Porscherama 1971 December

p.orsche club of america

los angeles region

PORSCHERAMA calendar December 4: Christmas Party December 7: Board Meeting, Mary Morris’ pad, 2552 Rio Branca Dr, Hacienda Hgts; 7:30 p.m.

OLD Board and NEW Board members will attend.

January 13: General Membership meeting, at Cahuenga Elementary School, 220 S. Hobart, L.A. 8:00 pore. Slides of PCA movie. Fun. January 18: First board meeting for new board; Gedeon’s residence, 8575 Lubec St, Downey. 869-7842.

January 29: Concours d’elegance. Santa Anita Racetrack. See Next Events, page two.

A calendar of events for 1972 has not yet been determined, other than the January concours. Keep reading PORSCHERAMA for news as it breaks. Thanks for reading in 1971. JL For information about PCA activities, call DIAL-A-PORSCHE-CLUB, 398-2217 for information. Ask for Maudi Audi.

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DIRECTORS PRESIDENT

George Oedeon 8575 Lubec

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VICE PRES.

Ma~ MorEs

330-5650

SECRETARY TREASURER

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COMMENTCOMMENT LAS T CHANCETOW RI TESMA RTE RUDI TECOMMETSALLACROSS THEPAGECOMMENTCOMMENT This is traditionally the time of the year when outgoing Editors of Porsche newsletters make peace with their critics, count their friends, and thank God that their year is over. It’s also customary to thank those who’ve helped you make it through the year. The Editor’s job requires a considerable amount of time, but the rewards are many. I’ve made friends I wouldn’t have, met people I wouldn’t have, done things I wouldn’t have ( or shouldn’t have ), and learned things I wouldn’t have. We did some things I’m quite proud of, and some I’d just as soon forget. But, the year was an enriching one. I most of all thank Pam for her patience, understanding, and endless work; Jim Ewing for helping with everything and teaching me much; and everyone who contributed toward getting the newsletter out every month. It was a hell of a good year. I’m glad it’s over, but I’m glad I was part of it. Thanks, Maudi, and "Keep On Truckin".

John Lipham

next events JANUA RYME ET INGJANUA RYME ET I NGHA P PYNEWYEA RHA PPYN EWYEARJANUA RYMEE T INGJANUARYMEET ING January 13: General Membership Meeting, Cahuenga Elementary School, 220 So. Hobart Blvd, L.A., 8:00 p.m. Come meet the new Board of Directors. Also, see a documentary by Duane Alan, "The Making of a Ridiculous Movie by a Bunch of Weirdos in Porsches" Also, see a ridiculous movie made by a bunch of weirdos in Porsches.

C~NC~URSC~Nc~uRSC~MET~SEETHESHINYcARSBUTWATCH~UTF~RTHEH~RSESTUFFATsANTAANITATRACK January 29, Santa Anita Racetrack - Concours d’Elegance for Porsches. Sponsored

by Alan Johnson, the gates will open at 8:00 a.m., with judging beginning promptly at i0:00. Admission to the track will be $2 for adults, kids under 18 free if accompanied by an adult. Entrance fee will be $5 per car, which admits the entrant and one helper. Tickets must be purchased in advance by writing Vern Covert, P.O. Box 66515, L.A. 90066; call 398-2217 days, 397-8533 eves for information.

Trophies will be awarded according to the following classes: (i) 356’s; (2) all 6-cylinder Porsches; (3) 914-4’s and 912’s; and (4) Special interest and competition.

TECHNICALMEETINGTECHNICALFuELINJEcTI~NMUMBLEMUMBLEDARNFUELINJECTI~NTECHNICALMEET January 19 - 7:30 p.m., Volkswagen Pacific, 11300 Playa, Culver City. Subject will be fuel injection, both mechanical and electronic. Since all new Porsches have been blessed with this device, those interested in learning more about their car should attend. Speaker will be Mr. Vic Arestegui. Admission free.

