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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1960
Page
3
Hyde Park resident James Leo Lightner offers a $25 reward for Figaro the cockatiel a gray bodied orange cheeked parrot with topknot of treuse hair lost for 10 days. The bird whistles tunes including Yankee Doodle and operatic arias.
The Big Table literary magazine gains permission to mail its issues after a federal judge overruled a prior post office ruling that labeled its first issue obscene. Judge Julius Hoffman found Kerouac and Burroughs pieces did not target sex and aimed to shock to reveal flaws. Editorial staff includes Helen Shlien and Doris Nieder.
Three month old Rita Jones of 4730 Kenwood died after her head was caught between crib slats and a twisted cloth choked her. Police said her mother Georgia, 29, a widow, broke the slats to free the infant and she died after artificial respiration failed at Provident Hospital.
The South Park Improvement Association won approval to use city water from fire hydrants to sprinkle 14 streets and four alleys in south Hyde Park. The council voted 47 to none in favor of the ordinance.
A Chicago Federation of Musicians Local 10 band performs tomorrow at 7 p.m. on the promontory at 55th and the lake for the first of five park district concerts. Future dates include July 21 Chain Gang, July 28 August 11 August 25 with the same band, and August 18 Rocket chorus from Rock Island railroad.
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