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The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
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Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Age: 69 †
Born: 1919
Born: June 17
Died: 1988
Died: November 8
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Galveston
Texas
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