Despres Released From Hospital After Gunshot Wounds
Fifth Ward Alderman Leon M. Despres was discharged from Billings Hospital on January 6 after treatment for gunshot wounds suffered during an apparent robbery attempt on 55th Street. He urged gun control, supported a city gun registration proposal, and emphasized street lighting as a crime deterrent. Despres credited bright lights with possibly saving his life and noted no political motive in the shooting.
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Fifth Ward
Leon M. Despres
Billings Hospital
Despres
55Th Street
Illinois
Chicago
Robert Picken
Gang youth named for teen murder
A Hyde Park youth, Henry C. Porter, 19, is charged with the murder of 16 year old Theodore Williams on December 31. Porter, described as leader of a local gang, appeared at a Hyde Park Neighborhood Club meeting amid controversy over a prior Herald report. Michael Martin and Porter were brought to the event by a Youth Action streetworker from Woodlawn. Police note Porter belongs to a different Woodlawn gang than the two he is accused of shooting.
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Hyde Park
Henry C. Porter
Woodlawn
Theodore Williams
Thomas White
Porter
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Michael Martin
Herald
Area 3 Homicide Division
Disciples
Opposition to Beach Fill Permit in Hyde Park Chicago
Conservation groups and the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference urged the Army Corps of Engineers to reject the new landfill permit for the 57th Street beach without public hearings. They call for comparing plans with the 1966 Johnson Johnson and Roy Jackson Park proposal and delaying work until full park and Outer Drive plans are released.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Army Corps of Engineers
57Th Street Beach
Daniel Burnham Committee
Chicago Heritage Committee
City Department of Public Works
Engineer Corps
Johnson, Johnson and Roy
Jackson Park
Chicago Plan Commission
Hyde Park- Kenwood
S9th
JJR
Clemens Roothaan
Department of Development and Planning
47Th
53Rd
William Erikson
Burnham
Comatose Woman Identified as Edith Sought in Chicago
An unconscious woman found after being struck by a car near Madison Park Hotel in Chicago is described as Edith. Doctors at Osteopathic Hospital seek identifying help, asking anyone with information to contact the hospital. police report filed with missing persons bureau.
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Chicago Osteopathic Hospital
Ellis
Madison Park Hotel
Hyde Park Blvd
Steinway
Dorchester
Edith
Tion
Administration
Missing
Chicago Police Department
Chicago Osteopathic Center to Break Ground for New Wing
Ground will be broken today for a four floor teaching hospital wing at 5200 Ellis Chicago. The $3 000 000 project adds 58 beds and an intensive care unit raising hospital capacity to 225 by 1969. A separate phase includes a three story basic science building funded by a 19 000 grant and a 2 000 000 college expansion at University and Lord.
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Chicago Osteopathic Center
Ellis
Chicago Osteopathic Hospital
Chicago College of Osteopathy
University and Lord
Department of Health Education and Welfare
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Gang
Linda
Howard Askin
Nancy Hays
Osteopathic Hospital
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