Crime Figures Show 16 Percent Drop in Hyde Park
Crime statistics for Hyde Park's 6th district police show a 16.3 percent decrease in offenses for January to November 1955 compared with 1954. Since Captain Graney’s September 1955 assignment, SeptemberNovember 1955 data reveal declines including 19.2 percent total offenses, with robbery down 20 percent, burglary 22 percent, purse snatchings 14 percent, and auto larceny 46 percent.
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Hyde Park
Don T. Blakiston
South East Chicago Commission
Tain Graney
Park District Rejects 6¢ Th Road Stoplight at 57th Drive
The Park District refused to install a traffic light at 57th Drive and Lake Shore Drive, citing heavy volumes and the need for a police officer to direct traffic. A detour via 47th Street is suggested as a quicker alternative, with ongoing monitoring for changes.
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Park
57Th and
Lake Shore Drive
George T. Donoghue
Reliance
57Th Street
47Th Street
Donoghue
Ald
Leon M. Despres
Fencl
57Th Drive
Santa Letter Contest Won By Andrea Meier
Andrea Meier age six from Hyde Park won the Hyde Park Herald Santa Letter contest. She lives at 5435 Dorchester with her family and received a $25 U S Savings bond. Andrea, a first grader at Philip Murray, wrote Santa asking for teddy bears a dog a training wheel bike and left cookies milk and carrots for the reindeer. Her father Richard Meier is an assistant professor of planning at the University of Chicago.
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Hyde Park
Herald
47Th Street
61St Street
Cottage Grove
Andrea Meier
Hyde Park Herald
Andrea
Dorchester
Santa
Rudolph
O.K
Philip Murray
Richard Meier
Alan
The
University of Chicago
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