Shoreland Hotel distributes 500 flags for Independence Day
The Shoreland Hotel at 5454 South Shore Drive distributed 500 American flags to tenants and guests for display from their windows on the July 4th holiday. General manager Al Burger and Stir Ward Alderman Leon Despres inspect some flags as the hotel urges guests to fly flags on all national holidays.
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South Shore Drive
al Burger
Shoreland and Stir
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Rossi awarded Reflective Year Fellowship by Carnegie
Peter H. Rossi of the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago receives a Reflective Year Fellowship from the Carnegie Corporation. The fellowship frees scholars from teaching to read write study or think for a year. Rossi plans six months this year and six months in 1966.
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National Opinion Research Center
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University of Chicago
Carnegie Corporation
Restoration of the Mississippi locomotive completed
Illinois Central Railroad finished restoring the antique engine Mississippi to its 131 year appearance. Built in England in 1834 and shipped to Natchez Mississippi it operated on a Natchez short line and served in Civil War logistics during the Vicksburg siege under two flags.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Museum of Science and Industry
Vicksburg
Mississippi
England
Natchez
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