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Dobry Defeats Igoe as Fifth Ward Democrats Reorganize
Alan Dobry, a chemist with Amoco Oil, won the Fifth Ward committeeman race by a narrow margin over Michael Igoe amid calls for reform. He pledges inclusive decisions, seeks to realign precincts, appoint election judges with merit, and create a ward organization responsive to residents, while resisting patronage. Dobry aims to loosen Daley machine influence and push civil service reform, balancing local projects like South Shore Country Club and Jackson Park with Woodlawn issues.
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Mary Jaspers
Fifth Ward
Alan Dobry
Michael Igoe
Dobry
Amoco Oil
Igoe
Marshall Korshak
Daley
Dalery
Democratic
Cook County Central Democratic Committee
Noy
Board of Election Commissioners
Chicago
Fifth Ward Citizens Committee
South East Chicago Commission
Woodlawn Organization
Joint Civic Committee
Project Leap
Yale University
Hyde Park
Leon Despres
Independent Voters of Illinois
IVI
South Hyde Park
Barrett O’hara
Abner Mikva_ch
O’hara
Robert Mann
Korshak
Mann
Marcé
Cong
Ralph Metcalfe
Erwin France
Metcalfe
A.A
Sammy) Rayner
Rayner
Congress
Richard Newhouse
Marshall
Len Despres
Dolery
South Shore Country Club Park
Jackson Park
Woodlawn
East Woodlawn
Sandburg