ENCORE: 'Voice of a Tornado'
Oak Lawn Patch reprises its story of a little known recording of the actual 1967 Oak Lawn Tornado.
Sunday marks the 46th anniversary of the 1967 Oak Lawn Tornado. Patch reprises one of its most popular stories 'Voice of a Tornado.' Readers' comments, many recounting their own experiences of survival and loss, are left intact as additional documentation of a day that will live in infamy in Oak Lawn's history. Please add your own memories and thoughts. On April 21, 1967, Robert Kehe, manager of the Coral Theater in Oak Lawn and the father of six children, stepped outside onto 95th Street and Cicero Avenue to record the start of a thunderstorm on his reel-to-reel tape recorder. Read more 1967 tornado stories on Oak Lawn Patch. Instead he captured the sound of the worst tornado ever to hit the immediate Chicago area, which many believed …
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Ron Stufflebeam
4:43 pm on Saturday, April 27, 2013
Yep, thanks Tom! Hey Jean, let Fred know that Terry & Gary Burks live in Phoenix when he gets ready to retire which must be coming soon. I retired last Aug & am enjoying it. Terry has lived there for 20 years or so & loves it, he is in the banking business & living in the Scottsdale area. Should you or Fred talk to Jim, Rich or Manny tell them hello & good luck on your move out west. more ›