Contractor Card Sparks Chicago Building Permit Dispute
A July 25 permit for the Alport building at 1500 1506 E 53rd lists Cardinal Construction Company as contractor. No such company is registered in Illinois or Cook County records, and the listed Westchester firm denies any work at the site. The Alports own multiple properties and have ties to local politics, with additional city contracts and landscaping work. A chancery case tied to code violations was dismissed for compliance. a reopened suit was heard and continued.
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N. Clark
Harper
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Westchester
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Louis
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Alports
Fifth Ward
Marshall Korshak
Korshak
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Cardinal
Shur Deth Exterminating Company
L.E. Alport Company
University of Illinois
Sydney Smith
Dem convention activity centers on Illinois delegation choices
Area residents report active campaigning at the Democratic convention as Abner Mikva backs Senator McGovern while Alderman Leon Despres pins hopes on Richard C. Wade the 31st Illinois delegate alternate Wade a University of Chicago historian and Daley ally is also a Mc Govern backer Despres says Wade could swing the Illinois delegation if 30 other alternates cannot participate Local politicians including Richard Newhouse Marshall Korshak and Claude Holman navigate votes with Daley undecided as Mikva skips convention sessions cont'd on page 8.
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McGovern
McCarthy
Leon Despres
the Herald
Illinois
Richard C. Wade
University of Chicago
Richard Daley
Wade
Despres
Des
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Democratic
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Korshak
Newhouse
National Committee of Inquiry
Fourth Ward
Claude Holman
The
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Holman
Mikva
Leaner bid for state legislature blocked
Marie Leaner of Dorchester failed to have her name on the November ballot for state representative from the 24th District. Officials ruled petitions invalid for two bound piles, and Leaner was ruled ineligible for not meeting a two year residency by three days. She plans to use the effort to build an independent challenge by organizing Fourth Ward voters.
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Marie Leaner
Fourth Ward
Miss Leaner
Dorchester
Chicago
Board of Election Commissioners
Leaner
Public Schools Open Sept 4 In Chicago
All Chicago public schools start classes on September 4. Elementary schools offer pre registration on August 27, while high schools register August 28 and 29. New district movers must register before day one. call DE 27800 for district boundary info. District 14 Superintendent Blyth notes new students may register first day, pre registration speeds class assignment. Staff report to schools September 3 to prepare.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Donald J. Blyth
Judge keeps Alport case active amid new building violations
The city suit over the 1500 to 1506 E 53rd building was reopened August 21 after a building code inspector cited new violations. Judge Franklin Kral extended the case to include 5237 39 Harper and set a new hearing for 10 a.m. August 28 in Civic Center room 1402. Allen and Louis Alport seek time to fix violations while attorney Sterling Sutton noted gas leaks on the fourth and fifth floors and said emergency actions included hall obstruction and elevator disrepair.
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E. 53Rd
Franklin Kral
Harper
Civic Center
Allen
Louis Alport
Sterling Sutton
Kral
Sutton
Herald deadlines shift for Labor Day week
Early deadlines affect advertising and editorial content for next week. Display ads are due Thursday at 5 PM, editorial copy by Friday noon, and want ads by 3 PM Friday. Newspaper delivery remains on its usual schedule.
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