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ALLERTON PARK MOVEMENT BUILDING UP GREATHR SUPPORT 
——_—————————— ee GAL ER SUPPORT 
A great wave of sentiment is building up in the state to preserve Allerton 
Park in Monticello, Ill. from the high Oakley Dam. 
The Oakley Dam along with nine others on the 
proposed by the Federal Vontrol act of 1939, In 1948, 

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Sanganion River, were originally 
farmers and conservationists 
along the river rejected all of the federal dams, including Oakley. ‘thru the ef— 
forts of Decatur Civic organizations, the Oakley dam was re~authorized in 1962, But 
in 1966, the US Army Vorps of ingineers announced an enla 
public hearing. The cost was increased from #40 
Since that time, public sentiment has risen to a level h 
rged version without any 
million to over $71 million. 
eard on the Capitol Hill 
in Wiashington, DC. Though supported by Sen. Dirksen and Percy of Illinois, Senator 
William Proxmire of Wisconsin who serves on th 
called the Oakley Dam project a "federal boondoggle."! Proxmire, a strong 
watchdog of funds, has been highly critical of many othe 
e Senate Appropriation Committee, has 
senate 
r army Corps projects. 
gin woodland setting of incomparable beauty. The park is used for extensive research 
by state agencies, and more than 250,000 persons 
SB 266, sponsored by State Senator Jack Kneup 
allow a state study of the area and the impact of 
fer of Elmhurst and others, would 
Oakley Dam upon Allerton 
Park. A 
long parade of witnesses spoke in favor of the bill in »pringfield in March. 
e+eeBruce Hannon, Committee on sllerton Park, Champaign, Ill. 
|.A.S. Specialties 
MISSILES AND POLLUTION 
President Hichard Nixon has come out in 
favor of a seven BILLION dollar program for 
deployment of the anti-ballistic missile 
system. The ABM's have been severely criti- 
cized by scientist's as being excessively ex- 
pensive and useless. 
Conservationists have expressed dismay 
over the expenditure of such vast sums when 
Congress has consistently and deliberately 
under-funded programs for national parks, air 
and water pollution controls, and programs to 
control the deterioration of the natural en- 
vironment of the country. 
We face hard and difficult domestic prob-— 
lems such as oil slick, disappearance of open 
spaces, soil depletion, mine disasters and 
blight from Alaska to Appalachia. The Wall 
Street Journal pointed out*thatall the prob 
lems in the world are not military problems," 
Greece is fondly remembered not for Sparta, 
but for Athens. 
If 6% of our tax dollar continues to go 
to the military, we shall never be able to 
solve our environmental crisis, because we 
are already learning the funds don't exist. 
The military will not be unchallenged, and 
this is a hopeful sign......R.M. 
rn ete Posen ORR 

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