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Nor does it explain that the sisters were among the leading opponents of Gen. It does not mention that a fourth sister lives. The official state newspaper reports their deaths as accidental. Petersburg Times It is November 25, 1960, and three beautiful sisters have been found near their wrecked Jeep at the bottom of a 150-foot cliff on the north coast of the Dominican Republic.
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