Opinion Stories from November 18, 2013 (Change date)
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Business training class just couldn’t go onNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On November 22, 1963, I was 28 and employed by Aetna Casualty and Surety Co. as a classroom instructor in the company’s training division in Hartford, Conn. My memories ...
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Sadness, prayers at Catholic schoolNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I returned to my seventh-grade classroom after lunch, unaware that life would change. Childhood innocence would be replaced by black and white images of a murdered presi...
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Jolted from a carefree teenage stateNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - Folded gum wrapper chains as long as the height of all four Beatles put together — who could build it first? That was the contest on WLS radio, and that’s what my friend...
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Two momentous events 80 days apartNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - My grade school life was intertwined with President Kennedy. I have a memory of seeing him in Elgin during his campaign trip through the Fox Valley. On Nov. 22, 1963 I w...
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Day to celebrate turned to day of mourningNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 22, 1963, I was a college sophomore and postulant studying to be a School Sister of Notre Dame at the motherhouse in Mequon, Wis. It was the feast day of Saint C...
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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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It’s been downhill ever since for our nationNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was in a small downstate high school science class when we got the word that the president had been shot. All classes were canceled, and everyone listened for further ...
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Innocence, hope missing after assassinationNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - When JFK died, it is said, so did our innocence. I think that’s true. I was a sophomore at St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin when President John F. Kenned...
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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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A cold day brought stark realitiesNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was 18, and working my first full-time job after graduating from Palatine High School. I was in the art department of General Telephone Co. in Des Plaines. When I came...