South Austin News (Newspaper) - July 12, 1967, Chicago, Illinois Landlord Promises Croup to Correct Violations P 2 COMMUNITY WANT ADS and Now on Sunday Park VI 15 BS SOUTH AUSTIN NEWS How to Four Part Series Starts Today See Below WEDNESDAY JULY 1967 This Issue Consists of Sections 18 Panes At a cooy By Mail K 50 year at Sgt D Dinner Upwards of people are expected at the Chateau 5729 Chicago tomorrow night July 13 at a testimonial Why Drivers Hate Bikes Oblivious to possibility of oncoming and forgetfulness require drivers to biles Leslie 10 and Pappas 12 dart from exercise extra caution in Summer bicycling j driveway into street without seeing Debbie season Noone 11 pedaling towards them Youthful ex- i Bicycles At Large Summer is here and are suddenly out in force Though there is instructions on safe bicycle riding in the schools and bike in the parks somehow it seems not all riders are reached says Sgt John Mullen of the Police Traffic safety education sion And kids being kids are prone to forget a safety rule in the excitement of play Considering the number of traffic accidents involving cles there are surprisingly few deaths said one policeman Last year three Chicago dren were killed in 1965 two and 1964 one But youngsters were injured in 895 of the bicycle dents reported in 1966 Bicyclists are required by Il- linois traffic laws to abide by the same regulations as motor vehicles Children under 11 are allowed to use residential walks Some safety experts have advocated that bicyclists low pedestrian rules and ride facing oncoming traffic But according to the National Safety council where such rules have been followed there has been an increase in Also importai bicycle accidents and the hazards policemen are told to and and Chicago codes are in stop them and give some on- and reflectors Sgt Doll Austin district police officer who was shot to death March 29 Sponsored by the Austin ness council the event will seek to raise enough money for a down payment on a home for the policeman's widow and her five children Tickets for the benefit at each are being sold by members of the ABC In tior according to Jim Grant who was ABC president when the group initiated plans for the testimonial tickets may be obtained it the door morrow evening The benefit is scheduled to start at p.m The Austin district station under its community service di- rector Sgt Art Ferando is also selling tickets to policemen throughout the city Sgt do said that by Thursday proximately 500 tickets will lave been purchased by fellow officers The benefit comes some months after Sgt Doll was to death by Gary C when the officer curbed a car carrying Horton and Delia Ann Jones at speare and Cicero Already wanted tor an armed leaped by the car and a shot gun from under his coat firing point Cvit However before he died Sgt Doll managed to get off six shots and the fleeing ton and Miss Jones man Redden ing on the scene just seconds after the shooting also tied his gun at the two Miss Jones was found badly wounded a short distance away and Horton's body four times by bullets from i Doll's and guns was ered a couple of blocks 1 away The police department's Award of Valor was presented to Redden and posthumously to Sgt Doll recently in one tae final acts presided by out- going police Supt O W Wilson I Although Horton was killed j after the shooting of Sgt Doll i his accomplice Miss Jones has betn charged under Illinois statutes with the actual der Her trial is slated to start j in criminal court before Judge Delaney on Aug 4 In addition to being accused of murder Miss Jones will also face armed robbery and grand thrft auto charges She and Horton were identified from photos as the pair who held up j a West Side grocery store Risky Business and Debbie team up with Richard Noone 13 on crossbar team up for a little horseplay isn't risky enough Bicycle stunting plenty of fun should be confined to ground areas kept off streets Youngsters all of 162 N wood volunteered to pose for pictures to demonstrate some of mistakes children make drivers must watch for Dick recently was struck by car thrown from bike under parked auto near his home line with NSC instruction according tions i to Cmdr Mark Thanasouras of c u- the Austin district Police enforcement of bicycle regulations is more a matter of Most frequently attributed as education than writing out cauge le ls ets for violations When crossi watching dren are seen riding m such a signs and that they are endangering two or more on themselves by creating traffic How To Swim Wafer Basics Come First Although there will be many opportunities in your community for local youngsters to learn how to swim this summer with