 When he died recently at age 80, Cheetah the chimp received respectful obituaries across the globe. This seemed only fitting for a star in the 1930s Tarzan films with Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. Cheetah was the world's most famous non-human primate. (His only serious rival, King Kong, was a fictional character.) No less an authority than Turner Classic Movies host and prominent film historian Robert Osborne weighed in on Cheetah's cinema legacy: "He was a major star. He was one of the things people loved about the Tarzan movies because he made people laugh. He was always a regular fun part of the movies."  | Editorial: Preparing for the next fire If you live in a Chicago high-rise apartment, you may assume that there's a buildingwide alarm system to alert residents of a fire. You may assume that elevators would be automatically shut down if a blaze erupts. |  | Page: Reproductive freedom? Caution: This presidential campaign endangers reproductive health. Women's rights to contraception and other reproductive health services seem to face even more than the usual threats from the 2012 Republican presidential candidates. All of which raises new questions about whose freedoms today's conservatives really want to defend. | | Chapman: I was (almost) a teenage Mormon Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman have brought Mormons into the spotlight, and other Americans may be a bit intimidated at what they see. Judging from these guys and their families, you might conclude that all Mormons are wealthy, upstanding, accomplished, worldly and very nice-looking. | |  | |
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