Kenwood School Branch to Close This Semester
The Chicago Board of Education voted to close the Kenwood School Branch in Temple Isaiah Israel Community House at the end of the semester January 27 due to housing demolition under urban renewal reducing enrollment. The action follows the branch’s 1957 establishment to ease crowding.
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Temple Isaiah Israel
Greenwood
Bret Harte
E. 56Th
Gwendolyn S. Gertz
Murray School
Pauline F. Nickin
Hyde Park High School
Hyde Park Principals Promoted to District Superintendent Posts
Hyde Park High School principal Dr. William A. Watters and Wendell Phillips High School principal Dr. Virginia F. Lewis were named district superintendents in the December 14 board meeting. They will take office January 1, succeeding and moving from their current roles within Chicago Public Schools.
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Board of Education
Virginia F. Lewis
E. Madison Park
Wendell Phillips High School
Northwestern University
Harvard University
William A. Watters
Hyde Park High School
Milton J. Cohler
Cohler
Watters
Morse
Foreman High School
Illinois Education Association
University Student Dies in New York Air Disaster
A University of Chicago freshman, Stephan M. Jenks, was identified among the victims of a New York air disaster. Jenks, resident of the University dormitory at 5514 University, was en route home for the campus holiday on a United Air Lines DC-8 when it collided with a Trans World Airlines plane over Brooklyn. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Mansfield Jenks of 175 Riverside Drive, New York.
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University of Chicago
New York
Stephan M. Jenks
University
United Air Line
Trans World
Brooklyn
John Mansfield Jenks
Riverside Drive
Kennedy Names Hyde Parker To Secretary of Labor Post
Hyde Park resident Arthur Goldberg 5758 Blackstone appointed Secretary of Labor by President-elect Kennedy last week. He has long stood in Hyde Park politics and labor law, with ties to the United Steelworkers and Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
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Hyde Parker
Labor
Hyde Park
Arthur Goldberg
Blackstone
Trudy
Nora Lenhoff
Nora
Greenwood
Barbara
University of Chicago
Everett
Goldbergs
Hyde Park Cooperative Society
Goldberg
Advance Deadlines for Holidays Published by Herald
Deadlines for display and classified ads are moved to Friday at noon due to Christmas holidays. Editorial submissions must arrive at the Herald office by Thursday.
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Herald Office
Martin King To Speak At Hyde Park Council Meeting
Martin Luther King will be guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Council of Hyde Park and Kenwood Churches and Synagogues at 1400 E 53rd in January. Alderman Leon M. Despres praised council leadership on aging, housing, and inter racial planning.
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Kenwood
Bernard Martin
Council
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Leon M. Despres
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Abner Mikva
Esther Kurgans
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U.S. Supreme Court
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