Cook County Opinion
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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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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...
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Kennedy was a symbol for young AmericansNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - On Nov. 22, 1963, ironically, I was teaching American history at St. Mark’s School in Chicago, and it was playing out before us. The other male teacher (at the time, nun...
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The first group with no memory of itNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - I was first-semester freshman in college in the fall of 1977. I was in an American history class covering 1877-present. Our professor was lecturing about the day of JFK’...
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A dark time in our nation’s historyNov 18, 2013 4:00 am - To put it succinctly, “It was the best of times it was the worst of times.” I was born and raised in Washington, D.C., and was a senior in high school at the time. The C...
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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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Voters must act to rebuild state reputationNov 17, 2013 4:00 am - Yes, We’ve had our “bananas.” There’s been lots of talk about the relative importance in the selection of “second banana,” the Illinois governor’s running mate. But fran...
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Mandatory sentencing bill deserved to failNov 17, 2013 4:00 am - I am writing to express three concerns. 1) When are the police going to start enforcing two state laws? There is a law that says you must have your headlights on when y...