last events

WINETOURWINETOURCOVAPOPPAASNODOINDEEDWINETOURWINETOURWASAGA~ITETOURTOURTOUR~ Dear Uncle John - Well, your old Maudi tried out that wine tour and grape juice questionnaire you fellas put on for peecee a. Called a wine-o I met at my last AA get-it-on and we sloshed on out to Denny’s behind the somethin’. Seems like we always goes to Denny’s behind somewhere. When I sold the ranch the real estate feller called that sort of thing a secondary buildihg. Fred ~n me called it the ... but I die gress. So, my friend and I started answerin’ them damn wine questions about who and how and why. Everything went good till that constable picked us up for grazin’ in the wrong pasture as I was gettin’ to the fine print on the front of that old buildin’ The whomever who wrote that question musta had papermate stock as I went through a ballpoint full writin’ all the junk down that they sold at that old place. I was somewheres between pork sausage and barn paint when the fuzz rolls up. We sort of smelled of grapejuice as it was after 2

lunch so I took a big chomp on a bermuda onion I carry around for such emergencies~ F~zzy Wuzzy went away Crying about his melted badge just after I laid a big exhale on him. My friend woke up an’ tried some rhetoric about a dirty penny but fortunately the copper was splittin’ to get the crease put back in his knickers at the time, and besides I breathed again and my friend took another doze.

Anyhow, it was a great day. Reminded me of the time Freddie (that’s my fourth husband, you know, Freddy Audi) and me crashed all the Christmas parties on Fire Island one night. We got buzzed at every free saloon from Pamona east. And then we drove back to L.A. to sober up so we could stand up to half a snort of that Almondoorknob stuff that the funny little guy with the beret was pushin’ at San Antonio. He said the stuff was an afrodeeziak, so of course I tried it as my friend was walkin’ up and the opportunity just don’t happen so often. Well, all I got was heartburn and a vitamin B deficiency. I took a tumbler of that syrup and got cookin, but by that time my AA had passed on again. And even the funny little feller in the beret had split as I suppose my bermuda onion was still working. So I figure with a year to dry out in and enough lavoris, I’ll be ready again next season for another tour. Oh yeah, some guy and his friend who looked like Mister & Missus Nanook hauled their ~ellow dogsled to first place. So they got one of the biggest fizzy grape juice bottles I ever seen as an award. Anyhow the whole thing was a gas, so to speak .... Looks like this is the last you’ll hear from ole Maudi for a while. I jest got through starrin’ in a movie with Queen McSteve and I’m goin south for the winter to get some sun and scare the hell out of a buzzard or two. Have a great Christmas and newyear or whatever you subscribe to. An remember, keep on truckin’ Ole Maudi loves ya.

p esidential rhetoric GE~RGEsAYsGE~RGEsAYSPREsIDENTIALRHET~RIcGE~RGEsAYsGE~RGESAYsRHET~RICBsBsB~RHET~RIc The end of 1971 is rapidly approaching and people are probably more concerned about Christmas shopping than they are about the state of affairs in PCA-LA. That leads me to the subject of this column -- the presen~ state of PCA-LA ......

At the beginning of this year, the board established four goals. They were: (i) Publish a timely newsletter to inform the members what will happen w-here and when as well as tell them what has happened where. (2) Establish planned, budgeted, and publicized events. (3) Establish a permanent meeting place. (4) Build the treasury ...... Some of you felt PORSCHERAMA should be more elegant, some felt our events should have been more grandiose, some felt our meeting place was drab and unexciting, and some f~it we were too concerned about money. However, the 1971 Board acted in ways they felt were consistent with the established goals.

And, while the final tally has not been completed, it appears that all the goals have been achieved .... These goals were achieved because the club was blessed with having nine people who worked hard, together - not seperately, to accomplish the goals. Also, the Board was equally blessed with a membership that supported the Board well. The combination of these two major ingredients made 1971 a successful year for PCA-LA ....

I think that we have excellent candidates for the 1972 Board, and those elected should be able to promote PCA-LA as well if not better than the 1971 Board did. I wish these people well, and call on the membership to support them as well as they did us.

