Town annual report of Andover 1963-1969, Part 4

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1963
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 902


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$560,000


$135,000


$180,000


$135,000


$855,000


$3,965,000


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40,000


Cemetery Funds PERPETUAL CARE


Cemetery


Number of Accounts


Balance January 1, 1963


Deposits


Interest


Withdrawals for Care of Lots


Balance December 31 1963


Spring Grove


1109


$147, 886.89


$4091. 50


$5769. 40


$5769.40


$151,978. 39


South Church


143


18,502.59


81.70


996.59


957.75


18,623.13


Christ Church


71


7,610.00


304.40


304. 40


7,610.00


West Parish Church


10


2,192.83


88.50


2,281.33


St. Augustine's Church


6


650.00


26.00


26.00


650.00


Totals


1339


$176, 842.31


$4173.20


$7184. 89


$7057. 55


$181, 142. 85


SPECIAL FUNDS


Balance January 1, 1963


Deposit


Interest


Balance December 31, 1963


Post War Rehabilitation Stabilization Fund


$26,917.96 None


$1,087.46


$28,005. 42


$50,000.00


960.24


50,960.24


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Trust Funds


Name


Beneficiary


Principal


Balance January 1, 1963


Deposits


Interest


Withdrawn


Balance December 31, 1963


Richardson


Shawsheen School


$ 1,000.00


$ 1,436. 87


$


$ 58.02


$ 1,494. 89


Draper


School Dept.


1,000.00


1,380.16


55.74


1.435.90


Holt


School Dept.


50.00


102.27


4. 12


106.39


Conroy


Punchard Prizes


250.00


300.00


11.96


8.00


303.96


American Legion


Punchard Prizes


200.00


206.18


8.22


5.00


209.40


V. & A. V. Lincoln


Spelling Prize


1,000.00


1,175.97


47.48


1,223.45


E. S. Lincoln


A. V. I.S.


1,000.00


1,638.73


66. 18


1,704.91


Emma J. Lincoln


A. V. I.S.


544.60


892.29


36.04


928. 33


Swift


Library


300.00


250.74


10.10


260. 84


Taylor


Welfare


100.00


185.71


7. 48


193.19


David & Lucy Shaw


Welfare


10,000.00


10,579.79


427.40


11,007.19


Giddings


South Cemetery


1,000.00


1,513.36


61.12


1,574.48


Smart


South Cemetery


1,000.00


1,430.83


57.46


16.00


1,472.29


W. L. Raymond


Welfare


7,845. 81


10,309.09


30.00


406.78


1,000.00


9,745.87


E. F. Raymond


Welfare & Cemetery


1,500.00


1,500.00


60.00


60.00


1,500.00


Flower Funds (18)


Cemetery


3,260.00


4,554.38


180.32


165.00


4,569.70


Rafton


Science Prizes


598.50


802.69


42.37


7. 81


852.87


Andover Youth


Tennis Fund


Tennis Courts


736.63


863.13


34.86


897.99


$31, 385. 54


$39, 122. 19


$72.37 $1,541.09


$1,254.00


$39,481.65


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Tax Collector


POLL TAXES


Year


Collected 1963


Abated 1963


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1964


1962


$ 48.00


$ 38.00


$ 30.00


1963


8,612.00


* 1,344.00


398.00


* Of this Amount:


Exemptions to Men Over 65 years $1,080.00 Exemptions to Men in Armed Services $168.00


