ieee As ON Biri byt IN 3 
s to make the marigold the 
onal flower, Dirksen and his 
ids at the U.S. Corps of En- 
ers seek to drown them where 
-are found in abundance on the 
st bottomlands of Allerton 
: Somebody ought to tell him 
The NPS advises us that the 
f Trap Farm near Vienna, Vir- 
a4, will be used as a center for 
performing arts. The 95-acre 
1 with funds for an amphi- 
tre was donated by the gener- 
Mrs. Jouett Shouse in 1966 as 
srica’s first national park for 
performing arts. There will be 
) seats available for opera and 
‘eis... lhe past year was 
too good for wildfowl, accord- 
to some reports: in 1954, the 
mallard population in the USA was 
about 14 million, but the breeding 
population was down to 8 million 
in 1968. It is estimated that there 
are two million duck hunters in 
the nation. Potholes are essential 
for breeding ducks. They not only 
provide food, but serve the young 
brood adequately by normally be- 
ing out of reach of predators. Ducks 
Unlimited will provide a program 
for the IAS Annual Meeting at 
North Aurora on Friday, May 16th 
The Fall Campout will be at 
Bloomington’s East Bay Camp. It 
is always the third weekend in 
September. Mark your calendar. 
615 Rochdale Circle 
Lombard, Ill. 60148 
They're for Saving 
Allerton Park 
U.S. Senator William 
Proxmire, D-Wis., left, 
is visited at Capitol 
Hill by Bruce Hannon, 
representing the Com- 
mittee on Allerton 
Park. Hannon circu- 
lated a petition asking 
the University of Illi- 
nois - controlled park 
not be lost to a reser- 
voir project. The park 
is on the Sangamon 
River, west of Cham- 
paign-Urbana, Illinois. 
Proxmire serves on 
Senate Appropriations 
Committee and _ has 
termed Oakley Dam 
Project “a huge boon- 
doggle.”’ 
