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- ↑ "Senator Alvin Simes". www.arkleg.state.ar.us.
- ↑ Turner, Lance (October 13, 2015). "Longtime Circuit Judge LT Simes Dies at 65".
- ↑ "Simes remembered for fairness, faith | Arkansas Democrat Gazette". www.arkansasonline.com. October 13, 2015.
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