FARM ANIMAL EXCISE


1962


$


. 20


63.88


1963


223.14


31.13


54.50


PERSONAL TAXES


1958


$ 48.08


1959


332.80


7.80


1960


137.86


391.95


1961


579.80


293.80


1962


2,636.40


65.00


834.60


1963


124, 199.75


2,204.00


5,914.55


REAL ESTATE TAXES


1958


$ 1,437.15


278.20


1959


2,490.80


1,378.00


1960


6,970.83


2,469.19


1961


11,032.42


36.40


4,431.82


1962


48,217. 96


1,677.00


18, 317. 74


1963


2,598,797.72


23,505.95


92,519.65


** Of this amount:


Veterans' Exemptions $13, 067. 40


MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES


1956


92.53


1957


274.23


1958


2,460.07


1959


413.92


5,842.88


1960


1,459.17


6,578.06


1961


2,487.64


6,047.56


1962


65,374.41


10,632.16


6,099.45


1963


330,237.45


32, 518. 48


103,026.67


MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS


Sewer Betterments


$ 16,038.16


Water Betterments


3,086.33


Water Liens


4,046.52


Water Service


470.60


Committed Interest


3,403.76


Interest


4,815. 78


37


t


38


1963


1962


1961


1960


1959


1958


1956


Totals


Taxes: Poll


$ 8,612.00


48.00


8,660.00


Personal


124,199.75


2,636.40


579.80


137. 86


332.80


48.08


127,934.69


Real Estate


2,598,797.72


48,217.96


11,032.42


6,970.83


2,490.80


1,437.15


2,668,946.88


Farm Animal


223.14


. 20


223.34


Motor Vehicle Excise


330, 237.45


65,374.41


2,487.64


1,459.17


413.92


92.53


400,065.12


Sewer Betterments


15,607.27


180.18


158.84


70.48


21.39


16,038.16


Water Betterments


2,918.03


56.10


56.10


56.10


3,086.33


Water Liens


3,398.84


186.92


69.98


235. 45


37.04


118.29


4,046.52


Water Service


402.25


68.35


470.60


Committed Interest


3,184.58


90.17


77.56


37.48


13.97


3,403.76


Interest on


Delinquent Taxes


719.90


1,673.58


871.75


836. 16


434. 74


269.61


10.04


4,815.78


Totals


$3, 088, 300. 93 $118, 532. 27 $15, 334. 09 $9, 803.53


$3, 709. 30 $1, 908. 49 $102. 57 $3, 237, 691. 18


JAMES P. CHRISTIE,


Collector of Taxes


Summary Of Collector's Cash Account


Assessor


Number of Polls Assessed Number of Persons Assessed


5164 6428


Valuation-Personal Property


$ 4,502,900.00


Valuation-Real Estate


93,503,500.00


$98, 006, 400. 00


Tax on Polls


$


10,328.00


Tax on Personal Property


130,584.10


Tax on Real Estate


2,711,601.50


$ 2,852,513.60


Apportioned Sewers


6,490.09


Committed Interest


3,652.18


Water Liens Added to Taxes


3,863.49


Water Services Added to Taxes


671.85


Abatements


Poll Taxes


914.00


Personal Property


2,204.00


Real Estate


8,665.30


Water Liens


32. 11


Water Service


86.35


Apportioned Sewer


100.22


Committed Interest


160.28


Rate of Taxation per $1, 000-$29.00


Valuation-Farm Animal


61,715.50


Tax-Farm Animal


308.77


Rate of Taxation per $1, 000-$5.00


Number of Assessed:


Horses


84


Cows


162


Yearlings, Bulls & Heifers


13


Swine


230


Sheep


20


Fowl


7,223


All Other


16,157


No. of Acres Assessed


18,115.65


No. of Dwellings Assessed


4,644


Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise


No. of Vehicles Assessed


10,685


Assessed Valuation


8,141,080


Excise


459,816.95


Abatements


32,001.26


Rate per $1, 000-$66.00


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Additional Assessments


No. of Persons Assessed (Personal)


3


No. of Persons Assessed (real)


4


Valuation-Real Estate


23,700


Valuation-Personal Property


57,700


Tax on Real Estate


687.30


Tax on Personal Property


1,673.30


Real Estate Exempt From Taxation


Clause 1-Property of United States


$ 178,850.00


Clause 2- Property of Commonwealth of Massachusetts


337,700.00


Clause 3-Property of Education Corp.


22,032,035.00


Clause 3-Property of Charitable Corp.


73,275.00


Clause 3- Property of Benevolent Corp.


