Opinion Stories from November 18, 2013 (Change date)
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A scary, puzzling time for a first-graderNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - The lunch bell rang, and we lined up at the door of our first-grade classroom. “Bring all your books with you. You’re all going home,” Sister Francis Marie said with a c...
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Shock among students, nuns working in hospitalNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Where were you when JFK was shot? I was a student nurse at St. Anne’s Hospital on Chicago’s West Side. Some of us heard the news on the floors. I was between classes. We...
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Weekend of mourning led to joy for pairNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Beside the terrible sadness of the death of JFK, the weekend brought about one thing that has been wonderful in my life. I was a senior at Loyola University’s Michigan A...
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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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Gravesite a place of honor, respectNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - As we move closer to the 50th anniversary of that awful time, I am drawn to two distinct moments on which to reflect about Nov. 22, 1963. When I first heard of the shoot...
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‘Presidents don’t get shot nowadays, do they?’Nov 18, 2013 4:00 am - A small town in New Jersey, outdoor PE class on a warm November afternoon, sixth grade, 11 years old — and as we filed back into the building, one of our classmates had ...
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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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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...
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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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Johnson followed Kennedy admirablyNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was 16 years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. It was the first of three tragic assassinations during the ’60s; Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King...
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