Merriam Urges Park District Repairs and Improvements
Alderman Robert E. Merriam urged the Park District to rebuild the Wooded Island tea house, add barbeque pits and an outdoor restaurant, reopen rowboat facilities, drain the flooded tunnel under 51st Street, and improve Jackson Park Beach while calling for more park action. Merriam will speak on Building a Better Chicago at the Construction Specification Institute dinner on June 10.
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Donoghue
Merriam
Park District
51St St
Jackson Park Beach
63Rd
Lake Front
56Th St
Robert E. Merriam
Chicago
The
Construction Specification Institute
Hyde Park Co op previews 18000 square foot store
Hyde Park Cooperative Society invites members and friends to an Open House at 5537 Harper on Friday June 18 from 7 to 9 pm. The new 18000 square foot store adds an 80 foot self service meat department Kiddie Corral test kitchen parking for 50 cars and a bright interior. Financing over 75000 raised so far funded by members.
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The
Hyde Park Cooperative Society
Harper
57Th and
Co-op
Hyde Park
Hyde Park Co-op
George Fred Keck
William Keck
Hyde Park Clean-Up Set on Harper Avenue June 16
Hyde Park's third street cleaning with city sweepers will occur Wednesday June 16 on Harper avenue between List and 59th. Cars must not park after 8 a.m. Police will block through traffic with wooden horses. Black leaders of the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference cooperate with 5th ward superintendent Harry Seeberger. Car owners urged to move vehicles.
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Hyde Park
Harper Avenue
List
59Th
Blackstone
Dorchester
Hyde Park Kenwood
5Th Ward
Harry Seeberger
Adit
Students Capture Attacker Near University Hospital
Two University of Chicago students David Spegler and Richard Johnson of Beta Theta Pi stopped an assault on a hospital nurse near 58th and University on June 1. They chased and captured the would be attacker James Schaab a gas station attendant. Schaab passed a lie detector test and is ordered held for psychiatric examination.
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University of Chicago
Billings Hospital
David Spegler
Richard Johnson
Beta Theta Pi
University Ave
58Th and
University
Spegler
Johnson
James Schaab
Hyde Park
Schwaab
Schaab
Policeman Injured Chasing Youth at Shakespeare School
Hyde Park officer Henry Gauthreaux fell 20 feet from a boiler room roof while pursuing 19 year old Raymond Bass. Gauthreaux, 27, was hospitalized with head, arm and leg injuries. Bass, of 100 West 72nd Street, was captured inside the school after breaking a window to enter 1119 East 46th Street. The younger Bass brother was being sought.
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Hyde Park
Henry Gauthreaux
Shakespeare School
Gauthreaux
Rhodes Ave
Provident Hospital
Raymond Bass
W. 72Nd St
Bass
E. 46Th Street
Late license taverns exposed in 55th and Lake Park area
A citywide list shows 13 late license taverns clustered around 55th Street and Lake Park between 51st and 55th streets. Despite opposition from law enforcement and civic groups, eight on Lake Park and fifteen on 55th Street remain open, with some licenses granted despite adverse police recommendations. Late licenses allow 4 a.m. weekday hours and 5 a.m. Sundays, drawing patrons from across the city. police note the area attracts less desirable characters after 2 a.m.
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55Th and
Lake Park
55Th St. A
55Th Sts
Herald
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George T. Donoghue
Alderman
7Th St
55Th St
Harper Ave
S. Lake Park
C Bill
Hyde Park Herald
Cers
55Th St. Business Men’s Association
55Th Street
Fred Chudzik
Hi Hat Cocktail Lounge Inc
Petite Lounge
Beehive Lounge, Inc
Thomas Mackrola
Caribbean Room, Inc
Jerome Steinberg
Beulah Snell
LeMecks
Frank Marzano
Morris Waldman
Deck
Ranch House
New
S. Car
Francis M. Mahoney
Thomas McCann
Hyde Park District
Rubin Goldman
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