Austin News, The (Newspaper) - September 25, 1968, Chicago, Illinois Waiting Demolition Crew Old neglected and deteriorated two-story house at 1635 N Sawyer wearily leans OB house next door while waiting for wrecking crew to begin job of razing the structure of the building by court order obtained by city's building department is expected to be completed this week When too owner elderly Edward Costelio refused to remove ings after eviction and deadline date bailiffs men placed the household and personal effects on the sidewalk during Thursday's heavy rainfalL As of Monday the rain-soaked furniture was still on the walk Willing Willie Chicago's Oldest Neighborhood Answer Man Readers are invited to send questions on civic problems that need to be tackled to Willing Willie Community 4906 W Chicago ave Chicago Mi 60651 Several months ago a utility pole in my yard was blown down by the wind and now lies in my neighbor's yard where it fell Commonwealth Edison and Illinois Bell removed their wires and restrung them to another pole But the downed pole was left behind I must get it out of my neighbor's yard but It's long an very heavy Can you F K We called Commonwealth Edison as we know they are ex- tremely cooperative and always willing to help We discussed your problem with Ted Martin of the service department who was very sympathetic and promised to check it out The check revealed the pole was not Edison's but was a private property pole and they had no responsibility for removing it However said Mr Martin through the good offices of William 1st of Edison's public relations department the utility company will send a crew this week to remove the pole Willie is most impressed and would like to thank Mr Martin Mr and Commonwealth Edison for the consideration shown and for undertaking a job which was not responsibility Thanks again A restaurant owner next door to me moved his bage cans from behind his restaurant to a spot right next to my fence that runs along the yard where my children play and also near the windows of my home The odor is sickening flies abound and broken glass is scattered all over He did this after I reported to police that he was burning garbage in the back And he still con- to burn garbage The board of health won't help E B Foreman Jimmy Simpson of the ward sanitation bureau said a warning ticket was issued by sanitation police to the restaurant owner He was ordered to get more garbage cans to contain the refuse and to move the cans back to where he formerly kept them at the rear of the restaurant The owner has said he will comply in all respects Who are the VIPs who get away with parking on cago near the Austin police station when the meter shows red yet get no I daily count from four to six cars parked before meters showing red flags but no violation tickets on the cars I have license numbers of the cars and pictures As a citizen if I park on I get a ticket if I've overstayed the parking limit even one minute I think it obnoxious that the VIPs don't get violation tickets but ordinary citizens do Indignant Willie went straight to the head guy Cmdr Mark Thanasouras Cmdr said if yon have pictures and license numbers please bring them in to him He noted that when red flags on meters show up it could happen just after a i patrol of the beat He's certain that it's not a deliberate move to overlook overtime parking by motorists We asked you on Sept 9 to help us neighbors get the building department to board up or have demolished a dangerously dilapidated abandoned house in the 1800 block of N Kedzie We were afraid a carelessly thrown cigarette might set fire to the house On Sept 18 a fire gutted the structure Mr D We called tke building department with your complaint Sept t and checked again Sept 23 Apparently the department had already acted on a previous request of yours and had sent an inspector He recommended demolition and the order to lish the building was seat to the owner Sept t This was followed Sept 19 by a request from the department of the corporation counsel's office to file a demolition order against the owner The owner be required to tear dowi what's left of the building and remove the debris Suit be filed by the corporation counsel's office to have the owner do 22 Testify In Seven Slum Cases The Organization for a Better Austin supplied 22 witnesses in support of the City case against seven buildings in court last week most dramatic an OBA spokesman said were on 5006 Monroe and 480111 Gladys The building 5008 W Monroe held by mie Federal Savings and Loan was ordered demolished by Oct 10 Vernon Stewart 5013 roe stated This is a great victory for our block that building has been an eyesore and a menace to the for months The building at Gladys was placed into receivership with the Chicago Dwellings sociation collecting the rents A bond of placed so that if the necessary work is not com- by Nov the bond will be forfeited Manager of the property is Michael Perrone of Cicero Realty The judge took action after Mrs Minnie Williams 4611 Gladys a tenant displayed a bag of 18 mice she claimed to have caught in her apartment the night prior to the court date Two otter buildings aged by Perrone were in court and come up Oct 17 Mandatory injunctions the OBA said were placed against property at West End 4637 West End and 4931 son This