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Hard times won’t allay books’ spellApr 10, 1995 10:56 am - Editor’s note: This column originally published April 10, 1995 I dream on my encyclopedia. My favorite volume, over the years, has been Ovid Plastering. We are old frie...
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Death of another paper means more jobs lostApr 04, 1995 10:53 am - I almost lost another job last weekend. Naturally, it was a newspaper job. I was bitten with the newspapering bug when I was 5 or 6. My Dad taught me to read at the kit...
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Brown's president builds campaign to combat crimeJan 10, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 11, 1994 One year after the murders of two franchise holders and five of their employees at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, Brown's Presid...
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'Would you feel safe working in a fast-food restaurant?'Jan 10, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 11, 1994 Linda Baylen, 38, Rolling Meadows, grocery store checker: "I would feel safe. It was an isolated incident, and it could have happened ...
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Owners, workers return to routineJan 10, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 11, 1994 A year ago, Palatine restaurateur Rudy Sadru emerged from a police security seminar after the murders at Brown's Chicken & Pasta and p...
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Site of closed restaurant keeps immediate neighbors on alertJan 10, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 11, 1994 The presence still lingers. A year after seven people were found murdered at the Brown's Chicken & Pasta, the legacy for the Palatine ...
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Bratcher defends police work, scolds mediaJan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 One year into the investigation of the Brown's Chicken & Pasta murders, Palatine Police Chief Jerry Bratcher sat down for an interview ...
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For investigators, 'You're always thinking about it'Jan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 Jack McGregor doesn't answer when the question is asked. "We're in it for the long haul," he says. And yet the question remains. What i...
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Inside the task forceJan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 "Hell yes, there's frustration. There's frustration at that level that I couldn't find words to describe it." - Palatine Police Chief J...
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Brown's probe: By the numbersJan 08, 1994 10:00 pm - Originally published Jan. 9, 1994 Since the Jan. 8, 1993, murders of seven persons at Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine, there have been: • 100 law-enforcement office...