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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1972
Page
4
Editorial notes littered 53rd Street after an ecology art fair with torn banners, wet papers, and discarded cans. The piece argues sponsors should uphold ecological themes beyond the event and questions who remained involved.
The writer notes two groups at Hyde Park events: a church group collecting soda cans for recycling at Lake Park and Hyde Park Bank providing litter bags. They argue the fair attracted visitors while leaving 53rd Street dirty, calling this contradiction unnecessary for the community image.
An appeal from Hyde Parkers and Congressman Metcalfe urges residents to help locate a key witness to an early morning arrest at the 53 Hyde Park traffic light. The account describes police handcuffing a black wife and white husband after a red light stop and asks for independent citizen oversight in each police district.
Last week Congress member Ralph Metcalfe formed the Concerned Citizens for Police Reforms to press for end to black mistreatment by police and to demand Citizens' Review Boards, more black officers, and faster promotions. The May 31 meeting drew thousands. Daley declined to attend, while Metcalfe warned the mayor through a final telegram that support was slipping.
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