Farm Workers Rally at Hyde Park Amid Ongoing Struggle
A small colony of striking farm workers occupies the Church on 54th Street and Blackstone Avenue as Cesar Chavez and unions press for recognition. Past media exposes pair with gains in California Arizona and Florida contrast with continuing corporate challenges this year in vineyards and lettuce fields.
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54Th Street
Blackstone Avenue
California
Arizona
Florida
Teamsters
California Supreme Court
United Farm Workers
Chavez
Gallo
Hyde Park
JEWEL
Sheriff's Deputies
Survival and activism across oceans and farms in 1970s Chicago
An excerpt discusses Chief Sealth's warning re earth and living standards, then shifts to National Wildlife Federation boycotts of Japan and Russia over whaling, and reports on the Farm Workers Union in Hyde Park. It notes pickets, violence, community feasts, and aid drives at the Farm Workers Center.
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Sealth
Franklin Pierce
Conservation News
National Wildlife Federation
Japan
Ussr
Russia
United States
Hyde Park
Hyde Parkers
Leticia Galvan
Leonardo
Virginia
Gloria
Lorenzo Rafayel
Chicago
California
Lorenzo
Felicitas
Manuel
Sally Martinez
Blanca
Ruben
Carmen
Victor
Aaron
Eddie
Jabir
Santa
Aurelia Palomo
St. Procopius School
18Th Street
Farm Workers Center
54Th and
Blackstone
Memorial concert for Basia Polishuk memory in Chicago
Memorial concert honors violinist teacher and conductor Basia Polishuk who died May 5. Harold Klatz will conduct a Gateway String Ensemble chamber group with soloists Gilbert Fisher and Norman Scheer at Isaiah Israel Congregation on December 16.
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Basia Polishuk
R.A.M
Isaiah Israel
East Hyde Park Boulevard
Harold Klatz
Lyric Opera Orchestra
Gateway String Ensemble
Poofessor Gilbert Fisher
Norman Scheer
Polishuk
Chicago
Israel
Israel Philharmonic
Oliver-Harvey Community College
Klatz
Mr. Polishuk
Puerto Rico
Mr. Fisher
Memorial Concert to feature Polishuk Handel and Tschaikowsky
The program has no admission charge and invites the public. Max Janowski, noted composer of Jewish liturgical music, will also participate in the Memorial Concert. Mr. Janowski was a life long friend of Mr.
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Max Janowski
Mr. Janowski
Mr. Polishuk
Hyde Park YMCA Theater Benefit Moves to December 14
Austin A. West announced the third annual Hyde Park YMCA Theater benefit will feature the play Prisoner of Second Avenue at the Forum Theater. Dinner and play cost 15.00 per person with proceeds funding YMCA youth programs and scholarships. Forum Theater is at 5620 S Harlem two blocks south of the Stevenson Expressway.
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Hyde Park
Austin A. West
West
Forum Theater
Second Avenue
YMCA
S. Harlem
Meeting for Prospective Antioch Students
A meeting for prospective Antioch College students and their families will be held Sunday December 9 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Center for Continuing Education 1307 E 60th St. College staff students and alumni will answer questions about programs costs and philosophy. Antioch is known for its work study and other innovative programs on its Yellow Springs Ohio campus and elsewhere.
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Antioch College
Center For Continuing Education
E. 60Th St. College
Antioch
Yellow Springs
Ohio
JCC Benefit Concert Supports Chicago Area Scholarships
The annual Jewish Community Centers of Chicago Benefit Concert on December 4 at Orchestra Hall will feature Jorge Bolet and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Funds aid scholarship programs for members of JCC centers and senior adult programs across metropolitan Chicago, with about ten percent of over 25 000 members receiving aid. Centers include Bernard Howrich Hyde Park and Mayer Kaplan Skokie, among others, plus seven nursery schools and camps serving 1250 children.
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Jewish Community Centers of
Skokie
S. Western Avenue
Olympia Fields
County Line Road
Highland Park
Mayer Kaplan
N. Kimball
Devon- Sheridan
N. Sheridan Road
JCC
Chicago
Bernard Horwich
Chizener
Albany Park
South Franklin Street
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Jewish United Fund
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By Mario Manzardo
Ward R. Murrow
NBC
Cesar Chavez
By Frances S. Vandervoort
NWF
United States State Department
Scheer
Lyric Opera
Grant Park Symphony
Kindemith
Handel and Tschaikowsky
Jack Chizener
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