George Gedeon J.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Maudi & the QGRT 3

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membership

Transfers: HUNT, Alan - From San Diego; 10175 Lanark, Sun Valley KUHN, Jerry - From Golden Gate; 5807 Topanga Canyon, Woodland Hills PITZER, Ed - From Alaska; 11139 Berendo Ave, Los Angeles HERRINGTON, Bruce - From Potomac; 11908 Agnes St, Cerritos New Members: WANG, Sam; 4552 Ellenwood Dr, L.A. 41; 257-0689; USC Med. Stud; 71 911T MAYER, Ronald; 4543 Encinas Dr, LaCanada; 790-4815; Forester; ’60 blk coupe WEISS, James; 21032 Kingscrest, Saugus; (805)252-2169; Engr; ’68 911

secretarial

~ECRETARIALSE~RETARIALSKR~KEESKEEWRITE~NSKEEBABY~E~RETARIALSECRETARIAL~KEESKEE~N PCA-LA November 1971 Membership Meeting - 11/11/71, at Cahuenga Elementary Sch. President Gedeon opened the meeting at 8:15. Officer reports were presented.

Dave Kalbach said the slate for 1972 Board had been decided. No additional nominations were made from the floor. Duane Alan, Dale Anderson, Paul Beam, Geri Boothe, Paul Edwards, Clarke Farrar, Morris Hooper, Corky Kirk, Lewis Pulley, Ron Ramage, Jim Scrimger & Bob Van Cleave. Current balance is about $1000. Current membership is 281. Board voted to buy the new timer used at Willow Springs.

George Gedeon & Jim Ewing presented an award to Steve McQueen. A writeup will be in PORSCHERAMA and PANORAMA. After the break, Duane Alan showed some color slides of Sedona. Respectfully submitted, R.H. Ziesenhenne, Secretary.

for sale PICTURES - Burt Misovic took pictures of all the cars that participated in the September PCA-LA Time Trials at Willow Springs. He h~s sent me the slides and these are available at 35¢ each. All cars have one slide each, except the cars listed with number of slides in paranthesis: #6 (2 slides); #24 (2 slides); #74 (2 slides); #77(3 slides); #124(2 slides); #158(2 slides); and #161(2 slides).

To order slides, send your check with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to George Gedeon, 8575 Lubec, Downey, California. ’67 912, biege/blk, am/fm, 45,000 miles; beautiful condition, no dings; one-owner, $3400.00 firm. Robert Nourse, (714) 624-3147 ’70 914, Irish green/biege; am/fm; i0 months & ii,000 miles left on warranty; $3300. Jack Case, 462-5556. Also have nearly complete set of Christophorus (English) and Panorama, Road & Track, etc; also one new car cover for 356, $18. ’70 914, new burgundy paint, am/fm, appearance group,, chrome wheels, new clutch and flywheel. Best offer over $3100. John Lipham, 347-7897 or 277-0770.

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ETCETERAETCETERADIDANY~NECATCHTHEMI~TAKE~NPAGETW~A~R~S~THEPAGEETC~TERAETCETERAET~ Los Angeles, California - As "LeMans" was setting worldwide box office records recently, the Porsche Club of America honored Steve McQueen for his promotion of the Porsche marque. On behalf of PCA national, Mr. George Gedeon, President of the Los Angeles Region of PCA and Jim Ewing, also of PCA-LA, presented a framed plaque to McQueen at his offices in North Hollywood, California. The award reads: "The Porsche Club of America - Honoring Mr. Steve McQueen for continuing care of the Marque - al Los Angeles, October, 1971 ". The plaque was executed on a

thi~k panel of aluminum alloy, similar to that found in the bulkheads of a 917 race ~ar, and was designed by Gary Kious, Jim Ewing, and Riley Smith, all of L.A. HE REARETHEPEOPLEWHODIDTHEMOS TANDGOTCRED ITFORI TTHI SPAS TYEARS OMEPEOP LEHAVEALLTHELUCK

COMPETITION MEN Nick Friesen Dave Kalbach Paul Beam George Gedeon Bill McInerney Peter Luelsdorf Dave Whorf Dick Kodani A1 Gray R. Selby

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Curt Kuebler Duane Alan Ron Ramage Nick Friesen Peter Luelsdorf Jim Ewing Paul Beam Bill McInerney Dale Boyd Roger Wagner

