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Today, U.S. chicken consumption is at an alltime high. But so is output: some 3.3 billion broilers, or 40 Ibs. per capita, will be produced this year. Prices are falling: last week, at a convocation of poultrymen in Springfield, Mass., William Haffert, editor of Broiler Industry and other trade journals, predicted "39? specials in the late fall." Many companies will probably lose money in the next six months...
Next stop is Lincoln country, Springfield, Ill. Traffic is stilled at night and street lights extinguished, and a sound and light show dramatizes Lincoln's "House Divided" speech. Not far away, in the woods along the Sangamon River, the travelers visit Rutledge Tavern, where Lincoln paid only 15¢ for his meals. "You can't get a Baskin and Robbins for that today," snorts Twain. "What," inquires Trollope, "are a Baskin and Robbins...
Reagan's strength in that search was strikingly demonstrated last Saturday in Springfield, Mo., when he inflicted yet another grievous wound on President Ford's hopes for the nomination. In a humiliating rout, with both real and psychological impact, Reagan won 18 of Missouri's 19 at-large delegates. When added to the Missouri delegates already won by Reagan, the 18-1 victory gave him control of the 49-member Missouri delegation, with 30 votes to Ford's 16 (and three uncommitted). The only Ford delegate to survive Reagan's weekend charge was Governor Christopher S. Bond, who himself suffered...
...endorsements. Nader wanted him to campaign more during the summer of 1969, something Yablonski felt he couldn't do. He thought if he spent too much time away from his job, Boyle would fire him. At any rate, Nader, in Yablonski's words, "never did deliver." Speaking in Springfield, Illinois, Yablonski was attacked by an unknown assailant. Knocked unconscious, Yablonski thought he was paralyzed. Now he knew that he was playing for keeps...
...preparation for tonight's contest against Springfield Commerce Richards big men Turo Russell and Rudy Williams, were throwing Dr. J moves at their imaginary foes and finishing off their moves with stylish slam dunks...