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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1964
Page
5
Community leaders examine three core Hyde Park High issues: integration with 88% Black students, severe overcrowding beyond capacity, and unequal education for 1500 students not in top tracks. Debate centers on building a new integrated school versus expanding the current campus plan.
The item lists Vitae Bruce Sagan as publisher and other staff, notes establishment in 1882, Chicago address, and listing deadlines, rates, and post office classification. It includes a call for remedial education funding and integration of schools, arguing for a community high school to unite Negro and white residents and avoid social upheaval.
A Chicago Alderman visits the snow control center at 50 East Wacker Drive to learn how the city organizes and supervises snow clearing. The article details weather reports, white blue and red signals, 437 plows plus 34 contract spreaders, and 995 miles of arterial streets cleared to keep every resident within two blocks of a cleared route.
A reader rebutts the Dec 2 editorial on Hyde Park High, arguing many white parents choose Hyde Park for quality, warns selective admissions would create new discrimination in the Hyde Park Kenwood area, and notes concerns from educators about segregated schools lowering standards and social advantages.
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