
processing Jan. 26 because he could not conscientiously join the armed forces while they are
fighting in Vietnam.
He also said the draft was "discriminatory

and unfair."
The government's witnesses were Mrs. Sarah
Saunders, cleik of Pratt's draft lxard in Lexington, Ical 23, and Army lA. George Ray, assistant
processing ol fleer at the induction center in Iouis-villwhere Pratt refused processing.
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Pratt testified in his own defense in the trial
and was stopped by the presiding judge when
he said the war is illegal.
He told the Kernel Thursday night he feels
the war is "illegal, unjust and immoral."
"There are all kinds of adjectives you can use
to describe this war." Pratt said, "and wouldn't
hesitate to use them."
He said the jury that convicted him was com1

posed only of elderly people.
"This is a pait of the appeal," Pratt said.
"The jury was unrepresentative. No men of my
age were on it."
A similar trial lor Joseph Mulloy, a former
poverty worker who refused induction iu February,
is to be held today. Prof. Sedler is also serving
as Mr. Mulloy's attorney.
Maximum sentence for violation of the Selective Service Act is five years in prison or
$10.000 or both.

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Labor strikes arc likely to be more
prevalent in the next few
years due to the economic situation and the availability of other
jwu ior sinking unionists.
So said Joseph Kirkham, com
ful in resolving difficulties in this
missioner with the Federal Medkind of meeting. We then move
iation and Conciliation Service,
mediation of the iswho was featured speaker at the into actual
sues. "
YMCA Roundtable
meeting
Noting that both management
Thursday.
and labor often say they are able
Mr. Kirkham is one of four to
withstand a long strike, Mr.
agents at the Louisville branch Kirkham said it is
important to
which mediates strikes in that
get the feel of power of each.
city and two Southern Indiana
"After the parties gain our L-IFZj
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confidence, they feel free to open
"Strikes last a lot longer now
and talk, and we don't have
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than previously. And with the up trouble
Politics, academic freedom and "walking zombies'
them to acto right, YD president McKinley Morgan, SDS
any
getting
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jobs, people cept mediators, because they were all topics of discussion for a small group member William Murrcll, YAF member Hank
remain on strike longer. Conse- want an
Davis and Pat Maney, YR chairman.
impartial side to sit in of students at Nexus Thursday night. Dominating
discussion as members of the panel were, left
quently, they have no incentive and listen."
to go back to work," he said.
It is the tendency of both
parties in a labor dispute to
put off problems until contract
time. Since most contracts are
By FRANCES DYE
When asked if YD's had simimade similar statements about
for three years, he said, people
They discussed a variety of lar problems on other campuses,
the activity of their groups in
By JANICE BARBER
allow their grievances to build
Follow the black line from topics, with a variety of enthuMorgan said no. He noted that he other areas.
up until confrontation at the
siasm, but they agreed on one was in Mississippi last year and
the floor compass at the MediPresent at the discussion were
bargaining table.
that most strikes are cal Center and you'll run smack point. UK students don't seem to was amazed at the group's acti- students from Alice Lloyd ColNoting
care about politics.
vity iii a traditionally conservathose called at the expiration of into the Drug Information Cenlege, who are spending the week
of four UK tive state.
Representatives
at UK as part of an exchange proa contract, Mr. Kirkham said ter.
in groups -- YD, YR, SDS and
Serving as a
Maney, Davis and Murrell gram sponsored by YWCA.
the mediators contact managethe communication of data on YAF took part in a panel disment and labor representatives
cussion on politics at Nexus last
drugs, the Center is a coordinaprior to contract expiration, and
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Just a short drive South on U.S. 27
Mr. Kirkham said the first in patient care," Director Charles of inertia. They don't seem to
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
know where they're going."
A "Walton said.
step is to bring the parties toWilliam Murrell, member of
The Center, first of its kind
for conciliation. Mediators
gether
ask the union to identify the in the nation, was founded in Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), said "last year we
issues at one time and not to 1962 by Dr. David Burkholder.
Since then similar centers have found ourselves worrying about
bring in additional grievances
spread to teaching hospitals and parking places for students, the
later in the meeting.
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McKinley Morgan, president
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of difficulty, he said, they
points
of Young Democrats (YD), and
said. "The Center was founded
may stop the meeting to ask for
Pat Maney, chairman of Young
to better explore the total pomore information or clarification.
"Seldom are we ever success- - tential of pharmacists to better Republicans (YR), expressed similar feelings about the "lack"
patient care with drugs."
of political interest.
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Asked what could be done to
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being offered students during
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cited the number of other campus r
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mittee, in turn, publishes "Formorganizations as a probable cause
a manual of approved for low attendance.
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Fifty nations are represented
In Lexington!
the discussion,
Throughout
drugs.
by 250 foreign students at the
Murrell spoke of the lack of stuAnother function of the Cenexhibitions, fashion and talent
ter is to give specific informa- dent involvement in political and
shows and other events.
tion about new techniques and campus affairs. He said there is
An exhibition of costumes,
an academic crisis at UK and was
results of drug use to physicians
items, handicrafts and
novelty
"worried that students don't
in the hospital.
artwork from various countries
is being displayed each day in
Teaching is a third function care."
of the Drug Information Center.
the Student Center Ballnxnn from
Noting a general lack of stu'
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and one part-tim- e dent support for YAF, a con11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The two
The last day of festivities will
pharmacists who make up servative group, Davis said "the
the Center staff talk with groups most we can do within the state
feature a talent show. Music,
of doctors and nurses throughout is support the conservative eledances, and cultural aspects of
the state. They also teach in the ments, mostly Republican. Most
other nations will be presented
at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. in MeCollege of Pharmacy and in de- of the workers we had last year
morial Hall.
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Sam Doanc, UK senior theatre arts
major, docs a dance in a
scene from "The Familyctcctera" which
opens April 17. Bruce
Peyton, who has the leading role in the play, watches
intently
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Susan Cardwell and Bruce Peyton, with his paw. The unusual
play written by Arnold Powell will premier in the Cuignol Theatre
Cardwell and Peyton are an elderly couple in the play
April
who through a chain of events think they are altruists, misanthropes, dogs, etcetera.
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Slashing
Plastic Time
By CHUCK KOEHLER
Consider yourself 30 years
older or 40 if you're inclined toward longevity. How will you
view the music of today and,
once more, the men who made
it?
Consider this point. Johann
Sebastian Bach, in his heyday,
composed a cantata a week for
his church. It was a steady job
done by a normal man who was
recognized as having a particular
talent for music.
But today, 200 years later,
Bach is an immortal. His music
is studied, note by note, and sub-

