Centralia Reacts To James Brady Shooting Tragedy
Centralia residents react with shock as news spreads that White House press secretary James Brady has been shot in Washington. Community members recall Brady as a well liked Centralia High School graduate and follow details of the developing story. State officials and local friends describe support for Brady and his family as Springfield and Washington coordinate updates and hospital conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L. Schmidt
Centralia
Ill
White House
James Brady
Washington
Harold
Dorothy Brady
Brady
Dean Bain
Bain
Reagan
Green Grill
Shelby Monaghan
Brady’s rise from Centralia high school to Reagan White House
The article traces James Brady’s early life in Centralia Illinois highlighting his jump from an Eagle Scout and student leader to political aide. It covers his education at the University of Illinois and SIU Carbondale, early work with Dirksen, Lear-Seigler, and Chicago firms, then moves through roles under Nixon Ford Roth Connally and finally his appointment as White House press secretary under Ronald Reagan.
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Nate Clay
Centralia High School
Clay
Brady
Rehabilition Institute of Chicago
Chicago
Centralia
Washington
Dorothy Brady
Reagan
John L. Williams
Kinmundy
Marietta
Illinois Bell
Illinois State Elks Association
University of Illinois
Everett M. Dirksen
Justice Department
Champaign
Lear-Seigler, Inc
Lear-Seigler
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
James and Thomas Marketing
Housing and Urban Development
James Lynn
Lynn
Office
Managemnt
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
William Roth
R-Del
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Reagan White House
Reagan’s boyhood hometown stunned by shooting in Dixon Ill
In Reagan’s boyhood hometown Dixon Illinois a blood red Page 1 headline announced the shooting of President Ronald Reagan. Residents including friends from his youth prayed at Second Baptist Church as news spread. Local figures urged gun control and community peace while the town reflected on Reagan’s early life in Dixon.
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Dixon, Ill
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Helen Lawton
John F. Kennedy
Second Baptist Church
Donald Thomas
Dixon
Ronald
Nancy
Bernard J. Frazier
James Bales
United States
Tampico
Helen Nicely
Bank
Thompson on guard after Reagan assassination attempt
Gov James R Thompson described feeling scared and shaken by the Reagan assassination attempt. security chief Za gel noted limits to protection and the governor's reluctance to accept tighter controls. Thompson planned to accompany Reagan on Air Force One to Springfield for a joint General Assembly appearance.
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Mike Briggs
Mike Lawrence
Springfield
James R. Thompson
Capitol
Thompson
Reagan
Air Force One
Washington
D.C
General Assembly
Brady tribute in Illinois turns to shock over Reagan aide shot
Effingham Republican Rep. Glen L. Bower planned to honor James Brady as a son of Illinois on his return home. Plans shifted to mourning as Brady, Centralia native and White House press secretary, was among Reagan assassination attempt victims. quotes from Bower, Burris, and others reflect disbelief and long friendship. Brady, a University of Illinois and Southern Illinois University alum, left a political imprint from Illinois campaigns to federal service.
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Don Levener
Springfield
Glen L. Bower
House
James Brady
Illinois
White House
United States
Bower
Brady
Centralia
Reagan
Roger White
The
Medical Society
White
Washington
Jim Brady
Wayne Jones
Dorothy Brady
Marion County Board of Supervisors
University of Illinois and Southern ~Inois University
Carbondale
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Navy
Dori Hamilton
Harold Brady
Tiger
Broughton
Arlington
Dorothy
Nancy Reagan
Melissa
Colorado State University
Fort Collins
Virginia
Dwight Friedrich
Paul Simon
D-Ill
Jim
Simon
Steve Hull
Mrs. Brady
Centralia, Ill
James S. Brady
James B. Zagel
Department of Law Enforcement
Zagel
Bears
Soldier Field Stadium
James Thompson
Shot Ruins
Roland Burris
Burris
Comptroller
William Greener
G.D. Searle Corp
Greener
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Nixon
Ford
Bradys
Illinois Medical Society
Betty Kararo
Duncan & Fry
DuQuoin
Engelhard
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