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- ↑ TV Film a Feather for Burt's Bonnet Los Angeles Times 12 Mar 1970: g17.
- ↑ Same Formula, New 'Airport' Champlin, Charles. Los Angeles Times 25 Mar 1977: oc_a1.
- 1 2 Anne Jackson in Gunsmoke Role Los Angeles Times 27 Dec 1971: e24.
