D C Questions? Call 1-800-Tribune Saturday, December 1, 2018 Breaking news at chicagotribune.com GEORGE H. W. BUSH 1924-2018 DAVID HUME KENNERLY/GETTY 2011 The 41st president Oversaw end of the Cold War, presided over 1st Gulf War By Michael Graczyk died. He was 94. president, Bush was the man with he had trouble articulating “the Asociated Press The World War II hero, who also the golden resume who rose through vision thing,” and he was haunted by presided during the collapse of the the political ranks: from congress- his decision to break a stern, solemn HOUSTON — George H.W. Bush, Soviet Union and the final months of man to U.N. ambassador, Republican vow he made to voters: “Read my a patrician New Englander whose the Cold War, died late Friday night Party chairman to envoy to China, lips. No new taxes.” presidency soared with the coalition at his Houston home, said family CIA director to two-term vice presi- He lost his bid for re-election to victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then spokesman Jim McGrath. His wife of dent under the hugely popular Ron- Bill Clinton in a campaign in which plummeted in the throes of a weak more than 70 years, Barbara Bush, ald Reagan. The 1991 Gulf War businessman H. Ross Perot took economy that led voters to turn him died in April 2018. stoked his popularity. out of office after a single term, has The son of a senator and father of a But Bush would acknowledge that Turn to Bush, Page 2 $14M paid in Leaders sign hazing death revised settlement NAFTA NIU student’s family sued Pi North American Kappa Alpha entities; 2012 case deal still faces test involved criminal guilty pleas before Congress By Zeke Miller By Matthew ities hosted “Mom and and Catherine Lucey Walberg Dad’s Night” and posed as Associated Press Chicago Tribune the pledges’ “Greek” par- ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE ents. Rhonda Barrett said after she complained about co-worker Juan Lopez, she was fired. BUENOS AIRES, Ar- The family of a Northern The fraternity and so- gentina — President Don- Illinois University student rority members directed ald Trump signed a re- who died after a night of Bogenberger and other vised North American heavy drinking at the fra- pledges to ask their CHA SUED FOR HIRE trade pact with the leaders ternity where he was a “Greek mother and fa- of Canada and Mexico on pledge has settled its long- ther” a series of questions, Friday, declaring the deal running lawsuit over his after which they were THAT LED TO FIRING a major victory for work- death for $14 million, a required to drink vodka Ex-worker says abusive man should’ve been investigated ers. But tensions over tar- figure the family’s that was poured iffs, looming GM layoffs attorney believes for them by the By Annie Sweeney plaint with the Equal Department Academy and questions about the is the largest ever fraternity and and Jeremy Gorner Employment Opportuni- years earlier after being pact’s prospects in Con- in a hazing case. sorority mem- Chicago Tribune ty Commission saying accused of verbally and gress clouded the celebra- “It’s a lot of bers. she was repeatedly har- physically abusing wom- tory moment. money for the Bogenberger Rhonda Barrett says assed by the gunman, en. The U.S.-Mexico-Cana- death of a kid was found dead she pulled her car over, Juan Lopez, while the “His termination from da Agreement or USMCA, who shouldn’t in the fraternity stunned, when she heard two worked together at the fire academy ... fore- is meant to replace the have had to die home the fol- the news about a gunman the Chicago Housing Au- told his public employ- 24-year-old North Ameri- this way,” said at- lowing morning. killing his ex-fiance, then thority, according to her ment conduct at the can Free Trade Agree- torney Peter R. Bogenberger Records show a Chicago police officer attorneys and a filing in CHA,” states the lawsuit, ment, which Trump has Coladarci, who his blood alcohol and a pharmacist in a the case. filed in Cook County Cir- long denigrated as a “di- represented the family of level the previous night shooting at a Near South Now Barrett is suing cuit Court late Thursday. saster.” The leaders signed David Bogenberger. “It was as high as 0.43 percent Side hospital last week. the CHA, accusing it of That conduct included the new deal on the side- ought to be a deterrent to — more than five times the Just four days before “willful negligence” in “swearing at (Barrett) in lines of the Group of 20 kids who might engage in legal limit for drivers. the attack at Mercy Hos- hiring Lopez even though front of employees and summit in Buenos Aires this