Photographer Wolf recalls Nixon world tour memories
Former Nixon photographer Wolf recounts covering the vice president’s foreign tour to Burma India and China era highlights including Nehru interviews. He recalls Nixon’s leadership and personal kindness, noting how the president introduced him to world leaders and left lasting impressions through both travel and memorabilia.
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Burma
New Dehli
India
Wolf
Jawaharlal Nehru
U.S
Nixon
Osaka
Thailand
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Park Forest
Joe Woods
Rose Mary Woods
Strike settlement cuts to 3.20 hourly pension stroke cap at 28 percent
The contract cuts annual pension strike to 3.20 per hour, lowers rail line haul cap from 35 to 28 percent, and safeguards road drivers displaced by rail freight to transfer duties. Casual dockworkers will earn 14.45 hourly, with full-time workers prioritized, while grievance arbitration and limited overtime rules reshape the dispute ending. Union leaders describe a hard-won compromise balancing wages, job security, and company competitiveness.
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TMI
Teamsters
Carey
District statement on anonymous letters and false police log
The board says it will monitor police investigations into a circulated false police contact log and letters from an Office Max signatory group. It notes lack of formal reports and privacy concerns limit disclosure while promising action if a district employee is involved.
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Codgell
Yates
Sieden Prairie Elementary School
District 159 Faculty Association
Office Max
Matteson
Dodgell
Matteson Police Department
Board of Education
Baby Found In Grocery Bag Sparks Local Police Probe
A healthy newborn girl, under 24 hours old, was found in a white plastic bag printed with Sterk's Super Foods. She weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and measured 19 inches. Police canvassed the area as tips came in. the mother later surrendered to authorities.
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Sterk’s Super Foods
South Suurban Hospital
Village museum project seeks members and donations
The museum plans include a shop chair and a working player piano, plus a research area and storage space. Organizers aim to attract members and donations from the village's past. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays, with volunteer cleanups Friday evenings. Contact 748-3033 or 748-0947.
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Graham
Nixon honors Wolf for Asia trip photo coverage
George Wolf Jr., a Cook County sheriff candidate, received an autographed copy of Richard Nixon’s memoir dated June 2, 1981, praising Wolf’s 1953 Asia trip coverage. Wolf filmed the SAC B-36 Pacific crossing, Alaska to Japan, the plane’s first crossing, and later followed POW exchanges in Korea to Texas, with footage shown worldwide.
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China
Wolf
Nixon
Congress
John Kennedy
Nixon-Lodge
Illinois
Texas
Senate
Cook County
Richard Nixon
George ‘Sarge’ Wolf Jr
Asia
Trial reveals $115000 and $120000 drug bribe claims
IRS testimony outlines Mangialardi allegedly taking $10000 monthly bribes from Otis Moore Jr. and $255000 total from 1987 to 1989. It cites officer payments, gifts claims, and a $25000 gold coin purchase as central to the case, with defenses arguing gifts and loyalty.
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Mangialardi
Otis Moore Jr
Lexley
Moore
Allan Ackerman
IRS
Peter Levin Pontiac
David Wierzbicki
Wierzbicki
Allen Vehrs
Olympic Village
Ackerman
Sev
Eral
Technology reshapes school libraries across the area
In Matte son Huth Middle School, librarian Marianna Benson notes a shift from literature focus to information retrieval skills as computers and televisions occupy prominent space. The library now features 32 networked machines, a computer catalog, and a digital check out system, signaling essential tech in learning.
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Flynn
Marianna Benson
Matte
Huth Middle School
Benson
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