Unable to delete contact notes in Address Book

Hi there, I don't quite know why but, after removing text in the notes field for any given contact in Address Book, the text removed again shows up.  I tried deleting all text in the notes field and, after a second, all the text comes back.  This is true whether I press Edit at the bottom of the card or not.  Does anybody know how to fix this?

Try: Quit Address book,delete ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/AddressBook-v22.abcddb, launch addressbook and see if that does the trick.
...JER

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