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                "War Dims Hope for Peace. Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday.\n\n
                Man is Fatally Slain. Death Causes Loneliness, Feeling of Isolation."
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War Dims Hope for Peace. Child's Death Ruins Couple's Holiday.
    
Man is Fatally Slain. Death Causes Loneliness, Feeling of Isolation.
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