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Year of Snow and City Turmoil Amid 1967 Events
Recap of 1967 highlights from Chicago area politics and neighborhoods. Rioting and looting affected Roosevelt Madison and nearby streets after a major storm. Real estate pledges and blockbusting debates stirred acrimony. school boundary changes, new campuses, and facility upgrades dominated local教育 policy. Community groups pressed for unity while crime, fires, and a shifting urban landscape colored daily life.
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Roosevelt
Madison
ATOA
Byford
Cyrus Adams
Board of Education
McKeag
Richard J. Daley
Spencer
N. LaVergne
West Side
Fillmore
Horace H. Dunn
Trinity United Presbyterian Church
N. Laramie
Medinah
Masonic Shrine
Austin
West Side Real Estate Board
WSREB
Orr
Austin Neighborhood Service Center
N. Cicero
Garfield Park Center
Midwest
N. Hamlin
Cook County
Huron
Lorel
Lockwood
Ralph B. Schone
Springfield
Lake Michigan
Gary
Austin Businessmen’s Association
ATCA
Christine Pruski
Armitage
Logan Square
CTA
Leroy
Jack’) Bruckner
Frank Mateus
N. Pulaski
Horton
Gerald E. Doll
Chicago
Paul Javaras
Lamoa
David Greenberg
Quincy Council
The
ABC
Marvin E. Neland
Citizens National Bank
Loretto Hospital
S. Central
S. LaVergne
Katherine Lisette Hyde
Drummond
Kelvyn Park
Irene Hughes
Donald Kurt Doll
Mary Agnes
Gerald Doll
Austin Police
Doll
Hay Elementary
Young, Byford, Nash, Lewis and Howe
Spencer School
Hay School
M. Leonoris
St. Anne’s Hospital
M. Stephen
Leonoris
Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ
Donaldson
Ind
Humboldt
NCO
MBH
Humboldt Park
Chicago Park District
Paul Franks
N. Leclaire
Arthur Seifert
N. Lawler
Our Lady of the Angels