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- ↑ "Carl Kunasek Papers". Arizona Archives Online. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ↑ "Arizona Daily Star 06 Nov 1986, page Page 3".
- ↑ "Arizona Daily Star 11 Nov 1988, page Page 1".