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- ↑ "State Legislature Stays In Firm Grasp Of Demos", The Raleigh Register (November 8, 1972), p. 1, 2.
- ↑ "Solon Won't Accept Pay, Flay's Recall", The Raleigh Register and Beckley Post-Herald (May 26, 1973), p. 8.
- ↑ "Pay Rejected By Legislator", The Philadelphia Inquirer (May 27, 1973), p. 2.
- ↑ "Suarez funds PAC", The Akron Beacon Journal (June 12, 1998), p. 27.
- ↑ "Hon. John F. McCuskey".
- ↑ "1998 Election Results" (PDF). Secretary of State of West Virginia . Retrieved March 31, 2021.