Opinion Stories from November 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Just the start to a decade of terrorNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I turned 6 during the ’60 campaign. I had so many questions! Why is a president not a king? Why replace a healthy and good president? Kennedy was magical with his unexpe...
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Kennedy left nation with hopeNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - In the sixth grade, our lesson was interrupted by the school secretary coming to the door with a note for our teacher. He read the note, and we could all tell that somet...
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Teacher felt need to remain calm for studentsNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Many years ago while I was teaching in a junior high school, an announcement came over the loudspeaker that President Kennedy had been assassinated. My students were dev...
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Child born 2 months later is named JohnNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I certainly recall that day. It will never leave me. I was Christmas shopping in Oak Park on Lake Street I was seven months’ pregnant with my son John. I was in a jewelr...
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Joy over Catholic president, then sorrowNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I remember like it was yesterday, and I can’t believe it will be 50 years. I was 12 years old in seventh grade at St. Paul of the Cross School in Park Ridge. The teacher...
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Death was beginning of end of innocenceNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Honestly? JFK didn’t mean much to me when he was alive. He was rich, Catholic and his wife wore great clothes. That’s about all I knew. As a sophomore in high school, I ...
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Kennedy years guided later political choicesNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - My college years were “bookended” by JFK’s presidency. I stayed up all night in my dorm’s TV room on the November evening of his election my freshman year. I listened in...
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Military officers solemn on plane rideNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Nov. 22 began as my last day of work at a North Side Chicago business. And it was to celebrate both my mother’s and sister’s birthdays. I had not worked long at this bus...
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7-year-old’s birthday plans were upstagedNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - The day President Kennedy was shot was the day before my seventh birthday. I was in second grade at Green Valley School in Lombard. I don’t remember exactly when or how ...
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The show went on, provided a diversionNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I worked on John F. Kennedy’s 1960 election campaign. Newly arrived in New York City, an aspiring actress, I joined the cadre of young hopefuls passionate about the futu...