Accidental Death Verdict in Boy's Fall at Kimbark Porch
A coroner's jury found the boy's death accidental after he fell through a porch railing on July 9 at 5337 Kimbark. Testimony cited May repairs by contractor Alex Hollowell and prior reports of porch rot. inspectors deemed porches in fair to sound condition. The Luna family pressed for accountability while building managers denied negligence.
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Joe L. Johnson
Hyde Park
Joseph Ruf
Kimbark
John Luna
Wolin-Levin
E. 55Th
Alex Hollowell
Ellis
Norman G. Levin
Merrill
Ray Kiedrow
Maxwell Lickton
Lickton
Eva Friedlander
Lunas
Barrett
Keith
Leon Despres
Exchange National Bank
Luna
Street Jamboree Boosts North West Hyde Park Recreation
A Saturday night street jamboree on July 27 at 8:00 p.m. at 53rd and Ingleside, organized by the North West Hyde Park Block Groups of the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference. Tickets 25 cents with all proceeds for supervised recreation in North West Hyde Park. A five piece band donated by Grady’s Pharmacy will perform. Proceeds fund a professional worker to reach children not in recreation programs. Cooperation with Hyde Park Youth Project and Hyde Park Neighborhood Club. Community volunteers from multiple addresses organized the event with ticket sales at local offices and from committee members.
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Mckie and Montgomery
Ingleside
North West Hyde Park
Hyde Park - Kenwood
North West
Hyde Park
Naomi Tillman
Ellis
Jean, Weaver
Drexel
Arthur Golab
Leo Forbish
Woodlawn
Grady Johnson
Grady’s
E. 53Rd St
Kenwood
Virginia Meschke
University
Joan Nichols
Elaine Ethridge
Patricia Landry
Maryland
Kenneth Anderson
Greenwood
Dorothy Gist
William Lieberman
E. 54Th St
Victor Towns
Evelyn Goldsborough
53Rd
Hyde Park YMCA Welcomes New Director John L McBean
John L McBean recently became executive secretary of the Hyde Park YMCA. He praised local enthusiasm and outlined plans to improve the building and expand services despite tighter funding. McBean succeeds Merle Dennis and arrives from the North Avenue YMCA where he oversaw a $200 000 addition and youth programs.
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Hyde Park
John L. McBean
YMCA
McBean
North Avenue-Larabee
Merle E. Dennis
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
North Avenue
Y” McBean
Indianapolis
Ind
St. Paul
Minn
University of Minnesota
Boy
Minneapolis
Navy
Boy’s
Chicago Metropolitan District
The
Hyde Park Police District Receives Two More Squads
Hyde Park gains two additional squad cars bringing total to five and relocates Division 1 detective bureau to the station. An extra 55 detectives will operate from the old Army MP HQ, aided by National Bank of Hyde Park parking donation behind Walgreens. Capt Lawler welcomed the increase. Alderman Despres sought further cars.
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Hyde Park
Hyde Park Station
Army
The
National Bank of Hyde
Lawler
Leon Despres
Timothy J. O'Connor
Despres To Appear On Channel 11 Tonight
Alderman Leon Despres will appear on Metropolitan Reports tonight at 7 p.m. on Channel 11. The program will feature a general discussion of aldermanic and ward problems.
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Despres
Leon Despres
Std
Metropolitan Reports
Channel 11
Co op Homes Meet Tuesday In Hyde Park
Co op Homes of Hyde Park will gather Tuesday July 30 at 8 p.m. at Hyde Park Methodist Church at 54th and Blackstone to discuss a developer led plan for building houses for the group.
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Co-op Homes of
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Methodist Church
54Th and
Blackstone
Hold Hearing On Local Rights Bill In City Council
The City Council Judiciary Committee will hold a Thursday 10 30 a m hearing on a proposed Chicago civil rights ordinance. Introduced by Alderman Claude W B Holman the bill makes denial of full and equal enjoyment of public places an offense with fines from 100 to 200 dollars per day. It covers restaurants taverns stores theaters and other public conveyances.
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Chicago
Claude W. B. Holman
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Detective Bureau
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South East Chicago Commission
South Chicago
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Ald. Holman
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