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Folksinger Joan Baez at a news conference.



Folksinger Joan Baez at a news conference.

Folksinger Joan Baez tells a new conference 10/8/1979 that she is heading to Southeast Asia to bring international attention to the plight of the Vietnamese boat people. (UPI Photo/Fred Larson/Files)

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