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Willkie to Speak at Joliet Lidice Memorial Ceremony
Wendell L. Willkie appears as a major speaker for the Joliet Lidice memorial ceremony near Stern Park Gardens, honoring the Czech village destroyed by the Nazis. The event, broadcast worldwide, expects about 50,000 attendees from Chicago and other areas as new defense-area homes rise nearby.
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