Franklin Shuftan Leads Northern Illinois Newspaper Leaders
The piece lists Franklin Shuftan as managing editor of the National Newspaper Association and Dennis Wheeler as senior news editor. It notes Lester G. Sons as executive editor and Joanne M. Zerkel as features editor, with Susurban Newspapers of America Northern Illinois Newspaper Association credited on A-4 of the May 29, 1994 Sunday edition.
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Franklin Shuftan
National Newspaper Association
Illinois Press Association
Susurban Newspapers OF America
Northern Illinois Newspaper Association
Editorial on D Day echoes and memories across suburbs
A South Suburban reflection on D Day June 6 1944 recounts eye opening scenes of beach action from veterans and civilians. Personal recollections from Richard McCarthy Hazel Crest and others alongside Eisenhowers exhortation mark the price of victory and Memorial Day as 50th anniversary nears.
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Normandy
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Memorial Day Address by Garfield at Arlington Cemetery
Gen James A Garfield spoke at Arlington on the first Memorial Day May 30 1868 praising fallen soldiers. He said silence can be golden beside graves of 15000 men whose lives were more significant than words and whose death was a poem of virtue and patriotism.
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Tam
James A. Garfield
Arlington National Cemetery
War Stories reveal pacifist shift of D-Day veteran
Edgar Peara, a 23 year old combat engineer at Utah Beach on D-Day, recounts his wartime experiences and growing pacifism. Now a Unitarian minister and social activist, he argues war brings loss for all and stresses lifelong learning, education, and meditation. His four sons never served, a fact he notes with pride.
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Omaha
Utah
Normandy
Europe
Edgar Pearn
Pearn
Peara
Edgar Peara
the Star
Hitler
Pacific
Okinawa
United Way
Rotary
PADS
Bloom Township Democratic leadership reshapes meetings and invites new captains
Letter writer Leon Norwood details Terry L. Mattews's leadership, new meeting site at Recupido's in South Chicago Heights, and monthly 7:30 p.m. gatherings. He urges unity across village trustees and organizations and opens precinct captain roles to all, highlighting the organization as all-people inclusive.
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Bloom Township
Bloom Democratic Organization
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Lester G. Sons
Joanne M. Zerkel
Richard H. McCarthy
Hazel Crest
Dallas Barnes
Country Club Hills
Eisenhower
Jack Dunn
Tinley Park
Shaanah
Charles Corte
Homewood
Utah Beach
Arthur R. Gottschalk
Flossmoor
Louis Venditti
Chicago Heights
Mac the Knifed
Thonpong
Tom Houlihan
North Africa
Omaha Beach
Leon Norwood
Rich East High School Singing Rockets
Faith United Protestant Church
Charles K. Smith
Carnegie Hall
United States
Peter Tiboris
MidAmerica Productions
Manhattan Philharmonic
New York, N.Y
Charles Shields
Mr. Shields
William Simpson Park
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