Word: royko
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wrong, Wrong, Wrong. Chicago Daily News Columnist Mike Royko wrote that it was time to reconsider not the President but his venomous critics, especially the more youthful ones, "who were offended by him in so many, many ways. For one thing, he was old. They might have forgiven him that if he had at least acted young. But he acted like a harassed, tremendously busy, impatient man with an enormous responsibility. Just like their old man. If you live in a big city you see the hate that threatens it. He lived in the whole country and looked...
More Sly. The Chicago Daily News was one of the papers that welcomed Bobby's candidacy editorially; its columnist Mike Royko, on the other hand, compared the presidential race to a baseball game being mismanaged by a fellow called Big Lin. "Bobby walked around telling the other guys what a mess Big Lin was making. But he didn't say anything to Big Lin." Only Eugene, who "wore glasses, read books and played the piano," had the nerve to tell off Big Lin and pop him in the nose "Suddenly Bobby shouted: 'Don't worry, Eugene...
...piece about Chicago Daily News Columnist Royko [July 1] recalls the fact that in Cleveland, we have a street named Kosciuszko. There is a story that a policeman stopped in the station, told his superior there was a dead horse on Kosciuszko. The officer said, "Well, make out your report." The policeman, a poor speller, disappeared. After an hour, he came back disheveled and out of breath. His officer demanded to know where he had been. Replied he: "I moved the horse to 79th Street...
Assorted Affections. After his discharge, Royko returned to newspapering. He started out with a small North Side community paper in Chicago, then moved to the City News Bureau, which sent him to work in every corner of the city. In 1959, he got a job as a general-assignment reporter for the Chicago Daily News. There, his wry style made such an impression that he was offered a weekly column. Before long, former Editor Larry Fanning let him write a column three times a week; today he turns out an astonishing five...
...outdone by Chicago's horde of boosters, who are always dreaming up new ways to celebrate the virtues of their city, Royko once proposed a unique affair. "We are only a few gunshots away from recording our 1,000th 'gangland slaying'-nine away, to be exact. A city wide 1,000th-Hit Festival could be held. There could be a fireworks display in Soldier Field-with exploding cars. Someone from the police department might even make a speech about its role. Since it has solved only two of the 991 cases, the speech need not take long...