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Choudhary said a lot of people assume that she doesn’t drink because she’s from India, but that’s a misconception; many Indian people drink. Her husband drinks, she said, as do many of her friends. Her kids, ages 9 and 12, are old enough to notice that she doesn’t imbibe, and to ask questions, so she was delighted that they had the chance to hear the “laughter, giggling and nonstop chatter” when she hosted the Dry Naperville Social holiday gathering.

Cardwell, a native of West Virginia who had previously lived in New Jersey, was found strangled to death in her sixth-floor room inside the residential portion of the Leaning Tower YMCA, 6300 W. Touhy Ave., on Nov. 8, 1992, police said. Cardwell’s sister and brother-in-law discovered her body during a weekly visit, Det. Sgt. Mike Boba of the Niles Police Department said during a press conference last year.

“The story of the blizzard is one of delay, despair, destruction and death. It is also a story of patience, courage, neighborliness and heroism. All forms of transportation were hopelessly snarled, travelers were stranded for hours, roofs collapsed from the weight of snow and people died from shock and exposure.” Chicago Tribune, Jan. 28, 1967 Share quote & link