Litter Debate Highlights Overflowing Baskets at Harper and 53rd
Fifth Ward official Tom McCue says about half the contents in the photo are litter not garbage. He notes baskets lack lids and space, are mesh, and fail to keep vermin out. The ward covers 70 curb miles with twice weekly pickup. He urges landlords to supply better disposal facilities due to limited resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom McCue
Fifth Ward
Harper and
53Rd St
McCue
Herald Office
53Rd Street
Tim Black Joins National Teacher Corps In Chicago
Tim Black a Hyde Park High School veteran joins the National Teacher Corps as a supervisor with several local residents named as intern teachers. The program aims to train teachers for culturally deprived urban and rural classrooms and will fund assignments pending Board of Education approval. Black hopes for Hyde Park High assignment while pursuing a master’s degree and speaks at Woodlawn Methodist Church on gang and school issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timuel Black
Ellis
National Teacher Corps
Congress
Higher Education Act
Black
Hyde Park High School
Independent Voters of
Illinois
Claude Holman
Board of Education
the Herald
Hyde Park High
Kathleen Nichols
Harper
Jo Berry
Kimbark
Jonathan D. Lewis
Madison Park
John Turner Wright, Jr
Betty J. Jacobsen
Woodlawn
Woodlawn Methodist Church
Despres Hails Integration as Benefit in City Housing
Fifth Ward Alderman Leon Despres urged complete removal of racial housing barriers in Chicago. He argued Hyde Park proves integration relieves pressure and pays, blaming city leaders for tolerating exclusion and calling for action from Mayor Richard J. Daley. Despres has long supported open housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Ward
Leon Despres
E. 56Th
Hyde Park
Despres
Chicago
Chicago Lawn
Richard J. Daley
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Tim Black
Kenwood's
Gill
Gill's Only
Gill's
VOLVO
George W. Bowers
South Western Avenue
SEARS
E. 53Rd St. HY
Sheppe
E. Tist ST
Hyde Park Herald
Wise Investors
Pickwick, Ltd
Jeffery Ave
Chicago, Illinois
Walateena
Woolworth’s
55Th & Lake Park
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