Police Workshop Sparks Overdue Police Response Critique
Residents voiced anger at a 21st district police rap session sponsored by Commander James O Grady asking for faster action on abandoned cars and dog incidents. A Hyde Park woman cited a stray dog bite and a child who nearly died from toxema poisoning after ambulance delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Patinkin
James O’grady
21St District
W. Cermak
Hyde Park
54Th and Lake Park
Billings Hospital
O’grady
Police Department
Councils reject revised guidelines for local school boards
Area A nine district delegates voted 62 to 14 against amended council guidelines drafted by the Areas A B and C superintendents. They urged notification and rationales behind revisions and proposed area councils to ease administrator meetings. The board will decide today on accepting the guidelines.
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Cheryl Fries
Area A
Harriet Harris Ymca
S. Drexel
Board of Education
Bernard Friedman
Hyde Park
South Shore
Steve Rubin
Rubin
Wirth Experimental School
Friedman
Pat Wilcoxen
District 14
Lydon Wild
David Jantor
Miracle on 54th street at Hyde Park corner
Residents describe a vacant 54th and Hyde Park site as a debris filled nuisance since abandonment. Chicago tore down the abandoned model apartments after court action and alderman pressure, while local lawyer Paul Freehling organized nearby residents to seek improvement.
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Helaine Billings
54Th and
Hyde Park Blvd
Chicago
Ald
Leon Despres
Paul Freehling
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