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WOMEN Mary Ann Kalbach Cece Friesen Denise Kodani Merv Beam Cathy Clark Karen Pulley Pam Lipham Delores Ziesenhenne Helen Boyd Carol Gedeon PARTICIPATION POINTS Pam Lipham Carol Gedeon Helen Boyd Cece Friesen Merv Beam Cathy Clark Mary Ann Kalbach Karen Pulley Jane Shaw Yoka Luelsdorf

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1972 BOARDOFDI RECTORS 1972 BOARDOFDI RECTORS 1972DI RECTORS HE RETHEYAREFOLKS NEWD I RECTORS Well, the votes are in, the ballots tabulated, and the results are final. Your new directors are as follows (Apologies to Dec. ’69 PORSCHERAMA & Ron Ramage)

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Steve McQueen in 43 Min. 37 Sec. - An Impression .......... by Jim £wing I’m not sure exactly when the second hand started moving on my watch.

The button was pushed

just after we shook hands, or just after we went into his conference room or so. Anyway, the 37 seconds may be in doubt, but Steven Terence McQueen was very hospitable to PCA for about three quarters of a Solar hour. His Solar Productions offices are located in the San Fernando Valley on Ventura Boulevard. Not very far from Burbank, if you’ll pardon the expression, and almost on the premises of Cinema Center Films, the CBS subsidiary

who produced "LeMans", the real reason for our visit.. George Gedeon (President of P~-LAand not of the Bible business, I’m told) and your author were bestowing a token of PCA’s gratitude for the sizable Porsche-pushing done by McQueen’s "LeMans" cinema effort .......

But before the questions and answers, a brief impression of the man and his environment.

(Specifically intended to tantalize those folk who are always asking what the re~l "wossisface" is really like, starting with my secretary) ........ One can’t fault a modern office decorated profusely with an impeccable collection of antiques. Perhaps McQueen’s Missouri upbringing makes all the late 19th century furnishings appropriate. The faceted crystal globes set on mahogany pedestals. The grandfather clock. The leather covered mahogany folding chairs. The whole scene is set for a 220 mph Mark Twain. Or Jesse James. Into the middle of this walks some guy in a T-shirt and levis who hasn’t shaved for a couple of days, and there stands the real Steve McQueen ....... McQueen’s demeanor makes it very easy to be at ease, even though the atmosphere and the man bespeak a high power business operation cooking along all around you. So he invited us into his conference room, where myriad trophies from his racing and film successes reside. Once we brought up the subject, Mr. McQueen politely picked up the ball and kept us entertained about the film, the cars, the drivers and his driving. It was like shooting the breeze with a good bench racing buddy. The conversation was loosely centered on cars, but it didn’t seem there were any boundaries on the subject. The vernacular was much in evidence, as were current colloquialisms that make for films rated "R". (I omitted them here, so your 17 year old daughter can read this without you accompanying her to the den.) ........ We were surprised that McQueen prefaced our conversation and one he had with another gentleman who happened by in the middle of our visit with, "I made a lot of mistakes, but..." I said we were surprised because we didn’t realize wba~ was to follow. In retrospect, George and I felt McQueen was preparing us and himself for a later discussion of the disasters and near disasters that accompanied the filming. The myriad scars that Solar Village went to sleep with every night. We felt McQueen definitely came away from LeMans with some personal aches over the injuries. Those aches seemed to pervade later words about his future driving plans. They made for soulful facial expressions and some gloomy pauses in the conversation. And our conversation occurred before Siffert died at Brands Hatch. We thought, after a long association with driving, McQueen might be hardened to losses. But he apparently is not. Losing Siffert, another driver in his film, is probably another sore. So we could relate to our first impression of Steve McQueen. So much for our opinions ........ About "LeMans". The film has been criticized for not being too plotworthy. But McQueen made it clear that he made "LeMans" primarily for the automotive enthusiast and secondarily for mom and the kiddies and the routine moviegoer. It was evident that the critical reaction that he valued came from drivers, mechanics, sponsors and so on. The racing cogniscenti. And the reaction from these quarters was positive and rewarding to McQueen ......... We asked about how the movie was doing at the box office. He assured us that it was breaking records in Europe and Japan. And here at home? Well, nobody’s movie is doing well here, and LeMans was right up there with the best ........ There were many problems with the filmi.ng. McQueen said there was no real script. The first director quit in the middle of things. And the gentleman who wound up directing the majority of the film had never been to a motor race when he arrived at Solar Village, the living compound McQueen set up in France for his crew. Everybody had an accident. Even the mechanics. The mechanics located some dates one evening and proceeded into town to take in a movie. When they arrived at the theater, they drove in, looking for a parking spot with a good angle to the screen for viewing purposes. Only it wasn’t a drive-in movie. And the proprietor was somewhat disturbed when he found a car full" of mechanics and their birds driving about in his lobby looking for the screen ........ On the track, McQueen and Hans Hermann had finished a high speed filming sequence and decided to race each other back to the pits. Hermann was driving the long tail 917 and McQueen, the short tail version. Towards the end of the contest, Hermann lunched his engine. Once they rolled the car into the pits, a somber formation of gnomes from Zuffenhausen trooped out with a car cover ostensibly in a tricorner fold and covered the fallen machine. W~th the car properly stowed they trooped over to Hermann and suggested in guarded but resolute terms, just where they were planning to stow him. The only thing McQueen heard about it was an equally guarded but resolute "Well, I hope you’re satisfied!" from Hermann ........ We asked what piloting a 917 was 6

