Little America’s trucking heritage and Ralph Savill legend
A feature on Little America Illinois blending memoir and commerce explains how trucks and Ralph Savill shaped the town at the Spoon River hilltop crossroads of Illinois 78 and U.S. 24. Residents recall Savill’s road through history, old and new Little America, and the enduring roadside culture with diners, signs, and memories.
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Little America
Ill
Zula Smith
America
Cate
Richard
Growald
UPI
Little
Little America Cafe
Ralph
Dennis Baker
Ralph Savill
Little Rgypt
Baker
Egypt
Spoon River College
Mrs. Smith
Hurd Wilcoxen
Germany
Pritchard Place
Wilcoxen
Peoria
God
Jesus
Cribbs Transferred to Lincoln Penal for Safety
Ulysses Cribbs, 32, Omaha, was ordered moved from Douglas County Jail to the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex in Lincoln for safekeeping after a West Omaha shooting at Club 89 left Capt. Dennis Lipari dead and 25 others wounded. Judge James Murphy cited security concerns and ordered the transfer, while Cribbs awaits a Dec. 5 preliminary hearing on first degree murder and three counts of assault with intent to kill.
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Omaba
UFI
Douglas County
Ulysses Cribbs
Nebraska Pennl
Lincoln
James Murphy
Frank Pane
Cribbs
Omaha
Club
West
Dennis Lipari
Oneaha
Lipari
Ruth
Air Force
Theodore Carlson
Jack Swanson
Sheriff's Department
Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex
Murphy
Ron Frank
Frank
Toreau
Gypsy Moth Defoliation Doubles in Eight States
The leaf-eating gypsy moth caterpillar fed well on U.S. woodlands this summer, the USDA reports. Tree defoliations in eight northeastern states totalled 1.6 million acres in 1977, nearly double the damage from last year.
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U.S
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Funeral Held For Sheriff Captain Dennis Lipari
About 600 people packed Luther Memorial Lutheran Church in Omaha to honor sheriff's Capt. Dennis Lipari shot Saturday night in an Omaha nightclub. Lipari, 39, was buried in uniform. his wife Ruth, in critical condition, lost sight in one eye from a shotgun wound and may lose the other eye.
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Columbus
Nabras
Omaha
UPI
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
Dennis Lipari
Lipari
Ruth
Harlan Rei
Brei
Sam Lipari
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Trucks
Novern Cribbs
Nebraska
Shamilton Beach
Columbus Telegram
Goffee Magicm
Proctor Silex
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New
Proctor -Silex
Presto
Oster Foodcrafter
Ilounge and Bottle Shop
Windsor
Fyne Axa Deay
Pepsi Rr
Coleman Cooler
MOGEN
Pabst
Seagram
Nikolai
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