CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
RICHARD SPECK
Richard Speck kills seven nurses with a knife and is on the loose in Chicago!!!!!
For a city of millions this one single event was heard on the radio 24-hours a day. With Speck on the loose, the city was collectively terrified! Mayor Daley came on the television to address the citizens and assure them he was going to be caught. Panic ensues...............he could be hiding in YOUR basement!!!!!
Finally, after a massive drag net, Speck is found in a downtown flop house - hotel and is caught.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX WIN PENNANT RACE (1959)
Chicago wins the American League Pennant in a night game in Chicago. So what does Mayor Daley do? He turns on every city Air-Raid Siren at 10 in the evening! Now, i ts 1959 folks and I am ducking under my seat in grade school with th e shades drawn twice a week in anticipation of Russian Bear bombers bombing Chicago!!
A war of the world scenario unfolds as several commit suicide thinking World War III started! My parents panic a bit but then realize the reality of the celebration. Daley apologizes to the city...............................utterly amazing.
Bob
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