South Austin News (Newspaper) - March 20, 1968, Chicago, Illinois Start Fund for Area Fire Victims See Below List Candidates For See Page 14 SOUTH AUSTIN NEWS Ml V U VVI ami Sunda IS VOL 29 NO 2 4906 W CHICAGO WEDNESDAY MARCH 20 1968 This Issue Consists of Two By Mail year At Newsstands copy Area Man Captures Burglar Nominated for Police Award Check Aids Fire Fund Marvin president of Austin their home last week Looking on is George Business council presents check to McGuire community services chairman of ter Mary Jane of St Lucy school as Kiwanis club Kiwanis club also donated to tion to fund started to aid John family fund who were left homeless after fire destroyed Fund Started to Aid Family Left Homeless by Blaze The John family has known years of happiness They have also had more than their share of sorrow and misfortune The happiness is wrapped up in their almost 20 years of marriage and the five wonderful children this union has produced The Five years ago Mrs was stricken by multiple sclerosis She has been bedridden since Then misfortune hit the ter family again last week Fire gutted their frame house in the 500 block of N Central Thank God no one was in- said Sister Mary Jane principal of St Lucy school where three of the dren attend school But they lost everything Mrs and the children were able to get out but with only the clothes on their backs The mere fact they were able to escape is a credit to Chicago's fine fire department They are such a ful Sister Jane went on that it really hurt who knows them when we found out about the fire and that they were left with virtually nothing We know that some of their valued personal possessions can never be the said but we thought we could ease some of the great financial burden placed on them so suddenly if a fund was started for the family And such a fund was started almost immediately A tion at the St Lucy Home and School association realized more than with much of it coming from students who dug deep into their pockets and purses giving up probably their lunch money or ance One youngster reported ter Jane said This is all I've got with me but the are welcome to it He added 14 cents to the collection As word of the plight spread other groups added to the fund George McGuire as service chairman of the Austin Kiwanis club presented Sister Jane with a check for from his organization Michael Semon Is An Honest Lad Last Friday Marvin president of the Austin ness council contributed from the ABC Central Austin block clubs affiliates of the Town Hall sembly are also taking up col- lections in their neighborhoods to aid the Monies donated to the ter fund will be placed in a special account at Citizens National bank 5200 Chicago which is cooperating with Sister Jane and St Lucy school in managing the fund who is also dent of Citizens Bank said nations to the fund should be sent to Sister Mary Jane cipal St Lucy school 5920 Lake Checks should be made payable to the Family Fund We hope to get enough money so the can find a place to live and be back together again as a family Sister Jane said Presently the three youngest 7 Gregory 9 and Bettina 12 who attend St staying with brother Mrs and Janet a student at Siena High school are living with a neighbor while and son Mark a sophomore at Austin High are residing at the Austin YMCA across the street from their burned out home For the second time in re- cent months a young Austin area man is being mended for the Chicago police department's Citizen's Award of Appreciation in the capture of a suspected criminal Austin district Cmdr Mark Thanasouras said he is mending that the department's outstanding citizen honor go to Dennis Joyce 17 1532 N Lawler for his role in hending a burglary suspect Jamie Martinez was ed by Austin officer Carl Greco after Joyce surprised Martinez while he apparently was attempting to burglarize the Joyce residence Cmdr Thanasouras said it is believed that Martinez's ar- rest clears up a long string of West side burglaries The has been charged with burglary resisting arrest and battery According to police reports this is what happened the of March 8 Joyce arrived home about p.m and as he walked into the bedroom he confronted a man later identified as tinez rifling the drawers The suspect attempted to flee but Joyce stopped him and the two grappled ez repeatedly hit Joyce around the face and body with a radio apparently taken from the home Martinez broke free but as he ran for the rear door Joyce again tackled him As he tried to subdue the suspect Joyce called for help His Scholarship Forms at Austin News cries were heard by a j bor James Keating 1538 N Lawler who called police and then went to Joyce's aid The two were able to contain tinez until Patrolman Greco arrived Martinez still resisted but eventually was overcome During the struggle nez received head injuries and was taken to St Anne's tal and later to Cermack pital where police questioned him j Officers reported it was cult to get much information from Martinez as he speaks little English He at first gave police his name as Lewis mon Osorio 1305 N Damen He later was identified as Martinez The address was correct If Joyce receives the zen's award he will be the second area man such honor- ed recently Thomas Marren 5223 Ad- ams received his citation from Supt James Conlisk earlier this month He was honored for his role in capturing a purse