Year 1967 on West Northwest Side a year of turmoil and snow
A retrospective of 1967 on the West Northwest Side notes battles with the board of education, community feuds, and rising crime amid a harsh winter. The big snow of January halted the city, sparked both heroism and profiteering, and followed a year of organizational shifts, school debates, and political contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
PTA
Mastars
Byford
Iowa
Byford School Committee
Byford Mothers Club
Christian Action Ministry
May
S. Lavergne
Northwest
Area
Youth Faces Arson Charge In Series Of Home Fires
Roy Burns, 18, a roomer at 1742 N Monticello, faces arson charges in court for a series of fires on Dec 16 in the 1600 block of N Harding and 1726 N Springfield. He allegedly admitted setting eight fires including three on Harding and the Knutson residence fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Burns
N. Monticello
N. Harding
N. Springfield
Elsie Chap
Ben Wilkowski
James Spagnola
Spagnola
Joe Falcone
Wilkowski
Ohap
Mary Knutson
S. Springfield
Shakespeare
Young Burns
North
Burns
Harding
Bright future for Kristine as aid machine aids progress
Dr Rudolph Muska Lions club Light Conservation chairman says Kristine, who is blind, is making great strides since the machine was purchased. W F Swenson club president and Cy Hornstra Lions member note her improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Muska
Lions Club
W. F. Swenson
Cy Hornstra
Muska
Kristine
Finds His Hobby Helps Kids Grow Up Right
Simon Tobiasz a Union Camp Des Plaines mechanic and lapidary converts stone cutting into family education. He and his three sons Richard 14 David 10 and Joseph 4 have cut and polished over 1000 stones while Patricia Tobiasz hosts Cub Scouts at their basement workshop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon Tobiasz
Richard
Tobiasz
N. Major
Contact
Union Camp Corporation
David
Joseph
Patricia Tobiasz
Area Cadet Wins Trophy Named to Honor Neighbor
Cadet William F Quinlan Jr 18 of 1059 N Karlow becomes the first DePaul cadet to win the Capt Fedele Cicero rifle marksman trophy honoring the Viet Nam fallen ROTC graduate Capt Cicero. The memorial trophy goes to the freshman with the highest score each year engraving the winner on a university plaque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROTC
Wiliam F. Quinlan Jr
N. Karlow
DePaul University
Fedele Cicero
Marines Complete Two Weeks of Combat Training at Camp Pendleton
Pvis John R. Pacheco Kevin M. Kane Ronald P. Ramirez Michael Wells and Perry Leonard III are listed as completing two weeks of simulated combat training at the Marine Corps base Camp Pendleton California. They learned fundamentals of day and night patrolling infantry weapons survival methods and assault tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvis
John R. Pacheco
Providisia Davila
Central Park
Kevin M. Kane
Joseph Kane
Washington
Ronald P. Ramierez
R. Ramirez
Carroll
Michael Wells
Virginia Kmiec
Fullerton
Perry Leonard III
Canary P. Mencer
N. Kildare
Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Airman Apprentice Henry W. Kania Studied Engines in Memphis
Airman Apprentice Henry W. Kania USN son of Mr and Mrs Walter J Kania 1114 N Kedvale studied piston driven aircraft engines at a 15 week aviation machinist mate reciprocating school in Memphis Tennessee as a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Kania
USN
Walter J. Kania
N. Kedvale
Memphis
Tenn
DePaul ROTC awards Fedele Cicero Memorial Trophy
Mrs. Gertrude Cicero widow of Army Capt. Fedele Cicero presents the memorial trophy to ROTC Cadet William F. Quinlan Jr. at DePaul University. The trophy honors DePaul’s first ROTC graduate to die in Viet Nam. Quinlan, a freshman, had the highest rifle score and will have the plaque inscribed with winners kept on display at the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicero
James Cicero
N. Lawndale
DePaul Rotc
Viet Nam
Gertrude Cicero
Army
Fedele Cicero
ROTC
William F. Quinlan Jr
N. Karlov
DePaul University
Delia Jones Sentenced in Doll Slaying Eight to Twenty Years
Delia Ann Jones received an eight to twenty year prison sentence for her role in the killing of Austin police Sgt. Gerald Doll. Horton fired the fatal shot. Jones pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, armed robbery, and auto theft. The pair had earlier committed a grocery store robbery before a March 29 gun battle that killed Doll and Horton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore
Shakespeare
Austin
Gerald Doll
Delia Ann Jones
Gary C. Horton
Sgt. Doll
Miss Jones
Illinois
Horton
Grace
Doll
Cicero
Con
Start Enforcing New Parking Laws In Austin
Austin police began enforcing the alternate side parking ordinance last week after a two week warning period. The affected streets Madison Chicago North Belmont Cicero restrict parking 3 am to 7 am, with additional snow route rules doubling fines and side-specific day restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Madison
Chicago
North
Belmont
Cicero
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Trene Hughes
Cozette Carter
Alamo
Viant 7
Dad West
Arfield Park
Austin Business Council
Austin High School
Northwest Communities
Don Keating
Narragansett
Grand
Pulaski
Board of Election Commissioners
Pup
Cate
U. S
Dan Rostenkowski
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Men’s Board of
St. Therese’s Society of the Little Flower
West Side
ATCA
Jack Kornick
N. Whipple
West Dud
N. Cicero
Community Publications
Irene Hughes
Mali
Gem Makers
Ted Rozumalski
Black Star
Kristine Martschuk
West End Lions Club
Union Camp
DesPlaines
Quinlan
Capt
Cice
Cadet Quinlan
Our Lady of the Angels Grammar School
St. Mel’s High School
DePaul
School of Commerce
AIR
Memorial
Delia Jones
Francis T. Delaney
Mary Agnes
Thomas Hett
James Zagel
Sciousness
William Redden
Redden
Police Department
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