Getting it together at Wirth
A 1972 letter from Charles J. Wilson Jr. praises the Wirth School Advisory Board for challenging administrators Mollahan Williams Blyth and Melnick. It notes improved conditions but calls for continued reform and announces the board’s departure gift, Thomas Poindexter, elected May 18 1972 at Kenwood High School.
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Charles J. Wilson, Jr
Wirth School
Wirth
Wilson
Wirth Advisory Board
Mollahan
Williams
Blyth
Melnick
Hyde Park Kenwood Conference backs Peace Town Meeting
The Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference executive committee and board voted to oppose the Vietnam blockade escalation and sponsor the Peace Town Meeting. They cited community impact, resource limits, and the need to articulate links between war and local life.
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Vietnam
Conference Board
Hyde Park
Hyde Park is not an island in war concerns
Dr Donald W Palmer argues in the May 31 Herald that Hyde Park must address global events. He criticizes the Hyde Conference for a town meeting on the Southeast Asian War, urges local groups to speak out, and asserts that community actions must connect to world events beyond housing and schools.
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Hyde Park
Island
Donald W. Palmer
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Southeast Asia
Nike
Myopia
Kenwood
Woodlawn
John Donne
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Thomas Poindexter
Poindexter
Kenwood High School
Cleveland Bedell
Area A
HPKCC
Bret Harte
W. Palmer
Peace Town
Mid-South Health Planning Organization
Hyde Park- Kenwood
Nixon
North Vietnam