Senator Stevenson questioned over Vietnam policy by church group
Rev Lord reports 25 peace advocates met with Senator Adlai Stevenson to press for withdrawal from Vietnam and a halt to bombing. The letter argues Stevenson offers practical plans without a resolute moral stand, citing past hopes in Illinois peace efforts and his lack of leadership to inspire electoral participation.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Vietnam
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Chicago School Budget Cuts Face $98 Million Gap
Gerald L. Sharboro argues the Chicago Board of Education grapples with a $98 million shortfall for 1972. The plan trims 168 administrative and general staff, 139 consultant roles, 227 custodians, and 531 supportive posts to preserve classroom needs, while seeking state and federal aid and maintaining education quality amid urban fiscal strain.
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Chicago Board of Education
Gerald L. Sharboro
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Independence call to back Robert Mann in Chicago ward race
Albert A. Raby urges Hyde Park South Shore and nearby residents to support State Repr. Robert E. Mann against ward bosses seeking to replace him with a machine candidate. He cites Mann's decade of service on issues from Lake Michigan to housing and hunger relief and warns against vote splitting under the cumulative balloting system.
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Hyde Park
South Shore
Robert E. Mann
Bob
Lake Michigan
Edward V. Hanrahan
Bob Mann
Oliver speaks out on Kenwood and school control
Norman Oliver, Socialist Workers candidate for states attorney, voices critique after Cornell Fitzpatrick’s killing by an armed guard at Kenwood High. At a Feb 17 meeting, seven demands were set to curb armed guards, panel investigations, visitor passes, and student protection, plus removal of Principal Mollahan and dropping charges against Kenwood students.
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Cornell Fitzpatrick
Kenwood High School
Parent-Teacher-Student Association
ACLU
Student Protection Committee
Mollahan
Kenwood
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Parent-Teachers Association
Ed Hanrahan
Norman Oliver
Socialist Workers
Civic Disarmament group advocates federal gun law over local Chicago rules
A Civic Disarmament committee letter praises a Chicago gun law digest but argues for replacement of all local ordinances with a single federal act. The author notes Chicago permits to purchase guns require police approval and jokes about counting gun laws.
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Civic Disarmament Committee
Chicago
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