Hyde Park PTA Urges Ouster of Willis Over School Concerns
Hyde Park High School PTA met and sent telegrams to Chicago Board of Education members and Mayor Daley urging the ouster of Superintendent Benjamin Willis. The group pressed for a professional advisory committee to search for a new leader and backed using Hauser and Havighurst findings to improve education and equal opportunity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park High Pta
Willis
Hyde Park High School
PTA
Chicago Board of Education
Daley
Benjamin Willis
Hauser
Havighurst
South East High School
Lelia Ward
Woodlawn Organization
Frances Bentley
Hyde Park Blvd
Robert Havighurst
Stony Island
Chicago
Hyde Park Kenwood PTA Panel Draws 500 At Kozminski Town Hall
A joint meeting brings together Hyde Park Kenwood PTA members Chicago Board of Education and local teachers to answer questions from an overflow crowd at Kozminski School Town Hall. Attendees include district board members Cyrus Adams Richard Newhouse Bernard Friedman and Abner Mikva with several local residents listed by address. The seven Hyde Park Kenwood PTAs sponsored the event which drew more than five hundred people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kozminski
E. 54Th
Chicago School Board
Hyde Park- Kenwood
PTA
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Bernard Friedman
Kenwood
Cyrus Adams III
Adams
Springfield
Chicago
Willis
Wendell Green
Maryland
Timuel Black
Hyde Park
Chicago Board of Education
Kozminski School
Sidney Bird
Morris Seidler
Hyde
New CCC appoints three to Hyde Park Kenwood council
The Urban Renewal department announces three new members for the Hyde Park Kenwood Conservation Community Council. Martin A. Cohen and Samuel Stratton join the panel, with Mrs. Hubert Will replacing her husband Judge Will. Other incumbents include Edwin A. Rothschild, Dr. Maurice Gleason, and Howard Goodman among tenured members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Urban Renewal
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Martin A. Cohen
Hyde Park Blvd
Samuel Stratton
Ellis
Hubert Will
Kimbark
Judge Will
CCC
Edwin A. Rothschild
Blackstone
Maurice Gleason
Howard Goodman
Stony Island
Howard Jeffers
Arthur Schoenstadt
Black Stone
Gustavus F. Swift, Jr
Charles Schwartz
Woodlawn
Henry McGee
Hyde Park-Kenwood group to review Lutheran school plans
Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference board calls for re opening talks with the Lutheran school project on 55th Street. The Planning Committee will assess site plans and potential impact on moderate income housing in Hyde Park-Kenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Schools
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Marks
Public Schools
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Ssth Street
John H. Ballard
Blackstone
Daniel Levin
E. 55Th Street
55Th Betwen University
Greenwood
Hyde Park Legislators Win 1965 Best Legislature Awards
Two Hyde Park lawmakers, Rep Abner J Mikva and Rep Robert E Mann, received 1965 Best Legislature Awards from the Independent Voters of Illinois for civil rights leadership, consumer credit laws, labor and urban policy positions. The honors were presented Saturday by George H Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Independent Voters of
Illinois
Abner J. Mikva
Kenwood
Mikva
Robert E. Mann
Harper
George H. Watson
Woodlawn
MVI
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Mittee
South East Side
Englewood
Parker
Hirsch
South Shore
Bowen
Bentley
Friedman
James Clement
F. Raymond Marks, Jr
Edward
Ted) Palmer
Palmer
South
Quadrangle Club
Liss E. 57Th
South East Community Organization
South Shore Commission
Marynook Homeowners’ Association
54Th
Ingleside
University of Chicago
Dumas
Murray
Shoesmith
Elizabeth Mollahan
Robert Newman
Laboratory Schools
Sam Osaki
Seamen Peltz
Yale Williams
Joan Guard
Dorchester
Bette Hill
Dianne Kraybill
Nidia Sharlock
Mary Lou Todd
Ats At
HPKCC
General Assembly
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