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  • Today in Chicago History: Bears introduce new coach Ralph Jones

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    Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Dec. 27, according to the Tribune’s archives.

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    Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago)

    • High temperature: 61 degrees (2008)
    • Low temperature: Minus 10 degrees (1950)
    • Precipitation: 1.74 inches (2008)
    • Snowfall: 10.1 inches (1894)

    1929: The Chicago Bears introduced Ralph Jones, of Lake Forest Academy, as their coach.

    From George Halas to Ben Johnson: What was said about every Chicago Bears coach when they were hired

    “We believe our hope for development of a winning team would be increased if we could turn the squad over to a professional coach,” Bears co-owner George Halas said. “Neither Ed (Sternaman) nor I had time to coach the Bears. Last season, the worst since we entered professional football with the old Staleys, the coaching responsibility was divided between us and Ralph Scott. As a result our offense was ragged and by midseason the team had lost its morale.”

    Jones had a 24-10-7 (.706) record during the 1930-32 seasons.

    Soldiers carry Sewell Avery, chairman of the board of Montgomery Ward & Co., out of the building on April 27, 1944, after he was removed from his own office by the army on instructions of Atty. Gen. Biddle. Avery had defied the department of commerce when it tried to take over the huge plant. (Fred Giese/Chicago Tribune)

    1944: Eight months after Sewell Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward & Co., refused to renew a union contract on orders of the War Labor Board — and the feds moved in, literally, and moved Avery out — President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered another seizure of the company.

    The National Guard has been activated to Chicago 18 times from 1877-2021. Here’s a breakdown.

    The company fought the government takeover, saying its goods were not related to the war effort, but it lost its battle in the courts.

    Avery didn’t get his company back till 1945. Then, fearing a postwar depression, he refused to expand along with his competitors, and Wards hopelessly lost ground.

    One survivor of a North Central Airlines plane that crashed into a hangar and exploded at O'Hare International Airport on Dec. 27, 1968, told the Tribune how he escaped from the aircraft. "I popped open the emergency window, said 'Let's get out of here,' and jumped,'" said U.S. Air Force Sgt. Carl Tessmer. (Chicago Tribune)
    One survivor of a North Central Airlines plane that crashed into a hangar and exploded at O’Hare International Airport on Dec. 27, 1968, told the Tribune how he escaped from the aircraft. “I popped open the emergency window, said ‘Let’s get out of here,’ and jumped,’” said U.S. Air Force Sgt. Carl Tessmer. (Chicago Tribune)

    1968: Buffeted by wingtip turbulence from a jet that had just taken off, a North Central Airlines Convair 580 lost control while taking off and hit a hangar at O’Hare. Twenty-eight died and 27 others were injured, including several people on the ground.

    Vintage Chicago Tribune: Plane crashes that stunned our city

    This crash and others prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to require a greater interval between jet aircraft on takeoff and landing.

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  • Russian foreign minister gives Ukraine ultimatum over 4 occupied regions

    Russian foreign minister gives Ukraine ultimatum over 4 occupied regions

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    The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has neutralized more than 4,500 cyberattacks on the country this year, an official said Monday.

    Ilya Vitiuk, head of the SBU cybersecurity department said in a statement that Ukraine had “entered 2022 with eight years of hybrid warfare experience behind us,” adding that “at the time of the invasion, we were already ready for the worst scenarios.”

    “And the massive cyberattacks that we repelled in January and February became additional ‘training’ before the invasion,” he said.

    The scale of cyberattacks is now much wider, particularly compared to previous years, he said. In 2020, nearly 800 cyberattacks were recorded, while in 2021 it jumped to 1,400, and in 2022 the number increased more than three times.

    “Today, the aggressor country launches an average of more than 10 cyberattacks per day. Fortunately, Ukrainian society does not even know about most of them,” Vitiuk said.

    He added that attackers are most likely to target energy, logistics, military facilities, government databases and information resources.

    “We monitor risks and threats in real-time 24/7. We know most of the hackers from the Russian special services working against us by name. We are working on documenting them,” Vitiuk said, declaring they would face hearings at a future international military tribunal.

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