Hyde Park Crime Reporting and Police Cooperation
The Herald explains limits in printing Chicago police statistics for Hyde Park district from 39th to 59th streets. It notes selective crime coverage, including a case where police asked not to publish attacks to avoid warning a suspect, and recounts George Sims’s capture and confession.
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Herald
Chicago
Hyde Park
39Th Street
59Th Street
Cottage Grove
Lake
39Th and
Cottage
Dopeville
Woodlawn
60Th Street
George Sims
SECC
Westerns and Attainder in Congressional Hearings
A commentary on the national fascination with Westerns and the Dave Beck case. It cites Richard H. Revere’s New Yorker essay criticizing Congress for attacking Beck’s character under the guise of a legitimate investigation and warns about echoes of attainder in public proceedings.
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Richard H. Revere
New Yorker Magazine
Congress
Beck
Revere
Readers Seek Rest for Worn Out in City Amid Closures
A letter describes closed Central stations at S51st and 53rd streets and a ruined underground station by Congregation Rodfei Zedek. It laments lack of public rest spaces, notes drugstores restricting restrooms to employees, and questions where the poor can find comfort and refuge.
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S51st
53Rd Streets
Congregation Rodfei Zedek
Stineways
Chicago
Interracial Hyde Park fears torch future in park crime
A Hyde Park resident laments a pattern of thefts and assaults near the Museum and lagoon. The letter pleads for responsible policing, parental guidance, and community action to curb bias and protect interracial living efforts.
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Hyde Park
Jackson Park
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Congressional Committee
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Robert Kennedy
Afl-Cio
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Congressional
RED Cross
Joyce and Cobbies
E. 55Th ST
Hyde Park Baptist
Rolland Schioerb
Lemuel Peterson
First Baptist
Wm. J. Hillman
Rev. Hillman
Kenwood New Church
Swedenborgian
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Immanuel Tafel
Ewell J. Reagin
Hyde Park Methodist
Blackstone
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S. Greenwood
Elijah Mohammed
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F. Wm. Lickfield
University Church of the Disciples
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David M. Bryan
Rockefeller Memorial
John B. Thompson
Paul L. Higgins
St. Paul's Episcopal
S. Dorchester
Wm. D. McLean, Jr
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Leslie T. Pennington
United Church of
Kenwood-Ellis
Community Church
Greenwood
Geo. Nishimoto
Gene Thomas
Nishimoto
Rodfei-Zedek
Hyde Park Blvd
Ralph Simon
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Milton Matz
Weinstein
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Morton M. Berman
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