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- ↑ Cerra, Julie Lugo (January 3, 2012). "Sebastian's Cotton Club | Culver City News". www.culvercitynews.org. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
- ↑ "40 Years of Corruption in Culver City's Regime Told". Daily News. August 8, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-07.
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