108,400.00


Clause 11-Houses of Religious Worship Parsonages


90,500.00


Clause 12-Cemeteries


217,750.00


Andover Housing Authority


906,250.00


No. of Acres Exempt-3, 461. 27


A. D. Maclaren William H. Russell Selby B. Groff


MUNICIPAL PROPERTIES AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS


Land and Buildings


Equip. and


Other Prop.


Total


Town Hall


$ 144,950


$ 15,150


$ 160,100


Fire Department


62,250


60,000


122,250


Police Department


825


4,000


4,825


Schools


6,262,825


252,000


6,514,825


Library


290,700


40,000


330,700


Water Department


332,625


1,430,030


1,762,655


Sewer Department


14,975


763,095


778,070


Highway Department


9,375


87,000


96,375


Parks & Playgrounds


81,000


6,500


87,500


Infirmary


71,675


2,500


74,175


Spring Grove Cemetery


71,650


1,125


72,775


Weights & Measures


1,000


1,000


Town Scales


600


600


1,200


Community Hall B'Vale


20,275


400


20,675


Public Dump


4,625


1,000


5,625


Other Town Property


222,125


1,500


223,625


Public Works


23,175


23,175


7,613,650


2,665,900


10,279,550


40


1,694,725.00


Trustees And Staff Of Memorial Hall Library


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ANDREW A. CAFFREY LEO F. DALEY EDWARD I. ERICKSON


CORNELIA H. FITTS DANIEL FRISHMAN ARTHUR W. REYNOLDS


ELINORE L. WASHBURN


Chairman ARTHUR W. REYNOLDS


Secretary CORNELIA H. FITTS


Treasurer LEO F. DALEY


Librarian MIRIAM PUTNAM


MARGARET D. MANNING, Assistant Librarian in charge of Readers' Services MARGARET LANE ** , Supervisor of Children's Services,


Memorial Hall Library and Elementary School Libraries


ELIZABETH M. RUSSELL *** , Supervisor of Children's Services, Memorial Hall Library and Elementary School Libraries MARGARET S. BERRY, Children's and Elementary School Librarian ALICE L. CARLTON, Elementary School Librarian


HELEN HILTON, Elementary School Librarian GEORGANNE STOTT*, Acting Elementary School Librarian


NANCY A. PENDLEBURY, Professional Librarian


CONSTANCE R. SMYTH*, Professional Librarian


ELEANORE S. PLUMMER, Library Assistant II


ETHEL M. WILSON, Library Assistant II HARRIET J. GILCREAST*, Library Assistant II


RUTH BERTHOLD*, Library Assistant I


PAULINE D. DOWNES*, Library Assistant I


JEAN L. FISHER*, Library Assistant I


MARJORIE L. JOHNSON*, Library Assistant I


MILDRED N. KRAUSE, Library Assistant I


MARTHA MacCAUSLAND, Library Assistant I, Ballard Vale Branch


Building Custodians EVERETT T. WARD WILLIAM E. ARNOLD*


* Part-Time


** Resigned


*** Appointed September 1


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THE MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY SETS ITS COURSE


Last year's report found the Memorial Hall Library at a turning-point. This year, because of decisions taken in 1963, its future course seems more clearly indicated.


The decision of the Library Board, with the approval of the Selectmen and the Town Mana - ger, to accept a regional role for the Memorial Hall Library is perhaps the most important of all actions taken during the last twelve months. This means that Andover will be one of five geogra- phical sub-centers, in the about-to-be established Eastern Regional Public Library System. with proposed headquarters at the Boston Public Library. We deem it an honor that Andover should have been chosen and look forward with anticipation to being part of this pioneer undertaking, though no definite date can be given at this time for the start of the the new service. Probably it will not be before next spring and it is conceivable that even then only the first phase of the plan will go into operation with other parts of the program being undertaken as rapidly as possible. Andover, then, will receive funds from the regional budget for its wider service.


Another step taken in 1963, important to the forward progress of the library, was the deci- sion to draw up new plans for the library addition scheduled to be undertaken in 1965.


Since the 1955 plans, as they stand, do not give sufficient space for future growth and since there was some difference of opinion as to the outside architectural propriety, it seemed wise to make a fresh approach to our rather difficult architectural problem.