like.

Fun, easy and scary is what the answer came down to. The short tail 917 was a relati’~ely easy car to drive, extremely sensitive and stable at speed. Although the car was known for instability~early in its development it had been highly refined by 1970. However, McQueen was quick to point out that if it got sideways at speed, it was a writeoff. Not to mention the questionable fate of the driver. McQueen felt that Vic Elford was probably the only driver who could drive it really well. The effects of the long tail on following cars was dramatic as well. When following Hermann down the Mulsanne straight, McQueen’s windshield wiper blade was sucked off his windscreen and stood straight away from the car due to the draft from the long tail car. McQueen also drove the 512 Ferrari. McQueen apparently enjoyed driving them. He noted that they handled a bit on the heavy side but had more low end torque than either the 4.5 or 5 liter 917.

"But I don’t consider myself a pro test driver or any super hotshoeo So this is only a personal opinion about the 512."... ...... The scariest driving on the course? "Well, everything is bloody dangerous at LeMans." But McQueen felt, for him, the place that was most dangerous when proceeding at speed or near speed was the entrance to "Maison Blanche." ........ "There is a right hand off camber downhill sweeper that is very fast..about 160 miles per hour.

In the wet, I found it to be fairly critical, as I got sideways there doing something dumb. It was a very unpleasant feeling for me, not to mention for Masten Gregory who was just behind me in a Matra during the filming. Masten came through though. He’s a very fine driver. And a very good man I believe Masten was one of the first Americans to start racing in Europe during the Moss-Fangio era. In fact, I think Masten won LeMans once with Jochen Rindt." ........ We mentioned the twitchiness of the cars in some shots in the film. McQueen said that occurred primarily at the end of the Mulsanne straight. There is a dogleg to the right over a hill and a 70 mph turn at the bottom of the hill, which means the driver has to turn right and scrub off about 140 mph going downhill on cold brakes. The proper technique involved stamping the brakes to start slowing and to warm them up. This resulted in some directional disorientation which was corrected but before stamping the brakes again. This brake and correct process continued until the brakes were warm and functioning evenly. All this resulted in the nervous wandering of all the cars apparent in certain shots in the film ......... At the end of the film there was some bumping between the 917 of Delaney and the 512 of Stahler. We asked if this sort of stuff was real or a copout on behalf of the late model stock car racing fans. McQueen said some "nerfing" as he called it does go on at speed. "There were some very black tire marks on John Wyer’s 917 at Daytona. And I believe they won. As well as Sebrin9, Nurburgring and so on.

