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Democratic Convention (1968)

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    May 1, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Cop: "Every night was a battle and a half"

    Retired Chicago Police Lt. Bob Angone had been a cop just 31/2 years by August 1968. He was a veteran of the violence surrounding Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s open housing campaign in 1966 and the riots after King's assassination in April. But neither...

    Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Elections, Politics, Democratic National Conventions, Fatigue

    2. Feb 19, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. 'Hog butcher for the world'

    The shuttering of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. on July 30, 1971, didn't mark the end of Chicago's role as "hog butcher for the world." That came a year earlier, when "hog alley" closed, a victim of the stockyards' long descent from years of glory and gore.
    The shuttering of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. on July 30, 1971, didn't mark the end of Chicago's role as "hog butcher for the world." That came a year earlier, when "hog alley" closed, a victim of the stockyards' long descent from years of...

    Tags: Newt Gingrich, The New York Times, Upton Sinclair, Willa Cather, Barack Obama

    3. Oct 16, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. 175 Chicago protesters arrested after being told to leave Grant Park

    Chicago police arrested about 175 Occupy Chicago protestors in Congress Plaza just after 1 a.m. Sunday, about 90 minutes after police issued their first warning that the group was violating municipal code.
    Tribune reporter
    Chicago police arrested about 175 Occupy Chicago protestors in Congress Plaza just after 1 a.m. Sunday, about 90 minutes after police issued their first warning that the group was violating municipal code. Police completed the last arrests and cleared...

    Tags: Michigan Avenue, Economy, Business and Finance, Anglicanism, Companies and Corporations, Government

    4. May 17, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  4. NATO summit will give Chicago a global boost, poll finds

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel has touted the NATO summit as a way to showcase Chicago on an international stage, and much of the Chicago area agrees with that notion, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows.
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel has touted the NATO summit as a way to showcase Chicago on an international stage, and much of the Chicago area agrees with that notion, a Tribune/WGN-TV poll shows. Nearly 6 out of 10 voters support hosting the conference and think...

    Tags: Elections, Barack Obama, Grant Park, Camp David, Rahm Emanuel

    5. May 20, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Prosecutors: Undercover work showed 3 men planned to hit police, mayor's house, Obama HQ

    Police surrounded the three men — now known as the NATO 3 — outside a Bridgeport drugstore last week and peppered them with questions as officers searched their car.
    Police surrounded the three men — now known as the NATO 3 — outside a Bridgeport drugstore last week and peppered them with questions as officers searched their car. The two sides traded barbs about the Occupy movement and the 1968 Democratic...

    Tags: Police Investigations, Defendants, Bronzeville, Laws, Rentals

    6. May 2, 2012 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Risselle 'Rikki' Fleisher

    Risselle "Rikki" Fleisher, a former general counsel to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations who was a legal advocate in civil rights cases, died Tuesday of <a href="/health/breastcancer/">breast cancer</a> at Stella Maris Hospice. The Bethany Beach, Del., resident was 77.
    Risselle "Rikki" Fleisher, a former general counsel to the Maryland Commission on Human Relations who was a legal advocate in civil rights cases, died Tuesday of breast cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The Bethany Beach, Del., resident was 77. "She wanted...

    Tags: Maryland Transit Administration, Breast Cancer, Mount Royal, Discrimination, New York City

    7. Apr 6, 2012 |Story| LA Canada

  7. Take Five: Hello, Mrs. Malaprop, Wherever You Are

    Writers love words just like chefs love food.  We spend hours tinkering with verbs, nouns and adjectives within all types of techniques and combinations to keep the eyes of our readers glued to the copy we create. We infuse our writing with clever,...

    Tags: Chicago Mayor, Entertainment, AFLAC Inc., Richard M. Daley, Samuel Goldwyn

    8. Apr 8, 2012 |Story| WSBT Radio

  8. Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' interviewer, dies

    NEW YORK &mdash; Mike Wallace didn't interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them.
    NEW YORK — Mike Wallace didn't interview people. He interrogated them. He cross-examined them. Sometimes he eviscerated them. His reputation was so fearsome that it was often said that the scariest words in the English language were "Mike Wallace...

    Tags: Henry Kissinger, Frost Nixon (movie), Richard Nixon, Deception (movie), Entertainment

    9. Apr 8, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  9. CBS newsman Mike Wallace dies at 93

    AP Television Writer
    CBS newsman Mike Wallace, the dogged, merciless reporter and interviewer who took on politicians, celebrities and other public figures in a 60-year career highlighted by the on-air confrontations that helped make “60 Minutes” the most...

    Tags: Henry Kissinger, Frost Nixon (movie), Richard Nixon, Deception (movie), Entertainment

    10. Apr 8, 2012 |Story| Petoskey News

  10. Mike Wallace, '60 Minutes' interrogator, dies

    NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; "Mike Wallace is here to see you."
    NEW YORK (AP) — "Mike Wallace is here to see you." The"60 Minutes"newsman had such a fearsome reputation that it was often said that those were the most dreaded words in the English language, capable of reducing an interview subject to a shaking,...

    Tags: Henry Kissinger, Frost Nixon (movie), Richard Nixon, Deception (movie), Entertainment

    11. Feb 21, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. PASSINGS: Michael Davis, Dick Anthony Williams, Ric Waite

    <b>Michael Davis</b>
    Michael Davis Bassist for rock band MC5 Michael Davis, 68, the bassist of influential late 1960s rock band MC5, died Friday of liver failure at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., said his wife, Angela Davis. The Motor City Five, later known as MC5,...

    Tags: NBC (tv network), Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics, Drama (genre), Arts and Culture

    12. Jan 3, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. Emanuel admits he erred on describing G8, NATO parade rules as temporary

    Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said he erred last month when he said tighter protest rules and higher fines for thwarting police would be temporary measures designed just for a pair of spring meetings of international leaders in Chicago.
    Clout Street
    Mayor Rahm Emanuel today said he erred last month when he said tighter protest rules and higher fines for thwarting police would be temporary measures designed just for a pair of spring meetings of international leaders in Chicago."I misspoke, and I...

    Tags: Michigan Avenue, Riots, Entertainment, Television, Arts and Culture

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