Thursday, October 11, 2001 

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• City won’t lower fines for alcohol use

• You can do something
  LDC support letters urged

• Electric rates going down

• America strikes back

• 4-H window display contest throughout the county

• Reminder: ‘Casablanca’ showing tonight

• LCHS fall play
  Thespians prepare for ‘murderous’ fun

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• College soccer:
  Lincoln College vs. Springfield College

• College volleyball:
  Lincoln College vs. Lincoln Land

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• Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club celebrates Illinois Junior Week

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The Francis Report

283rd day of the year

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"In waking a tiger, use a long stick." — Chairman Mao

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." — Chairman Mao

1821 — Sir George Williams England, YMCA founder

1844 — Henry John Heinz, founded prepared-foods company (57 varieties)

1884 — Eleanor [Anna] Roosevelt, first lady (1933-1945) and crusader (Nobel, 1931)

1961 — Steve Young, NFL quarterback (San Francisco 49ers, NFL Player of Year ’92)

1971 — Luke Perry, Mansfield, Ohio, actor (Dylan in "Beverly Hills, 90210")

1492 — Columbus’ ships sight land on the horizon (Bahamas)

1689 — Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia

1809 — Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis and Clark expedition), dies at 35

1868 — Thomas Edison patents his first invention: electric voice machine

1871 — Great Chicago Fire is finally extinguished after three days, 300 killed

1890 — First 100-yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens, 9.8 seconds, Washington, D.C.)

1923 — German mark falls to 4 billion per dollar

1939 — Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb

1945 — Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs. Mao Tse-Tung

1975 — Bill Clinton weds Hillary Rodham

1991 — Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her

1992 — Deion Sanders plays for Atlanta Falcons (NFL) and Braves (baseball)