Saturday, July 4, 2009 East Central Illinois

Amid threats, man's battle to retire Chief ends - for now

By Julie Wurth
Saturday, February 24, 2007 10:19 AM CDT

The answering machine beeps, and the message comes through loud and clear: "You're a dead man!" shouts the voice on the other end.

A few messages later, another one. A woman screams, "Go Hitler! Go Hitler! Go Hitler!" seven times in all, then yells, "Exhume Hitler! Exhume Hitler!"

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