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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1963
Page
1
February crime figures in the Hyde Park police district show a 16.7 percent decrease from the prior year with 369 major crimes, 39.8 percent cleared. Murders fell 75 percent to one, while auto thefts rose to 48 and strong-arm and shoplifting edged up.
The Hyde Park Herald announces a refreshed layout with better photos and ads, a three column addition on most pages, a wider page and clearer advertising, part of a plan to provide more news and features for readers.
The Piccadilly theater in Hyde Park and Blackstone closes after 36 years, ending vaudeville rallies and film showings. Only the Hyde Park remains as the community loses its second movie house.
The Piccadilly theater in Hyde Park built by the Schoenstadt family in 1927 has lost money since 1957 with matinees drawing only tens of patrons. The University of Chicago owns the adjacent Piccadilly building and has hired architects to seek new uses while three other Hyde Park screens sit idle. Prices and attendance are cited as factors amid a broader shift in local cinema.
Alan D. Wade of 5230 Greenwood argues social workers have long influenced policy beyond what peers admit and could again seize wider power. He notes Hyde Park in the discussion of collective clout and public influence.
Excerpts from Wade's paper presented in Washington cite Hyde Park social workers as a major local presence with about 60 percent of professionals living there. The study names State Rep. Abner Mikva and collaborators from Hyde Park, listing several residents and their addresses as core organizers.
Ground was broken last fall at the site of the future 53rd Kimbark Woodlawn shopping center. Contractor Julius Olivieri and foreman Ronald Mazzoni supervise plans while welder Jack Leo Lelo bonds a roof beam.
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