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Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield

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then I think it \\-as I took them too seriously <strong>at</strong> th<strong>at</strong> time. ilnd one night :iho11t midnight<br />

I guess was I had th<strong>at</strong> heart <strong>at</strong>tack. So then I was out for quite a while.<br />

Q: Was this in <strong>Springfield</strong> th<strong>at</strong> it happened?<br />

A: Yes in Sprin~field.<br />

Q: Which hospital (lid you go to?<br />

A: St. John's in <strong>Springfield</strong><br />

Q: Well th<strong>at</strong> kind <strong>of</strong> slowed up your legisl<strong>at</strong>ive activity for a while then'!<br />

A: For a while, yes. Yes I wasn't allnwerl to 110 anything. I wasn't allo\ved to carry a tlriefcase<br />

or anything. In fact I \\.as in the hospital for quitc a while and then I recuper<strong>at</strong>ed<br />

for quite some time. I did everything the dortor sail1 He told you not to do anything,<br />

not to have any exercise and I went down on the farm finally and went u-alking. And now<br />

they tell you to do th<strong>at</strong>. Twenty-five, thirty years l<strong>at</strong>er they cell you Lo walk and then they'd<br />

tell you not to walk.<br />

Carl Wittmond Memoir -- <strong>Archives</strong>/<strong>Special</strong> <strong>Collections</strong>, <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Illinois</strong> <strong>at</strong> <strong>Springfield</strong>

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