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- ↑ "Dr. Chuck Phelps".
- ↑ "Tina Anderson's Alleged Rapist to Go on Trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
- ↑ http://www.watertownhistory.org/Articles/MaranathaCollege.htm
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