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Arts have friend in Rep. Sid Yates // Chicagoan keeps culture funds flowing
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The walls of most congressmen's offices are filled with plaques
and photographs of building dedications and high-ranking public
officials.
Rep. Sidney R. Yates, the dean of the Illinois delegation, has
adorned his Capitol Hill office with reprints from the Art Institute
of Chicago, a fetish from New Guinea and an autographed photo of
Georgia O'Keeffe.
They are trophies and remnants of the liberal Democrat's love and
war for the arts. Some congressmen use their clout to snar...
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After 50 Years, Yates Ready to Take a Bow; Illinois Democrat Has Made His Mark on Arts
The Washington Post
; ... though a stalwart fighter for what he believes, has never been a self-promoter. He writes his own speeches and doesn't put out news releases. Instead he writes witty and literate newsletters to his constituents. Many hope -- though some might fear -- he'll ...
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At 80, U.S. Rep. Sidney Yates still going strong
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... key and understated. In a business that isn't short on ego trippers, Yates has never been a self-promoter. He seldom calls a news conference and doesn't have a press secretary, political consultant, or pollster. He has won 40 out of his 42 political races ...
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Yates will leave behind an admirable record
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... Yates' accomplishments aren't familiar to some Chicago voters, it's his own fault. Yates grew up before the age of the nightly news. He never developed any skill for self-promotion. In five decades in Congress, Yates never issued a press release. Invited a ...
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Yates kills Helms' NEA curbs // Deal hit as `trading corn for porn'
Chicago Sun-Times
; WASHINGTON In what was denounced as a backroom trade of "corn for porn," Rep. Sidney R. Yates (D-Ill.) of Chicago on Wednesday rescued the nation's arts from restrictions that Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) wants to impose. Yates, widely recognized as Congress' leading protector of the arts, negotiated
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Longtime Congressman Sidney Yates Dies; Democrat From Illinois Helped Save the NEA and Protect the Wilderness
The Washington Post
; Sidney R. Yates, 91, an Illinois Democrat who during 48 years in the House of Representatives gained a reputation as a champion of cultural and conservation causes, died Oct. 5 at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He had pneumonia and kidney failure. Mr. Yates served in the House from 1949 to 1963, and
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