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Route 66 Fade Ends as Main Street of America
In Litchfield Illinois Route 66 wanes to a local road as interstates shift traffic north. Litchfield News Herald editor David Jackson recalls the old highway, while 66 Motel Court owners Dorothy and Lorman Mansholt note fewer seekers but steady economy. Clinton Oklahoma barber Jack Cutberth, longtime 66 advocate, laments sentiment yet accepts progress with guarded pride.
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