jected to the overanalizationthat
is the result of time.

No one knows how many
Bachs there are sweating behind
keyboards today or, for that matter, behind electric amplifiers.
With the risk of burning in
critic's Hades, let me tag some
contemporary music which has
the potential of showing up in
grandpa's attic 30 or 40 years
from now.
The music is that of the Jefferson Airplane and the particular album, "After Bathing At
Baxtar's", which has been at
the local markets for some time.
The piece de resistance of the
album is entitled "Saturday
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slow cadence around which
speed up and slow down,
but always with the underlying
cadence.
Then come the voices enquiring "won't you try?" Repeated
several times, one wonders what
it is he is supposed to try-- a
hike, another cigarette
brand?
Tli en comes the second part
of the song, "Saturday Afternoon," and the answer. The lyrics tell of riding around in the
Airplane's car seeing yellow
clouds rising in a balloon clouds
of smoke, no doubt. And remember, your head is feeling fine.
After this question and answer
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song are juxtapositioned in a
of climax. It ends
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Cracie Slick at her surrealistic
best. Cracie seems to be hung
up on the Indian style of wailing a song. In fact, sometimes
it is difficult to discern just where
the freaky guitar ends and Grade's wailing voice begins.
Aside from the vocal, the Airplane takes off with the instrumental "Spare Change."
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there, was a space left
on the album, so they got together and pulled this one out
of the hat.
Nonetheless, the result is quite
effective. The song reminds one
of the Spanish Flamenco style;
its long crescendo is in the style
of Ravel's "Bolero."
In total, this album has
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of Beethoven in his last years, to
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Kernel Forum: the readers write

To llic Editor of llic Kernel:
Tlie Unitixl States, or should I say
the Administration and the Pentagon and
its citizen supporters, are engaged in a
war of aggression against the nation and
ivoplcsof Vietnam. Not against the nation
and peoples of North Vietnam or of South
Vietnam proclaimed as two different nations, for that is part of the issue for
calling this war, a war of aggression.
Uoth those )cople and many Americans
know that that nation is not divided
except by a demarcation line, twelve
years past due or twelve years past "tem-

porary."

