Trial set for April 25 in Hyde Park building complaints
The 5200 Drexel Block Club and residents of 825 to 833A E. 52nd trigger a trial against realtors Standard Security after a Feb 24 electrical violation sweep. The Hyde Park Kenwood Conference plans to broaden the case with additional building code problems and tenant grievances.
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Drexel Block Club
Block Club
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Realtors
Standard Security
W. Washington
al Raby
Kenwood Students Seek Funds for Germany Trip this Summer
Kenwood High School aims to send 30 students to Germany for six weeks this summer, with a $24,000 fundraising goal. German teacher Mrs. Arlene Link notes interest grew from 15 to 20 students. a parents auxiliary led by Mrs. Ruth Dodson organized a candy sale, while a fundraiser with Cook County Homemakers has yet to provide money. The group plans activities in Germany and Austria via the Foreign Study League.
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Kenwood High School
Germany
Arlene Link
Kenwood
Mollahan
Link
Cook County
Ruth Dodson
5200
University
Dodson
Annual Finance Luncheon for Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club holds its Annual Finance Luncheon on April 23 in the Dearborn Room at Marina City. Finance Chairman Dr. William R. Clarke aims to cap the 1969 Finance Campaign with $100,000. Guest speaker is Judge William Sylvester White of Cook County Juvenile Court who will discuss societal responsibilities.
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Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Dearborn Room
Marina City
William R. Clarke
William Sylvester White
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Judge White
Hyde Park High School
University of Chicago
City wide support in school crisis meeting planned
A Chicago meeting on April 14 at Loyola University campus gathers Schools Committee and Hyde Parkers for better education along with PTA groups to urge state aid rises to 50 percent, guaranteed equal opportunities, progressive taxes, and community control over schools. Organizers plan rides and public turnout.
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Chicago
Lewis Towers
N. Michigan
Loyola University
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Hyde Parkers For Better Education
PTA
Metropolitan Education Coalition
Schools Committee
Ad Hoc
South Shore Commission
Woodlawn
Illinois
Sidney Kraus
Madison Park
Mikva proposes Slum Prevention Act to curb slumlord tax subsidies
Rep Abner Mikva introduces the Slum Prevention Act of 1969 to the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill would remove tax depreciation and capital loss write offs for substandard urban properties and abandonments, aiming to deter slum housing without creating new exemptions.
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Abner J. Mikva
United States
House of Representatives
Mikva
House
Ways and Means Committee
Illinois
Paul Douglas
National Commission On Urban Problems
Congress
Swift convictions in youth shooting case
Two youths involved in the March 28 shooting of Kenwood sophomore Marion James have been tried and sentenced. James Coleman received 9 months in Vandalia State Prison, and Ronnie Hiller 60 days in the House of Correction. Principal Edward Oliver praised swift justice and police school cooperation.
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Kenwood High School
James Coleman
Vandalia
Ronnie Hiller
House of Correction
Edward Oliver
Kenwood
Marion James
Oliver
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Redmond
Bernice Bild
Kimbark
HPECC
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