In 1955, too, we rather underestimated population growth. Since 1955, moreover, student use has markedly accelerated and may well double in the 1970's; more and more adults seek the library in order to keep abreast of changing and proliferating knowledge; larger book collections are even now of first necessity. For the future there may well be more emphasis on the newer media - tapes, teaching machines, etc; the regional service will mean an expanded role for the library; future town growth may mean that some extension services to other parts of Ando- ver may be desired. Short of an economic cata- clysm, which would destroy the area's economic viability, we see ahead a long period of conti- nuous library growth.


A typical busy afternoon


The new plans for the building, prepared by our architect with the assistance of our libra- ry consultant, will receive our serious study. They envision an L-shaped addition to the South and West which would seem to offer good interior functional arrangements, adequate capacity for books, readers and services and flexibility for alternative use of space at some later time and for future extension if ever necessary.


Two pieces of legislation in 1963, one at the state level, the other at the federal level, had interest for public libraries.


At the last session the General Court passed an amendment to the 1960 State Aid to Public Libraries Act which restored to the legislation its original intent to provide new money for the im- provement of financial support of public libraries in Massachusetts. Until now the grants -in-aid have been financed out of the proceeds of the income tax money which would have come to the communities anyway.


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The second bill, the Library Services and Construction Act, has passed the Senate by a vote of eighty-nine to seven and will come before the House for action early in January. If passed, it has considerable implications for public library development in this country. There is even the possibility, if Massachusetts qualifies and the community approves, that funds might be available to help offset the cost of our own library addition.


Progress, too, was made this past year in facing up to the problem of student use in libra - ries and the adequacy and availability of books and other materials to young people in Andover's public and school libraries.


A series of meetings were held in which the school superintendent, the curriculum coordi- nator, school administrators, school and public librarians participated. Their discussions were enriched by the availability of excellent background material on the subject, which had been pre - pared for the annual American Library Association Conference, and the recently published Deiches report, a study of student use in the Baltimore area, as the local group explored ways of coordina- ting Andover's library resources and services.


Ultimately, it is hoped that there will be a joint statement setting forth common goals, de - lineating special areas of responsibility and providing the machinery for continuing study and collaboration.


This exploration comes at a particularly strategic time as more adequate facilities for high school and public libraries are being studied.


The exploration seems very relevant to us as we see our building bursting at the seams, circulation rising, with an ever growing need to try to balance off the legitimate demands of the many segments of our public of which students are an immensely important part.


Our gain of almost 9, 000 was mainly in the issue of material from the Adult Department. Hitherto, in recent years, the Children's Department has frequently had the larger gain, although if it did not in 1963, it still had the highest circulation in its history.


Few will argue, we believe, but that such sustained growth must result in increased book budgets. Yet, even as funds become larger, demands increase almost faster so that like Alice-in- Wonderland we find ourselves running very hard just to stay in the same place. The greater avail- ability of quality paper backs has enabled us to include a wider variety of titles than might have been possible otherwise in the fields of science and mathematics and, more particularly, of topical books, important currently, but more quickly expendable.


Like most other libraries, the steady increase in informational and reference use has been striking.


For this reason, we have sought to strengthen our reference collection markedly. Thanks, in part, to a gift from the Andover Evening Study Program, several important reference works have been added during the year. Among those added were the "Dictionary of National Biography" and the "Cambridge History of English Literature. "


The acquisition of federal government documents was put on a more systematic basis this past year. Although the distribution of state documents leaves much to be desired, we hope to be able to make some progress in this area another year.


We believe that a social scientist some hundred years hence would have valuable material for an understanding of what American society was like in the 1960's, could he have access to the kinds of reference questions put to libraries in this period. As we examine a few of these questions put to this library last year, we note once again their wide variety and how they relate to the differ - ent roles people play as individuals, members of a family, as students and workers.


