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- ↑ "Incumbent Felinton wins tight race Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine ", The Herald-Dispatch, May 13, 2008.
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- 1 2 History of West Virginia, Old and New. Chicago: American Historical Society, Inc. 1923. OCLC 42346040.
- 1 2 "{l to r) Harold Frankel, Ken Hechler, David Brinkley, 1959". Marshall Digital Scholar. Retrieved November 28, 2024.
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- ↑ McKenna, Horsley (July 17, 2021). "Former Huntington mayor Jean Dean dies". Herald Dispatch . Retrieved November 28, 2024.
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