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- ↑ "Flesh-and-Blood Feelings Balk Impersonal Justice". Fred Danzig. The Washington Post and Times-Herald . July 22, 1960: D6
- ↑ TV: Lucid Documentary: 'Youth: A Summer Crisis?' on WABC Is Report on Lack of Jobs Here R.F.S.. The New York Times . July 21, 1960: 51.