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NEW HOPE FOR HEARTS DAVID W. BARNETT, SR. 91-YEAR-OLD RETIRED POSTMAN of Louisville,Ky., WAS RESTORED TO NORMAL HEALTH BY A HEART
^OPERATION AT THE A6E OF 85.
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