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then I think it \\-as I took them too seriously at that time. ilnd one night :iho11t midnight I guess was I had that heart attack. So then I was out for quite a while. Q: Was this in Springfield that it happened? A: Yes in Sprin~field. Q: Which hospital (lid you go to? A: St. John's in Springfield Q: Well that kind of slowed up your legislative activity for a while then'! A: For a while, yes. Yes I wasn't allnwerl to 110 anything. I wasn't allo\ved to carry a tlriefcase or anything. In fact I \\.as in the hospital for quitc a while and then I recuperated for quite some time. I did everything the dortor sail1 He told you not to do anything, not to have any exercise and I went down on the farm finally and went u-alking. And now they tell you to do that. Twenty-five, thirty years later they cell you Lo walk and then they'd tell you not to walk. Carl Wittmond Memoir -- Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield
Index .Ahl.nhani Lincoln Hl~tcal. 1T2 :\darns Coi~nty. 1 l. 101. 101. 105, 128. 147, 197. 197 .Agriculture, Dcpartrnc,nt of. 1'33 Allon, 15, 19, 211. 26, ;31, 34-35, :39, 42, 43, 54, .5.5, 58, 65, 86, 87, 130, 1-li, lr5,5, 168, 173, 180, 1!l0 Alton Boxboard and I'aper Company. 35 .American Medical .Issociation, 1- American Packing Company, 51 .Angus Breedc,rs Association, 200 Apple Festival, 1117-198 :'Lrmes, Monroe (Blackiel, 100-101 Arrnr>rlr (meat company), .51. 19$1 .Ailas, l(i1 Eakrr. Hrrt. Jr. 111, 1l.i E:ll~i Knob Cross, 179 Ilanking. Ilcpartrncnt of, 129 I3atchtan.n, 58, 64. 65. 66 Haugh. llrriry. 851 Bcck\vorth. \Villianl, 9::-!bi Bcblgiuni, 191 I~ellevillc, 157 13inky. Ed, .58 Hloomington, 165 Blue Ilook, 126 ~ - Babbitt, 1,oren M., l.i!l-ltiO Brazil, 192 Ilreesc, 16 IIrooks, (:. Jt'ayland ~i:'urlyi. TO, i2 Rrolrning, Nornia 1,t.r. $17 Br~~ss~ls, 1, 2, 6, #, 25, 21, dl, d5, 2 i, 59, 65, !30. 9;~l. 101-10~>, 116, 112. 144, 167, 176, 181, 191 13t1~Ii?y1o\rn, .I7 Cahokia Downs, 121, 150 ('ain. Fred, 129, 131 Cairo, Y2 i'alhoun County, 2, i-5, 8, 21, 25, 35, 37, I;?, ti'>, 72, 73, 75, 76, 86, 87, 101, 104, 108, 152, 162, 161, 167, 168, 179, 180, 181, 196. 1!37 ('alhoun I'oint, 4-5, 51 ('allahan. Joseph, 188 Canada, 1'32 Capuzi, Louis F. illr)~~. 1:X Carlinvillr, !J2, !J6 Carnegie, l)alr, 95 Carrigan, .James i)., 111. 111 Carrolltlln, 71 Carsonrille, 15 Cattle industry, 50-51 Chamber of Commerce, 1.12 i:hautauqua, 42 ('hicago. 9, 10, 25, 26, 32, 16, .52, 69. 70, 71, 76, 88, 92, '37, 98, 99, 103, 111, 1l:i. 121. 13, 126-130 passim, 1.34-137 passim, 113. 111. 117, 150, 152, 157, 161, 171, li2, 17ti. 177, 178, 185, 185, 191, 196, 199, 200 Chicago Bar Association, 182 Chicago Do\rns Race Track, lilJ Chicago Transit Authority, 116. 137. 1% Clioale, Clyde L., :3!1, 114, 124, 126, 1.56, 161, 1 s0 ('iacci~~. Kicliolas U. (Side Sho\rI, 1%. 1,ih ('i\.iv Sn\.ings and Loan, 185 Clahaugh. (:harles JV., 117-118, 1.11 Clark. \ViIliani (;. IBill), 115, 126-127 Cc~lot.:~do Sl~rings, 22, 36, 43-11, 67, 201 Cc~nrriiissic~ns: Illinois Comnrerce, 95, 117; In~lustrinl 2.5, 19, 80, 111, 113, 182; Justice, 12; Livestc~ck Shipment and Sale, 189-1911; Mississippi Scenic Parkway, 197; Organization of' the General .Assembly (COOG.1) (Katzl, 116. 166; Sale Barn, 201; to Sludy Interstalr. Sliil~ping and Saic of' ilyricultural Commoditirs. 1!10-1Y2 Con1rnillees I1,egislativt~): .Agriculture, 112, l:38, 189, 195, 198; Appropriations, 163, 161; Banks and savings and lc~ans, 1%; E:uecutive, 181; Fish. (;ariir and LVildlil'e, 171; Industry arid LLI~CIS Rcl:~tions, 11:3; Insurance, 1:38; Puhlic :liil, Health, Well'arc and Sal'ety, 138; Res.eriue, 112, 116, 1-10, 171, 196; Roads and l3ridges, 112, 160.161, 166; Watcr!ra)-s, Conserva~ion, Fish and Game, 112, 138 Cuncord, 128 Carl Wittmond Memoir -- Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield
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CARL WIITMOND ILLINOIS HOUSE OF REP
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orrrniilnity in central Illinois. A
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Carl Wittmond SESSION I, TAPE 1, SI
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County that had a spur on this side
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my motber had to scrape around here
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that's how narrow people are you kn
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you know. It wasn't too prosperous.
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to stay all night to go to a show a
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ha\.? to come hc,ll:r to t'3t or so
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Anii the Eagles anif the Elks, I ha
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half of the peul,lr never elen knrw
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Monday morning from Brussels. And m
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an argunirnt Iatrr UII a1111 the12
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him. Down there - see. Blackie uras
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Nuniber two, the secretary of state
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kind of a mystery place anyway, no
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anything you'd want if you'd want i
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A: Probably was I think, yes. I did
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Maybe a lot of them was in. Like Bi
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other people would go see until the
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- "Oh." he said, "he makes eighty f
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district. Powell said, "YIIu'~ h~tt
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thrsrr. ant1 Iru) them. And I don't
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;mil the key Dcrnocrats. the) xverc
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you ran't beat." I said, "Some day
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a lot of the cunstituents don't un~
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to hlock it if he wanted to. So man
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