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- ↑ "Sacramento Pro Grid Coaches Quit". Lodi News-Sentinel. UPI. October 28, 1967.
- ↑ "Nothing Except Trouble". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Associated Press. October 29, 1967.
- ↑ "Capitols Fold, Lack of Fans". The Fresno Bee. July 3, 1970. p. 15.
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