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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1962
Page
1
Alderman Leon Despres will introduce an ordinance to shield tenants who report building and housing code violations from discrimination. He argues current law lacks protection for good faith complainants, risking underenforcement and endangering safety and sanitation in housing.
Chicago Mayor Daley proclaims Back To School Week from Aug 26 to Sept 1 and presents the notice to three teens and Hampton McKinney of the Chicago Urban League. He cites education as essential for economic growth and employment, urging high school completion as a key milestone. A separate Hyde Park robbery occurs at the National Bank corner, with Jean Garner describing a masked assailant who demanded she keep quiet as they fled.
Within days after Labor Day most of our city's schools will have opened for the 1962 63 academic season. The writer stresses this annual event as pivotal to individual status and society's achievements in this era.
Deadline changes apply to the Sept 5 issue. Display ads must be in by 5 p.m. Thursday. Classified ads by noon Saturday. Editorial copy by 5 p.m. Friday.
Ground breaking is set for Sept 20 at the northwest corner of 48th and Woodlawn for eight townhouses priced at 32 500 each. The three to four bedroom homes feature enclosed front yards, sunken living rooms with balcony bedrooms, two full baths and private off street parking. Completion is planned for February 1963. Architect Y C Wong of 1380 Madison Park, who earned the AIA Award for residential design in 1961, announced the project.
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