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Councilman James B. Dimas, 43, has been named mayor by the City Council.
Dimas, who was elected in 1974, also was mayor from 1975 to 1976.
In its annual reorganization, the five-member council also voted Robert Cornejo mayor pro tem at its meeting Monday. Cornejo, 50, was elected in 1984.
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