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There were the questions which were easy to answer and those which taxed imagination and knowledge of sources. Here are a few: an inquirer wanted a Russian word related to Christmas as a name for a dog; another wished to know the effects that constant moving from place to place might have on children; a business man wanted material which would be helpful in making a business change; someone else needed to find out how the quarrels of parents affect adolescents; a club mem- ber sought suggestions for books to be reviewed on a club program; another asked for the address of the Eastman Kodak Company.


Our children's program followed the pattern of other years with activities which included the weekly story hour, so effective in challenging children's imagination; the popular pre-school groups where three and four-year olds are introduced to the magic of books; the summer reading program which provides opportunity for leisurely exploration into the world of books which is less possible during the busy school year.


An increased book budget for elementary school libraries this past year was a constructive step that we hope will be repeated until we reach a level of support which will ensure book collec- tions large and varied enough to meet today's school library demands. Except for a slight increase in hours of service at the Sanborn Elementary School Library, there has been no change in school library schedules.


Two developments in recent years have given us concern: one, the deterioration in library conduct, particularly on the part of some junior high school boys and girls; the other, the increase in the amount of mutiliation and theft, especially of reference material. Part of the cause is the increase in numbers using the library, and in some measure, perhaps, accelerated school pres- sures. In each instance it may be a comparatively small number who are the offenders.


Thanks to the constructive help of the schools and the police department and to our own stricter policy, library behavior is improving. The other problem of book theft is hard to get at but we shall do our best to solve it.


Since most of our special activities get excellent press coverage, for which we annually bestow an accolade upon the Andover Townsman, we shall mention only three: an art exhibit, " Andover In Pictures" to which some twenty local artists contributed; a talk on how a painting is created, by Justin Curry, a young Andover artist, both part of our 1963 National Library Week celebration, and our annual Open House when George E. Brown of the Bradford Junior College Fa- culty talked about reading contemporary poetry.


There were the usual book displays and other exhibits which helped to celebrate an anniver - sary, to display a hobbyist's enthusiam, to call attention to important happenings in the world of books or to focus attention on events of local, national and world significance in a year of too many crises.


Two book lists compiled during the year merit special attention: the popular list "Books for Christmas Giving" and the "Basic Home Reference Library" comprising a selection of paper backs costing thirteen dollars for which requests came in from other libraries.


Although staff changes have been so numerous as to be almost commonplace, we admit to being somewhat shaken when our Supervisor of Children's Services, Margaret Lane, the chief architect of our children's program, announced that she was leaving us to serve two years as librarian in a girls' school in Üsküdar, Turkey. Although we admired her adventurous spirit in making the change, her going seemed to open up a void hard to fill for, to most people, she was the children's service.


Fortune was on our side, however, as we successfully persuaded Elizabeth Russell to come to us from the Winchester Public Library where she was Children's Librarian. She has taken over the leadership of our children's department with a minimum loss of momentum and is slowly but surely making her own place among her colleages, with the children and in the community.


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The securing of another assistant for the school and children's program proved unsuccess - ful though we hope to have better luck in 1964.


There were other staff changes as well: Harriet J. Gilcreast joined the staff on a part-time basis assuming some of the duties previously performed by Gertrude B. Hart who retired at the end of 1962; Mildred M. Krause, formerly of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Public Library, took over most of the work formerly done by Shirley L. Ackerman whose death, early in 1963, shocked and saddened us all. Martha MacCausland is now the assistant at the Ballard Vale Branch Library.


Two other friends with long and valued library association died in 1963: Claude M. Fuess, a former Library Trustee, who served more than twenty years in that capacity and Eleanore G. Bliss, a member of the staff for thirty years until her retirement in 1959.


Miss Putnam completed her term as President of the Massachusetts Library Association, an office which proved more rewarding than had been anticipated, and which involved her in several state wide activities particularly during National Library Week.


Professional staff members participated in library association programs, attended state, regional, and national meetings, took part in a book review program for the evaluation of science books for children, gave talks to professional groups.


