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Back to This Week at Eastman<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"press<\/a>Fifty years ago this week, on July 14th, 1972, an Eastman School student earned a distinction not in the musical world, but in the realm of beauty pageants. \u00a0Judith Ann Keithley, aged 19 and a native of Charlottesville, Virginia, was at this time the reigning Miss Rochester; she won the annual Miss New York State competition, beating out nine other finalists.\u00a0 In winning the Miss New York State crown, Ms. Keithley won first place in both the swimsuit portion and the talent portion of the competition.\u00a0 In the latter, she performed George Gershwin\u2019s Rhapsody in Blue <\/em>on piano.<\/p>\n

Ms. Keithley would go on to compete in the 1973 Miss America Pageant, held in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 9th, 1972.\u00a0 That year\u2019s Miss America title was won by Cindy Meeuwsen (Miss Wisconsin).\u00a0 Whereas today a total of seven women holding the Miss New York State title have won the Miss America crown, up until 1972, only one Miss New York State had done so (Bess Meyerson, in 1945).\u00a0 Later in time, Ms. Keithley was quoted in The New York Post <\/em>\u00a0commenting on the decision of the Pageant officials to do away with the swimsuit portion of the competition.\u00a0 On that occasion Ms. Keithley opined that a contestant in the Miss America Pageant needed to be the \u201cwhole package\u201d and elaborated, \u201cIt ain\u2019t just about jiggle and jangle, this is a competition that turns out women who have something to say, know how to say it, say it with conviction and they stand up for their causes.\u201d [1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Ms. Keithley (later Mrs. Judith Graham) was enrolled at Eastman for three years (1971-74).\u00a0 Interestingly, her recognition as Miss New York State does not appear to have been publicized to the Eastman School community; no mention of her statewide achievement, nor of her national appearance in Atlantic City, Ms. Keithley was printed in Notes from Eastman <\/em>(forerunner publication to today\u2019s Eastman Notes)<\/em>. \u00a0Perhaps the fairest observation is that Notes from Eastman <\/em>was less socially oriented than today\u2019s publication, being of a shorter format and more tightly restricted to news of an academic nature, whereas nowadays we recognize and celebrate, via Eastman Notes <\/em>and also the various social media, that Eastman School students are, indeed, well-rounded individuals who can and do achieve distinctions in areas outside of music.\u00a0 So, too, American society and American academe were rather different from today back in 1972, when women still had strenuous battles to fight in professional, legal, and social contexts to emerge from centuries-old patriarchal domination and sexist expectations.\u00a0 It is noteworthy that Ms. Keithley was asked by a writer for the Rochester Times-Union<\/em> whether she felt \u201cexploited\u201d in the contest as some feminists might have suggested.[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

1973 would not be the only year when an Eastman School student has advanced to the Miss America Pageant.\u00a0 The next Eastman student to do so was graduate student Susan Spafford, BM \u201997, MM \u201901, who was crowned Miss Pennsylvania in 1999 and then went on to the make the top three at the Miss America Pageant, being named second runner-up.\u00a0 In the talent portion of the contest, Ms. Spafford performed the virtuosic solo Polish Caprice<\/em> by Grazyna Bacewicz.<\/p>\n