the proper techniques any parent can teach his child how to swim in a backyard swimming pool neighborhood pool or lake Here the American Red Cross has telescoped ing Johnny to Swim manual into a four-part series How well a youngster learns Prolific Lily Admiring profusion of lilies growing in sprouted The plant now has 27 blossoms yard of home at 4815 Walton is tenant Mrs more than last year Mrs Spapperi also pli Ingrid Olson Building owner Mrs Dina ed a twig from a Florida orange tree Spapperi said she transplanted a years ago and hopes to reap a harvest of f stemmed potted lily to her garden four years when the tree now 4 feet high matures in ago Each year more blossom-bearing stems to swim is but one measure of a parent's success as a teacher Be sure of course to tell him to take a deep breath through to Robert Pohl Red the before PUtting Cross volunteer water safety chairman The most important measure is whether the parent face in the water When the beginner can keep his face underwater for a measure is tuc and child possess positive second period have him blow tudes towards bubbles through his mouth while under Pohl suggested demonstrate Work Under Way to Midwest Into Nursing Horn being safe in on and around the water MSQ or more on are Cite Austin Cop In Burglary Cases and reflectors when riding at night While it is most frequently the cyclist who gets himself into trouble it unfortunately re- mains with the motorist to avoid the accident that the parent himself by imitating the sound of a motorboat Take a breath go under ex- hale slowly and come up before expelling all of it Once the youngster has technique he's pool or lake Pohl suggested taking the beginner into shallow water and walking with him until the water reaches about three mastered this ready for the feet deep Once he's accustomed to the bobbing Austin district police officer James Carroll has been cited for his alert and courageous police work following two re- rests r of Area 5 burglary detail took part m the cent incidents when the man aided m the capture of three burglary suspects one night and the following night shot and killed another burglar he caught attempting to rob a Northwest Side home Lt Edward Send The Newspaper Send our Com Publications neighborhood newspaper to your son Drother i 01 tive in service in the world for a v ly subscription rate of iuil of me home ake an extra letter trom every week The i- tor am of the 7 tions papers Journal Austin Newt Humboldt Journal Kelvyn Park Journal wood News South Austin News Send check or der to Circulation Manager Community Publications 4906 W Chicago Are fh go 111 60651 immediately On June 27 Carroll in to a in progress call at 5159 sev and other Austin officers captured Henry Solvang Ivan Burgess and James Duncan who police say were at- tempting to a drug store at the address In his commending C a r r o outstanding police Lt said it is be- the three men were Area Buildings Improved You'll to develop within your youngster the desire to be safe while in the water Adults can do this by pointing out that the youngster will enjoy himself more and you'll feel more at if he will learn and water he can start tice safe rules of the water A child's first introduction to water can be at home or in the shallow uart a pond or beach If at home fill a wash basin or nth r shallow dish with water and have the youngster put his fate in the water a number of times Gradually build UP the time until he can hold his face un- der water for a period of seconds Ask him to duck under blow 1 bubbles all the while he's under and come up Then have h'm leoeat the sequence establishing a definite rhythm The should be about two seconds and the ex- halation about three seconds Keep him working on this until he -s able to do it 15 or 20 times without stopping Learning how to float and glide Contractors were scheduled to move into the Midwest hotel G X Hamlin to start i the remodeling iob which will turn the j structure into a nursing home David I Spark ol the law I firm of Spark and Holleb which the former athletic club lor earlier this told Community tions Monday that final al irom the city planning mission had eliminated the last bit of red tape standing in the I way of the remodeling work Spark said the contractor had informed him that a few men were slated to start pre- liminary work Monday July 10 and that by the end of the week things would be going full blast Contractor for the remodeling ib B R Abbott Construction and the architectural firm which came up with the prints for the work is Yosh Nakazawa and Associates SparK revealed that he was informed by an Abbott man that some demolition will have to be