Passing of Vernon Meidell, Star-Tribune Editorial Leader
The Star-Tribune mourns the death of editorial director Vernon Meidell in Chicago Heights. For decades he shaped the quality of Chicago Heights and south suburban papers, guiding Williams Press 13 newspapers and upholding balanced, clear reporting across Oak Forest Tinley Park Orland Park Westhaven and Park Forest communities. He began as a teen sports writer and rose to senior editorial roles, leaving a lasting journalistic legacy.
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Star-Tribune
Vernon Meidell
Chicago Heights
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Park Forest
Park Forest South
Homewood-Flossmoor
Williams Press
the Stars
Tribune Publications
Harvey
Alec Kerr
Kerr
Star- Tribunes
Oak Forest
Tinley
Open Mindedness urged for rights of mentally retarded citizens
Joan Leuchten of Markham urges Tinley Park and Markham residents to recognize the rights of six million mentally retarded people. She argues advocacy in courts plus genuine openness are needed for education, employment, housing, voting, and personal growth.
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Dunn
Sparger
Tinley Park
Markham
America
Joan Leuchten Markham
Rights Allegations From Tinley Park Park District Employee
Lyman Anfield of Tinley Park objects to a front page Tinley Park edition story arguing rights abridgment under the Bill of Rights Articles 5 and 6. He asserts park district employees were deprived of inalienable rights as free citizens.
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Tinley Park
Tinley Park Park District
Lyman Anfield
Iroquois pledge service to the American cause in 1775
About 400 Iroquois Indians present Gen. Wooster with a belt of wampum and pledge their service to the Americans as long as the sun and moon endure. The New York Provincial Congress appoints a committee to arm a ship to halt supplying the British and protect provisions for the cause.
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National Park Service
CNS
Gen. Wooster
New York
Perspectives Long-Time Pastime Kicking the United Nations
ALEX R. SEITH argues that U S attitudes toward the United Nations have soured while Moynihan’s blunt diplomacy provokes global backlash. He notes growing UN criticism in the United States as power realities clash with multilateral forums and warns Americans may revoke their engagement with the world body.
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United Nations
Alex R. Seith
U.S
America
Season of joy yields blunt look at crime and law
A reader recounts a gas station robbery with attendants bound and workers ignored by passersby. The piece turns to a satirical vignette about a trucker convoy song and civil disobedience, linking it to tax dodges and petty theft, all framed as commentary on changing attitudes during renewal season.
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Chicago
Texas Instrument
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Amin
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Nixon White House
Peoria
World Organization
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Dennis Wheeler
Law and Order
Sonny
Will
Flower Children
San Francisco
Village Hall
Washington, D. C
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