We fight against a people divided
by economic, political, religious, and social interests of a few that truly do not
represent Vietnam, and often were not
and are not Vietnamese. I refer to the
Japanese, French, and currently the Americans who all have tried to influence
and control that small nation. As to those
Vietnamese that we support, they are
the Diems, the Kys, the Thieus, the

absentee landlords,

and the corrupt of
ficials within Vietnam that thrive on
America's so called "freedom and patriotic determinations for Vietnam."
Nationalism is the force we fight in
that country and it is false logic to say
we are determined to stop communism.
We a people who believe in
suppress such even now at home
while suppressing people and their freedom even more obviously in Vietnam.
We force outside assistance and their
relationship to the so called enemy, communism, because of their nationalistic
desires in opposition to our military presence.
Tli is form of presence, the US Annul
Forces, even if in the United States,
'would certainly not promote freedom and
local
maybe the reason for keeping down the numbers of
state side forces. But it is quite ap

parent that what the military presences
doesn't do here, the politicians, the Pentagon, and industrial interest will do.
But this, related to Vietnam, spells out
the fact that these people thrive on war,
and particularly this war.
This says nothing as to the weapons

and methods of war which we use on
that small, Southeast Asian nation, and
tliose we possibly may use tomorrow.
Gmcentration ramps (called strategic
hamlets or pacification villages), identification cards, defoliation, various lethal
gases, napalm,' ,v . to name a few are
things we fought, against and judged
others for, two decades ago. Now we
must judge ourselves. We w ho have made
the fight for democracy no different than
the cries of a "Master Race." We who
have made pacification no different than
persecution. We who have thus made
military service no different than political
slavery.
I find it somewhat hypocritical that
we
Value peace, but produce war,
Value life, but produce death,
Value freedom, but produce suppression
and servitude,
Value democracy, but produce no choice.
Then you ask me to fight for our coun- try here as well as abroad
Then you tell me that I must fight or
"figuratively" die in prison.
Then you interpret laws directed toward
me to sanctify hypocritical beliefs.
With that I say that the "me" is not
just Don B. Pratt the individual who
stands in court but also the numerous
realistic, idealistic youth of the United
States on the one hand and yourselves
on the other.
Don B. Pratt
former student
To the Editor of the Kernel:
The Unitul States is in a precarious
position in Vietnam. We are there because
of a provision in the SEATO treaty wliich
states that the U.S. will assist South
Vietnam if she is attacked.
When fighting broke out the U.S. sent
military advisors to South Vietnam. This
advisory capacity soon evolved into full
participation by our troops. Presently
there are seven divisions of the Anny
and units of the Navy and Marine Corps
in Vietnam.

This war is different from any other versity, not a night tlubth.it won't even
that the United States has been in vol veil throw a party.
in. The most fnistrating aspect of such
For people who see Student Governwarfare (guerilla warfare), is not know- ment as nothing more than a pretty
ing who the enemy is. Nonetheless this bureaucracy, as I do, there isnot ailioice.
unseen enemy is slowly bleeding the U.S. Vote it out, and spend the summer, with

of men, money, and resources.
This toll taken by the war has brought
alxMit much opposition to the war. What
can be done, to end our participation
in the war? Some people believe the U.S.
forces should invade North Vietnam, while
others think we sliould pull out. However,
if the U.S. invaded North Vietnam it
would draw Red China into the war as
in the Korean War. On the other hand
if we pull out the communists will be one
step closer to world domination.
Unless something is done soon to
change our policy concerning Vietnam,
we may be fighting there for years to
come.
Van Craham
AficS Freshman
To the Editor of the Kernel:
Equal time! I am filed as a candidate for the post of Student Government. Let me state my position.
Student Government is a child's game
,of toys and popularity contests. It is
also just another added institution that
gets in the way of one's freedom. Why?
I see government
as a means of protecting rights. I also know that I have
my rights by virtue of being an American citizen. So what does SG do for
me? Nothing.
The whole thing is
a silly exercise in practical popularity
contests. What is wrong with that? Nothing.
Except that I do not think officers
of that group should flatter themselves
with the name of "government."
Student Government should be abolished. If elected, I will work toward
that end. Rather than try to play Little
Boy Leader, I promise to resign immediately. A vote for me is a vote for
anarchy on the campus in the sense
that there is an end to one blanket
organization that presumes to be our
"government." We don't need it. Do we
want it?
So, if you are tirul of sham, vote for
me. If you are apathetic toward SG, vote
for me. We know it's just nonsense.
Lets do away with it. Lets have a Uni

a clear conscience.