I don’t think l’m talking out of school when I say it does happen once in a while. You have to get by. But people usually flash their lights when passing and make very careful moves. And I don’t think you would screw around at 200 mph." ........ Where does McQueen go now in the auto racing world? He started off on a very logical train of thought. He is an entertainer. To race effectively he would have to do it all the time. That means the tire testing thin~ almost every day, thereby committing his time almost exclusively to the sport. And at 40 years of age the odds are very much against him doing it really well or making money at it. Therefore, racing would not seem a good business decision. And then came a more introspective side of Steve McQueen with some personal reasons for not continuing a racing career which he preferred to keep to himself. But he has had good campaigns with 908 and spyder ........ "l’ve had a very good time racing automobiles on the amateur level and sometimes l’ve been fortunate enough to compete on the professional level. I wouldn’t trade a minute of it. l’ve had the privilege of knowing great drivers of our time and racing with them." ........ We left that subject to explore offroad racing and motorcycle racing. "It doesn’t seem like I have a lot of talent with four wheels in the dirt because !’ve tried the Mexican I000 about five times and have never made LaPazo l’ve slept in every backyard and chicken coop from El Rosario to El Arco. You are good for about two high speed mistakes before you start breaking things. Seems like l’m always trying for eight or ten.

If I ever try the Baja again it will be on a bike. Two less wheels is two less things to hit chuck holes with." ........ "Yes, I really like bike racing.

I have a 400cc Husquevarna which seems to keep me fit.

I enjoy rattling handle bars with the other guys. Bike racing made me stop smoking, so it’s got to be good." ........ Withthe present trends in Porsche design, did he desire to own another 1600S speedster like the one he started his racing career on Mulholland Drive with? Absolutely. He wants to restore one.

"I used to race one in 1959 with a radio antenna on it and the radio on. Those were the good old days of racing." ’7

Meanwhile he will hold onto his grey "family" 911S with air conditioning for good bri~k’ ¯ transportation.

"It’s a very good automobile." ........ And with the conversation going positively, I asked if he still had his I0 ton half track that was a birthday present to him some years ago.

"Yeah, do you want to buy it?" Buy it? The concept was staggering.

Can you imagine driving Steve McQueen’s lO-ton tank home to Redondo Beach.

Gangbusters.

But the difference between me and some other loony people I know is that when faced with such a staggering possibility, I say no. Which probably keeps me solvent, if less adventurous. So I said no. And why did he want to sell it? Well, he keeps it in the desert and it gets him in a lot of trouble. Like when he drove it out to a little town one night to show a friend who ran a tavern.

Everything went all right until he tried to park it in front of the place, lost it, and tanked on into the side of the tavern via the front wall. Steve wasn’t sure why the owner was upset as he only moved the bar about three feet.

"It was the Mexican beer that made me do it." ........ The watch on my wrist had recorded 43 minutes. Steve had a lunmheon engagement, everybody thanked everybody else profusely, and we departed.

George to go on being president of Los Angeles Region and me to my garage in Redondo Beach to see if by any chance that tank might fit in beside my 914-6.

technical New York, Nov. 16 Porsche made official today its long-rumored tie-up with Roger Penske and Mark Donahue for the 1972 CanAm. Donahue will drive an updated version of the 12-cylinder 917 entered by Porsche-Audi and managed by Penske.

The announcement ended speculation about Porsche’s future racing plans. The reduction in engine size for the World Championship of Makes races for 1972 ended the company’s three-year grip on the championship.

In addition to CanAm, Porsche will be represented in the 1972 European Interserie events for cars similar to the big displacement machines that run in the CanAm. Technical details of the Penske/Porsche-Audi 917 were not released, but the car will be a new version of the 12-cylinder 917 and a turbocharging test program is underway at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart.

John A. Cook, VP of VoA’s Porsche-Audi division, said "Now that the door has been closed to porsche in manufacturer’s championship racing by the reduction in allowable engine size, CanAm offers an excellent arena for continuing the development work the factory has been undertaking through the 917’s" (Reprinted from AUTOWEEK, Dec.4) The March, 1969 issue of PORSCHERAMA had an article on the projected 914 series car, which would be a VW-Porsche. ( No name had been given the car at that time) Ron Ramage, Editor at the time, said "Keep in mind this is not printed as a known fact, but only as a rumor; the crude drawing below accompanied the article" (In "Der Spiegel - Ed)

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