Woodlawn Booster (Newspaper) - November 24, 1970, Chicago, Illinois Hanrahan told Fort must return to New York PERHAPS the legalities of the the Stones chieftain back and forth from where he was captured in New York and back to Chicago and new New York and ultimately Chicago might cause confusion in the minds of young persons entrapped in poverty who have assumed that the Homeric stilts upon which Jeff Fort has been placed by the media white money and weak area leadership are correct and proper THE RULING that Fort will have to go back to New York handed down by Chief U.S District Court Judge Edwin A Robson might get the minds of youngsters confused and Fort himself could become a cause celebre linked in the minds of youths with Angela Davis or of still another dimension Elridge Cleaver Arguments that link Fort to the Black liberation struggle and that carting him back and forth is the way the white power structure deals with any Black who asserts his should not in any way be intermingled with the sinister track record of Fort ACTUALLY BECAUSE of bends in the legality of ex- Fort is free not because of his wilies or craft HEROISM cultural nationalism racial identity white repression rhetoric about survival sometimes get all confused in the minds of young persons and because Fort and the Main 21 are boss rappers who have had their notoriety and violence celebrated until recently and because the Stones recruit at the age of sheer innocence 7 arguments and propaganda about persecution of our Black Angel can easily foul up the already muddy waters of right and wrong good conduct and in the minds of the in- nocent youths BUT THE FACTS in the current Fort situation are these Fort was arrested in New York several weeks ago for allegedly possessing marijuana He reportedly fled to New York to escape Chicago prosecution on charges ranging from aggravated assault to attempted involving Black on Black situations Fort was lounging over reefers with in his pockets when the police followed his girl friend from the airport to the where she planned to rendezvous with the Stones chieftain Fort was then brought back to Chicago on a federal writ of habeas corpus issued by Judge Robson in order that Fort could testify before a federal grand jury investigating a grant to The Woodlawn Organization IN HIS DECISION Judge Robson The court would not be a party to an action which amounts to circumventing justice by taking a short cut to keep Fort in Chicago without going through legal processes towards his extradition FORT FACE Justice but the legal processes must not be or rushed the Judge said in effect as ordered by State's Atty Edward V Hanrahan cannot force the Stones Fort to remain in Chicago and face several criminal charges FURTHER EXPLAINING the shape of the legal motion Judge Robson While it is true that the exhaustion of procedural safeguards often causes delay and inconvenience it is essential to the preservation of fairness and justice for all citizens that no individual's rights are short circuited in the name of expediency YET UNFORTUNATELY when Judge Robson rendered his decision a thunder of approval ripped through the court from Stones on hand for the hands were seen slapping the left side of the chest a Stone salute of zestful victory All Phones ST For Wont Ads Advertising News Items WOODLAWN YEAR TUESDAY NOVEMBER 24 1970 NO 45 Booster Classified Ads Also Run In The Englewood Bulletin and The Southside Bulletin You Get All Three Papers For The Price of One f Hyde Childrens Film Festival Thru Jan 23 EVERYTHING from feature films to the Harlem has a part in the 1970 Children's Film Festival in Hyde Park sponsored by the Hyde Park Kenwood Com- munity Conference The third annual festival featuring free gifts and prizes at each show will run through January 23 with showings each Saturday at and p.m at the Kenwood High School Auditorium 5015 S Blackstone Admission for everyone is This year box office receipts will benefit the Conference as part of its fund-raising program SAYS MRS Robert Rosenbacher chairman of the Conference Film Festival Committee The community needs entertainment for children and we feel that the Festival provides a welcome service in making these films available right in the neighborhood The enthusiasm we met last year showed us we were filling a need The new Kenwood auditorium 800 people in its red-and-black seats says Mrs Rosenbacher makes use of one of the community's most beautiful assets Not only does it fit our technical needs exactly but the festival will give more people an op- to appreciate this new community facility THE DOCUMENTARY Film Group of the University of Chicago in cooperation with the committee is lending two projectors and the services of a projectionist to the project They see it as a chance to do something for the 1000 kids per week we're anticipating will attend the Festival continued Mrs Rosenbacher Working with Mrs Rosenbacher on her com- Mrs Arthur Billings Mrs James Bucks Mrs Vaughn Alexander Mrs Robert Haselkorn Mrs Terry Ellis and Mrs Robert Faulhaber FOLLOWING is the schedule for subsequent showings during the Nov Rabbit The Night in a Pet Shop Nov Skinny and Fatty Fields in The Pharmacist Dec Orange and Blue Amelia and the Angel Corral Dec Do You Keep a Lion at Moon Bird Dec The Great Toy Robbery The Golden Fish Bowl of Cherries The Pony Jan Harlem Globe Trotters Jan 16 Revenge of Ivanhoe Jan The Great Race one show only at TIIK HYDE Kenwood Community Con- ference was founded 21 years ago by local citizens to combat urban blight Since then it has broadened it scope to include programs concerned with people as well as buildings Present committees include air pollution school teers tenant unions women's rights community safety Jobs for Teens and Parks and Recreation as well as teams studying such issues as local control of schools and vices Inspecting Clinic AL ROBINSON President of the Board of Trustees of Provident Hospital Mayor Richard J Daley and Erwin France Director of the Chicago Model Cities Program inspect the renovating progress being made on the first Model Cities Neighborhood Health Center at Provident Hospital's Max Epstein Clinic The Health of n THE MEANING the institutions and the forms Model Cities Programs will take are the key issues as the program moves