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- 1 2 First Woman Wins Seat in Election Highlights, 15 November 1974, p1
- ↑ Report to the United Nations on the Administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Transmitted by the United States of America United States Department of State, pp173–174
- ↑ New faces in Micronesian Congress Pacific Islands Monthly, December 1974, p9
- ↑ First Session of the Sixth Congress Convenes on Saipan Highlights, 15 January 1975
- ↑ War claims grumble Pacific Islands Monthly, March 1975, p81
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