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ILLINOIS BICENTENNIAL Trump says lawyer is not ‘rat’ JILL COLVIN Associated Press

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Pres- ident insisted Sunday that his isn’t a “RAT” like the Watergate-era White House at- torney who turned on , and he blasted the ongo- ing Russia investigation as “Mc- Carthyism.” Trump, in a series of an- gry tweets, de- nounced a New York Times story that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, has been cooperating extensively with the special coun- sel team investi- McGahn gating Russian election meddling and potential THE STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER Photos collusion with Trump’s Republi- can campaign. The Route 66 logo fi lls the wall at the rear of the Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum in Pontiac, Ill. “The failing @nytimes wrote a Fake piece today implying that because White House Councel Don McGahn was giving hours of testimony to the Special Coun- cel, he must be a type ‘RAT,’” Trump wrote, misspell- Getting your kicks on ing the word “counsel,” as he of- ten does. “But I allowed him and all others to testify—I didn’t have to. I have nothing to hide...... ” said it stands by its story. Dean, a frequent critic of Trump, was the White House counsel for Nixon during the Watergate scandal. He ultimately cooperated with prosecutors and helped bring down the Nixon presidency in 1974, though he served a prison term for obstruc- Route 66 tion of justice. Dean tweeted Saturday night Mother Road Inside in response to the Times story: o ers amazing Quad-Citian to take a trip along See McGAHN, Page A2 sights as it winds Route 66 in a special car, A3.

through Illinois ple can delight in the restored vintage billboards. Editor’s note: The weekly Illinois Although Route 66 is no RI police Bicentennial series is brought longer part of the Interstate to you by the Illinois Associated Highway System, every year Press Media Editors and Illinois thousands of people still search for Press Association. More than 20 travel it to explore the com- newspapers are creating stories munities that make up Amer- Lincoln Park about the state’s history, places ica’s Main Street. and key moments in advance of Following Route 66 through shooter the Bicentennial on Dec. 3, 2018. Vistors make their way down Capitol Avenue in Springfi eld, Ill., Illinois can net some fun Stories published up to this date checking out the cars on display during 15th annual International experiences. In Macoupin JOHN MARX can be found at 200illinois.com. Route 66 Mother Road Festival & Car Show on Sept. 24, 2016. County, you can stop in Gi- [email protected] rard for a handmade soda at THE (SPRINGFIELD) STATE ducing vehicles for a little as the entire road had been Doc’s Soda Fountain, which ROCK ISLAND — Rock Island JOURNAL-REGISTER more than a decade when replaced by the Interstate opened in 1929 as part of Police have confirmed a man was erhaps it is the yearning Route 66 was commissioned Highway System. Deck’s Drug Store. shot Saturday evening at Lincoln for yesteryear that en- on Nov. 11, 1926. But it’s still pos- In Mount Olive, take in Park. They are searching for the Pdears so many to Route It was one of the sible to get an idea the 22-foot-high granite person they believe is responsi- 66. original highways of what the roadway monument of Mary Harris ble. Who wouldn’t want to jump within the U.S. looked like: Just stop “Mother” Jones, known for The victim’s injuries, accord- into a classic car and explore Highway System, in Lexington, Ill., her work as an organizer for ing to Deputy Chief Jason Foy, the United States, stopping at its 2,448 miles to take a trip down the United Mine Workers. are not life-threatening. shiny new service stations starting in Chicago “Memory Lane,” a If you’re willing to go off Foy said officers were on scene to pump gas, or at the soda and ending on the one-mile stretch of the beaten path, you can find at approximately 7:30 p.m., mo- shops that dot the roadway West Coast in Los the original 1926 the 34 separate bird tracks an ments after the shooting on the to sip a cold drink? Such se- Angeles (and later alignment of Route errant turkey left on the wet park’s basketball court, just off pia-toned wishes of driving the Santa Monica 66 pavement. It was highway cement in the 1920s Rock Island’s 38th Street and 11th the Mother Road in its heyday Pier). turned into an in- (find them south of Nilwood Ave. could prompt many of us to By 1985, Route terpretive trail and on Donaldson Road). Reports state a group of ap- start packing for a trip. 66 had been removed from is open year-round to pedestri- proximately 15 men were play- Ford had been mass-pro- the federal highway system, ans and bicycles. There, peo- See ROUTE 66, Page A2 ing basketball when someone — not involved with the game on the court — walked up to a man playing and began shooting. The injured male was transported to the hospital with non-life-threat- ening gunshot wounds. Rock Island Police interviewed several witnesses at the scene and have a description of the al- leged shooter. The investigation is ongoing.

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