Car smashed during civil rights disorders near Marquette Park
Hyde Park residents reported their car overturned and smashed with damage described as from an ax or sledgehammer after a Sunday civil rights march led by Al Raby near Marquette Park. Injuries included Kalé Williams who was hurt by thrown debris as the movement sought housing open access in Gage Park.
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Hyde Park
Marquette Park
Lola Margolin
Blackstone
Dale Pontius
Marion Byrnes
Kimbark
al Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
Alvin Pitcher
Dorchester
Gage Park
Pitcher
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Martin Luther King
Hyde Park-Kenwood
King
Kalé Williams
University takes over Broadview hotel in Hyde Park
Accountants began auditing the Broadview Hotel as University Realty Management crews prepared the lawn for reseeding. Tenants received August rent notices but were not told of the takeover until later that day after final papers were signed at 4 p.m. The university plans remodeling and relocation aid with Oct 1 move-in for students, and notes existing month-to-month leases will be honored.
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University of Chicago
Broadview
Hyde Park Blvd
The
University Realty Management
University
Herald
Chicago Maroon
Mittee
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Maroon
the Herald
Mary Calahan
Hyde Park
Cornell
del Prado
Northern Trust Company
Harvard-St George to get Dickerson library
Harvard St George School will name its new library for Earl B. Dickerson, leader of Supreme Life and human rights advocate. Mandel Siegel announces a $10,000 gift from John Johnson of Johnson Publishing Co. Dickerson and Johnson both reside in Hyde Park and serve on the school board. The school serves Southside students from kindergarten through high school, offering college preparatory education.
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Harvard-St George
Dickerson
Harvard-St. George School
Ellis
Earl B. Dickerson
Supreme Life Insurance Company
Mandel Siegel
Chicago Beach Dr
Harvard St George
Earl Dickerson
John Johnson
Johnson Publishing Company
Siegel
Johnson
E. Drexel Square
Hyde Park
Ebony
Jet
Negro Digest
Paper
Southside
Women press Daley for King nonviolence aid in Hyde Park meeting
A group of 50 women from Religious Civic Educational and Human Relations groups calling themselves Women Mobilized for Change urged Mayor Daley to back Dr Martin Luther King Jr nonviolence efforts. They pressed for more housing and education actions and offered ideas such as reading centers for youths.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Richard Daley
Philip Hauser
Kimbark
Hans Morganthau
Dorchester
Robert Penn
Eugene Cotton
Daley
Cotton
Dr. King
Morganthau
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Williams
American Friends Service Committee
Chicago
Cicero
New Friendship Baptist Church
Stone Temple Baptist Church
Aragon Hotel
Mayor Daley
Penn
National Council of Jewish Women
Hauser
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