Herbert Creech
Arts and Sciences Junior
To the Editor of the Kernel:
The policy the U.S. has concerning
Vietnam should be brought to the students attention by government officials
who are neither hawks nor doves. The
officials would give the students more
information alxmt Vietnam than he could
get by reading magazines and newspapers
or listening to speeches given by hawks
or doves. After all, every thing they say is
pointed toward their particular point of
view and is based upon emotions instead
of upon hard cold facts.
There are two radical groups on our
campus the hawks and the doves. The
doves wish to pull out of Vietnam and
thus give Vietnam to the Viet Cong on
a silver plater, thus opening the door for
more communist aggression in the East.
This group believes that peace will come
if we run away from our responsibilities
to the country of South Vietnam. On the
other hand the hawks seem to feel an
escalation of the war would be a more
effective means of attaining peace. They
would like to see more bombing which
would result in the murder of millions
of people both for and against the government of South Vietnam. Both of these
radical groups wish to end the war.
Neither wants the war to last any longer
than it absolutely has to. Each group
goes about it in a different way. Each
spreads his propaganda and each obtains
many followers and each in his own way-igiving out inaccurate information alxmt
the war to the students of this college.
My opinion is that students should
hear what soldiers from Vietnam, who
are not radicals, have to say alxiut the
war and what their opinions are. These
nonradical soldiers would give an unan accurate acbiased and more-ove- r,
count of what is taking place in Vietnam.
These soldiers would give the facts without distorting them for their own ends.
Robert Coggeshall
A&S

Freshman

Dissenters May File Minority Report

University
Methodist Chapel

SG Condemns 'Minority' Who Booed Gov.Nunn
By JO WARREN
conStudent
Government
ducted an unusually calm meeting Thursday night that included
the passage of a resolution commending "those students whose
behavior was exemplary" during
the rally supporting President
John W. Oswald. Also included
in the resolution was an apology

"to the Coventor of the

for the disrespect that
was shown his office" by a "small

minority of immature and rude

persons."

Not all SG members agreed
with the resolution and it was
suggested by T. Rankin Terry
that those representatives not
agreeing "file a minority rtport
to the Governor's office."
Thorn Pat Juul again attempted to introduce a bill that
would provide for a referendum
on alx)lishing Student Government.
His motion to suspend the
niles so the matter could be
brought up was defeated. After
the vote, he said "we have again

Cooper, Miss Rogers File
For No. 1 And 2 SG Posts
John Cooper, junior English
major, filed Thursday to nin for
Student Government president.
Ctxper is running against two
other candidates O. K. Curry
and Herbert Creech.
Linda Rogers, also a junior
English major, is running for
vice president on Cooper's ticket.
Cooper said he will run on
a platlormofliberalness." "Student Cov eminent now only takes
a reacting xjsition, instead of an
active one," he said. He would
attempt to nuke SG a "true student organization which would
take firm stands onissueslikethe

new
Committee."

Activities

Cooper said students should
have a say in the selection of
the new UK president.
He said there is only one way
lor the University , "to escape

ix)litical control. That is to do
away with the power of the board
and let it handle only the financial problems."
CK)per said he would like to
see a 'lower Itoard" of students,
faculty and some Board of Trustee
members to "handle the internal
affairs of the University ."

violatul the right of citizens (to
abolish their government). I will
not be a part of such illegal
action."
Juul then left the meeting to
the applause of some representatives.
One motion "urged" the appointment of student trustee
Steve Gxjk to the committee
that will screen candidates for
UK's presidency.
Again, the question of compulsory dormitory housing was
discussed. President Steve Cook
read a letter from Dr. Oswald
stating sophomores would be expected to apply for University
housing. Representatives debated
why the issue was not discussed
at the Board of Tmstees meeting
as SG had requested.
Gx)k said the matter was not
put on the agenda. He noted the
meeting was devoted solely to
discussion of Dr. Oswald's resignation.
The assembly also moved to
empower a representative to write
a letter to appropriate University
officials requesting new side

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