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Coroner candidates differ on need of medical degree

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Dr. Thomas Rudd

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Not surprisingly given their professions, the candidates for the coroner's job in Lake County are divided on whether the official should be a medical doctor. A doctor and a dentist running for the post believe the coroner should be a doctor. The two other candidates disagree.

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