Hyde Park proposals seek better Outer Drive access and park links
Hyde Park residents discuss improving access to the lakefront and Outer Drive from 49th to 67th streets. They push for safer beach access at 57th, a new park linking the yacht basin and tennis courts, and a redesigned roadway pattern while preserving trees and facilities. The Hyde Park Herald notes urban renewal site proposals and calls for public recommendations to the DUR.
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Museum of Science and Industry
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Hyde Park Herald aims to shape urban renewal support
The Hyde Park Herald press notes its founding in 1882 and current staff led by Bennet and Dresser. It urges Hyde Park Kenwood residents to engage in the urban renewal effort, citing Mayor Daley praise and urging clear public input on the neighborhood's future.
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Bruce Sagan
Florence Goold
Mary Louise Stouffer
Don McCabe
Jean Garner
Vena Skolnic
Diana Havill
Fred Fuller Bennet
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Herald Inc
S. Harper
Chicago
Telephone Midway
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Daley
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Chopin in the critic circle rediscovering his genius
A critic recalls three months learning Chopin B Minor Sonata and rejects old charges that Chopin’s music is unhealthy or morbid. The piece argues Chopin’s idiom formed in Warsaw, his links to Sand are misinterpreted, and his works influence Bach Mozart and later tonality, with Rubinstein as living proof.
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Warsaw
Paris
Liszt
Berlioz
George Sand
Chopin- Sand
Bach
Mozart
Wagner
Arthur Rubinstein
Mikva and Marks Retire From Illinois House
Springfield reports Abner J. Mikva and Robert Marks announce retirement from the Illinois House of Representatives. The pair are praised for civil rights leadership and eloquence, with Mikva cited for credit reform and mental health laws and Marks for education housing and equality advocacy.
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Abner J. Mikva
Chicago
Robert Marks
Devanston
Ilinois House of Representatives
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois
Marks
Supreme Court
Mikva
Mlinois House
Springfield
Letters to the editor on James Bond and readers’ views
A reader praises Pollak for exposing the James Bond myth and argues Bond is a hard working secret agent rather than a detective. The letter contrasts Bond with Father Brown and Holmes, suggests Matt Helm as an alternative, and mentions From Russia with Love. It also references a separate letter about changes on the Outer Drive near Jackson Park and a stance against them.
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Father Brown
Sherlock Holmes
Bond
Matt Helm
James Bond
Mike Hammer
Russia
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