Hyde Park-Kenwood group opposes Hill housing plan
The Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference rejected Lewis Hill's plan for large scale demolition and deconversion in Hyde Park Kenwood until new low cost housing is funded. The group urged scattered site low rise public housing and listed 45 to 50 potential units. Robert Gordon for Kenwood Oakland Community Organization also criticized Hill's proposal.
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Hyde Park-Kenwood
Lewis Hill
Community Conservation Council
Hy Fish
Hill
Fish
CCC
47Th
Ingleside
Hyde Park
Kenwood
Robert Gordon
Kenwood-Oakland
Mikva probes McClellan conduct over Woodlawn hearings
Abner Mikva asks the American Bar Association to investigate Senator John McClellan over alleged ethics violations tied to Woodlawn youth gang training hearings. Mikva alleges McClellan threatened to cite attorney Marshall Patner for contempt of Congress and says Patner should not be cited. The ABA referred the matter to its standing committee on professional grievances.
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Abner Mikva
Congress
American Bar Association
Arkansas
John McClellan
Mikva
ABA
McClellan
Washington
Woodlawn Organization
Marshall Patner
Patner
Jeff Fort
Fort
Arkansas Bar
Standing Committee On
Road plans in Jackson Park debated over three years
Page 6 compares three roadway proposals through Jackson Park amid a three year controversy. The summaries note differing routes and community concerns guiding the public discussion.
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Jackson Park
Patner Tests Rules for Congressional Hearings
Marshall Patner seeks to test Senate rules by cross examining witnesses against Jeff Fort at the McClellan committee hearing. He criticized Rule 13 for not protecting individual rights and said he discussed his plan with McClellan on July 1 before the July 9 session. Fort leads the Blackstone Rangers, linked to a federal grant in the TWO program.
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Marshall Patner
Kenwood
Jeff Fort
Patner
Fort
McClellan Committee
Woodlawn Organization
Blackstone Rangers
McClellan
Senate Committee
Dog Lucy Finds Home at CCC Meeting in Hyde Park
At a Conservation Community Council gathering in Hyde Park Lucy the small black puppy captured attention. Mrs. Hyman Schorr agreed to rehome Lucy with Robert Burns and his family after their vacation, keeping the dog from abandonment.
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Hyman Schorr
E. 55Th
Lucy
Conservation Community Council
CCC
Robert Burns
Kenwood
Burns
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Start 47th Street developers begin construction this season
Jared Shines of Lake Village Associates says town houses on the LR 1 site at 47th and Kenwood will start in 30 to 60 days. Abner Mikva of United Dwellings Foundation says high rise substructure work will begin in early fall for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers union project, with a 1969 construction season goal. Prices for units are not disclosed as final costs are unsettled.
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47Th Street
Jared Shines
E. 55Th
Lake Village Associates
47Th
Kenwood
Lake Park
47Th Place
Abner Mikva
United Dwellings Foundation
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union
Housing plan criticized as wholesale dishonest attempt
The KOCO statement denounces the proposal as a wholesale and dishonest attempt to worsen hardship caused by land clearance on low income Negro families. It calls for more apartments through the Chicago Housing Authority leasing program and new 221 d 3 construction. No action was taken by the CCC on the DUR plan, which will be on the agenda at the next CCC meeting.
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KOCO
Chicago Housing Authority
CCC
Clapp Appointed Executive Director of Hyde Park Kenwood Conference
Donald B. Clapp named executive director of the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference after a July 16 board vote. He previously served as acting director since June and has a background as Episcopal minister, Air Force chaplain, and university community leader in Columbus and Chicago.
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Donald B. Clapp
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Rufus Cook
Kenwood
Clapp
Judy Roothaan
Divinity School
University of Chicago
United States Air Force
University Community Association
Columbus
Ohio
Episcopal
Ohio State University
Goldman
Chicago
Miss Parry
CCC delays 47th Place decision again
The Conservation Community Council postponed a final decision on 47th Place at its July 17 meeting. Organizer Ernestine Hollins reported rehabilitation feasible for most buildings after inspections by architects and contractors. Written cost commitments were being sought as tenants oppose demolition. The Urban Renewal department had recommended demolition to clear the site.
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The
Conservation Community Council
47Th Place
Ernestine Hollins
Archit and Contractors
Hollins
T Department of Urban Rewal
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Hill Plan
Drexel
Sen. McClellan
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