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  "summary": "Cal drives the black-and-gold Midnight Runner as blocker for a county-line peach run. This 1977 story identifies him as Sabrina Vale’s father.",
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    "Warm, quick, teasing Southern good-ol'-boy patter; talks in CB-radio slang, never rattled, always grinning."
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      "title": "Southern Highway, 1977",
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      "label": "Father",
      "status": "established"
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  "questions": [],
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  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}