from the strategy plotting board to become a reality in the the city Power plays the relationship between Daley's City community organizations and Washington in terms of interpretation of Model Cities and the flow of money from the capital are key elements in this major program of the Johnson Ad- ministration Here at meeting in Woodlawn a Health of the projects within the Model Cities at the Mid South Model Area Office 835 E St to the major area of community concern Diligently at work discussing power health for Woodlawn facilities and monies Osman Sharrieff 6110 Stony Island Miss Maryam 6110 Stony Island Mrs Joan A Figveroa 7251 South Shore Drive Mrs Helen Warfield 6444 Woodlawn Andrew Brown 825 E st Mrs Wilhelmina Wilson 6504 Cottage Grove H Crawford 6500 Drexel Harry Holt 6637 Kenwood and H Barkan Community Legal Counsellor All Hands on Deck MANY OF the central levers of power influence and information in the Woodlawn gathered under one roof last Monday to collect their thoughts and provide a forum for community reflection and criticism For instance Al Raby Civil Activists and delegate to discussed the new Constitution recently completed at Springfield RABY Standing was followed by Mrs Gwen Robinson Director of Mid South Health Planning 851 E st Standing next to President of TWO E Duke McNeil Seated presents the thrust of his organization's activities within Woodlawn Mrs Williams Asst Sec TWO and Chairman of TWO'S Schools Committee records the meeting along with Mrs Evelyn Geter of the OBSERVER Hear Housing Discrimination Charges Brought by Three Daley Opens Model Cities Office in Woodlawn Area TIIK CHICAGO Com- mission on Human Relations scheduled three public hearings on complaints charging violations of the Chicago Fair Housing James E Burns Commission director an The first hearing was held Friday Nov 20 The second hearing was held on Monday Nov 23 The third hearing held on Tuesday Nov 24 ALL hearings were on complaints charging refusal to rent because of race They will be held in the conference room of the Commission on Human Relations at 640 N LaSalle st Complainant in the Friday case is Miss Marie Anderson 7542 Kingston ave a case worker for the Cook County Department of Public Aid IN HFR complaint Miss Anderson stated that an owner and an agent of the Everett Management Co refused to rent her an apartment in a South Side building because she is black The building at 5474 S Hyde Park blvd is owned by Everett Management Co 201 W st Illinois Charged in the case are Daniel F McGarry one of the owners of Everett Management and T A Swanson janitor of the building AFTER A conciliation conference held on Sept 20 failed to resolve the com- plaint the public hearing was set Hearing examiner will be Atty Robert J Nye In the second hearing held on Monday the complainant was Mrs Younger 505 W Behnont ave a mail carrier for the U.S Post Of- fice IN her complaint is Julius E Marks 6439 N Maplewood ave owner of a building at 3168 N Orchard ave where Mrs Younger charges Marks refused to rent her an apartment because she is black A conciliation conference held on Sept 15 failed to resolve the complaint and a public hearing was scheduled Atty Robert Drake will be hearing examiner THE THIRD hearing held Tuesday had as its com Billy K Alderson 314 W pi a mechanic and student Named in the com plaint are Mrs Katherine Erk of 11200 S Vernon ave and Mrs Lena Fisler 217 W St owners of the building at 11146 S Vernon ave Alderson charges Mrs Erk and Mrs Fisler with refusing to rent him an apartment in the building at 11146 S Vernon ave because he is black A CONCILIATION Leon ference was held on Sept 29 but Mrs Erk and Mrs Fisler the respondents did not up A second conference on Oct 8 failed to resolve the complaint and the public hearing was set Hearing examiner will be Atty Jerome J Friedman The Chicago Fair Housing Ordinance prohibits discrimination in the sale rental or leasing of housing because of the race religion or nationality of the applicant It also forbids conduct described as panic dling THE CHICAGO Com- mission on Human Relations administers the ordinance THE FIRST of four offices within the Model Cities structure were opened recently at 1168 E St in Woodlawn by Mayor Richard Daley According to the Mayor's office the Woodlawn based office is manned by Com mission staff trained to extend the full range of our services into the communities of our city OF the Registrar of Citizens Complaints the Mayor's office of Inquiry and Information and the Depart ment of Streets and Sanitation are also available in the office which is funded by Model Cities According to the IN part ot the of our staff in the neighborhoods our em- ployment complaints have taken a sharp upturn We have received over 360 complaints during the first ten months of this large number of these since our Model Cities grant has enabled us to place additional staff in the compared to approximately 200 complaints for all of 1969 During October the staff of this department conducted 77 contractor calls made 45 community contacts and attended or spoke to 8 com- munity meetings Information on the procedure to be followed for bidding on city contracts was given to two contractors and one of our staff members brought representatives of the Neilsen Construction Company and the Chicago Urban League together to arrange sessions for training minority con struction apprentices and contractors in various aspects of the building industry Saturday Studio At Woodlawn Y SUPPLEMENTARY social and personal skills to boys and girls of all ages being offered on Saturdays at the Woodlawn YWCA 1170 E The professional type training known as the Saturday Personal and Social Skills Studio complete with standards or behavior at- tendance participation and performance is a part of the curricula with certificates being awarded at the end of each session The Studio in Academic Achievement features a study and research of Black Heritage and will include a trip to a historical Black landmark This studio will also give instructions in typing to first and second year typing students FOR in- formation on the courses being offered at the Woodlawn Center call or better yet stop in and register Monday through Friday 9 to 9 p.m the Center advises NOW DIRECT LINES TO Booster Classified Ad Dept
