Kenya Slow Life Amid Wildlife and Politics
William F Buckley writes from Keekorok Lodge in Kenya about a wildlife rich journey within a 700 square mile national park. He details sightings from elephants and zebras to jackals and lions, the dangers of the Cape buffalo, and lodge life. He reflects on Kenya’s population growth, Moi’s regime and the end of secret ballots, plus the country’s economy and bureaucracy, contrasting travel ease with political control.
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William F. Buckley
Kenya
Indian Ocean
Maldives Islands
Mombasa
Keekorok Lodge
Spain
Galapagos Islands
Masai
Texas
Daniel Arap Moi
Moi
Mr. Moi
America
Kenyatta
Pythagoras
Letter to the Editor Questions NIU Athletics Leadership
Guy M. Price, a former NIU staffer and alum, attacks the current NIU athletic administration under Gerald O Donnell as harming Huskie athletics. He urges alumni to redirect gifts to Dixon High School or Sauk Valley College, praising Chick Evans and Robert Brigham as leaders and comparing the situation to chemotherapy and cancer cells in a long critical missive.
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NIU
Huskie Club
Huskie Athletic Assoc
Ken Brown
Lee County
Gerald O'Dell
NIU Alums
DeKalb County
O’dell
Huskie Athletics
Dixon High School
Sauk Valley College
Chick Evans
Robert Brigham
Guy M. Price
Clarendon Hills
U S space program led by Truly aims for bold future
The newly named NASA administrator Rear Admiral Richard Truly seeks to revive the space shuttle program after the Challenger disaster and win funding for a space station, confronting budget pressures, legislative risk, and public opinion while outlining a path toward Mars and beyond.
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Space Agency
Richard
Explorer
Congress
Truly
NASA
U.S
Mars
United States
Mowing lawn triggers memories of youth and summer
A reflective piece recalls the first lawn mowing of the year and past summers. The author describes pushing a battered mower, trading youth tasks for adult duties, and nostalgia for the Washington School big field and neighborhood yards. He recalls money earned mowing lawns, family memories, and upcoming yardwork with a hint of anticipation.
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Sears and Roebuck
Washington School
Rich Hardman
Chicago Avenue
Byron
Dixon historical briefs echo youth labor and local events
Ten years ago on April 25 1979 Dixon residents debated enforcing a liquor code barring workers under 18 in liquor serving venues amid a shift from 21 to 18 for age limits. At 25 years past on April 25 1964 Dixon prepared for Assembly of God church dedication with remarks by Mayor George Lindquist. In 1939 Dixon Elks planned a special air conditioned train to St Louis for the Grand Lodge convention.
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Lee County
Dixon Lodge
B.P.O. Elks
Dixon
St. Louis
Grand Lodge
Dixon Elks
Chicago & North Western
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William E. Shaw
Mike Chapman
C. A. Maronich
Sandy Burke
Brian Olmsted
Steff
Louise Brags
Lori Fagan
Patty Gluntz
Clark Kelly
Donna Lessman
Chip Marshall
Jerry Pauser
Jim Nelson
Ed Bushman
Cathe Barnhart
Donna Boatman
Deana Heintzelman
Elizabeth Lovett
Diane Shehorn
Linda Ross
Kathy Grossman
Rhonda Klavenga
Jane Monroe
Bernadine Willstead
Tracey L. Montgomery District
Judi Ross
BE. Smith
Trina Aebly
Scott Brown
Promation
Senaue
Sunars Kulikowskis
Rd Devine
Robert Dogwiler
Rosemary Flowers
Robert One Gorman
John Jacobs
Dick Kibble
Joe Leadman
Angela Kester
Robert Fenwick
Bruce Belman
Dave Johnson
Maria Nicholson
Jo Anne Mills
Wepuntants
Carol Hemminger
Barbara Maves
Carole Houck
Joanne Smith
Delbert Pitman
Maronich
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