Power of Words Provokes Citywide Outcry Over Silence
An elderly woman, a university professor, and concerned citizens challenge city officials who suppress public speech and print in Hyde Park Chicago. Local activists and lawyers offered free air pollution inspections and testimony, yet government efforts to silence dissent persisted. The piece laments a “silent majority” justifying action while minority voices warn of dangerous air quality and demand citizen involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleaner Air Committee
Hyde Park
New Hyde Park- Kenwood
Public
Conlish
Chica
Eed
PPC
Ahha
Comsdsi
Gownia Fzlitpie
Pollution witnesses merit award urged by alderman
Alderman urges Fifth Ward Award of Merit for residents who testified on air pollution at City Hall. Witnesses included Janice Moulton and others, detailing NO2 and SO2 impacts, hospitalizations, and calls for stricter Chicago Air Pollution ordinances and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Ward
City Hall
City Council
Ibsen
Stockmann
Janice Moulton
Drexel Avenue
Pennsylvania
Letter to Editor critiques 1970 Forestry Budget in Chicago
The author questions the 1970 Bureau of Forestry budget citing inefficiency and neglect that allowed Dutch Elm Disease to spread citywide. He argues crews work slowly, mostly on complaint basis, with inflated costs and insists funding be reassessed until improvements occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Bureau of Forestry
Bureau of Forestry and Parkways
Pikarsky
Forestry Bureau
Piarsky
Coman
City Forestry Bureau
Chicago
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Hyde Park Herald
Bruce Sagan
Eric Gould
Marvin Bohannan
Estelle Roth
Fred Fuller Bennett
Clarence P. Dresser
Hyde Park Heraldae
S. Harper
Telephone
Midway
Ill
Leon M. Despres
Bertram Carnow
T.B. Institute
University of Illinois
England
Richard May
Billings Hospital
Wyler Children’s Hospital
Marine
R. Stephen Berry
University Avenue
Laura Fermi
South Shore Drive
Paul Sabatier
Dorchester Avenue
John D. Sabroske
Kimbark Avenue
Terry M. Smith
Melvyn Sterling
Forestry
Bureau
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