Civil Rights Rally Prep at Soldier Field Draws Big Hopes
Illinois leaders join the June 21 gathering with Dr. Martin Luther King as principal speaker. Co chairs Dr. Edgar Chandler and Edwin Berry organize the event at Soldier Field amid a large anticipated turnout and a slogan If you care be there.
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Chicago
Mammoth Soldier Field
Illinois
Edgar Chandler
Edwin C. Berry
Martin Luther King
Urban League
Edwin Berry
Soldiers Field
Redistricting Changes Move Kenwood and Shoesmith Boundaries
The Board of Education approved boundary changes for Kenwood and Shoesmith schools to reduce overcrowding and travel distances. Students north of 47th switch to Shakespeare in Sept, while Kenwood adds grades six to eight and absorbs Reavis and Shakespeare seventh and eighth graders.
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Kenwood
Shoesmith
Benjamin C. Willis
Shoesmith Public
47Th
Board of Education
Shoesmith School
50Th
Curtis Melnick
Blackstone
Melnick
Shakespeare
43Rd
Drexel
Reavis
Willis
Price School
46Th
Beulaha
Greenwood
Lake Michigan
Park Blvd
G Wood
Reavis Shakespeare
Harper Court seeks urban renewal plan amendments in Hyde Park
Harper Court Foundation asks the Department of Urban Renewal to re designate three parcels in Hyde Park for low rent commercial and community uses. The plan would move gas station and parking sites, trade parking land for city lots, and create three buildings around 52nd and Harper with space for artisans and services. Meeting with the Conservation Community Council set for Wednesday the 24th at 8 PM.
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Harper Court Foundation
Conservation Community Council
Department of Urban Renewal
Foundation
52Nd and
Harper
5200
United Church of Hyde
Lake Park
Harper Court
Walgreen
53Rd and
52Nd
Retired Rabbi Goren Perelmuter Celebrates 25 Years Ordained
Rabbi Hayim Goren Perelmuter of Temple Isaiah Israel marked 25 years of ordination on a Friday. He received a giant 24 by 30 inch congratulatory card from the trainees of Retarded Children's Aid Inc. The RCA workshop at the synagogue’s community center created the card and about 60 trainees attended the presentation with the rabbi.
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Hayim Goren Perelmuter
Temple Isaiah Israel
Children’s Aid, Inc
RCA Workshop
Communi Center
Greenwood
Hearings on Hyde Park Kenwood residential sites today
Hearings on the sale of 13 residential sites in the Hyde Park Kenwood urban renewal project will take place today Wednesday June 17 at 10 00 A M before the City Council Committee on Planning and Housing in City Hall room 201 A Results will be reported in the Herald June 24.
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Hyde Park-Kenn
Hyde Park-Kenwood
City Council Committee On Planning and Housing
City Hall
the Herald
Woman to Lead Six Seminars on Changing Role
Mrs. Esther Kagan of 5000 Cornell will head six session seminars at Roosevelt University starting Tuesday June 23. The course explores integrating the traditional wife mother and homemaker role with entry into professional and business life.
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Esther Kagan
Cornell
Roosevelt University
Sions
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Howard Schumer
Chicago Theological Seminary
S. Kimbark
Eral
James Parsons
Dorchester
Albert Raby
CCCO
Woodlawn
A. Abbot Rosen
Kimbark
Abner Mikva
Nick
Boundary
Ter
Midway
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