Open housing hearings shift to suburbs and specifics
Last week's urban housing discrimination hearings in Chicago highlighted persistent suburb to city exclusion of minorities. This Saturday ICCHR hearings move to suburban sites, aiming to focus on job linked housing and financing patterns affecting Oak Park and other communities.
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Illinois Commission On Human Relations
ICCHR
State of Illinois
N. LaSalle
Chicago
Oak Park
ICOHR
Kris Ronnow
CRC
Thomas McNamara
Oak Parkers
Triton College
River Grove
Larry Christmas
Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council
Commission
Community events and talks brighten Oak Park River Forest season
Local church events feature a strawberry festival with Bob Teela the Christian magician, a wills and money talk by Daniel Andrew, and a fashion show luncheon by St Luke's Ladies Guild. Youth council plans Memorial Day pet parades, May crowning at St. Vincent Ferrer, and a 1921 high school reunion.
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First Presbyterian Church
Bob Teela
Holy Name Society of
St. Vincent Ferrer
Daniel Andrew
Citizens Bank and Trust of
Park Ridge
Ladies Guild of
St. Luke’s
Drake Oak Brook
Cermak
Wolf Rd
Ruth Jones
River Forest
Anthony Izzo
John Lennon
John Aldworth
Robert Gorski
Edward Shannon
Humane Society
Oak Park
Lake St
Oak Park-River Forest High School
Oak Park Country Club
Edith Cummings Conley
N. Kenilworth Ave
Oak Park quota ordinance drew press opposition
The press largely opposed the quota plan limiting black residents to 30 percent in blocks or buildings. The World of Oak Park urged alternatives to achieve integration and praised trustees for delaying action until a broader integration plan was ready. The piece notes related interviews and community efforts including the Oak Park Housing Center and Women's Exchange.
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Oak Park
Deerfield
Washburn Junior High School
Winnetka
the World
Paul Bloyd
Bob Varnes
the World of Oak Park
Women’s Exchange
Peggy Saperston
Elmwood Park High Adds Two Summer Courses
Elmwood Park High School announces two new summer school options for residents with tuition waivers. Creative Dramatics and a volunteer program for mentally disabled youths gain high school credit. Creative Dramatics runs 10 10 a m to 12 15 p m with role play pantomime makeup lighting and theater basics.
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Elmwood Park High School
Summer shop classes fill for fourth and fifth graders
Elmwood Park district 401 reports all summer school shop courses for fourth and fifth grades at Elm and John Mills are full. A waiting list is kept for dropouts. Kindergarten to seventh grade still have open sessions, with registration through May 10.
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Elm and
John Mills
Elmwood Park
Ronald Habich
Habich
Elmwood
Leyden Special Education Cooperative
Rosemont School
Rosemont
William Schmidt
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Guerin High School
Renata Daroszewski
Sue Ferino
Tom Stoppard
DePaul
John J. Gleason
Northern Latah Company
DePaul University
Gleason
Eugene Diamond
Lathrop
Joseph Wilhite
Cicero
Oak Park Cap
Marge Greenwald
Harold Washington
Melvin Landau
Illinois Dept. of Registration
Marty Lepinski
Willie
Beth Metzger
Ruth Thornquist
Women's Exchange
South Blvd
N. Lombard
Arts and Craft Exchange
Ms. Saperston
Laurie McCarthy
Tikky Lukasik
Chicagoland
Willing Willie
North Ave
Wille
Chicago Tribune
Mrs. Mocker
Chicago Park District
Janyce Hamilton
Uae
Algor CO
Crane & Kohler
Ertas
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