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- ↑ Barth, Alan (November 26, 1961). Report on the 'Rampageous Right'; Today's tensions have led to a proliferation of 'conservative extremists.' The New York Times
- ↑ Hamilton, Neil A. (2002). Rebels and Renegades: A Chronology of Social and Political Dissent in the United States. Taylor & Francis, ISBN 978-0-415-93639-2
- ↑ Associated Press (September 14, 1966). Arms Charge Is Dismissed Against Head of Minutemen. The New York Times
- ↑ Staff report (September 1, 1967). Dynamite Wrecks Office Of Leader of Minutemen and DePugh. The New York Times
- ↑ "Robert DePugh and The Minutemen" at the Nizkor Project
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