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Rebel with a heart

The movie “The Wild One,” starring Marlon Brando, depicted a biker gang terrorizing a small town in California. The leader of the pack falls for the sheriff’s daughter, despite the law man’s objection.

Robert “Bob” Elick Bearor was a bit of a rebel biker himself. In fact, he took pride that his initials “R.E.B.” began the word “rebel.” But riding motorcycles doesn’t pay the bills, so early on, Bob drove a logging truck for

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