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\u25ba press item, \u201cState title for Judith,\u201d Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, <\/em>July 15, 1972.\u00a0 Preserved in Rochester Scrapbook June-July 1972, page 88. Sibley Music Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> \u201cFormer Miss NY says pageant ditching swimsuits is a mistake\u201d by Gabrielle Fonrouge.\u00a0 New York Post, 5 July 2018, online at URL:\u00a0 https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/06\/05\/former-miss-ny-says-pageant-ditching-swimsuits-is-a-mistake\/.\u00a0 Accessed on 7 July 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cEastman student captures Miss N.Y. State crown\u201d by Barbara O\u2019Reilley.\u00a0 Rochester Times-Union, <\/em>July 15, 1972.\u00a0 Preserved in Rochester Scrapbook June-July 1972, page 89.\u00a0 Sibley Music Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”1973: Opera Under the Stars production of Carousel” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1720541805309{margin-top: 20px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;border-color: #dddddd !important;}”][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” gap=”10″][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720545005677{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]In the annals of Rochester\u2019s musical life, there have been several attempts to establish a viable municipal opera, two of which were Opera Theater of Rochester (in the 20th century) and Mercury Opera (in this century).\u00a0 Indeed, at one time, an opera company was founded within the Eastman School of Music: the Rochester American Opera Company (est. 1924), which has been featured previously in \u201cThis Week at Eastman\u201d.\u00a0 At another time, for nearly a quarter-century there was an operatic venture that was not a company, but instead, a collaborative, co-operative initiative based on a working arrangement between various parties.\u00a0 Opera under the Stars was made possible by the Eastman School of Music, the County of Monroe, the City of Rochester, the Rochester Musicians\u2019 Federation, and, later on, later on, the New York Council on the Arts working together to create opera for the enjoyment of the greater community.\u00a0 Opera under the Stars was founded in 1953 and continued through the summer of 1976.<\/p>\n

The support of the Eastman School was essential for the Opera under the Stars venture, for Eastman contributed not only financing, but also provided artistic and logistical support, together with supply of conductors, cast members, and chorus members.\u00a0 The initiative had been the idea of Leonard Treash, artistic director of the Eastman School\u2019s Opera Department (served 1947-76), and was modelled in part after the summer opera programs that had been successful in St. Louis and in Cincinnati.[1]<\/a>\u00a0<\/sup> The concept was that full operatic productions\u2014complete with scenery, costumes, and a symphony orchestra\u2014would be staged at the Highland Park Bowl, the outdoor amphitheater situated at the end of Highland Park bordered by South Avenue.\u00a0 Significantly, all performances would be free of charge.\u00a0 The original concept called for four productions each summer, one of which would be a Broadway musical theater piece; that plan ultimately proved unfeasible, and instead, two or else three productions became the norm, with one of the productions occasionally taking the form of a double-bill of two short works.\u00a0\u00a0 In the first season (1953), two productions were mounted:\u00a0 Puccini\u2019s La Boh\u00e8me<\/em>, and Verdi\u2019s La Traviata<\/em>.\u00a0 Musical theater was introduced in 1965 with a production Kurt Weill\u2019s Street Scene,<\/em> followed in 1972 by Lerner and Loewe\u2019s Brigadoon<\/em> in 1972 and Rodgers and Hammerstein\u2019s Carousel<\/em> in 1973.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” gap=”10″][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]And so it was that forty-nine years ago this week, a production of the musical Carousel <\/em>was staged in Highland Park (two performances) to favorable local reviews.\u00a0 The production was the first in the 21st season of Opera under the Stars.\u00a0 The printed program is displayed here, and the Eastman School of Music is, figuratively speaking, imprinted all over the program.\u00a0 The producer, Daniel Patrylak, was an Eastman School administrator (served in that capacity 1967-75); the conductor, Donald Hunsberger (served 1964-2002) was an Eastman faculty member; and a second faculty member, John Maloy (served 1966-2005), was in the cast.\u00a0 Both the sound reinforcement head and the orchestra librarian, Ros Ritchie and Donald Jones, were Eastman School personnel.\u00a0 Whereas the orchestral musicians for Opera under the Stars productions were normally supplied by the Rochester Federation of Musicians, for this production the supply orchestra came from Eastman, that being the Eastman Chamber Orchestra, comprised primarily of Eastman School faculty members joined by some students. The cast numbered included seven Eastman School alumni and one enrolled student; they were Joyce Hall, \u201958;\u00a0 Cecile Saine, \u201972;\u00a0 William MacFarland, \u201972;\u00a0 Robert Zajkowski, \u201959;\u00a0 James Courtney, \u201973 (and a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company since 1979);\u00a0 Christina McCarthy, \u201973; and William Briggs, \u201958; and John Oliver, \u201975 had just completed his sophomore year.\u00a0 Still more Eastman students were represented in the chorus.\u00a0 The complete roster of Opera under the Stars artists and chorus members to date (1953-73) was printed in the program, together with the names of dancers and of children\u2019s chorus members.\u00a0 Many of the children\u2019s chorus members were children of Eastman School faculty members and staff members.\u00a0 Look closely, and you\u2019ll also see the names of two Fleming sisters, each of whom would later earn a master\u2019s degree at Eastman.<\/p>\n

