CAP plans mass meeting to block U S Steel tax break
Campaign Against Pollution CAP will hold a July 15 mass meeting at Cullerton's office to protest what it calls underassessment of U S Steel. Co chair Frank Pearson cites a 1969 12 million tax break and a 16.4 million cut last year as evidence of alleged favoritism.
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Frank Pearson
Hyde Park
CAP
Pearson
U.S. Steel
South Side
Daley
Aldermen
PTA
Marshall Korshak
U of C to Sponsor Youth Program
More than 400 inner city youths will join an eight week summer program at the University of Chicago starting June 28. The NSYSP includes volleyball, basketball, track, swimming, dance, and cheerleading with tutoring in English and math and pre college counseling for high school juniors and seniors.
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University of Chicago
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Office of
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Chicago Board of Education
Midway
South University Avenue
Lake as Lakefront Airport Site Contested by Critics
Chicago officials push for a lakefront airport claiming a polder would prevent pollution and even improve water quality. Critics like Frederick Blum Alderman Despres and Albert Rothingrass warn the plan risks lake stagnation noise and vast costs with no proven need or studies.
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Mark Patinkin
City Department of Aviation
William Downes Jr
Frederick Blum
S. Kimbark
Social Science
Chicago State College
Blum
Lake Geneva
Leon Despres
Daley
Chicago
Despres
Joliet
Albert Rothingrass
Commissioner of Aviation
Beachgoers endure extreme weather in Hyde Park
Hyde Parkers flocked to the beach as temperatures topped 100 degrees last week. Even during a cooler spell on Thursday noon, around 87 degrees, the lakefront drew a near capacity crowd.
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Mercury
Lake Front
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