Renewal Agencies in Urban Renewal Plans for Hyde Park
Five key Chicago agencies drive the Urban Renewal program including the Chicago Land Clearance Commission Chicago Plan Commission Housing and Redevelopment Coordinator Community Conservation Board and Neighborhood Re-Development Commission. The pieces describe each agency responsibilities and leadership.
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Hyde Parkers
Chicago Land Clearance Commission
Chicago Plan Commission
Community Conservation Board
Ira J. Bach
Frederick T. Aschman
James C. Downs
Merriam Promised $50,000 to Probe City Crime Ties
Alderman Robert E. Merriam was promised fifty thousand dollars to help his city council emergency crime committee begin its investigation into connections between organized crime and politics. The promise came from administration leaders, aiding the committee and its new chief counsel.
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Robert E. Merriam
Merriam
Red Cross trains three area disaster doctor nurse teams
Three local doctor nurse units are trained and equipped to handle mass casualties in major civilian disasters. They operate 24 hours and support police fire and health authorities. teams cover Kenwood Hyde Park Woodlawn with named physicians nurses and alternates listed.
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Red Cross
Civil Defense Corps
Kenwood-Hyde Park
Woodlawn
Harold Wagner
Illinois panel seeks $100000 to fund probe work
Irwin Cohen said the committee needs 100000 to hire investigators through January 1. Merriam noted no early hearings are planned due to transcript costs. The group was budgeted just 500 after a court ruling. Illinois Supreme Court later affirmed its powers and revived the 1952 inquiry. Merriam and Cohen urged Mayor Kennelly and Police Commissioner OConnor to cooperate.
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Merriam
Illinois Supreme Court
Cohen
Kennelly
O’connor
Kumle Promoted to Private First Class at Fort Campbell
Private Gerald Kumle son of Mrs. Lucille A Kumle of 5625 Blackstone has been promoted to Private First Class in C Company 27th Engineer Battalion at Fort Campbell Kentucky. He entered service in June 1953, completed basic Infantry training and later advanced Engineer training with the 27th.
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Gerald Kumle
Lucille A. Kumle
Blackstone
27Th Engineer Battalion
Fort Campbell
Kentucky
Pfc. Kumle
Zenith Royal M Hearing Aid Promises Power in Pocket Size
Becker Prescriptions Hyde Park last week introduced the Zenith Royal M hearing aid. The tubeless three transistor device fits a pocket lighter and runs on a single dry cell for about ten cents weekly. It retails at $100 and Zenith says it equals or exceeds the power of larger, pricier models. The item debuted in Hyde Park amid a striking lobby display at the Midway.
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Zenith
Mith
Becker
Hyde Park
Apartments Decor by Designs at 60th and St Lawrence
The Hyde Park Herald notes apartments at 60th and St Lawrence decorated by Designs 1424 E 55th. Angular planters divide the lobby into intimate zones while casements filter light to soften glare. A 12 foot black leather sofa and white formica tables and benches furnish the large lobby.
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60Th
St. Larence
Bordelon
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E. 61St St
Andrew J. Brislen
Drexel Ave
Alma Johnson
R. N
Ellis
Elizabeth Anne Taylor
Chicago Health Department
Calumet
Andrew F. Bulfer
Daniel Pachman
E. 61St Street
Bertha Thomas
Florence J. Hensler
R.N
E. 59Th St
Rat Tamiedeta
East 53Rd Street Plaza
Irwin Cohen
THE
Hyde Park Herald
Lucille
E. 53Rd St
Midway
Gulaar
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