Among the gifts to the library during the year were the following, including the Andover Evening Study Program gift already mentioned: money from the Andover Council of Churches to purchase religious books, plants for the Children's Room from the Andover Junior Garden Club, memorial gifts made in memory of friends and families, four copies of Rachel Carson's provocative "Silent Spring" from the Andover Sportsmen's Club, another grant from the Futterman fund for the purchase of recordings, the gay marigolds planted at the base of the flag pole by the Sanborn School girl scouts.


In this report, too, we should like to give special recognition to Robert Rockwell and his associate, Helen Stearns, for their able leadership of our Great Books Group during its entire existence.


Special appreciation, as always, goes to members of the library staff for work well-done and to the members of the Library Board for their continued guiding wisdom.


This is your librarian's twenty-fifth annual report. Since she assumed her responsibility here, she has seen public libraries grow in strength and in general acceptance, yet she is very sure that their greatest growth and development lie just ahead.


Interior View showing Expanded Children's Room.


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1963 STATISTICS OF LIBRARY USE


BOOK STOCK


Adult


Juvenile


Total


Volumes at beginning of year


47,611


17,417


65,028


Volumes added by purchase


2,229


1,132


3,361


Volumes added by gift


97


41


138


Lost volumes found


1


2


3


Volumes lost or withdrawn


-1,410


-655


-2,065


48,528


17,937


66,465


Newspapers & magazines currently received


241


Magazines received by gift


60


USE


Adult books and other materials*


98,137


Children's books and other materials*


Main Library & Branch


58,274


Elementary School Libraries


44,854


103,128


Total Circulation


201,265


The Library wishes to call attention to the fact that in addition to books loaned through school libraries to individual boys and girls, 15, 027 books belonging to the school libraries and the Memorial Hall Library were deposited in classrooms by the school libraries, with each book being used from one to twenty to twenty times.


Circulation per capita (based on 1960 federal census figures - 17, 134)


11.7


*includes magazines, pamphlets, records, mounted pictures, film strips, slides, framed prints


MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY 1873


ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS


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Board Of Public Welfare


Public Assistance Department statistics reveal the following:


Old Age Assistance rolls opened the year with 81 cases and closed with 65. 81 was high for the year. Total expenditure for 1963 was $69, 669. 29 for an average of 75 cases at $928. 92 per case. This indicates an increase of $19. 50 per case average over 1962. *


Medical Assistance for the Aged opened the year with 23 cases and closed with 35. High case count for the year was 36. Total MAA expenditure was $63, 059. 50 for an average of 35 cases at $1801. 70 per case. This is an average case decrease of $282. 89 under 1962. *


Aid to Families with Dependent Children opened the year with 7 cases of 21 persons. The year closed with 12 cases of 52 persons. This was the high for the year. Total AFDC expenditure was $13, 201.21, for an average of 10 cases and 33 persons of $1320. 12. This is a decrease on the case average of $282. 89 per case under 1962. *


Disability Assistance opened the year with 11 cases and closed the year with 14 cases. There was a high case count of 15. Total DA expenditure was $18, 236.23, for an average case count of 13 at $1402. 79 per case. This is a decrease of $330. 74 average per case per year. *


General Relief opened the year with 1 case and closed the year with 2 cases and 2 persons. High for the year was 3 cases with 16 persons. Total GR expenditure was $1369. 65 for an average of 2 cases with 6 persons of $684. 83 per case. This was an increase of $138. 28 per case average over 1962. *


Relief to Andover settled citizens in other towns and cities totalled $2, 890.69.


Total aid given for 1963 was $168, 426. 57. This, plus administrative costs of $12, 000, provides a gross expense of $180, 426 for the year 1963.


The Federal Government reimbursed the Town with $95, 916. The cost to the Town, there - fore, was $84, 510. The 1963 Town appropriation of $72, 291 was exhausted. The differential of $1, 219 was filled through two requests to the Finance Committee from reserve funds totalling $9, 625. 34, and through transfers of Federal moneys within the Department Aid accounts.


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is expected to return a total of $50, 677 to the Town, which by law is channeled into the Free Cash account.


Recoveries and refunds of aid received by the Town for 1963 amounted to $3, 907. which was channeled to Free Cash.




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