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Forest Park column on integration and village parking
A local columnist defends impartiality on race and discusses Forest Park’s past Negro residents and the Berwyn riot memory. The piece weighs parking meters on Madison Street, advocating all day off street parking to boost revenue and aid about 400 workers while preserving two hour limits on side streets.
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