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- ↑ "' ' f 'G Att yGene I dOth St Offi Results of the Balloting for Governor, Attorney General and Other State Offices". New York Times. Nov 4, 1954. p. 27.
- ↑ "Election Results in City, Jersey and Suburbs; Vote on Amendments". New York Times. Nov 9, 1955. p. 26.
- ↑ https://brooklynworks.brooklaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=justinian [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "Milton Koerner is Dead; A Former State Senator". The New York Times. 25 October 1980.
- ↑ Ronan, Thomas P. (16 August 1970). "Governor Plays Drum and Cavorts in Surf at 6Riis ParK". The New York Times.