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LOCAL NATION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1993 THE ROCK HUND ARGUS AS the background. The Richmond Hill Players in Geneseo provided some costumes and extras, according to Kathy Cumbo, segment producer for Canadas rightists boosted Ida's Brian Mulroney BnllltuJ -M rancai career ragragnis oi Canodtfi prime minister who resigned mdneoday; Everything Is ran nlng smoothly. People hi Cambridge, i MYSTERY FROM PAGE A1 The two Craun siblings were looking forward today to meeting another sister, Dorothy, who is now known as Carol Beth Van Sant of Rockport, Texas. Ms. Van Sant was being flown into Henry County today to participate in the filming.

During the exterior filming-Wednesday, a 1966 Chevrolet Impala owned by Anna wan resident Chad Jackson was pulled by a pickup truck down Locust Street In Cambridge. The towing enabled the actress inside the car to concentrate on the television camera, which was poised in a hostess tray mounted along the front passenger window. Later, the camera was repositioned near the street, as local residents and the children of the Craun siblings posed as extras in heads in 1948. The Craun siblings' children who braved the frigid weather and attended Wednesdays filming expressed optimism that the national television coverage could shed light upon their ancestors' fetes. Todays reunion will bring together the three surviving-Craun family members who have been located.

A fourth, Frances Craun, later known as June Frances Hancock, died in Lawrencevllle In 1965, The Unsolved Mystery in the case is the fate of the remaining family members, including the parents, Frank Craun and Hilda -Craun. The Craun children who have-, yet to be located and their ages at' the time of the 1948 eviction' Include; Leonard, 10; Clarence, 11; Florence, 12; Frank, 14; and -Betty, 16. based in San Francisco, brought two truck-loads of equipment to Henry County. Ms. Cumbo said "Unsolved Mysteries became Interested in the Craun family saga after being contacted by Annawan resident Mary Frank.

"We were going to shoot in Chicago, but Mary showed us the reasons why we should shoot here, Ms. Cumbo said. "Everything is running smoothly. People in Cambridge, Geneseo and Annawan have all been very nice. Smaller towns are a lot more ftm to film In.

Crew members will remain in Henry County through Saturday. They planned to film dramatizations of the family's eviction from the farm house north of Annawan today. The crew also planned to shoot scenes in the Henry County Jail, where some of the family members were taken to provide a roof over their all been very i Smeller towns are a lot more fun to film In. Katny Cumbo CosgroveMeurer Productions. She said .11 actors will be used in the filming.

The production crew, which is be moved up more quickly if there is an organized group," he said. You can have an effect. Mr. Champagne said the state plans to resurface Blackhawk Road between 12th and 15th streets. But he said a state five-year plan does not contain a proposal to widen the road between 38th Street and Blackhawk State Historic Site.

"Its also in the fiiture, Mr. Champagne said. "But if there is a group out there that feels it is important" it can lobby for quicker state action. Rock Valley area business people are expected to hold further! meetings to discuss creating an association. 1976 Loses Conservative Party leadership race to Joe Clark 1 983 Bectod leader of Conservative Party 1984 Becomes Canada's prime mininter after uoneowanves wfi reoora number of seats In parliament 198 U.S.on 1988 Oonsstvafvea again win majority of pariament seats; continues an prims minister 1989 Signs Free Trade Agreement wMi US.

1991 Signs add rah agreement wtti 1992 Charlottetown conetltutionai agreement voted down In nadona referendum 1993 Stoj ps down as Conservative leader and prime $25,000 set aside for facade Improvements, an improved Blackhawk Road and the construction of a Rock River bridge. Mr. Champagne explained a new bridge "is far out in the Aiture" but added that the state appears to be serious about preparing designs, and the Clinton Adminstrations Job stimulus package may provide money fter such projects as bridge construction. "Its a Aiture project that could ORGANIZE FROM PAGE A1 the city. "Those organizations are very important to us.

Mayor Schwiebert said, "Weve made retail a major emphasis and in the Blackhawk Road corridor there is a lot of opportunity. We hope and encourage you very much to get organized. The prize for organization, city officials said, could be the Rock Valley area benefiting from the 3200,000 capital improvement dollars earmarked for the citys retail development program, the OTTAWA (AP) Brian Mulroney may be stepping down as prime minister, but bis party retains a parliamentary majority that it is likely to use to push through the controversial North American free-trade agreement before Call elections. Mulroney, 53, announced his resignation on Wednesday but said he would remain in office until a new Progressive Conservative Party leader can be selected, probably at a June party convention. I shall hand over to my successor a government and party ready to fight and win the next election, Mulroney said Wednesday, ending months of speculation about his Aiture.

Mulroneys resignation was strategically timed to Improve chances that the Conservatives will remain in power. The party is npw free of a hugely unpopular leader blamed for the country's economic woes. Andrew Pyle, senior economist at the Toronto unit of MMS International, a financial-research firm, says Canada's economy is likely to improve in the next two to three quarters and boost the Conservatives in the polls. Elections must be held before Nov. 21, the end, of Parliaments current five-year mandate.

Most analysts expect the election, the date of which is decided by the prime minister, to be held in September. the meantime, Conservatives hold a solid I majority in die 29frseat 1 Commons, Prior to the election, the government will try to clear a logjam of controversial legislation, including the free-trade agreement and proposed changes to the unemployment Insurance system, and to propose a budget Mulroney says he sees no reason why the North American free-trade pact cannot be ratified by the House of Commons before the elections. His government is expected to introduce the necessary legislation this week. Though the government has pushed free trade, the Canadian public has been cool. Canada already has a free-trade agreement with the United States, and SOURCE: AP THANK YOU ST.

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