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Kenneth Gray Prince of Pork in Southern Illinois Legacy
Franklin County congressman Kenneth J. Gray reshaped southern Illinois with nearly seven billion dollars in public works. A 1956 House speech used a magicians bouquet metaphor to critique lobbyists and showcase benefits from I 57 Rend Lake Pepsi MidAmerica and other projects.
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Franklin County
Illinois
U.S. House of Representatives
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gray
Congress
Southern Illinois
Becky Gray- Clay
Southern
Southern Illinoisan
Rend Lake
Pork
Marlen Trover
Maxine Pyle
United States
Memory Lane
Trover
Marion
Pepsi MidAmerica
Bob Butler
Butler
Traver
the Prince of Pork
Air Force
Ronald Reagan
du Quoin