behavior (of ) making Nearly two dozen Pi pital and Medical Center, he had been dismissed after two years of fre- pledges go through this Kappa Alpha members Barrett had filed a com- from the Chicago Fire Turn to CHA, Page 4 quently blistering negotia- kind of stuff.” pleaded guilty to criminal tions. Each country’s leg- Bogenberger, 19, of Pal- charges in connection islature still must approve atine, died after attending with his death, and the the agreement. a Nov. 1, 2012, event at the family sued the fraternity “This has been a battle, off-campus fraternity Pi and sorority members ‘She would want us to celebrate her life’ and battles sometimes Kappa Alpha, where fra- present at the party, the Tamara O’Neal, along with two others, was shot and killed by her ex-fiance, Juan make great friendships, so ternity members and Lopez, in November at Mercy Hospital in Chicago. More than 400 friends and members of various soror- Turn to Hazing, Page 2 family gathered to mourn, sing, cry and remember her. Chicagoland, Page 3 Turn to Trade, Page 2 Chicago Weather Center: Complete $2.50 city and suburbs, $3.00 elsewhere High Low Tom Skilling’s forecast 42 40 forecast on back of Chicago Sports 171st year No. 335 © Chicago Tribune 2 Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Saturday, December 1, 2018 D World leaders sign 41st president, won Gulf War Elgin man Bush, from Page 1 travels, the political odd tered the White House in couple grew close. 1989 with a reputation as a pleads to revised trade pact almost 19 percent of the “Who would have man of indecision and in- Trade, from Page 1 ing on Twitter: “Oh, I get it! vote as an independent thought that I would be determinate views. One I am a very good developer, candidate. Still, he lived to working with Bill Clinton, newsmagazine suggested robbery it’s really terrific,” Trump happily living my life, see his son, George W., of all people?” Bush he was a “wimp.” said, before lining up with when I see our Country twice elected to the presi- quipped in October 2005. But his work-hard, play- of student Canadian Prime Minister going in the wrong direc- dency — only the second In his post-presidency, hard approach to the presi- Justin Trudeau and outgo- tion (to put it mildly). father-and-son chief exe- Bush’s popularity re- dency won broad public By Clifford Ward ing Mexican President En- Against all odds, I decide to cutives, following John bounded with the growth approval. He held more Chicago Tribune rique Pena Nieto to sign run for President & contin- Adams and John Quincy of his reputation as a fun- news conferences in most three copies of the deal. ue to run my business-very Adams. damentally decent and months than Reagan did in An Elgin man pleaded The signing came at the legal & very cool, talked The 43rd president is- well-meaning leader who, most years. guilty Friday to his role in beginning of a packed two about it on the campaign sued a statement Friday although he was not a George Herbert Walker the 2016 abduction and days of diplomacy for trail...” following his father’s stirring orator or a dreamy Bush was born June 12, armed robbery of a Trump that will conclude He added in a second death, saying the elder visionary, was a steadfast 1924, in Milton, Mass., into Wheaton College student. with high-stakes talks Sat- tweet, “....Lightly looked at Bush “was a man of the humanitarian. Elected of- the New England elite, a In a plea agreement urday with Chinese Presi- doing a building some- highest character.” ficials and celebrities of world of prep schools, with DuPage County pros- dent Xi Jinping on ways to where in Russia. Put up “The entire Bush family both parties publicly ex- mansions and servants ecutors, Jeremy M. Jones, ease an escalating trade zero money, zero guaran- is deeply grateful for 41’s pressed their fondness. seemingly untouched by 25, formerly of the 300 war between the two coun- tees and didn’t do the life and love, for the com- After Iraq invaded the Great Depression. block of Washington tries. project. Witch Hunt!” passion of those who have Kuwait in August 1990, His father, Prescott Street, agreed to plead “There’s some good Later on Friday, the Sen- cared and prayed for Dad,” Bush quickly began build- Bush, the son of an Ohio guilty to armed robbery. In signs,” Trump said. “We’ll ate intelligence committee the statement read. ing an international mili- steel magnate, made his exchange, prosecutors see what happens.” referred cases to special After his 1992 defeat, tary coalition that included fortune as an investment dropped other felony Before Trump arrived in counsel Robert Mueller’s George H.W.