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Nixon visits Illinois State Fair in Springfield
President Nixon toured the Illinois State Fair in Springfield greeting crowds of about 125 000 including 4 H and FFA youths and local Republican officials. He signed into law a measure making Abraham Lincoln's home a national historic site and defended U S food production while a small antiwar protest was briefly dispersed near the Old State Capitol.
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