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- Page 6 and 7: Preface This oral history of Leland
- Page 8 and 9: Volume I Leland J. Kennedy SESSION
- Page 10 and 11: next to us was a duplex house and a
- Page 12 and 13: Q: Were these family meals that she
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- Page 16 and 17: Q: Yes sir. (chuckles) What part of
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- Page 22 and 23: A: Well. Yes, I always remember one
- Page 24 and 25: Q: Was it a paddle wheeler or what
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more German than I was I guess. (la
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Of course there were war clouds han
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A: Twice a month. Q: Twice a month?
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There was neighbor against neighbor
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A: And they did, so that's . . . Q:
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SESSION 4, TAPE 7, SIDE 2 Q: That w
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' I 59 you couldn't get across that
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A: Well they didn't have none of th
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A: Oh no, never saw any. I saw some
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VOTE FOR LELAND J. KENNEDY DEMOCRAT
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Q: Now when you first went in did y
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A: A port of embarkation or for sup
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A: Oh yes. I'm sorry about that now
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A: Alright. August. I'll tell you -
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And he got out before I did, but he
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A: No no, never said a word. Oh the
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though. He was a good talker, and o
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play cards or just talk. Women like
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Q: Yes sir. A: We had a strike in s
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Of course you'd have a lot of lawye
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A: Well that was - that was the bes
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polls in a particular city and he's
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Q: Yes. A: Bond never did like bein
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wife and family when you're out, or
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of Illinois) library and muse aroun
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A: Well legislative process, commit
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A: Yes I think so, had a column. We
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A: Well I recall - I guess they're
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state central committeeman. Now sta
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not an Italian name, but what those
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Q: Oh? WOKZ in Alton, Illinois? A:
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This is going back, and I don't hav
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had twelve in the pool. I think it
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Q: Oh is that right? A: Oh my first
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a federal gasoline tax thirty years
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Q: No sir, no sir. Well let's see,
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they changed those desks after reap
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Q: He started that in the 1951 sess
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That wasn't a bone of contention a
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Q: Oh I see. A: I think they'd do t
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Talking about lodging, 1'11 always
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his wife's sister. Of course they w
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A: Oh did she? Q: Yes. A: Well some
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And a lot of those people are all g
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I believe there's a lot of that fam