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INTERVISVffiR s Jimmy HoodINTERVI21-JSSi Mrs. Curtis Ketchum

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September 197'l'

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I«i I am Mrs. Curtis KetchumMississippi. Telephone number 7'^^-^9ba.i'iississippi. Texepnoxiw

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