For the Eastman School of Music, there were numerous positives from supporting Opera under the Stars, a series with more than 20 years of successful functioning.\u00a0 By 1974 it was estimated that approximately 250,000 people had attended Opera under the Stars productions\u2014yep, fully one quarter of a million!\u2014since the beginning.\u00a0 Further, the initiative had given many Eastman students (both singers and instrumentalists) paid, professional experience.\u00a0 The initiative had also provided numerous Eastman faculty members with additional performing opportunities and income.\u00a0 The Eastman School had received a great deal of publicity not only in the local media and Rochester press, but also in the national media, including in such journals as Musical America <\/em>and Opera News. <\/em>\u00a0For the community of Rochester, the initiative had permitted collaboration with Rochester citizens by including them as soloists, orchestral musicians, chorus members, and as participants in other functions.\u00a0 On balance, Opera under the Stars represented a truly positive form of outreach: it was one more avenue by which the Eastman School had been brought closer to the citizens of Rochester.\u00a0 Audience size varied from production to production, but at times numbered several thousand people, once estimated at as many as 10,000; the outdoor arrangement was informal, with listeners being free to bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on the lawn.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_images_carousel images=”14646,14647,14648,14649,14650,14651,14652,14653,14654,14655,14656,14657,14658,14659,14660,14661,14662,14663,14664,14665″ img_size=”330×475″ css=”.vc_custom_1658324200051{margin-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720541917904{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: -15px !important;margin-left: -15px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]\u25ba printed program, July 13 and 14, 1973 (20 pages)<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=”14675″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1658253486749{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720541984441{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: -15px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: -15px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]\u25ba R1743-2A <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” gap=”10″][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=””]In 1976 the Eastman School\u2019s Robert Freeman, Director, announced that Eastman would discontinue its financial support of Opera under the Stars, but would continue to provide logistical support in the way of rehearsal space, orchestral parts, and flats.\u00a0 Ultimately, sufficient support was not forthcoming from other sources, and the initiative was discontinued after the 1976 season.\u00a0 Michael Walsh, music critic for the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, <\/em>cited several concerns in a June, 1976 article, pointing out the challenging parking situation, the traffic noise emanating from nearby South Avenue, and an inadequate amplification infra-structure, together with other, more subjective concerns.\u00a0 Mr. Walsh cited a decline in the number of productions (a glance at the complete roster of productions will indicate that he had been mistaken) together with a steady fall-back on musical theater repertory instead of opera (what Mr. Walsh might not have known was that musical theater had been on the Opera under the Stars agenda back in 1953), substantial cuts made in the repertory for the sake of truncating durations of performances.[2]<\/a>\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0 (The latter point is impossible to verify at this later date.)\u00a0 Notwithstanding the financial realities and whatever other prevailing concerns by 1976, the record speaks for itself: a steady, successful run of productions since 1953 that had brought the Eastman School closer to the citizens of Rochester.\u00a0 Two hundred and fifty-thousand-plus opera-goers in 24 seasons is a thumping statistic; after all, the public never turns out an opportunity to enjoy good music outdoors in summer.\u00a0 From time to time a performance might be rained out, but the team always planned for this; every year\u2019s schedule of performances included back-up \u201cin case of rain\u201d dates.\u00a0 Overall, Opera under the Stars had been a winning formula.\u00a0 Bravo and thank you, Professor Leonard Treash!<\/p>\n

