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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1960
Page
6
Adams and Sells circus presents four weekend shows to raise funds for Hyde Park Neighborhood Club summer program. Activities include Craftmobile toilets play lots and day camp reaching all Hyde Park ages. Proceeds support expanded supervised activities for local children.
A letter to the editor describes a University of Chicago owned home at 5614 Dorchester, saved from demolition. The author credits tenant and university cooperation, especially Samuel Boyd of the university's community development office, for improving and maintaining the property and surrounding block over four years.
A Hyde Park observer describes a collision at 54th and Harper last week and notes a girl struck by a car on a bicycle days later at the same intersection. He warns the corner is dangerous due to no stop or slow sign and heavy traffic from a nearby shopping center.
The writer notes Rome’s worsening traffic and underpasses along Via Veneto while May brings full hotels and crowded streets. Tourists mingle with locals at Coneys and Galeassi's as they enjoy asparagus, berries, Frascati, and live music near the Piazza Santa Maria. He describes a Rome Senators versus Florence Braves baseball game, May’s charm, and a visit to the Campidoglio with its Michelangelo square and Etruscan statue. Columnist John Dienhart is recovering from an illness.
A critical look at Congress new civil rights measure shows it creates a court-appointed referee system to register Negro and Mexican American voters but critics say it is a burdensome obstacle course. The piece notes Southern resistance and limited prosecutions under the 1957 act, urging stronger presidential registrar options and broader protections.
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