Indians Seek Better Life Without Abandoning Ways
The Declaration of Indian Purpose adopted by the American Indian Chicago Conference urges improving Indians' life without erasing their culture. The eight day meeting in Chicago, June 13–20, gathered 700 delegates from 80 tribes. They call for ending termination policy and replacing it with broad education to remove disabilities, asserting Indians' right to retain cultural values within a free society.
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Chicago
D’arcy Mc.Nickle
Boulder
Colo
Flathead
Alaska
Sol Tax
Woodlawn
University of Chicago
United States
Vail
City To Use Gas Tax Funds For 57th Street Overpass
City Council approves use of 750000 dollars from the motor fuel tax for the 57th Street Interchange. Ed Reiter estimates total cost at 3 million with plans to finance with state county and possibly federal funds. Construction won’t start until next summer and the measure repeals prior roadway improvements.
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57Th Street
Lake Shore Drive
Ed Reiter
Bureau of Engineering
Department of Public Works
Board of Cook County Commissioners
Department of Public Works and Buildings
State of
Illinois
Reiter
59Th
Lake Shore
67Th
Unitarian Church Adds Plan Faces Zoning Board Approval
The First Unitarian Church at 1174 E 57th seeks a two story expansion with 15 classrooms and offices joining Fenn House to form one complex, exceeding the 80 percent floor area limit and prompting a hardship argument before the Zoning Board of Appeals. Simon Goldsmith challenges a basement apartment permit denial at 5455 57 Greenwood citing preexisting units and building history.
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First Unitarian Church
E. 57Th
Zoning Board of Appeals
First Unitarian Society of Chicago
Fenn House
Simon Goldsmith
Greenwood
Goldsmith
Judge Orders 4923 Blackstone Building Vacated
Superior Court Judge Samuel Epstein ordered the illegally converted six unit building at 4923 Blackstone vacated and boarded by July 3 after Urban Renewal Inspection Team found 36 remaining city code violations. Owners listed include Rose Yeager Glencoe Aaron Bronstein Esther Bronstein 1934 E 74th. 12 occupants must be relocated by the Community Conservation Board Tenant Relocation Bureau. Final reinspection June 21 showed most of 36 previously found hazards remained uncorrected.
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Blackstone
Superior Court
Samuel Epstein
Chicago Building Department
Rose Yeager
Glencoe
Aaron and
Esther Bronstein
E. 74Th
The
Community Conservation Board
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Hyde Parkers
Hyde Park
Susie Hudson
E. Hyde Park
Marianna Tax
Barbara Marek
Grayslake
Elaine Smith
Cornell
Bill Eger
Tion
State Highway Department
Dick van Gorp
Stony Island
Unitarians
PTA
Kenwood Pta
Shoesmith
St. Paul’s Church
Dorchester
Board of Education
Kenwood
Sylvia Fischer
Madison Park
Mark Jones
E. 50Th
Sydney Bird
Kimbark
Hazel Rogers
Blackstone Building
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