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Man whose son vanished in 1955 recalls dark day

NEWTON, Iowa - The man on the television screen bore a resemblance to him, Jerry Damman admitted Wednesday as he watched the 6 p.m. local news in his farmhouse filled with pictures of his two sons and six grandchildren.

There were no signs of his firstborn here, 2-year-old Steven, who was whisked away from an East Meadow market on Halloween in 1955.

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