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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1957
Page
1
The City Council is expected to vote on the Webb & Knapp plan for Hyde Park projects A and B tomorrow. Land Clearance officials report rapid progress with demolition and relocation nearly halfway complete, while fate of rebuilding remains uncertain.
Chicago could declare a ten mile per hour alley speed limit if Bill 347 becomes law. The proposal stems from a City Council resolution after mothers complained of alley speeding endangering children. Aldermen Seymour Simon and Leon Despres introduced the measure, now referred to the House Committee on Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation.
The First Unitarian Church hosts an 8 15 PM benefit concert by Chicago Symphony Orchestra artists Victor Allay Nathan Snader Rolf Persinger Sheppard Lehnhoff Harry Sturm and David Greenbaum. Proceeds go to the Unitarian Service Committee with projects from Cambodia to Gallup New Mexico. Lehnhoff a 25 year CSO member owns a Tyrolean viola dating to 1670, one of Chicago’s finest instruments. Continued on page 3
Over fifty scouts and explorers placed 500 posters to promote the Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference membership campaign. Troops from St. Paul's Church Chicago Buddhist Church and First Unitarian Church joined Girl Scout and Explorer units to drum up enrollments through March 31.
Hyde Park sculptors John Forwalter and David Brooks join three Chicago painters to display over a hundred works during April at Todros Geller Gallery 72 E 11th. Forwalter's portraits include a Hyde Parker Mrs Jenkins with a stone cutter’s technique and Brooks shows modeled figures and glazed ceramics. An opening reception runs April 7 from 6 to 10 p.m.
A new Herald feature titled Shopportunity offers Hyde Parkers a directory of shops and services. Redevelopment concerns fade as the page shows Hyde Park remains a complete business district with numerous outlets and merchants.
A Hyde Park K enzwood Conservation Council public hearing will discuss plans for the area east of the Illinois Central Tracks. The meeting is April 2 at 7 45 p m in the Newberger Auditorium Rodfei Zedek Temple 5200 Hyde Park Blvd. Registration for oral statements ends 24 hours before the hearing by contacting Acting Chairman Edwin A Rothschild 77 W Washington Andover 36400.
Rosenblum, former IVI state chairman, announced that Governor G Mennen Williams will face Republican Hugh Scott in a verbal battle for independents at a Woodlawn celebration dinner. The Fifth Ward Independents Day Planning committee is led by Mrs. Harry Beckenstein. Fourth Ward M contingent is headed by Klaus Ollendorf. A large cast presents The Forward Look, with Amy Meyer and numerous residents named among organizers and participants.
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