Hyde Park Kenwood parents form group on school reforms
A parent group in Hyde Park Kenwood met at 5216 Blackstone to address first quality education for all. They cited racial imbalance at Hyde Park High as a top issue and discussed the impact of segregation on student safety and school choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Lambert S. Botts
Blackstone
Herald
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Hyde Park High School
Chicago Board of Education
Hyde Park High
Woodlawn
Famous bishop preaches at St Thomas Sunday
Bishop Fulton J Sheen will preach at Saint Thomas the Apostle 5472 Kimbark Hyde Park on Sunday Aug 16 with masses at 11 15 and 12 15 The talk intersects Hyde Park Kenwood school concerns and the feasibility of a high school for the area Mobile classrooms at Hyde Park High and overcrowded Chicago high schools emerge alongside Hauser report based education discussions Local parents named as participants and observers in a planning meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton J. Sheen
Saint Thomas the Apostle
Kimbark
University of Louvain
Catholic University of America
Sheen
Catholic Hour
Propagation of the Faith Society of the
United States
Hyde Park High
Chicago
Hauser
Philip Hauser
University of Chicago
Congress Restores Funds For Fifth Army Relocation Plan
The Senate Defense Appropriations subcommittee approved 2.3 million of 3.3 million sought by the Pentagon to move the Fifth Army HQ to Fort Sheridan Illinois. Rep Barratt O Hara and Sen Paul Douglas opposed the move, while Rep Robert McClory backed it. If funds pass, 2221 civilian and military jobs could shift and the underground communications post project is trimmed. Only House-Senate conference action can still block the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barratt O’hara
Robert McClory
Lake Bluff
Senate
Defense Appropriations
Pentagon
Sth
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Rep
O’hara
Sen
Paul Douglas
Sth Army
Defense
Robert McNamara
Chicago Beach
Hyde Park Blvd
McClory
5Th Army
House
House-Senate
New IVI officers chosen with Watson reelected chairman
George H. Watson was elected to a third term as chairman of the Independent Voters of Illinois. Officers and 34 board members were chosen for one-year terms. Other Hyde Park officers include Robert Picken and George Kaufman as vice chiefs. Directors include Timuel Black Jr and Albert A. Raby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Watson
Woodlawn
Roosevelt University
Independent Voters of Illinois
M Board
Watson
Hyde Park
Robert F. Picken
56Th
George G. Kaufman
Blackstone
Alan Dobry
Drexel
Timuel D. Black, Jr
S. Ellis
March On Washington
4Th Ward I
Albert A. Raby
CCCO
Teachers For Integrated Schools
IVI
Hyde Park co op faces roof leak suit against builder
Hyde Park Cooperative Homes Inc filed a $55,000 federal suit against the builder’s insurance company to determine responsibility for leaking roofs at 34 co op townhouses in the Blackstone Dorchester area. FHA reports leaks tied to construction. owners seek funds for repairs before winter.
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New Hyde Park
Hyde Park Cooperative Homes Inc
Blackstone
Dorchester
Rochdale Place
14Th Place
Fred B. Allen
Harry Weese
Insurance Company
Ackerman
FHA
Hicks
Weese
Hyde Park
Plem
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St. Thomas
Walter Ducey
Kenwood
Robert Jeans
Raymond Ruby
Rochdale Pl
John Black
Herbert Anderson
Robert Ames
Nancy Harlan
University
A. Guttman
Dale Pontius
Thomas B. Stauffer
Congress
Nancy Hays
Senator Goldwater
Hyde Parkers
Samuel Ackerman
Lorane Adams
Charles G. Bloom
Milton M. Cohen
Kim
Bark
Herbert L. Kadden
Harper
Irving King
Drexel Blvd
Richard Orlikoff
Park Pl
Irving J. Rosenbloom
Everett
Gladys Scott
Midway
Coop Townhouses
Cooperative Homes
Corporation
Federal Housing Administration
Acker
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