Profile of fifth ward voting and income data in 1970s Chicago
The piece details 1960 to 1970 shifts in Hyde Park Woodlawn and South Shore with rising median schooling in Hyde Park to 14.8 years and Woodlawn to 10.6. Unemployment declined in Hyde Park and Woodlawn but rose in South Shore. Poverty rates sit around 7.1 percent in South Shore and 6.4 percent in Hyde Park, with Hyde Park median family income rising to 12230 from 6772 in 1960. The politics section reports 1972 mayoral primary and general election results for the Fifth Ward, including McGovern carrying the ward with 23365 votes to Nixon 4601, Percy ahead of Pucinski, Walker ahead of Ogilvie, Scott 16032 to Lyons 9408, and Carey 20892 to Hanrahan 5869.
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South Shore
Hyde Park
Woodlawn
Wood
Children’s theatre a huge success in Hyde Park
Nearly 900 attendees packed Mandel Hall for Yenta Babushka’s Gargan Tuan Magic Circus marking the first Children’s Theatre festival show. The event, a joint effort of the Schools committee of the HPECC and University theater, aims to establish regular children’s theatre with touring companies planned for fall.
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Mandel Hall
Yenta Babuska
Robert Nelson
University Theater
HPECC
Pat Raby
Jean Hunt
Hyde Park
U of C
Goodman Theatre Touring Company
Bob Gibson
Pinnccchio
Joan Mendelsohn
Hipecc
Arlene Rubin
HPKCC
Jan Blanernhorn
Mary Houghton
Jean Lesher
Lucy Freund
Kathy Weaver
Don Rose
Sherry Russell
Liz Aronica
Mimi Lewin
Katie Frankie
Susan Happel
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the Herald
5Th Word
Sen
George McGovern
Illinois
Fifth Ward
McGovern
Richard Nixon
Charles H. Percy
Rep
Roman Pucinski
Daniel Walker
Richard B. Ogilvie
William J. Scott
Thomas G. Lyons
Bernard Carey
Edward V. Hanraham
Children’s Theater
60Th Street
67Th Street
THE
United
53Rd & Blackstone
United Church of Christ United Methodist United Presbyterian USA
Emery A. Percell
Gavin Williamson
Mary Ruth Craven
Church OF ST. Paul and the Redeemer
Episcopal
Dorchester Avenue
Warner C. White
Thomas Wikman
Holy Communion
OF the Disciples
University
Charles H. Bayer
C. Harvey Lord
Chicago Sinai
South Shore Drive
Samuel E. Karff
Philip N. Kranz
Karff
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
59Th & Woodlawn
E. Spencer Parsons
Richard Wikstrom
Joseph Sittler
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Hyde Park Union Church
South Woodlawn American Baptist Convention
United Church of Christ
Kingdom of God
Vedanta Temple
South Hyde Park Blvd
San Francisco
Swami Bhashyananda
Augustana Lutheran Church
55Th St. and Woodlawn
Arthur C. Bryant
ST. Thomas the Apostle Catholic
S. Kimbark FA
Thomas J. Fitzgerald
James Kinn
Joseph Sauerzap
Robert Oldershaw
First Unitarian Church OF
Tenth Church OF Christ Scientist, OF
Chicago
Center For Continuing Education
East 60Th Street
East 57Th Street
Rodfeizeder
Hyde Park Boulevard
Ralph Simon
Benjamin A. Daskal
Mayer Perelmuter
Abraham Lubin
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