done on the inside and this should take up the first couple of weeks of the ing chore The attorney who along with his law partner and Frank E Williams long al administrator in he nursing field bought the building last March also said he was told that the work may not take as long as originally believed At first it was thought the re- j modeling would take six i j months to complete Spark said we are now lied to believe that only four months will be needed to turn the hotel into a sheltered care center According to Williams for- mei director ot Winston Manor Nursing home the center will be for persons not needing nursing home care but needing more care than can be at home or not having a home The law firm 77 Washington purchased the tel for than a tenth of the original cost of building what in 1924 was con- a swank athletic cli The Midwest Athletic was organized and the bi ing built during a time in when club organ tions and construction the in thing of the era However with the depre foreclosures hit mo the Midwest Atl club was no exception The building was later verted to the Midwest hotel went through receivership I when Community exposed the fact that rea tate taxes had been paid di only 12 years of unpaid 1 amounting to an estm With this the county took over the 1 mg Cook county time and advertised the building for and the last time a mini 1 bid of was set b before there were no taker For their j Spark Holleb and William the building corr I with its fancy ballroom gy sium and swimming pool A total of 2.502 buildings con- 18.728 dwelling units in the Mont Clare on patrol of his beat in that June 28 ssr Dur and bousing f code Uo men run from the building Ho to stem and then ired two warning shots P bee achieved in 1 284 buildings con- units as ten ire the pa r to heod his compared to 1.213 buildings and commands Can oil ured again one o men Th suspect liH as Matthew Slow ski 20 dean on arm ai at Si Anne's hospital The other A mac 24 1031 Paulina was captured bv distance from the shooting when taken to Austin signed a that the two had intended to the home dwelling in the last half of 1966 rhe department's com- munity areas tabulation Side fared as follows in full or partial ance from June 1 1966 to June 14 Buildings Dwelling Units Mont Clare 16 99 74 291 46 139 Logan Square 288 2818 Humboldt Paik 330 2469 414 38601 1334 9052 Fight Looms Over Swim Pool Location Can You See Sign P A good place for a motorist to pick up a moving traffic tion for his record is at Cortland and Oak Park Stop sign for eastbound traffic in Cortland is all but invisible behind low- hanging foliage O'Sullivan head of the streets and tion department's complaint room promised quick action to remove camouflage make intersection safer The Ministers for A Better Humboldt MBH are to lock horns with the Northwest C o m m u n i f v Organization over the location ot any swimming pool the Chicago to build in the general Humboldt its second public open rum held ai Our Of Angels church 3808 Iowa under the ship of David Sheldon director of thp MCA MBH began to entrench itself against an effort to locate the proposed new pool sought by NCO on the cast side oi boldt Park or near California Instead MBH decided to launch its own campaign for a new pool in the ol Division and Pulaski a mile and a half west NCO has vigorously 1 and picketed the paik district to procure a full size swimming pool in i Park but has succeeded thus far in procuring only an tion that a learn to swim pool might be a possibility A group NCO ed the park district offices again last Saturday afternoon officials about 150 men women and children were in the line no high cial it being after- noon and paik oft foi the weekend the NCO said they did win an to meet park representative at a tualK time this I week with a report on that to be made at a meeting Friday night at Casa Central Apprised ot the MBH action in opposing the plans for a in the eastern part of Humboldt Park an NCO cial commented 1 We heard rumors about this but we don't think it's right I think we'd bettei get I with the Ministers i and see if we can't coi some sort of agreement don't we wind up w pool at all Sheldon reported that incipient MBH a pool in the neighborhood bf ui taken j steering con tee still be be named a petition committee aKc unnamed He explained die neves tnat a tull size swin pool west than prc bv NCO would serve mor pie and that the present boldt Park pool with a ca of 250 persons is not used to capacity Unti pool is used to consensus at the MBH seemd to be a new pool needed in that locality PARKER REUNION The Parker High schoo tion class of 1942 plans union Sept 23 and is see contact members
