World Cup Fever Brings Chicago Mixed Reactions
Chicago braces for the World Cup '94 opening as locals debate soccer's appeal. Officials predict a tourism surge with events, parades, and a Domingo concert while fans in immigrant neighborhoods celebrate. Skeptics worry about riots and Chicagoans' unfamiliarity with the sport.
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North Side
Chicago
Germany
Bolivia
Clinton
Helmut Ohl
Izalo Sanchez de Lozada
Diana Ross
Anther
Jacido Domingo
Leslie Fox
Derek Rector
Fie
Jim Froslic
Herbert Stober
Resi
Stober
Miracle window given to church in Orange County
In Santa Ana California landlord Ernest Barela delivered a luminous frosted pane to Immaculate Heart of Catholic Church after tenants complained and threats surfaced. Hundreds viewed the glowing cross formerly seen in a home shrine with crowds crying and singing as the cross appeared amid candles.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Ernest Barela
Immaculate Heart of Catholic Church
Barela
Anaheim
San Jose
Tijuana
Mexico
Enrique Sera
Sera
Man seeks underground living record in Guinness mix up
Bob Leasure known as Mountain Bob believed he set a 226 day underground stay record in the Isabelle Mine near Canon City Colorado. Guinness says 463 days is the Yugoslavian record from 1969 70 and Italy’s 210 day claim was misread. Leasure calls the delay “dirty poker” and says he would have pursued the record.
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Canon City
Colo
Bob iLeasure
Leasure
Mountain Bob
Isabelle
Maurrizio Montalbino
Italy
Mark Young
U.S
Guinness
Yugoslavia
Young
Facts On File
Guinness Book
Wallet found after 33 years brings back memories
Mary Brewer, now 52, received her wallet 33 years after it vanished from a bowling alley parking lot. A construction worker found it hidden in a wall and tracked her down to return it with snapshots and a three cent driver’s license intact. Brewer recalls the theft as traumatic and plans to guard the keepsakes this time.
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Indiana, Pa
Mary Brewer
Brewer
Arch
Martin Snyder
Bowlin Alley
Snyder
Larry Houck
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Korea Times
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Arigger
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Fla
Citrus Bowl
Belgium
Morocco
Orange County Register
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Oakwood
Andrews Hwy
Grandview & University
Odessa
Remy
Macgregor
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Bartles & Jaymes
L.N. Grandview
Carlo Rossi
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Him & H
Dillard's
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Diners Club
Discover Card
Seiko
Dillard’s
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