Discrimination Ends in U of C Buildings
The University of Chicago ended all racial restrictions in renting its properties. President George Wells Beadle said university owned buildings accept applications regardless of race, ending past discrimination in student and non academic housing after CORE protests and a faculty review.
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George Wells Beadle
Congress of Racial Equality
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Herald seeks carrier boys for Hyde Park Kenwood
The Hyde Park Herald offers jobs to over a hundred school boys in Hyde Park and Kenwood. It will change distribution to Wednesday afternoon neighborhood deliveries, moving away from mail carrier service after eleven years. Applications are printed in the paper.
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Plan Proposed for Hyde Park Park Between 54th and 56th Streets
The Chicago Park District seeks Hyde Park input on a new park plan shown to residents through a joint Hyde Park Kenwood conference and neighborhood club. The design includes green space, play areas, bicycle paths, a large playground adjacent to Murray School, a balancing beam and a stainless steel slide, a picnic area with tot lot, sand box, and two tennis courts, plus a passive green area. Work starts this fall with sections dependent on demolitions along 56th Street and contour hills separating zones.
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Robert Black
Hyde Park- Kenwood
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Michael Igoe, Jr
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Kimbark
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