\u25ba Photos by Louis Ouzer, all taken on July 13th, 1973<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes” content_placement=”top” gap=”5″ css=”.vc_custom_1720542195347{margin-top: 10px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1658252952157{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”14671″ img_size=”350×250″ add_caption=”yes” onclick=”link_image” css=”.vc_custom_1720542078263{margin-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720542314587{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: -15px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: -15px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]\u25ba R1742-12A<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1658252943965{background-color: #f4f4f4 !important;}”][vc_images_carousel images=”14720,14721,14722″ img_size=”350×250″ css=”.vc_custom_1720542086095{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1720542278323{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-right: -15px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;margin-left: -15px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 30px !important;}”]These shots from the 1973 production of Carousel capture the extent of the production values of the Opera under the Stars concept. Notwithstanding the small, outdoors venue, the insistence on costuming, scenery, and an orchestra was central to the mission. Carousel, Opera under the Stars, Highland Park Bowl, July 13, 1973.
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Displayed below is the complete roster of Opera under the Stars productions, 1953-1976, all of which were performed in English.\u00a0 It was an impressive run that reflected determination and imagination on the part of the artistic and production teams.\u00a0 Numerous of the standard repertory operas are represented, and several of those were repeated, including La Boh\u00e8me, Die Fledermaus, The Marriage of Figaro, The Bartered Bride, <\/em>and Madame Butterfly. <\/em>In what proved to be the valedictory season of Opera under the Stars, Howard Hanson\u2019s opera Merry Mount <\/em>was staged, reflecting the conscious decision of the artistic and production heads to stage an American piece on the occasion of the nation\u2019s Bicentennial that summer.\u00a0 The production was based on Hanson\u2019s 1974 revision of his opera that made accommodations for a smaller venue and limited staging and orchestral resources.<\/p>\n

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OPERA UNDER THE STARS Productions, 1953-1976<\/p>\n