snatcher That arrest too cleared up a string of crimes Eleven year old Michael mon is an honest lad I Even the large amount ofj money he found in a wallet lost on the street near his home at 4101 Carroll failed to tempt him Well not too much anyhow Any boy would be a little bit tempted by the more than in the wallet Nothing in the wallet vided a clue to its owner Only a thick sheaf of bills a few coins and a couple small objects that provide no lead to the owner at all Mike knows someone lost the wallet Had it had been stolen the money would not have been left in it And naturally some one is looking for that money Not knowing just what he should do with his it does become took it to the fire house at 4666 Fulton and turned it over to Lt Jack Ulrich commander hook and ladder company 46 Ulrich gave it to his chief Arthur Siebert of the 23rd talion who brought it Community Publications The wallet has been locked up in a safe by this per where it will be kept un- til someone can describe its contents well enough to prove ownership If no one can claim hope Mike uses the money for something more than worth of ice cream sodas Applications for scholarships being offered in a new gram of the Kiwanis club of Austin are available at the of- fice of the Austin News 4906 W Chicago The college university and nursing student aid program limited to Austin area dents is not necessarily aimed at those with top lastic averages Rather it is intended for those young persons who because of circumstances be- yond their control did not have the opportunity to reach the top level of ability The Austin Kiwanis club set forth these general 1 Applicant shall strate a willingness and al ability to carry out a gram of study and 2 Applicant shall further demonstrate some need though need will be liberally so as not fo place a hardship upon those students who have worked to help port themselves We are interested in those j students who have the ability to achieve good scholastic re- cords but because of special circumstances did not have the time to devote to their said Abram blatt chairman of the ship program Hold Final Instructions For Judges The final two hours of in- struction for judges of election who will serve in the June 11 primary will be presented in neighborhood theaters and halls starting today day it was announced today by Chairman Sidney T Holzman of the election board The first two hours were by Ch The first of the series of theater classes will be pre- sented at March 20 in the Gateway theater 5216 Lawrence for judges of the ward Instructors will be Stanley T Kusper Jr attorney for the election board and Howard M Miller assistant attorney Kusper said tests covering all four hours of instruction will be given at the conclusion of the theater sessions Judges of Election who com- plete the training course pass the test and are confirmed by the Circuit Court County sion will receive additional pay for serving on election day Acting Presiding Judge Comerford said This will in- crease their pay from the usual to Instructions for west Side wards are scheduled as and 9 at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall 5247 Madison and March 29 at Congress theater 2135 N Milwaukee 20 at Gateway theater 5216 Lawrence Protest Real Estate Practices Members of Lawndale organization are joined one of four protest marches in which OBA or by Organization for Better Austin pickets to its affiliates took part last Saturday Other protest what they call a Race Tax en- picket lines were formed around Jerome forced by Best Realty Co 5379 Madison on ly businesses at 512 S Cicero and 5950 contract buying Picketing of Best firm was son and 5414 Madison Area Realtors Picketed OBA To Press Case Against Healy The Organization for a ter Austin's Real Estate tices committee is to press its charges against West Side real estate broker Jerome Healy at a meeting with the Mayor's Commission on Human tions tomorrow Holmes chairman of the OBA group said the sion last week ruled probable cause in the Healy case and set the initial hearing for morrow Holmes said the action was taken against Healy who has offices at 512 S Cicero because of his panic peddling block busting tics and the derogatory ner in which he referred to the Negroes The OBA charges Healy in soliciting homes in the Austin area continually uses scare methods to buy homes at re- prices and then refers to Negroes in uncomplimentary terms Healy was unavailable for comment when his office was contacted yesterday To focus attention on Healy the OBA picketed his real tate office last Saturday as part of a mass protest of ty companies along Madison Also picketed were Best ty 5379 Madison and Miller 5414 Madison The protest at Best was ried out in cooperation with a Lawndale organization which is fighting what it calls a race tax imposed by Best in contract buying Particularly the Lawndale group is protesting the high payments being made by Mr and Mrs Walter Clay who are buying their home in Lawndale on contract The Clays say they make their monthly payments to Best and the transaction was handled by Albert Weinberg The Lawndale people claim the contract dated October 1960 shows the sale price at The Clays paid down and contracted to pay the balance at the rate of 7 per cent per annum the maximum allowed under laws A Lawndale spokesman said Monthly payments are Of this is applied to