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West Frankfort Post Office may soon have new name

WSIU Public Broadcasting
Published July 10, 2008 at 8:53 AM CDT

By Jeff Williams

West Frankfort – THE U-S POST OFFICE IN WEST FRANKFORT MAY SOON CARRY THE NAME OF ITS HOME-TOWN CONGRESSMAN AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS THE "PRINCE OF PORK"...

THE HOUSE TONIGHT (WED) PASSED A BILL TO NAME THE POST OFFICE AFTER KEN GRAY. GRAY IS A NATIVE OF WEST FRANKFORT AND SERVED THE 19TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT FOR MORE THAN 20-YEARS. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING FUNDING TO BUILD POST OFFICES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
GRAY IS ALSO CREDITED FOR ROUTING THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM THROUGH SOUTHERN ILLINOIS.
GRAY IS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN AND IS THE RECIPIENT OF THREE BRONZE STARS. THE BILL NOW GOES TO THE SENATE FOR CONSIDERATION.
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