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...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...
...there is little wistfulness in his conversation now. The Galesburg, Ill., native seems perfectly happy with his interest in a new kind of courts. Campbell's coach at Northwestern, Rich Falk, had no doubt that his top player would be happier here. "It was always a dream of his to go to Harvard Law School and he didn't want to have anything side-track...
Knox College, founded in 1837 and located in Galesburg, Ill., is a private, coeducation, liberal arts college. Knox presented its first honorary degree in 1860 to Abraham Lincoln...