Four Hyde Park sites offered for urban renewal bids
The Department of Urban Renewal invites bids on four commercial sites totaling 2.7 acres in the Hyde Park Kenwood renewal area. Bids open at 2 00 p m February 21 at 320 North Clark Street. Minimums range from 1 25 to 2 50 per square foot with varying zoning restrictions. Additional maps and proposal instructions available from the department.
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Department of Urban Renewal
Hyde Park-Kenwood
John G. Cuba
Department
N. Clark
University of Chicago opens Reading Research Center
The University of Chicago establishes a Reading Research Center under President George W. Beadle to study how reading is learned and taught. The advisory committee includes Francis S. Chase Raven I McDavid Jr Robert D Hess Elliot W Eisner and Frederick F Lighthall with broader faculty participation planned.
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University of Chicago
George W. Beadle
University
Beadle
Raven I. McDavid Jr
Drexel
Robert D. Hess
Harper
Elliot W. Eisner
E. 50Th
Frederick F. Lighthall
E. 57Th
Reading Research Center
Block group presses for warming house at skate rink
The Hyde Park-Cornell group asks the Chicago Park District to add a warming house for the skating area opposite Sinai Temple in the 1964 budget. They seek more supervision to curb hockey players from monopolizing the ice, benches, and better lighting for night skating.
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Hyde Park
Cornell Block Group
Chicago Park District
Sinai Temple
South Shore Sr
Park District
Erwin Weiner
David Techter
Cornell
Parks and Recreation Committee
Block Group
Weiner
55Th St. Promontory
Mikva Mann Receive Honors From Veterans Group
At the American Veterans Committee annual meeting Rep Abner J Mikva and Rep Robert E Mann of Illinois were honored for their work in the Illinois General Assembly. A unanimously passed AVC resolution praised their civil rights efforts. they were the only legislators so honored.
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The
American Veterans Committee
Abner J. Mikva
Kenwood
Robert E. Mann
Harper
Illinois General Assembly
National Board of
AVC
Ilinois
House of Representatives
Mann
Mikva
Johnson Wins Silk Top Hat At Roosevelt University
Paul B. Johnson a Roosevelt University history professor living at 5444 Woodlawn received a new black silk top hat after being voted top prof by the February 1964 Roosevelt graduating class. Johnson specializes in U.S. constitutional and diplomatic history and earned his A B and Ph D degrees from the University of Chicago where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1942.
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Paul B. Johnson
Woodlawn
Roosevelt University
Roosevelt
Johnson
U.S
The
University of Chicago
Hyde Park Art Center Hosts Experimental Happening
In Chicago, Friday and Saturday December 27 and 28 the Hyde Park Art Center presents a multi media event described as a happening. Producers Don Burrows and Don Baum explain it blends painting sculpture music and acting to create a moving panorama of color and sound with performers in correlation to the artwork.
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Hyde Park Art Center
Blackstone
Don Burrows
Art Institute of Chicago
Don Baum
Kenwood
Roosevelt University
Burrows
Hyde Park
Vietnamese girl adoption arranged through Foster Parents' Plan
Miss Mary C. Wilson of 4913 Dorchester has financially adopted seven year old Bui Thi Bich- Lien of Vietnam. She pledges $15 monthly for at least a year. A photograph and detailed case history were sent to the foster parent.
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Mary C. Wilson
Dorchester
Bui Thi Bich- Lien
New York
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E. Seth
Graduate School of Education
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Midway
Chicago
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