Stone to host daily news commentary on WCIU Channel 26
C Sumner Stone Jr of 1364 Madison Park will deliver a daily news commentary on WCIU Channel 26 Chicago beginning Jan 4 at 6:30 p.m. He becomes the nation’s first Negro television commentator. Leu House of 5302 Greenwood joins as a keynote reporter. Todd Determan, 1649 E Seth, produces the show. Stone previously helped integrate employment at Carson Pirie Scott.
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C. Sumner
Chuck) Stone, Jr
Madison Park
WCIU
Chicago
Stone
Leu House
Greenwood
Todd Determan
E. Seth
Carson, Pirie, Scott, Inc
Stone editor and journalist career milestones noted
Stone edited papers in New York and Washington and led the Chicago Daily Defender. He won the Capital Press Club Journalist of the Year in 1961 and holds Wesleyan University and University of Chicago degrees. Lou House, a Macalester College graduate, produced prize-winning TV shows and earned a 1963 arts award. Neuse is recognized for civil rights contributions from WAAF. Determan previously published a New York City magazine and ran a PR firm.
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Stone
New York
Washington
Chicago Daily Defender
Washington, D.C
Capital Press Club
Wesleyan University
Connecticut
University of Chicago
Lou House
Minnesota
Macalester Col
Lege
St. Paul
American Academy of Science Arts and Crafts
WAAF
Neuse
Todd Determan
New York City
Resident urges lakefront park plan at Park District hearing
Mrs. Clemens Rootham representing the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference urged a comprehensive long range lakefront park plan. She asked for a timetable of proposed improvements and faster acquisition of remaining parks and new accesses across the Outer Drive to ease traffic and parking.
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Park District
Clemens Rootham
Greenwood
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Park
Lake Front
Parks and Recreation Committee
Lake Front Park
Roethanns
Early deadlines for Hyde Park edition New Year
The Hyde Park editorial and adverts deadlines for the next issue are noon on Wednesday Dec 30, with the issue dated Jan 6. Readers should submit items promptly due to the holiday break.
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Hyde Park
Fifth Army serves orphans at Christmas HQ event
Soldiers of the Fifth Army treat orphans to a Christmas headquarters project organized by PIC James Megettigan of Philadelphia and funded by Headquarters personnel contributions. Photo by Pfc Marilyn Jamnes from the Fifth Army Photo facility.
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5Th Army
St. Joseph’s Home
Randall House
Fifth U. S. Army
Army
Pic
James Megettigan
Philadelphia
Pfc
Marilyn Jamnes
Fifth Army
Hyde Park Kenwood schools to hold town hall meeting
Three Chicago school board members Cyrus McCormick Adams III Wendell Green and Dr Bernard Friedman accept invitations to a mass meeting at the Kozminski School 54th and Ingleside January 19 at 8315 PM. PTA officials screen audience questions to avoid repetition.
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Chicago School Board
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Kezminski
54Th
Ingleside
Cyrus McCormick Adams
Ili
Wendell Green
Bernard Friedman
PTA
Rosalind Durham
Murray School
Durham
PTA Board of Managers
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U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee
Rep
Adam Clayton Powell
Chuck Stone
Eee Maa Tle Rai
Kenwood Park
Jackson Park
Bret Harte
Kenwood
Smith
Kozminski
M Ray
Reavis
Participa
Bernice
Kimbark
Beatrice Brodsky
Dochester
Dorothy Hairston
Anne Hyman
S. Kenwood
Fayerberg
Slyde Park Lily
Andrew Kim
Gleside
Kenneth Northcot
Park Pl
Elei Perez
Universit
Diane Seidler
Hyde Park Blvd
Bismarck Williams
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