means that if work is not completed by the next court date the owner will be held in contempt of court The property at 440 N Lavergne is being transferred to demolition court after seven residents testified that it is in terrible said Ed Bailey chairman of the OBA Housing committee Bailey declared we have had a long fight but now feel the building inspectors and yers for the Corporation sel are starting to push Why one of the inspectors even brought in pictures that was something we have always had to do ourselves Big Sales To Mark Courtesy Birthday It's birthday time at Courtesy Food stores The food store chain with Side stores at 5400 Chicago and 3801 Division is celebrating its anniversary Steve Mesi Courtesy owner said that special sales will be held throughout the ments The outstanding bargains Mesi said will be offered as C o u r t e s way of saying thank you to long-time Why Do Boys Go BY ANTHONY Supervisor Cook County Unit Community Division Illinois Youta Commission Juvenile delinquency is ly a social and community lem and not a product of al deficiency or sickness At birth no one can tell whether a child will be delinquent or non- delinquent Most scientific evidence shows that there is no real or psychological ence between delinquents and those who are Delinquency is a complicated problem rooted in the very ric of our society and fed by the forces which run through all parts of our social life Delinquency is learned and acquired behavior The tudes aMl habits the behavior of the child mre built tro through his ences developing IB Ow ess off interaction between the and the many he faces and conditions under wUek ke lives If the attitudes underlying his behavior are formed as he lives and grows up among all the people in his neighborhood then an understanding of the child's behavior requires a knowledge of the social world in which he lives Children and adults always live and act in association with other persons They do not grow up in a vacuum They live as members of groups and ry on their activities in a living moving social world It is tural to view them and their be- the social groups of which they are members Among the more important social groups thant contribute to the development of the at- and behavior of the child are Ike family play group school and the institutions These groups are particularly im- portant since they are the first groups to which the child belongs and which influence his behavior Through these groups the child becomes influenced by an increasing number and variety of personalities and social ues In growing up he must learn to adjust to the tions and standards of his social groups and in this turn have brought on new of immigration migration are gradually formed SOCIAL CHANGE A basic social process that contributes to delinquency is and most of all rapid social change as we bad in the industrial revolution and now in the many technological and scientific changes taking place today Inventions have brought about many changes and im- in the means of production transportation and communication These changes have brought about tion industrialization division of labor and mobility These in social for au unsettled social fife weaken the family and com- munity ties and controls and leave children especially tike male without mal support aud connel hi meeting life's problems id social changes cause the breakdown in between adults and children that has resulted in what is now called the generation Many teenagers today feel completely out of touch with their parents and other adults Continued on Page 11 THE AUSTIN NEWS Vol 29 No 29 4906 W CHICAGO AVE WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1968 Al iSe copy 1 SECTIONS II Austin Commander Tactical Unit Break Burglary Gang Four burglary suspects all with long police records are facing a Sept 30 court ance after they were captured last Thursday by Austin police tactical units led by district commander Mark Thanasouras Three of the men hended by Cmdr Thanasouras as they attempted to load a evision set into a car in of 4922 Jackson The fourth armed with a 32 cal revolver was arrested a block away by officers David Haynes and cil Brownlee Cmdr Thanasouras had signed three tactical unit teams to patrol the area be- tween Cicero and Laramie and Van Buren and Madison after a wave of burglaries bad swept the community He personal charge of the Thursday patrols Shortly after 1 p.m while cruising the area in his private car Cmdr Thanasouras ted three men as they put a TV set into the trunk of the 1962 Oldsmobile parked in front of 4922 Jackson As the men at- tempted to dose the trunk the Austin commander noticed a second set When Cmdr Thanasouras questioned the trio they told him they had bought the TV set from a friend living on the third floor of the Jackson ad- dress As it was raining hard at die time Cmdr Thanasouras failed to take particular note of a fourth man standing some 30 to 40 feet away The 15th district captain dered the three back into the building in an effort to check out story When no one could be found at the third floor flat Cmdr Thanasouras after advising the men of their con- rites placed them under arrest It was then noted that a first floor apartment door had apparently been broken into It was later discovered that the TV set had been taken from this