Talk:Howard Belton

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Did you know... that Howard C. Belton lost the election to become the Oregon State Treasurer in 1948, only to be appointed to the same office 12 years later?

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started article. Question: How do you do the formatting for references that are already sited in the article that get used several times. I've seen the abcd(reference), but I don't understand the mechanics of getting it to work. Emk4ever (talk) 12:49, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do it in the article and leave a not on your talk page. Aboutmovies (talk) 16:37, 24 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]