Despres Weighs Congress Run If Drafted By Party
Fifth Ward Alderman Leon M. Despres told Second District ward committeemen he would run for Congress if the party asked him to. A state making committee interview valued Despres and incumbent Barratt O’Hara, who urged restating. An exchange between Claude W. Holman and Abner Mikva drew fireworks as Mikva defended attorney work for a candidate.
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Fifth Ward
Leon M. Despres
Despres
Sherman House
Barratt O’hara
O’hara
William Dawson
Dawson
Fourth Ward
Claude W. Holman
Mikva
Holman
Political contention during 1967 Ward race hinted by remarks
Mikva represented Lamar Hoke before the Board of Election Commissioners in 1967 as Hoke challenged Holman. Holman announced his candidacy amid claims that Richard Newhouse and Wesley South attended the event. South had recently moved to the Fifth Ward and previously ran against an organizational candidate on the West Side. Mikva’s bid faced a setback when United Steelworkers backed State Representative Robert Mann for the post.
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Mikva
Lamar Hoke
Board of Election Commissioners
Hoke
Holman
Richard Newhouse
Wesley South
South
Fifth Ward
Organization
West Side
United States Steelworkers
Robert Mann
Stiffer air pollution laws urged at city hearing
Dr. R Stephen Berry and Dr Robert Haselkorn urged tighter pollution ordinances at a City Council hearing claiming Chicago has the nation’s worst sulfur dioxide levels. They cited Hyde Park Kenwood as the area with the highest residential sulfur dioxide and urged reductions from coal fired heat and incinerator emissions. Allison Dunham spoke for the Cleaner Air Committee urging stronger enforcement of the proposed amendments.
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R. Stephen Berry
University
Berry
University of Chicago
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Chicago
Robert Haselkorn
Kenwood
Haselkorn
Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission
Allison Dunham
Cleaner Air Committee
Hyde Park Kenwood Urban Renewal After Ten Years
A Chicago plan completed on February 22 1968 by a University of Chicago unit led by Jack Meltzer outlines Hyde Park Kenwood renewal. The Community Conservation Board commissioned the plan and by now about half the cleared land is redeveloped with University Apartments and townhouses. Future private high rises and skyline changes are anticipated while the Herald will cover progress.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
University of Chicago
Jack Meltzer
University
Center For Urban Studies
Community Conservation Board
Department of
University Apartments
55Th Street
Hyde Park
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Congress
By Hinky Dink McKenna
Abner Mikva
Leon Despres
Democratic Statemaking Committee
Nancy Hays
Ed Herald
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