Abandoned Cars Crackdown in Hyde Park-Kenwood Through the Years
The 1950s-60s drive to remove abandoned cars in Hyde Park-Kenwood highlights repeated towing efforts, new legislation by Alderman Despres and Abner Mikva, and city logistic improvements. Police doubled checks on registrations, and multiple articles document weekly tow totals and expanding dumping lots as the problem persisted for 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Despres and
Mikva
Fifth Ward
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Despres
The
Herald
Leon Despres
Abner Mikva
John Ramey
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Congregation Rodfei Zedek Evening and Morning Services
The entry lists Congregation Rodfei Zedek at 5200 Hyde Park Boulevard Chicago IL with Friday evening service and daily morning services. It notes Sabbath morning, Talmud study, Minchah and Maariv offerings with a Sunday schedule and a January 11, 1970 date plus contact number 4-2626.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Oppenheimer
Chicago Sinai Congregation
Methodist Foundation
Philip M. Cripps
Chaplin Methodist Foundation
University of Chicago
Congregation
Rodhei Zedek
Hyde Park Boulevard
Chicago
Illinois
Minchah and Maariv
Perelmuter
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Robert G. Middleton
M. Elizabeth Laafmann
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R.A.M. Temple
Simeon J. Maslin
Jacob J. Weinstein
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Emery A. Percell
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Philip V. Anderson
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Joe E. Francis
Church of St. Paul and the Redeemer
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Warner C. White
University Church of the Disciples
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Charles H. Bayer
Roy C. Davis
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U of C
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Michael A. Oppenheimer
Jack Mendelsohn
D. D
Hinister
Christopher Moore
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Rabbi Karff
Moses Mendelsson
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Ralph Simon
Benjamin A. Daskal
Abraham Lubin
Ween
Vee Eenee
Ee Perelmuter
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Blackstone
E. 57Th Street
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel
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Richard Wikstrom
Dean Parsons
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53Rd and
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