Town Meeting Backs People's Peace Treaty and Contact Program
Hyde Park residents voted unanimously to support the People’s Peace Treaty and to launch a people to people program linking residents with people in North and South Viet Nam. Speakers Hans Morgenthau and Carole Bayer urged government action, urging progress toward ending the war by 1972.
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Viet Nam
54Th and
Blackstone
Hans Morgenthau
University of Chicago
Carole Bayer
Paris
Hyde Park
Morgenthau
United States
Paul Booth
Indochina
Mrs. Bayer
Mann aims bill of rights for Lake Michigan and shore
State Rep. Robert Mann leads the Lake Michigan and Adjoining Land Study commission in approving a bill of rights for Lake Michigan and adjoining land. The proposal treats the lake and shoreline as a single unit and seeks pollution control, land fill limits, waste disposal rules, and enhanced public access.
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Lake Michigan
Robert Mann
Mann
John R. Sheaffer
University of Chicago
Lawrence Bloom
Cornell
Roger Bruny
Harper Susan Walchirk
Lee Botts
Blackstone
Land Study Commission
Commission
Illinois Institute For Environmental Quality
Pollution Control Board
State of
Illinois
Lake
Michigan
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Department of Conservation
CAP Demands Higher Tax Assessment on United States Steel
The Campaign Against Pollution distributes taxpayers ad justment forms to homeowners claiming United States Steel South Works harms property and health. CAP seeks a $162.5 million assessment instead of $43.5 million, alleging a $12 million annual tax break. Paul Booth accuses assessors and the steel company of a nonrational figure reached “over drinks.” Continued on page 18.
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Campaign Against Pollution
United States Steel Company
CAP
South Works
First Unitarian Church
57Th and Woodlawn
Paul Booth
Dor
Chester
Assessors Office
Steel Company
Booth
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Town Meeting
Hyde Parkers
Abner Mikva
Rayburn
Washington
March
Mikva
Ald. Despres
Council
United States Steel
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