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Saturday August 2, 1969 Dear Jack & Gladys; Thought I'd just drop in and say hello and how are you? I hope both of you are well. I clipped the enclosed clipping from the 'Voice of the People' Column in yesterday's, Friday's Aug. 1st, Tribune. I know your acquainted with Tom (Gannon?), whom I haven't seen in years. In fact, I had heard a rumor he had died of cancer, and (here he shows?) up in the letters to the editor's column paying a tribute to his deceased friend (Fran Coughlin?). I knew (Coughlin?), but I didn't know he was a poet. I knew him as a public reporter book reviewer, and feature writer. Many is the time I've (Loved?) him to use the prestige