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Warren Knowles Cuts the Cheese
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Governor Warren Knowles helps to slice a wedge of cheese. Left to right: an unidentified Colonel; Dorothy Guidry Knowles; State Senator Gerald Lorge; Miss Wisconsin, Sharon Singstock; Governor Knowles; State Senator Taylor Benson; State Senator Martin Schreiber; and World's Fair Vice President, retired Major General William E. Potter.
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