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- ↑ Grover Expands Assets, Plain Dealer, October 8, 1965, pg 46
- ↑ Oliver Tilghman Knode (1866–1960)
- ↑ Grover Acquires Lucas Pick, Plain Dealer, December 7, 1965, pg. 34
- ↑ Mary Hirschfeld Hears, Plain Dealer, April 30, 1973, pg. 11