Dick Tracy is a comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy),a 
police detective created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut in the Detroit
Mirror. It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould
wrote and drew the strip until 1977.

Cartoonist Chester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985)

Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created by Harold Gray (1894–1968)
and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the
1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James Whitcomb Riley, and made its debut
in the New York Daily News. It ranked number one in popularity in a Fortune poll
in 1937.

                 
                   Harold Gray

One of the biggest stories in Chicago was the crash of American Airlines
Flight 191.

American Airlines Flight 191 from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago to
Los Angeles International Airport crashed moments after takeoff from the
airport. All 258 passengers and 13 crew on board the DC-10 were killed,
along with two people on the ground. Until the September 11 attacks, it was
the deadliest air disaster in the history of the United States.

Camille Bohannon

       
        Harry Randall Truman, 83, was killed in the initial blast.