Humboldt Ministers to Hold Second Open Forum Friday
The Ministers for a Better Humboldt will hold the second open forum Friday July 7 at 8 p.m. at Our Lady of the Angels church in Humboldt. The event, organized with the Duncan North YMCA and David Sheldon, invites all area residents to share ideas and concerns about community needs including recreational facilities and a West Humboldt Park swimming pool.
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Humboldt
Our Lady of the Angels Church
Iowa
Duncan-North
MBH
Donald Kelly
Our Lady of the Angels
Ther Kelly
Humboldt Park
Crime Increases Across City During Sixth Police Period
The sixth four week police period (May 25 to June 21) shows citywide index crimes up 3.6 percent from the prior period and 4.7 percent year to date versus 1966. Homicide leads gains, up 25.6 percent from the prior period and 113 percent from last year, with 40.3 percent year to date.
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Fillmore
Shakespeare
Austin
Bananas Seduce Monkey to Capture Backyard Ape
A small lively monkey living behind 734 N Central was lured into a milk-delivery wire cage baited with bananas. Austin police initially faced a challenge to charge the animal before it was turned over to the Anti Cruelty Society. The Thuiller family trapped the creature after neighbors told police and the city deemed the stray monkey unsuited for urban life.
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N. Central
Anti-Cruelty Society
Leon Thuiller
Central
Thuiller
Austin
Northeastern Illinois State College gains new name
ITC-Chicago North becomes Northeastern Illinois State College reflecting a broader mission. About 4 600 students and 200 faculty will see a BA offered without teaching focus starting September, plus a new high school teaching curriculum. The change follows a law signed by Governor Kerner two months ago.
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Chicago
Bryn Mawr
Illinois Teachers College Chicago
Northeastern Illinois State College
Kerner
Jerome M. Sachs
St. Louis
Sabin
Chicago Teachers College
S. Stewart
The
Teachers College
Chicago Board of Education
Recipe for Community Happiness Contest Recipe
Readers are invited to submit entries to the Community Publications recipe contest. Mail a couponed entry by Saturday to 4906 Chicago Ave Chicago Ill 60651 or drop it off. Each recipe must include an official coupon authorizing reproduction in Readers Cook Book to be published July 26.
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di Catons
Chicago
Ill
Community Publications
Of All the Days To Turn Thirteen
Richard Charles Doyle turns thirteen on Friday June 13 1980. He was born June 13 at St Anne s hospital to Hugh and Joyce Doyle of 5116 North.
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Richard Charles Doyle
Richard
St. Anne’s Hospital
Hugh
Joyce Doyle
North
Prentiss Memorial Held for Musician Actor Lewis R Prentiss
Memorial services Sunday at Austin Westminster Presbyterian Church for Lewis R Prentiss a 62 year old musician and actor. A native of the Westside he died June 27 with private funeral next day. Prentiss played saxophone and clarinet with bands led by Bobby Meeker Clyde McCoy and Anson Weeks and later acted in theaters with Martha Raye Lillian Roth.
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Austin Westminster Presbyterian Church
Fulton
Lewis R. Prentiss
Washington
Westside
Austin
Prentiss
Bobby Meeker
Clyde McCoy
Anson Weeks
Charles Gaylord
Martha Raye
Lillian Roth
Garfield Park
Nelle Lenters
Logan Parents Plan Pool Drive
The Logan Square YMCA parents division invites residents to organizational meetings at 7:36 p.m. today and next Tuesday to discuss a door-to-door fundraising campaign aimed at building an indoor community pool. Committee members and local families express strong support and plan an Oct. 1 drive.
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Logan
Logan Square
Art Ehardt
Palmer
Nestor Haluzak
Fullerton
Oscar Wesolowski
Belden
Lars Fletre
N. Kimball
Richard Miller
N. Pulaski
Ann Giese
Schubert
Beating of Boy by Three Youths Near Fullerton Park
Terrence L. Maloney a 14 year old from 3508 Fullerton reported he was attacked by three youths while returning from Logan Square YMCA. He was struck with a board then kicked and left in an alley near Fullerton and Central Park. He was treated at Belmont hospital and later Augstana hospital.
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Terrence L. Maloney
Fullerton
Logan Square
Young Maloney
Belmont Hospital
Augustana Hospital
Central Park
New Parcel Limits Expanded for First Class Mail
Mailers may send 25 pound parcels between first class post offices 150 miles or more apart, up from 20 pounds. A 72 inch maximum girth and length applies. Parcels up to 40 pounds can be mailed between offices less than 150 miles apart.
Picket Demonstration Demands New Pool for Humboldt Park
A 3 pm Saturday protest at the Chicago Park District offices in Grant Park will push for a new Humboldt Park swimming pool. The event is led by civic groups including about 20 Latin American groups under the Northwest Community Organization, which states the current pool is too small and action has been repeatedly denied.
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Humboldt Park
Chicago Park District
Grant Park
Northwest Community Organization
NCO
Park Commissioners
DiTusa Quality Market Closes After 29 Years in Neighborhood
Anthony DiTusa and Rose closed their 3953 Grand market last Saturday after 29 years of meat and fish specialties. The building will be replaced by a filling station, ending a local family business era. The couple said they will rest a few months and have abandoned plans for another family store.
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Mama and Papa
Anthony DiTusa
Rose
DiTusa
Grand
DiTusas
N. Harding
Anthony
Angelo
Cameron
White Sox
Bicycle Thieves Rampant As School Vacation Opens
With the new school term starting, bicycle thefts have surged. Shakespeare police logged 15 bicycle thefts in the last five days of the previous week, while Austin police reported similar incidents.
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Shakespeare Police
Austin
Five Juvenile Boys Caught Looting Truck Behind G A Goodrich
Five boys aged 12 to 15 were caught by Shakespeare police after a resident reported looting of a 36 foot semitrailer behind the G A Goodrich Co site at 4139 Grand. Six cartons of cake mix were found on the dock with more taken. Affected youths were released to their parents after questioning. Police noted recent bicycle thefts in the area and urged locks and securing cycles to fixed objects, plus use of secret markings to prove ownership.
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Shakespeare
G A. Goodrich Co
Fillmore
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