flat occupied by Ella who was at work at the time During the time Cmdr CMDR THANASOURAS and the three suspects were in the building the fourth man who apparently was ing as a lookout had walked away from the scene V However a bizzare turn of events resulted in his capture Cmdr Thanasouras private car is equipped with a radio but it is only for he cannot send on it As he held the three burglary suspects at gun point in front of their car Along Cicero Ave Residents turn out to sweep street sidewalks and parkway to lend emphasis to demands for more frequent cleaning of Cicero north of expressway Aid Edwin arranged to have street sweeper to help with chore Discussing street sweeping problem with him at far right are Elmer I center and Louis DeMarco right from Mayor's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago the commander noticed a police cruising a block away Unable to attract their tion Thanasouras fired one shot into the air which the driver and his partner heard Patrolmen Richard and James Shield answered the emergency summons and the three men to 15th district headquarters Meanwhile the fourth man heard the shot and panicked Thinking Cmdr Thanasouras shot was a warning fired at him he began running west in Jackson toward Lavergne when he was spotted by Haynes and Brownlee He was carrying the gun in his hand Later identified as Ernest Johnson the suspect denied any association with the burglary saying he was only trying to get away from some tion around the corner However when he was searched police discovered a traffic summons issued to one of the three men picked up by Cmdr Thanasouras thereby tying him in with the burglary gang In addition to Johnson the suspects are Freddie Bea liam Alexander and Alton son Jackson is 30 and the other three 29 None lived in the area AH four were charged with burglary and Johnson faces additional charges of ful use of weapon and failure to register a gun Johnson can also receive a five year prison sentence under a ue forbidding an ex-convict to carry any weapon within five years after release from on Cmdr Thanasouras said area 5 burglary detective told him the arrest of the gang clears up between 30 and 35 burglaries in the area Remodeled Town Hall Dedicated It was not at all difficult to tell that a lot of work had been done hi the auditorium of the Austin Town Hall when it was rededicated Friday night Not only was the work visible new and attractive ment of the walls new lighting fresh audible as well The marked change in the acoustics of the hall is vastly more dramatic than what can be seen Before the renovation pre- a play or a concert in the halt was little different than trying to do it in an empy gymnasium or in the Town Hall's own swimming pool V p of little sound drowned put everything including the original sound it- self Microphones and fiers only made things worse Enjoying music or a play under thos conditions was next to im- possible Friday night dignitaries spoke into a microphone seemed to be mini- mal yet they were heard throughout the hall clearly Re- echoes were gone Musical groups on the stage and in front of it needed no electronic boosters although did the micro- phone Every note was heard For one who has heard at- tempts to play music in the Town Hall before the change is hard to believe Only when the doors to the lobby are open does one hear the noise that was the feature of the hall Even the doors were remodeled so that when they are closed the noise from the lobby is effectively shut out of the auditorium v The remodelling done at a cost of mostly in the auditorium was done largely through the efforts of Sen mas McGloon who made the acceptance speech during the ceremonies Other dignitaries who spoke were Commissioner William F McFetridge president of the Park District who dedicated the auditorium Thomas C Barry Park District acting General Superintendent and Aid Thomas Casey who the many special guests who represented organizations that use the Town Hall Open House Will Be Held At An open house will be held from 2 to 4 p.m Tuesday at Apartments 3916 Washington A reception will be held in the first floor lounge qf hte cago Housing authority senior citizens apartment building lowed by guided tours of the first and 20th floors and through several apartments said Mrs Doris Sporleder CHA program co-ordinator More than 200 persons are expected to attend the annual open house event Kiwanians Peanut Day Is Friday Friday is Peanut Day on the West-Northwest Side Members of Kiwanis clubs throughout the area will be ing away for whatever amount the receiver wishes to ute bags of delicious peanuts The money collected provides for year-round Ki- wanis club service work with handicapped and underprivileged ren All money collected is retained by the individual club and is used in its own community The Kiwanians their friends and families selling the peanuts can be recognized easily by their official Kiwanis caps tons which bear the Kiwanis Kids day emblem that they carry and the bright red nut Sale ponchos some of them will wear SIENA TEA Mothers of freshman at Siena High school 5600 Washington will be welcomed by the faculty and the mothers board at a tea Sept 29 from 3 to 5 p.m Sister Marguerite moderator as well the board members in- viting all mothers to turn out ior this meeting
