Word: galesburg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Close encounter. Although George Bush had adamantly rejected Bob Dole's challenge to a series of debates in Illinois, both wound up at separate events at Knox College in Galesburg, site of a Lincoln-Douglas clash. Fearful of an ambush, Bush's men dispatched a staffer with a walkie-talkie to watch Dole. When Dole finished his event and headed toward where Bush was giving his dinner speech, the staffer frantically radioed, "He's on his way over...
...mother took him down to the station in Galesburg, Ill., to see a trainload of doughboys. "All the windows in the cars were opened, and the soldiers were all waving out," he said. "I remember my mother lifted me up and I had a penny. I handed it to a soldier for good luck. I've often wondered who he was and if he had good luck...
...from his staff that the Mondale campaign was running TV ads in New York emphasizing the changes Hart had made in his family name, reported date of birth and even the way he signs his name. In fact, no such ads had run. At his next campaign stop, in Galesburg little more than an hour later, Hart admitted, "We were incorrectly informed" and added, "I apologize." At best, the incident indicated that even the rigidly self-controlled Hart can lose his cool in the heat of a campaign...
...city is close enough for easy access, but also lets their parents know that it is far enough away for safety. He assures one boy: "You can walk to the lake with your girlfriend at 11 o'clock at night." Karen Crowell of Knox College reminds prospects that Galesburg, Ill., is the birthplace of Poet Carl Sandburg and site of the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate. She adds, "There are a lot of large Victorian homes and brick streets." Who can resist...
Farmers usually prefer one of their own in charge of the Department of Agriculture, and they have one in John Rusling Block, 45. But he is far from typical. He cultivates about 3,000 acres of prime land in west-central Illinois, near Galesburg, that is worth about $10 million. His operation includes 6,000 hogs in a farrow-to-finish operation. He also had the backing of Kansas Senator Robert Dole, who sent a map of the U.S. to Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, one of Reagan's closest advisers, that was marked with states from which Cabinet members...