All were performed in English at the Highland Park Bowl<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st season, 1953<\/th>\nJuly 23 & 25
\nAugust 12 & 15<\/td>\n		La Boh\u00e8me
\nLa Traviata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd season, 1954<\/th>\nJune 21 & 24
\nJuly 7 & 10
\nAugust 11 & 14<\/td>\n		Madama Butterfly
\nMarriage of Figaro
\nDie Fledermaus<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd season, 1955<\/th>\nJune 22 & 25
\nJuly 13 & 16
\nAugust 10 & 13<\/td>\n		Tosca
\nThe Barber of Seville
\nCarmen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th season, 1956<\/th>\nJune 27 & 30
\nJuly 18 & 21
\nAugust 8 & 11<\/td>\n		Rigoletto
\nCosi fan tutte
\nFaust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5th season, 1957<\/th>\nJuly 4 & 6
\nJuly 24 & 27
\nAugust 14 & 16<\/td>\n		Hansel and Gretel
\nDie Fledermaus
\nMartha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th season, 1958<\/th>\nJuly 9 & 12
\nJuly 23 & 26
\nAugust 6 & 9<\/td>\n		Don Giovanni
\nThe Consul
\nThe Bartered Bride<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th season, 1959<\/th>\nJune 26 & 28
\nJuly 15 & 18
\nAugust 5 & 8<\/td>\n		Gianni Schicci; and, I Pagliacci
\nFalstaff
\nLa Boh\u00e8me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th season, 1960<\/th>\nJune 29 & July 2
\nJuly 27 & 30<\/td>\n		The Magic Flute
\nFaust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th season, 1961<\/th>\nJune 28 & July 1
\nJuly 26 & 29<\/td>\n		The Abduction from the Seraglio
\nCarmen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th season, 1962<\/th>\nJune 27 & 30
\nJuly 11 & 14
\nAugust 1 & 4<\/td>\n		Cosi fan tutte
\nSusannah
\nLa Traviata<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th season, 1963<\/th>\nJune 26 & 29
\nJuly 17 & 20
\nJuly 31 & August 3<\/td>\n		Tosca
\nMarriage of Figaro
\nAida<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th season, 1964<\/th>\nJune 24 & 27
\nJuly 15 & 18
\nJuly 29 & August 1<\/td>\n		The Barber of Seville
\nThe Taming of the Shrew
\nCavalleria Rusticana; and, I Pagliacci<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th season, 1965<\/th>\nJune 23 & 26
\nJuly 14 & 17
\nJuly 28 & 31<\/td>\n		Hansel and Gretel
\nMadama Butterfly
\nStreet Scene<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th season, 1966<\/th>\nJune 22 & 25
\nJuly 13 & 16
\nJuly 27 & 30<\/td>\n		Rigoletto
\nDon Giovanni
\nThe Bartered Bride<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15th season, 1967<\/th>\nJune 21 & 24
\nJuly 12 & 15
\nJuly 26 & 29<\/td>\n		Don Pasquale
\nThe Crucible
\nThe Merry Wives of Windsor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16th season, 1968<\/th>\nJune 27 & 29
\nJuly 11 & 13
\nAugust 1 & 3<\/td>\n		La Traviata
\nThe Marriage of Figaro
\nLa Boh\u00e8me<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17th season, 1969<\/th>\nJuly 3 & 5
\nJuly 17 & 19
\nJuly 31 & August 3<\/td>\n		Madama Butterfly
\nThe Barber of Seville
\nIl Trovatore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18th season, 1970<\/th>\nJuly 2 & 4
\nJuly 31 & August 3<\/td>\n		Tosca
\nThe Tales of Hoffmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19th season, 1971<\/th>\nJuly 2 & 3
\nJuly 30 & 31<\/td>\n		Die Fledermaus
\nRomeo and Juliet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20th season, 1972<\/th>\nJune 30 & July 1
\nJuly 14 & 15
\nJuly 28 & 29<\/td>\n		The Magic Flute
\nBrigadoon
\nHansel and Gretel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21st season, 1973<\/th>\nJune 29 and 30
\nJuly 13 and 14
\nJuly 27 and 28<\/td>\n		The Poisoned Kiss
\nCarousel
\nThe Saint of Bleecker Street<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22nd season, 1974<\/th>\nJune 20 & 22
\nJuly 4 & 6
\nJuly 18 & 20
\nAugust 2 & 3<\/td>\n		Aida
\nThe Telephone; and, Help, Help, The Globolinks
\nThe Student Prince
\nFiddler on the Roof<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23rd season, 1975<\/th>\nJuly 3 & 5
\nJuly 17 & 19
\nJuly 31 & August 2<\/td>\n		Un Ballo in Maschera
\nCavalleria Rusticana; and, I Pagliacci
\nCamelot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24th season, 1976<\/th>\nJune 24 & 25
\n**<\/td>\n		Merry Mount
\nThe Most Happy Fella<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n** dates of this production\u2019s performances not printed on the program (!)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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[1]<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cSummer opera for city — under stars in park\u201d by Hamilton B. Allen.\u00a0 Rochester Times-Union, <\/em>May 11, 1953.\u00a0 Preserved in Rochester Scrapbook March 30, 1953 \u2014 July 7, 1953, page 74.\u00a0 Sibley Music Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

[2]<\/a>\u00a0 \u201cOpera under the Stars at a turning point.\u201d\u00a0 Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, <\/em>June 27, 1976.\u00a0 Preserved in Rochester Scrapbook May-July 1976, pages 103-104.\u00a0 Sibley Music Library.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 16, 1931<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 14, 1932 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 14, 1933<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 15, 1937<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 15, 1973 (4 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 16, 1978 (2 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 13, 1996 (4 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 19, 1996 (4 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 12, 2003 (7 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 17, 2003 (20 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 15, 2008 (5 pages)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u25baJuly 17, 2014 (6 pages) <\/strong><\/p>\n

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