cipal and interest This means that the purchasers must make this high monthly ment for approximately 23 years before their contract is completed Total interest charges will be approximately This plus the principle of brings the total chase price to The representative went on to say that in 1959 the erty had been appraised at less than what the Clays were charged He went on to say that if a mortgage had been available the Clays would have saved more than He concluded by saying The issue here is moral rather than legal The does not provide a remedy for the type of injustice that is operative in this contract The purchasers in the case the Clays paid a race tax of over when they bought their home because it was impossible for Negroes to obtain mortgages This is a striking example of how onr legal system does not protect black people or poor people A representative of Best Real Estate who answered a tele- phone call from Community Publications yesterday said any statement regarding the ing and the charges made by the Lawndale group Would have to come from Irving Adelman Mr Adelman is ill today and probably won't be available until tomorrow Wednesday or later in week Busing Roster Crows Seek Pupils in Adjacent Blocks Tell Need For Letter Carriers Are you interested in a tion that has a starting salary of continuous ment 13 days sick leave as many as 26 days vacation an excellent pension plan and life insurance 8 paid holidays reimbursement for uniform purchase and an excellent chance for The Chicago post office offers such positions as nent full-time letter carriers Persons 18 years of age or older who possess Illinois state drivers license's may pick up an application blank at the Main post office or any postal station throughout Chicago Honor Powell Human Relations award of Joint Civic Com- Human Relations committee Dr Mario Rubi- of Italian Americans is presented nelli president and Rep Frank of State Paul Powell left by from Annunzio at committee's annual left Daniel A Becco chairman of ing Friday at Chateau Royale Slowly but surely the ber of pupils being bused from May and Spencer schools to eight Northwest Side schools is growing Monday one week after the controversial proposal was put into operation Dr Robert Bell district 4 superintendent said the list had grown to well over 300 Originally 573 pupils from the two overcrowded West Side schools were to be bused to vacant classrooms further north under the plan put forth by school tendent James Redmond Redmond's first proposal defeated by the board of education following a series of open hearings in district 4 but a compromise plan was ed later during a special ing of the board making the busing voluntary This voluntary clause plus the as it turned Dr Bell the part of May and Spencer parents that their children would be subjected to abuse and even physical harm cut the number of transferees to only 249 on opening day March Since Dr Bell went on the list of students has i continued grow as parents i realize that their children are in no danger of harm from either their new classmates or residents of the area There were only a few iso- lated cases or tions the first day of busing the district superintendent went on and in the days that followed everything was calm and serene Under the Redmond plan May and Spencer pupils from certain blocks were to be the first bused and if the busing roster did not reach the ity of 573 students from other blocks would be invited to take part Dr Bell said Monday that parents in the blocks initially on the Redmond list were being contacted again and he said the response has been most favorable He claimed many parents were reluctant at first fo send their children into the new area in face of some of the violent vocal opposition ex- pressed by organizations in the receiving school areas Now that these parents see there is no danger more and more of them are the situation and are taking their children out of the overcrowded rooms at May and Spencer and ting them on buses to the new Dr Bell said The district school head con- by saying that by the middle of this week we should know where we stand as far as the number of pupils to be bused from the original blocks outlined by Dr Redmond By tomorrow Thursday Dr Bell revealed that maps of the adjacent blocks will be ready and letters to parents in these blocks will be contacted in- forming them of vacancies in the busing program He added that he hoped it would not be too long the capacity of 573 would be realized Receiving schools in the busing plan are Dever Bridge Locke Thorp ser Sayre and Lyon There have been no reports of organized tion to the new students since opening day and school officials report the pupils are being well accepted by their new classmates The only incident a minor one appeared over the past weekend when members of a Northwest Side organization hung out orange signs saying Bused Kids Go Home The signs however were taken down almost immediately by police since posting them was in violation of a city nance The orange color was used since St day celebrations were held throughout the area and city Saturday and Sunday ange refers to the northern six counties of Ireland which still pledge allegiance to the Queen of England while the other Irish countries make up the Republic of Ireland It ange is a color seldom waved in front of an especially on St Patrick's day
