Kupcinet Bridge Renamed in Honor of Sun Times Columnist
Chicago Mayor Harold Washington announced the renaming of the Wabash Avenue Bridge to honor Irv Kupcinet long time Sun Times columnist. The ordinance passed in December will be formalized with a plaque ceremony and a bagpiper band.
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Chicago Sun- Times
Irv Kupcinet
Harold Washington
Kup
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The
Sun-Times
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Wabash Avenue
Kupcinet
Roosevelt love letters reveal courtship and marriage details
Harvard's Houghton Library displays 23 Roosevelt letters and 16 by Alice Lee, offering a view into their brief marriage and the future president's grief. The artifacts include dance cards and photographs donated by Joanna Sturm, granddaughter of Alice Longworth.
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Cambridge
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Alice Lee
Theodore Roosevelt
Harvard University
David McCullough
Roosevelt
Lee
America
Joanna Sturm
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Harvard
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Sturm
Alice Longworth
Albany
N.Y
Michael Teague
Schlafly helps secure grant for family crisis study
Phyllis Schlafly backed a $622,905 Justice Department grant to the Task Force on Families in Crisis, a group largely drawn from her Eagle Forum. Critics call it a partisan use of funds, while Schlafly cites parity with a $580,000 grant to a domestic violence coalition.
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Washington
Justice Department
Phyllis Schlafly
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Eagle Forum
People For the American Way
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Anthony T. Podesta
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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Band of Police Department Bagpipers
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Nancy Reagan
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Clint Eastwood
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Calif
Star
Holland
Bird Baths
Rose Bushes
Holland Orchard & Nursery
Hwy
Peru
Caribbean
American Express
Simmons Mattresses
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1St Street
3Rd Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Berkline
Smulekoff’s
Lek Boy
Amana V.lp
Mcintyre
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