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- ↑ "Keeping Score With Jerry Birge". Dubois County Daily Herald, Jasper, IN. 1972-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-08.
- ↑ "Keeping Score With Jerry Birge". Dubois County Daily Herald, Jasper, IN. 1975-01-28. Retrieved 2013-10-06.